St. Bartholomew Church (Wilster)

The church around 1864/65

The St. Bartholomew Church in Wilster is an important building of the late Baroque in Northern Germany.

history

It was inaugurated in 1780 after around five years of construction. The plans for the church were made by the Hamburg builder Ernst Georg Sonnin , who also built the Michaeliskirche (Michel) in Hamburg . For a small community like Wilster, the church was oversized, which can probably be explained by the prestige memory of the Wilsteraner citizens. 2000 people could find place in it.

The interior was damaged by bombs during World War II. In the years 1947–1954 and 1963/64 the damage was repaired, the number of places was reduced to 1200.

construction

It is a brick building with a rusticated base and rusticated corner pilasters . The floor plan has the shape of an elongated octagon. The wall surfaces are dissolved by large arched windows. A hipped roof completes the building at the top.

The main building is connected to the church tower by concave walls. The core of the octagonal tower still comes from the previous building. The pointed, slightly twisted helmet is 52 meters high.

Interior

View of the pulpit altar

The large arched windows give the interior exceptional brightness. The east side is dominated by the pulpit altar (1775). The pulpit, flanked by columns, has a tulip-shaped basket with a round sound cover. The halo above the pulpit represents the Holy Spirit. Statues of the four evangelists stand on the entablature , with a crucifix in between. The altar is closed by a sun with the four Hebrew letters of the name of God.

Box extensions have been added on both sides of the pulpit altar. On the west side there is a two-storey gallery from the time it was built. It is curved and supported by Tuscan columns.

The two-story chandeliers and wall sconces date from the 17th century. A sconce from 1652 shows the prophet Jonah being spat out of the whale.

organ

The organ is more recent. It was built between 1954 and 1955 by the organ builder Ernst Brandt (Quickborn) and replaced the original Marcussen organ, which was destroyed in 1944. The instrument originally had 30 registers on three manuals and a pedal. In 1990 the organ was consecrated under the name "Bach Organ". Since 1992 the organ has been expanded to 37 registers and 4 effect registers, and equipped with a typesetting system and a crescendo roller. In 2007 a 39-piece carillon (Marien-Carillon) was added, in 2008 the remote work, the "sky organ", was added behind the altar, which was built by the III. Manual can be played. In 2010 the Ruach 32 ′ and the two Composé registers were added.

I Rückpositiv C – g 3 Reed flute 8th' Principal 4 ′ Dumped 4 ′ octave 2 ′ Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′ Tertian de composé II Zimbel III Krummhorn 8th' Tremulant Zimbelstern

II Hauptwerk C – g 3 Drone 16 ′ Principal 8th' Dumped 8th' octave 4 ′ Nasat 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Pointed flute 2 ′ Mixture IV-VI Trumpet 8th' Cornet de composé V. Mary's Carillon cuckoo

III Swell C – g 3 Wooden dacked 8th' Salicional 8th' Reed flute 4 ′ Pointed Gamba 4 ′ Principal 2 ′ Sesquialtera II Sharp III-IV oboe 8th' Tremulant Rossignol III Heavenly Organ C – g 3 Vox angelorum 8th' Vox Mariae 8th'

Pedals C – f 1 Ruach 32 ′ Principal 16 ′ Sub-bass 16 ′ Revelation 8th' Thought bass 8th' octave 4 ′ Night horn 2 ′ Rauschpfeife V trombone 16 ′

• Coupling : I / II, III / II, I / P, II / P, III / P

literature

• Johannes Gerber, Wolfgang Kroker (ed.): Ecumenical church leader for the Steinburg district. George, Itzehoe 1992.
• Denny Krietzsch: The Bartholomäus Church in Wilster by Georg Sonnin (1713-1794). In: Heimatverband Kreis Steinburg (Hrsg.): Steinburger Jahrbuch 2014. Itzehoe 2013, pp. 95–125.
• Wolfgang Teuchert , Arnold Lühning: The art monuments of Schleswig-Holstein. Pinneberg district. German art publisher, Berlin 1961.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ More information about the organ

Coordinates: 53 ° 55 ′ 21 ″  N , 9 ° 22 ′ 29 ″  E