Severinkirche (Hademarschen)

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The St. Severin Church in Hademarschen is an Evangelical Lutheran church . The medieval stone church burned to the ground on the night of December 27, 2003 and was completely destroyed in the process. The new building was inaugurated in 2007.

history

The St. Severin Church had two previous buildings. Post holes under the later church suggest the existence of a 4.5 × 7 m wooden chapel from the time before 1000. This wooden structure was followed by a stone chapel, on the foundations of which the choir was later built as the oldest part of the church.

The parish was first mentioned in a document in 1317 . At this time the Romanesque stone church already existed , which, like numerous other churches in the County of Holstein , was possibly donated by Adolf IV as thanks for the victory over the Danes in the Battle of Bornhöved (1227) .

In view of the threat of constant attacks by the Dithmarschers, and because Hanrowe Castle was too far away from Hademarschen as a place of refuge in the event of sudden attacks on the site, the church was designed from the outset as a fortified church with massive walls and small windows. It consisted of a flat-roofed nave with field stone walls, a retracted choir and a small semicircular apse. Due to this design, it can be assigned to the Vicelinkirchen . A wall built of heavy stones around the entire churchyard, of which remains are still present today, formed a first line of defense. At the beginning of the 14th century, the church burned to a large extent when the Dithmarschers invaded and was rebuilt. It received a round tower, which was broken off when the church was extended to the west in the 16th century and replaced by a wooden stack of bells next to the church. The grave of a three year old child was found in the remains of this tower.

From 1525, the respective owners of Hanrowe Castle and Hanerau Estate were church patrons . The church had had an organ since around 1600, the renovation of which was arranged by the squire Paul von Klingenberg in 1671. In 1724 a new altar was donated with carved figures of the apostles Peter and James framed a painting depicting the crucifixion of Jesus. The altar was crowned by a figure of the resurrected. The altar is a work by AH Burmeister from Wesselburen.

In 1748 the church was redesigned in baroque style by the state master builder Johann Georg Schott (* 1690) in Heide according to the taste of the Enlightenment . Schott had already rebuilt St. Martin's Church in Tellingstedt in 1726 and rebuilt St. Bartholomew's Church in Wesselburen , which burned down in 1731 . The church received a representative west portal. The new hipped roof covered all additions. It was crowned by a ridge turret in which the bell hung. The building material used u. a. the wood of the torn stack of bells. Six large windows were let into the south wall, while the Romanesque windows were preserved on the north wall. In addition, a gallery was drawn in. The choir arch, which was demolished during this renovation, was reconstructed in 1904. Although the tower clock was dated 1823, it had already been given to the owner of the Hanerau estate by the Danish King Christian VII in 1780 .

On April 20, 1876, a lightning strike destroyed the roof and the windows of the church. In 1892 the organ was replaced by a new building.

The church was last significantly renovated in 1963/64, with the altar donated in 1724 being replaced by a simple table altar. The wooden figures were placed in the church. Shortly before the fire, a new, donated church window was installed, which was destroyed together with the two other beautiful lead glass windows, which were over a hundred years old, in the great heat of the fire.

fire

On the night of December 27, 2003, the church burned down. Investigations revealed that the fire had started in the fuse box that had been recently replaced. The old bronze bell with beautiful decorations, cast by master bell founder Beseler in Rendsburg in 1780 , which the Hademarschern had rang for more than 200 years for prayer, for all baptisms, weddings and funerals, but also in times of war, was ghostly to look at, Glowing red in the tower for a while, until the entire wooden roof structure collapsed and pulled everything else with it into the blazing fire. During the subsequent clean-up work, the archaeological institute of the Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel carried out investigations under the destroyed field stone church and also found the remains of a wooden church that was probably built before the year 1000.

Lost equipment

In addition to old paintings, noble coats of arms, carved cheeks from 1584, which were only found again during the renovation in 1963/64, beautiful wood paneling on the gallery parapet, memorial plaques for the fallen of the place, the baptismal table from 1883 and many other church utensils, such as crucifixes and heavy Gothic bronze candlesticks, the tower clock from 1823 also went up in flames.

