St. Andreas (Hundisburg)

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The entrance on the north side of the nave, spring 2009

The Sankt-Andreas-Kirche in Hundisburg , a district of Haldensleben , is a baroque church of the Protestant parish. It is the second important landmark next to the castle in the village. In the local register of monuments , the “manorial village church” is registered as a monument under registration number 094 50039 .

location

The Hundisburger Andreaskirche is opposite the castle (300 meters as the crow flies) on the Kirchberg. Like the Schlossberg, this was part of the medieval fortifications and is located to the southwest of the Sheaf , which flows into the Beber from Ackendorf . Access is via Kirchstrasse . The church ( choir ) faces east and is surrounded by a church garden used as a cemetery. Adjacent, on the main street, is the former hospital . This building, which was built in 1717 and initiated by the rulers of the castle, is also a listed building.

history

A chapel was consecrated in 1218 by the Magdeburg Bishop Albrecht I on the site of today's church . In 1266 the tower was added. In 1554, Ludolf X. von Alvensleben introduced the Evangelical Lutheran religion to Hundisburg through the former Carmelite monk Theodorius Avoginus (or Avogenus) . Around 1587 - also under Ludolf von Alvensleben - the chapel was rebuilt and expanded. In 1708 the church was expanded to become today's church. The nave was given its baroque shape, and a donor inscription from the von Alvensleben family was placed above the north entrance . Parts of the wall in the east and north walls of the original chapel have been preserved. The monument authority assesses the church as important in terms of cultural history.

Redevelopment

The church roof structure will be renovated from 2016 to 2019 . When the roof was re-roofed in 1988, changes were made to the baroque roof structure, which led to overloading of the structure and consequent damage. Among other things, dilapidated roof feet and some beams have to be replaced. The roof is then covered with plain tiles instead of the concrete tiles used in GDR times . The walls and the stucco ceiling damaged by the cracks caused by the overload are also being renovated . The renovation work began in October 2016; they should be completed by 2019 and cost around 1.34 million euros. The costs are partly borne by the Foundation for the Preservation of Church Monuments in Germany and the German Foundation for Monument Protection .

As a result of the beautification measures, the church should also be more attractive as a “wedding church” and be advertised accordingly. The church administration believes that the rich and festive baroque furnishings and the proximity to the registry office at Hundisburg Castle provide a suitable basis for this.

Events

Today the church serves the members of the parish office of the Evangelical Luther Church Congregation for services. But it is also used for other cultural events - concerts are given here on the occasion of the Hundisburger Summer Music Academy . A highlight in 2006 was the joint appearance of the church choir with the church musician of the French Friedrichstadtkirche in Berlin, Kilian Nauhaus . A Hubertus concert was organized here in 2018 by the Haldensleber Haus des Waldes (Hundisburg Castle) .

architecture

The church consists of a rectangular hall nave with the narrow early Gothic west tower from 1266 and is built in Grauwacke . The tower is not centered in front of the ship, but is shifted a few meters to the north so that its north side is in alignment with the north wall of the ship. The eastern end and the northern half of the nave consist of the remains of the chapel from 1218. There is a tower clock on the north side of the tower .

Furnishing

For a village church, the interior is exceptionally high-quality and fully preserved: the stucco ceiling, the horseshoe gallery , a patronage box (rulership), the church pews, the polygonal, richly decorated pulpit and the monumental pulpit wall are baroque in design. The font is Gothic.

Peal

The four-field bell cage , the oldest part of which bears the year 1679, contains the only surviving complete three-way bell from the 18th century in the area of ​​the former church province of Saxony , which comes from the workshop of a foundryman. The baroque bell is unique in Saxony-Anhalt. The bronze bells are of high quality. They were cast by the bell founder Christian See. During the Second World War , the Hundisburger bells around 1942 had to be hung up, but they were not melted down . In 1950 they were returned to church.

Beats :

  • Bell I: nominal d ′ (cast in 1731)
  • Bell II: nominal e ′ (cast in 1726)
  • Bell II: nominal g sharp ′ (cast in 1726)

organ

The organ of the church is registered as a monument in the local monument register under registration number 094 50 039 001 as historically, culturally and artistically significant. It was built by master organ builder August Troch from Neuhaldensleben . In 1936 the organ building company P. Furtwängler & Hammer from Hanover installed a new organ in the expanded case. The instrument in neo-baroque style and a two-manual slide mechanism with mechanical tone and stop action has 17 sounding stops on manuals and pedal .

Disposition
I Manual
1. Quintadena 16 ′
2. Principal 8th'
3. Gemshorn 8th'
4th Octav 4 ′
5. Rohrnasat 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
6th Forest flute 2 ′
7th mixture 3f
II manual
8th. singing Gedackt 8th'
9. Principal 4 ′
10. Reed flute 4 ′
11. Night horn 2 ′
12. Sif flute 1'
13. Terzian 2f
14th Krummhorn 8th'
pedal
15th Sub-bass 16 ′
16. Octav 8th'
17th Chorale bass 4 ′
18th Lovely trumpet 16 ′

On the occasion of the renovation work on the church from 2016, the instrument was dismantled, stored, overhauled and rebuilt. The organ fund of the Evangelical Church took over the financing of around 85,000 euros.

