St. Christians Church (Garding)
The St. Christians Church is in the center of the town of Garding on the highest elevation in Eiderstedt . The church tower is still the highest point in Eiderstedt and served as a navigation mark for a long time . Today it belongs to the parish of North Friesland in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in North Germany .
history
Building history
The church, originally dedicated to Saints Christian , Bartholomew and Maria Magdalena , was supposedly founded in 1109 as the main church of Everschop . At first it was just a wooden chapel, which was replaced from 1117 by the cross-shaped brick building . The side walls of the nave with two walled-in Romanesque arched windows are still preserved from this. The originally short cross arms were later extended. The Gothic west tower was added in the 13th century.
1483–1488 the church was gothic redesigned. The two-bay choir was built in place of an older chancel and the originally flat ceiling was replaced by a ribbed vault over two supporting pillars. The Romanesque choir arch was retained. St. Christian is the only church in Eiderstedt whose vault is still completely intact, and besides the Johanniskirche (Krummesse) and St. John's Church (Petersdorf auf Fehmarn) the only two-aisled church in northern Germany. The renovation gave the church a high, pointed roof. At the same time the upper part of the tower was built. The painting from that time is still partially preserved.
In 1610/20 the galleries were drawn in. On St. John's Day in 1637 , the church tower was struck by lightning. The courageous intervention of the carpenters saved the church and the surrounding houses. In 1660 the roof was flattened. The current hipped roof dates from 1848. The outer walls were later covered and the Gothic windows and portals were over-molded. At the beginning of the 19th century the tower got its helmet.
In 1981 the level of the floor was lowered to the original level. The foundation of a late Gothic baptismal pedestal was found on the western pillar.
Pastors
In 1524, Hermann Tast gave Eiderstedt's first Reformation sermon in the churchyard in front of the Gardinger Church . By 1530 the Reformation had taken hold in the region. In connection with this, the altar plate with the inscription " Hic sunt reliquiae reconditae " (the relics are kept here) was smashed.
In 1562 Volquard Jonas , who had previously been the first general provost for Holstein in the ducal part from 1549 , became chief pastor in Garding and provost of Eiderstedt. He soon left Garding to become a pastor in Rendsburg . His successor was Petrus Aurifaber around 1570, supposedly the brother of Luther's last family member, Johannes Aurifaber . There are two epitaphs in the church of Benedict Meyer, who was pastor until 1642, and his brother, the mayor Peter Meyer. The main pastors in Garding and Pröpste von Eiderstedt were also the chroniclers Petrus Petrejus and Marcus Detlef Voss. Theodor and Tycho Mommsen were born as sons of the deacon Jens Mommsen in the diaconate of the church, now the oldest house in Garding.
Furnishing
The pulpit from 1563 is the first example of the "Eiderstedter type". The four-sided basket shows the fall of man , the brazen serpent , the crucifixion of Christ and the resurrection as reliefs , above each of the coats of arms of the founder. Paintings were later attached to the parapet and the pulpit door.
The three-winged painting altar from 1596 is considered the "main work of mannerism in Schleswig-Holstein". It is signed by the Dutch painter Marten vanhaben , who worked in the painter's workshop in Tönning, which also created other altars for Eiderstedt churches. Later he was court painter at Gottorf Castle . The central panel shows Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane , the images on the side wings depict scenes from the Passion story , and the predella contains the words of institution that the pastor has to utter at the celebration of the Lord's Supper.
The black marble font dates from 1654, the triumphal cross group from the 15th century.
The church got its first organ as early as 1512. Their main prospectus is one of the oldest in northern Germany. The oldest clockwork in Schleswig-Holstein used to be associated with a clock batsman from 1512 and a St. George figure fighting a dragon.
The pictures in the north gallery depict the story of Joseph . The empty cassettes in the organ gallery are filled with pictures by the painter Thomas Weisenberger on the occasion of the 900th anniversary celebration.
Altar by Marten van eighth
Baptismal font
Baptism cover
Organ with a Gothic case
literature
- Hartmut Beseler: Art Topography Schleswig-Holstein. Neumünster 1974, pp. 215-218.
- Georg Dehio : Handbook of the German art monuments . Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein. 3rd revised and updated edition, Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-422-03120-3 , pp. 308-310.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Voss: Messages from the provosts u. Preachers in Eiderstedt since the Reformation , p. 114
- ↑ a b Dehio (Lit.), p. 309
- ↑ a b Marcus Detlef Voss: Messages from the provosts a. Preachers in Eiderstedt since the Reformation . Revised u. gone by Friedrich Feddersen. Altona 1853; P. 109
- ^ Voss: Messages from the provosts u. Preachers in Eiderstedt since the Reformation , p. 112f
- ↑ gallery
Coordinates: 54 ° 19 ′ 46.1 ″ N , 8 ° 46 ′ 43.3 ″ E