A particularly heavy loss was the wooden pulpit from 1618, a work by the famous woodcarver Hans Peper in Rendsburg, from whom the rood screen in Meldorfer Dom (1603) and the pulpit and several epitaphs in Rendsburg's Marienkirche (1621) come. According to an old record, it was "the most beautiful pulpit in the wider area". It bore the following inscription in High German: “In honor of Godt and Royal Majesty, this pulpit is made available to Hanrow by the support of the strict noble Ernstfeste Baltzer von Alefelt , Royal Councilor on Rensburg, and the Ernstfeste Manhaft Marquart Rantzow Vorwalter zu Hanrow.” The carved door frame from 1618, early access to the pulpit, later to the sacristy, was lost.

New building

Reconstruction of the Hademarschen Church 2007 (photo 2012)

During the reconstruction, the foundation walls consisting of large boulders could be used again; However, this was increased considerably with a two-sided window gallery and thus, also with an additionally raised roof ridge, a significantly higher interior space was obtained. In addition, a small pointed tower was placed as a turret, with a new tower clock, which, albeit much more modern, is intended to remind of the overall appearance of the old burned down church. A separate bell tower was built next to the church . In 2007 the new Hademarsch church was consecrated.

The first cracks in the wall appeared as early as 2008, which raised concerns about building safety. In September 2013 the church was therefore completely closed and the main portal bricked up. Since then, church services have been held in St. John's Church in Gokels , built in 1962 . In 2014 it was found that the incorrectly used mortar had caused the cracking. Since then, the parish has been litigating those responsible for the new building. It is supported by the Hanerau-Hademarschen church building association founded in 2014. Emergency safety measures have been taking place since the parish won the process in 2018.

Parish

The parish belongs to the parish of Rendsburg-Eckernförde within the north church . In addition to Hanerau-Hademarschen, it consists of the municipalities of Beldorf , Bendorf , Bornholt , Gokels, Oldenbüttel , Steenfeld , Tackesdorf -Süd and Thaden

preacher

The 18 pastors of the Hademarsch Church, who had been detained by name since 1560, mostly served for many years. Father and son followed each other four times. Seven pastors were each between 36 and 48 years in office, including Hans Hinrich Vent from 1779 to 1814 and, as successor, his son Hans Lorenz Andreas Vent from 1815 to 1863, and also Provost August Wilhelm Treplin from 1872 to 1917, who was his son Hans Wilhelm Treplin followed, who worked until 1955.

literature

Web links

Commons : St. Severinkirche (Hademarschen)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Philipp Lüth: Results of the excavation in the St. Severin Church in Hanerau-Hademarschen, Kr. Rendsburg-Eckernförde. A preliminary report. In: Arkæologi i Slesvig / Archeology in Schleswig 12, 2008, (Neumünster 2009), pp. 187–196; P. 192f.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g St. Severin Church history
  3. ^ Philipp Lüth: Results of the excavation in the St. Severin Church in Hanerau-Hademarschen, Kr. Rendsburg-Eckernförde. A preliminary report. In: Arkæologi i Slesvig / Archeology in Schleswig 12, 2008, (Neumünster 2009), pp. 187–196; P. 187.
  4. ^ Philipp Lüth: Results of the excavation in the St. Severin Church in Hanerau-Hademarschen, Kr. Rendsburg-Eckernförde. A preliminary report. In: Arkæologi i Slesvig / Archeology in Schleswig 12, 2008, (Neumünster 2009), pp. 187–196; P. 189.
  5. ↑ Altar from 1724 (picture index Marburg)
  6. ↑ Photos from 1968 (Marburg picture index)
  7. ↑ Reconstruction of St. Severin Church in Hanerau-Hademarschen
  8. ^ Johanneskirche Gokels
  9. ↑ Church building association
  10. ↑ "I see no future for this church" , shz of April 16, 2018, accessed on May 16, 2020
  11. ↑ Emergency securing of the church in Hademarschen has started (March 28, 2018)
  12. ^ Parish
  13. ↑ Pastors

Coordinates: 54 ° 7 ′ 35.5 ″  N , 9 ° 24 ′ 43.7 ″  E