St. Cosmas and Damian Church in Wiarden

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St. Cosmas and Damian Church

The Evangelical Lutheran St. Cosmas and Damian Church in Wiarden is a church building in the district of Wiarden in the municipality of Wangerland in the district of Friesland in Lower Saxony . The parish Wiarden belongs to the parish of Friesland- Wilhelmshaven the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oldenburg .

Building history

The church of St. Cosmas and Damian , built at the beginning of the 13th century , is a typical Romanesque granite block building on a high warf . A church is said to have existed here as early as 1164.

Furnishing

Murals

The choir contains late Gothic wall paintings depicting the apostles Peter , James and John as well as the patron saints of this church, St. Cosmas and Damian.

altar

Altar of the St. Cosmas and Damian Church

The altar was built in 1749 using parts of an older altar and restored in this version in 2004, with parts of the original altar from the 13th century being discovered behind the nailed-up rear wall.
The crucifixion group integrated into the altar and the twelve apostles are carved from oak and date from the first half of the 15th century .

pulpit

The pulpit , which rests on a statue of Moses, dates from 1634 and is the work of Münstermann's student Ommo Dirks. The visible sides of the pulpit basket show the evangelists Matthew , Mark , Luke and John .

Baptismal font

The old baptismal font of the church from the 13th century was given to the Landesmuseum Oldenburg in 1861 . Today a late baroque baptismal font made of wood is used.

organ

Organ of the St. Cosmas and Damian Church

The organ of the Wiarder Church was built in 1808 by organ builder Johann Gerhard Schmid , Leer , and has since been rebuilt several times, most recently in 1963 by organ builder Alfred Führer , Wilhelmshaven .

Bell tower

The free-standing bell tower to the northeast of the church dates from the 15th century. Three strong parallel brick walls (" parallel wall type ") have two bells in between .

See also

literature

  • Hans Saebens, Christel Matthias Schröder : The churches of Jeverland. Verlag CL Mettcker & Sons, Jever 1956, pp. 14, 49.
  • Hans-Bernd Rödiger, Klaus Wilkens: Frisian churches in Jeverland and Harlingerland. 2nd, revised edition, Verlag CL Mettcker & Sons, Jever 1981, p. 34 f.
  • Günter Müller: The old churches and bell towers of the Oldenburger Land. Kayser-Verlag, Oldenburg 1983, p. 176 ff.
  • Robert Noah, Martin Stromann: God's houses in Friesland and Wilhelmshaven , Verlag Soltau-Kurier-Norden, Norden 1991, ISBN 978-3-922365-95-2 , p. 111 ff.
  • Wiarden in: Georg Dehio : Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler . Bremen Lower Saxony. Munich / Berlin 1992, p. 1352 f.
  • Wilhelm Gilly: Medieval churches and chapels in the Oldenburger Land. Building history and inventory. Isensee Verlag , Oldenburg 1992, ISBN 3-89442-126-6 , p. 172 f.
  • Wolfgang Koppen: A prime example of beauty and durability. In: Jeversches Wochenblatt dated December 31, 1994.
  • Günther Robra: The reliquary from the SS Cosmae et Damiani church in Wiarden . In: Antje Sander-Berke (Ed.): Fromme Friesen. Medieval church history in Friesland . Isensee, Oldenburg 1997, ISBN 3-89598-449-3 .
  • Wangerland history workshop with the participation of the village community: Wiarden, chronicle of an old parish . Hohenkirchen 2002.
  • Hermann Haiduck: The architecture of the medieval churches in the East Frisian coastal area . 2nd Edition. Ostfriesische Landschaftliche Verlags- und Vertriebs-GmbH, Aurich 2009, ISBN 978-3-940601-05-6 , p. 26, 29 ff., 41, 191, 218 .
  • Justin Kroesen, Regnerus Steensma: Churches in East Friesland and their medieval furnishings. Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86568-159-1 , pp. 23, 36 f., 44, 57, 61 f., 82 f., 114 f., 134, 138 ff., 154, 156 f., 201, 230 ff.
  • Axel Bürgener , Klaus Siewert: Saalkirchen im Wangerland , Verlag "Auf der Warft", Münster - Hamburg - Wiarden 2015, ISBN 978-3-939211-97-6 , p. 115 ff.

Web links

Commons : St. Cosmas and Damian Church Wiarden  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

References and footnotes

  1. ↑ Wolfgang Koppen: Precious paintings on church walls. In: Jeversches Wochenblatt of May 28, 2005, p. 7.
  2. ↑ Wolfgang Koppen: Moses bears the burden of the word. In: Jeversches Wochenblatt of January 19, 2007, p. 7.
  3. ↑ The organ of Wiarder church , accessed on 22 July 2018th
  4. ↑ St. Cosmas and Damian Church: noon bells , accessed on September 5, 2018.

Coordinates: 53 ° 40 ′ 6.2 "  N , 7 ° 57 ′ 6.9"  E