St. Cosmas and Damian Church (Bockhorn)

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The Church of St. Cosmas and Damian is the Evangelical Lutheran place of worship in Bockhorn , Friesland district in Lower Saxony . Their patronage is derived from the holy twin brothers Cosmas and Damian , who are said to have healed the sick free of charge.

history

The construction of the church began in 1230. As a typical Frisian church, it is partly built from boulders and erected on a terp . In 1630 the church was damaged by lightning in a fire. Then a were baptismal font from oak , the gallery and the pulpit purchased. In addition, instead of the original vaulted ceiling, a flat beamed ceiling was drawn in, which was painted in color as early as 1776.

Building description

It is a rectangular hall church , which has a length of 37.40 m from east to west and a width of 10.30 m from north to south. The walls are about 10 m high with a constant thickness of 170 cm. On the outside, they are made of hewn granite boulders, the inner layer is made of brick . In between there is a filling made of boulders and shell limestone . The window openings in the north wall are still in their original state, the other three outer walls have been heavily modified by repairs and openings.

On the slate-covered gable roof sits a closed ridge turret with a pointed helmet and a weather vane , on the other side above the west portal, which was built in 1649, another ridge turret, which shows dials in all four directions. The bell of the clock hangs under the French hood of the western ridge.

The ogival east window was glazed in 1968 based on a design by the Bremen artist Heinz Lilienthal .

Furnishing

The oldest furnishings are a baptismal font from the 13th century and a tombstone from 1656. An oil painting Christ on the Cross is by Thomas Willeboirts Bosschaert (1614–1654) and is based on models by Rubens and van Dyck. It was acquired in Münster in 1817 for 100 thalers of gold .

The bronze altar cross was designed in 1968 by Erich Brüggemann from Stöckte near Winsen an der Luhe and cast in Berlin. In the middle, a relief shows Christ as the Lamb of God , on the four arms of the cross there are the symbols of the four evangelists : a man with wings - Matthew , a lion - Mark , a bull - Luke and an eagle - John .

organ

Organ in the Bockhorn church

The church did not have an organ until 1721/1722 when Christian Vater , a student of Arp Schnitger , was commissioned to build one. It has 19  stops on two manuals and a pedal and was played by father himself at the inauguration. After almost two centuries of repairs and maintenance work, the organ was rebuilt under Johann Martin Schmid and seven original stops were lost. Schmid built in new keyboards and tuned the instrument. Alfred Führer restored the original disposition in 1950 . In 1982/1983, with the advice of Harald Vogel , the organ was consistently restored and all non-original parts were reconstructed by the Führer company. It was even possible to derive the original mood, since the covers of the Gedackpfeifen were firmly soldered here.

I main work CDE – c 3
Principal 8th'0 V
Dumped 8th' V
Octave 4 ′ V
Quint 3 ′ F.
Octave 2 ′ V
Mixture 4-fold0 F.
Trumpet 8th' F.
Vox humana 8th' F.
II breastwork CDE – c 3
Flute douce 08th'0 V
Dumped 04 ′ V
Forest flute 02 ′ V
Quint 1 1 ⁄ 2  ′ F.
Sesquialter 2-fold0 F.
Tremulant
CDE – d pedal 1
Pedestal 16 ′0 V
Principal 08th' V
Octave 0 4 ′ V
Rauschpfeife 2-fold0 F.
trombone 16 ′ V
Trumpet 08th' F.
  • Wind pressure: 68 mm
  • Pitch: about 1 ⁄ 2 tone above normal
  • Tuning: unequal ( Werckmeister III accordingly)

Remarks

V = Christian father (1721/1722)
F = Alfred Führer organ building (1982/1983)

Bells

The brick bell tower stands eleven meters northwest of the church. Two bells hang in it .

No. Bell caster Casting year inscription
1 Johannes Frese 1507 + maragareta + bin + ick + gheheten + de + van + bockhoren + hebben + mi + laten + gheten + anno + domini + m + cccc + vii
2 Hans Bermann, Heinrich Ottinck 1619 ALL WORLD HONORED / GOD'S WORD BUT STANDS FOREVER

See also

literature

  • Hans-Bernd Rödiger, Waldemar Reinhardt: Frisian churches - Rüstringen, Frisian Wehde, Butjadingen, Stedingen and the city of Wilhelmshaven , volume 4. Verlag CL Mettcker & Sons, Jever 1982, p. 42 f.
  • Wolfgang Runge: The St. Cosmas and Damian Church in Bockhorn. Oldenburg 1983.
  • Robert Noah, Martin Stromann: God's houses in Friesland and Wilhelmshaven. Verlag Soltau-Kurier-Norden, Norden 1991, ISBN 978-3-922365-95-2 , p. 28 ff.
  • Wilhelm Gilly: Medieval churches and chapels in the Oldenburger Land. Building history and inventory. Isensee Verlag , Oldenburg 1992, ISBN 3-89442-126-6 , p. 42 ff.
  • 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. 29 .

Web links

Commons : St.-Cosmas-und-Damian-Kirche Bockhorn  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Fritz Schild: Memorial organs. Documentation of the restoration by Organ Builders Guide 1974–1991. Florian Noetzel, Wilhelmshaven 2005, ISBN 978-3-7959-0862-1 , p. 108.
  2. ↑ Bockhorn, St. Cosmas and Damian , nomine.net, accessed on April 26, 2018.
  3. ^ Organ of the Church of St. Cosmas and Damian on Organ index , accessed on September 29, 2018.
  4. ↑ The ringing of the St. Cosmas and Damian Church in Bockhorn, accessed on September 7, 2018.

Coordinates: 53 ° 23 '32.8 "  N , 8 ° 0' 52.3"  E