St. Christophorus Church (Friedrichstadt)

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St. Christophorus Church from the Mittelburgwall.
Interior with Ringerink pulpit and Ovens altar painting.

The Sankt-Christophorus-Kirche is an Evangelical Lutheran church in Friedrichstadt in Schleswig-Holstein .

description

The aisle church based on the Dutch model dates from 1643 to 1649, the west tower from 1657, in its current form as well as the dome from 1762. The church consists mostly of mopping - a Dutch, slightly smaller variant of the brick , which is less used with moving surfaces tears easily. Only the facing brickwork is yellow. Sandstone is built into the windows, wall corners and the south portal . Three bells hang in the bell tower, the oldest originally comes from the church in Königsbüll on Alt-Nordstrand , which was destroyed in the Burchardi flood in 1634 , the two younger ones from 1963. The construction of the tower itself was delayed mainly because of the soft subsoil that formed the heavy tower can hardly bear. On the south and west sides, granite blocks were built in front of the building to compensate for the weight, which came from a lock that was demolished in 1630.

Furnishing

  • The altar painting from 1675 was painted by Rembrandt's pupil Jürgen Ovens , the court painter to Friedrich III. It shows the lamentation of Christ. Ovens himself depicted himself in a male figure at the top left and found his grave in the church in 1678.
  • The pulpit was made by Heinrich Ringerink in Flensburg's workshop around 1600. According to tradition, it is said to come together with the baptism from the churches of Alt-Nordstrand , which went down during the Burchardi flood .
  • On the walls, an epitaph formerly placed above the grave shows the staple holmer bailiff and Friedrichstadt councilor Hermann Wetken, his wife and daughter. The portraits are set in a richly carved and gilded frame. An interesting didactic picture from 1650 depicts scenes from the Old and New Testament: the brazen serpent from Exodus symbolizes the event on the cross with the protection it provides, two Jonah scenes thematize God's will to forgive, which can contradict human sense of justice, Easter and Ascension scene in the middle of the painting indicate that the picture as a whole wants to make statements about Christ.
  • The connection to the sea shows a votive ship from 1738 with the inscription “To honor the praiseworthy boatmen's guild and this church as an ornament. Anno 1738. "

The rest of the interior was heavily changed after the bombardment during the Schleswig-Holstein uprising (1850) until 1861. In the 20th century, modernizations were made in line with contemporary tastes. The church did not get its name until 1989. With reference to the numerous tourists who visit Friedrichstadt and the church, the community named it after St. Christophorus , the patron saint of travelers.

Others

The church is located on Friedrichstadt's central canal on Mittelburgwall, its tower, together with the tower of the Remonstrantenkirche in Friedrichstadt, defines the silhouette of the place. When the Catholic St. Knud Church was profaned in 2003 , the Catholics of Friedrichstadt also celebrated their services at times in the St. Christophorus Church.

Pastors

Gravestones and memorial stones

Although the Lutheran cemetery is now far away from the church, away from the old town, there are still several notable gravestones and memorial stones in the churchyard. On the one hand, the poet Johann Christoph Biernatzki lies here with his wife, who came to Friedrichstadt after the storm surge of 1825 and is best known for his work Die Hallig . On the other hand, there are two memorial stones for those who died in the bombardment of Friedrichstadt by Schleswig-Holstein troops. In front of the church there is a memorial stone for the Schleswig-Holstein soldiers, behind the church one for the Danish ones.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael Reiter: Churches by the Sea . Lutherische Verlagsanstalt, Kiel 2000, pp. 40f.

literature

  • Christiane Thomsen: Friedrichstadt. A historical city companion . Boyens, Heide 2001, ISBN 3-8042-1010-4

Web links

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Coordinates: 54 ° 22 ′ 39.1 ″  N , 9 ° 5 ′ 15.8 ″  E