Tombs

In the church there is a large-format epitaph , which is considered the most important work of art in the house of God. It was created by the sculptor Jürgen Röttger from Braunschweig until around 1596 . It is located on the southern choir wall of the nave - opposite the patron s box. Ludolph von Alvensleben had the tomb created for himself and his family. Presumably it was already after the death of his wife Bertha, geb. von Bartensleben, commissioned in 1587.

The monumental family tomb, which consists of a structure of wood in the style of fittings with alabaster work , shows the Last Judgment in the upper field and the story of Christ in the three lower fields : crucifixion , resurrection and ascension . In front of it, Ludolf von Alvensleben, who died at the age of 85, kneels on the life-size parapet and his three sons on one side and his wife Bertha with their five daughters on the other. Behind it is an altar-like wall with alabaster reliefs.

Further grave monuments in the church are Carl August von Alvensleben , Anna von Alvensleben, geb. von Bartensleben (1526–1555) and dedicated to the knight Hans Boitz. The epitaph of Anna is made of sandstone and is elaborately designed. For a long time it was walled in behind the former patronage chair. The oval relief of Carl August was made of white marble. It comes from the former Hundisburger Schlosskapelle and was only moved to the Andreaskirche in the mid-1980s after being temporarily housed in the village church in Uhrsleben .

In the churchyard surrounding the church there are tombs of members of the von Nathusius family, who live in Hundisburg Castle . There are also elaborate graves from the 19th century, such as those for the Möries family, who owned the brickworks.

See also

literature

  • Georg Dehio , Handbook of German Art Monuments, Saxony-Anhalt I , Munich 2002 (not viewed)

Web links

Commons : Sankt Andreaskirche (Hundisburg)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Remarks

  1. ↑ The chapel was built as a branch of the Nordhusen church for the former residents of the deserted neighboring village of Nordhusen , who had settled below the Hundisburg.
  2. ↑ Christian See came from a family of traveling bell foundries from Kreuzburg / Werra . According to his own statements, he lived and worked a. a. in Crossen / Oder (1712–1719), Berlin (1720–1724) and Magdeburg (until his death). Descendants of See can be identified in the first half of the 19th century in Hesse and in eastern Westphalia.
  3. ↑ The Möries family was a partner in the Möries, Rademacher and Heinrich brickworks founded in 1882, north-west of Hundisburg, which is now a technical monument ( Hundisburg brickworks ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Church with baroque splendor , website of the city of Haldensleben
  2. ↑ a b c d List of monuments of the State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt , May 22, 2017, page 718, Haldensleben-Hundisburg, registration number: 094 50039, date of registration: March 1, 2000
  3. ↑ a b c d Peter Wilhelm Behrends , Neuhaldenslebische Kreis-Chronik or history of all places of the district Neuhaldensleben in Magdeburg: With illustrations and map. The history of the Hillersleben and Marienborn monasteries, the Hundisburg, Altenhausen, Erxleben, Bartensleben, Sommerschenburg, Ummendorf, Hötensleben and Harbke monasteries, as well as the other manors, villages, churches, parishes and other monuments of the district , Volume 2, Eyraud 1826, p . 71ff ( online )
  4. ↑ List of monuments of the State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt , May 22, 2017, page 714, Haldensleben-Hundisburg, registration number: 094 50040, date of registration: March 1, 2000
  5. ^ Fritz Schwerin, Five Noblemen from the previous days: Daniel von der Schulenburg, Jacob von der Schulenburg, Joachim von Alvensleben, Andreas von Meyendorff, Ludolf von Alvensleben. Compiled from the funeral sermons given there and from other sources , Julius Fricke , Halle 1859, p. 127
  6. ↑ Julia Schneider, Andreaskirche: Ailing roof is being renewed , March 4, 2017, Volksstimme
  7. ↑ a b All supported churches: Hundisburg on the website of the Foundation for the Preservation of Church Monuments in Germany
  8. ↑ Joint sponsorship agreement between DSD and KiBa for St. Andreas in Hundisburg , June 12, 2015, website of the German Foundation for Monument Protection
  9. ↑ Jens Kusian, St. Andreas Hundisburg: House of God to be "Wedding Church" , July 10, 2014, Volksstimme
  10. ↑ Marita Bullmann, Luther and St. Andreas Church want to establish themselves as a good address for culture , February 26, 2013, Volksstimme
  11. ^ Hubertus concert in the St. Andreaskirche Hundisburg , website of the Friends of the House of the Forest e. V., October 15, 2018
  12. ^ Yearbook for Brandenburg State History , State History Association for the Mark Brandenburg (ed.), 1981
  13. ^ Claus Peter, The medieval bell in Hochwalde (Kr. Meseritz) , website of the German Bell Museum e. V.
  14. ↑ Marita Bullmann, Hundisburg: Money for church renovation , June 16, 2015, Volksstimme
  15. ↑ List of monuments of the State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt , May 22, 2017, page 719, Haldensleben-Hundisburg, registration number: 094 50 039 001, date of registration: September 1, 2016
  16. ↑ St. Andreaskirche Hundisburg , harmoniumwerkstatt.eu
  17. ^ The organ in St. Andreas Haldensleben (Hundisburg) , Daniel Kunert - Music Media House, The Queen's Portal
  18. ↑ Julia Schneider, St. Andreas Church: Organ is out - renovation begins , August 12, 2016, Volksstimme

Coordinates: 52 ° 14 ′ 50 "  N , 11 ° 23 ′ 53.5"  E