Castle Chapel Bückeburg
The castle chapel Bückeburg is the chapel of the castle Bückeburg in Bückeburg in the district of Schaumburg . It is part of the historical castle building and was first mentioned in a document in 1396. It stayed in the same place during all the renovations and redesigns. It received its present-day rich furnishings in the Mannerist style in the first quarter of the 17th century. It is used for worship by the Protestant-Reformed community of Bückeburg-Stadthagen.
history
The chapel of the Gothic castle from the 14th century should have been a simple room. In 1562, as part of the expansion of the castle by Otto IV., It was given four ribbed vaults , which it divided into three narrow and one wider (altar) yoke . At the same time it became Lutheran with the introduction of the Reformation in the county of Schaumburg .
Count Ernst (r. 1601–1622), who aspired to the rank of imperial prince and received it in 1619, did everything in his power to make this claim visible in buildings and works of art of high quality based on Italian models. For this purpose, the Prince's mausoleum was built in Stadthagen , but above all he moved his residence to Bückeburg and began to expand the castle and site as planned. He had the elaborate parish and residence church built and also furnished the palace chapel with valuable works of art in the contemporary style.
With the division of the county and the accession of Philip I from the House of Lippe in 1647, the Lutheran regional church received a reformed summus episcopus . The Reformed church service was introduced in the castle chapel and a small community of Reformed court members and newcomers made their home here. That was the beginning of the independent Reformed Church in the Schaumburg-Lippe region, which is still under the patronage of the head of the princely family.
In connection with this change of denomination there was probably the whitewashing of the wall painting in 1648. From 1886 the frescoes were exposed, the entire furnishings were restored and a two-manual organ was installed behind the pulpit wall with corresponding structural interventions.
Furnishing
The wall surfaces are completely painted with biblical scenes and ornamentation, including a passion cycle in the window niches. The altar is a table carried by two angels. In the center behind it, above a row of niches structured with Corinthian columns, is the wide, gilded pulpit carved from wood, with the reliefs of the Annunciation , Adoration of the Baby Jesus and the Crucifixion of Christ , in keeping with its Reformation significance . On the opposite wall is the richly carved and gilded royal box , below it a large-format painting The Last Judgment . In front of the altar steps, the hearts of some members of the royal house are buried under the floor; the bodies rest in the Stadthagen mausoleum and the Bückeburg mausoleum .
Web links
- History, description and pictures (schloss-bueckeburg.de)
- Internet presence of the reformed community
Individual evidence
- ^ Information from the community
- ↑ schloss-bueckeburg.de ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 52 ° 15 '31.6 " N , 9 ° 2' 36.7" E