St. Dionysius Church (Bad Fallingbostel)
| St. Dionysius Church in Bad Fallingbostel |
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 The St. Dionysius Church in 2013 |
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| Construction year: | 1829 to 1830, tower: 1904 |
| Inauguration: | November 21, 1830 |
| Builder : |
Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Mithoff , tower: Eduard Schlöbcke |
| Style elements : | Hall church , classicism |
| Client: | Evangelical Lutheran parish Fallingbostel |
| Location: | 52 ° 51 '58.8 " N , 9 ° 41' 40.5" E |
| Address: | Kirchplatz 1, Bad Fallingbostel Lower Saxony , Germany |
| Purpose: | Evangelical Lutheran parish church |
| Local community: | Evangelical Lutheran parish Fallingbostel |
| Parish: | Kirchplatz 9, 29683 Bad Fallingbostel |
| Regional Church : |
Evangelical Lutheran Regional Church of Hanover , ( Sprengel Lüneburg , Walsrode Church District ) |
| Website: | www.kirche-fallingbostel.de |
The St. Dionysius Church in Bad Fallingbostel is a classical hall building with a polygonal east end from the 19th century and a later added west tower from the beginning of the 20th century.
Geographical location
The church, named after the Christian martyr Dionysius of Paris , of the Evangelical Lutheran parish of the district town in the Lüneburg Heath stands on a small hill in the center of the village, where Walsroder Strasse, Soltauer Strasse and Vogteistrasse meet at the church square. Bad Fallingbostel is located on the A 7 motorway with its own connection between Hamburg and Hanover and is a train station on the Heidebahn line Hanover - Soltau - Hamburg.
Building history
Previous construction
The current church stands on the site of an earlier, probably centuries-old church. In 1777 the church at that time was already called an "old building" with a round, stone-walled tower.
The first suggestions for building a new church began as early as 1824. In the meantime, the old church looked like - as the chronicle notes - "a ruin". In addition, the church had become too small for the larger congregation.
New building
On June 12, 1829 the foundation stone was laid for the construction of the new church. The interior work could already be carried out at the beginning of 1830, and on November 21, 1830 the ceremonial inauguration of the new church took place. The following year, court organ builder Christian Bethmann from Linden near Hanover installed a new organ.
The bells continued to ring in the wooden belfry of the old church. But as early as 1880 an association was founded to build a church tower, which began in 1903 and was completed a year later. The old wooden tower had now done its job. Site manager Schlöbcke had an offering stick carved from an old beam of the belfry, which has found its place in the tower entrance. His inscription notes: Two hundred years in weather and storm I carried the bells in the bell tower. Now in my old days I have to carry a collecting tank for the poor. 1695-1904 .
Shortly before the 100th anniversary of the church, it became necessary to rebuild the organ. The organ building workshop P. Furtwängler & Hammer from Hanover installed the new work with 17 registers. The organ received an electrically driven fan motor for wind supply. The bell ringing received an electric drive.
In 1954 a major renovation was made to the church. According to plans by Professor Ernst Witt from Hanover, the church was given a new coat of paint. Since then, a new crucifix made of brass and enamel, made in the Bolze goldsmith's workshop in Bremen, has adorned the altar, along with an image of the Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci .
In 1962 the exterior was renovated. A fire in the air shaft of the heating system caused considerable damage in 1965, but this could be repaired.
The interior of the church was completely renovated in 1987. A grave slab for a child was found, which was restored and placed in the tower area.
Building description
building
The yellowish plastered church building was built in 1829/1830 according to the design of Oberlandbaumeister Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Mithoff . In 1904 the tower was added to the church under the direction of the royal building inspector Eduard Schlöbcke from Celle .
The interior is divided into three naves by wooden supports. There is a wooden barrel vault above the middle one, and flat ceilings lie above the narrow sides, equipped with galleries.
The east wall is straight and closed with a large pulpit-altar wall. Opposite is the organ on the west gallery.
The equipment of the church is uniform and comes from the time it was built.
The church can be entered through the main tower entrance and four side entrances. Above the south portal there is the inscription: Pray in spirit and in truth , stating the construction time 1829 and 1830 .
organ
The current organ was built into the organ prospect from the time the church was built on June 5, 1977. The two-manual work with 22 registers comes from the Berlin organ building workshop Karl Schuke .
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Bells
The current four bronze bells were newly procured in 1982. The two chime bells hang in the bell-room of the tower, and the two clock-chiming bells are attached to the lower spire so that they can be seen from the outside.
The previous cast steel bells were placed in front of the tower entrance. In addition to the indication of the year of casting in 1923, there are significant inscriptions alluding to the whereabouts of the earlier bells in the First World War : The great war was preyed on the old bells - Now we want to ring again as God's call penetrates your heart .
Fallingbostel parish
The parish Fallingbostel was first mentioned in 1293 as parochia Valingborstle . The founding date of the church is likely to be much earlier. At that time the place belonged to the Archdiakonat Ahlden (Aller) of the diocese of Minden within the archbishopric of Cologne .
When Duke Ernst the Confessor introduced the Reformation in his principality between 1525 and 1529 , the Fallingbostel parish also accepted the Lutheran creed. The Luneburg church order of the Duke Friedrich from 1643 is still true today.
The church books of Bad Fallingbostel only go back to the year 1784. The older books were destroyed in a parsonage fire.
In addition to the core city area, the parish Bad Fallingbostel today also includes the villages of Vierde and Riepe and the places Elferdingen, Kroge and Wenzingen (until 2019 area of the municipality of Bomlitz , now the city of Walsrode ), also Oerbke (municipality-free district of Osterheide ) and Tietlingen (city of Walsrode). The parish of Bommelsen (until 2019 area of the parish of Bomlitz , now the city of Walsrode) has also been looked after from Bad Fallingbostel since 2002 .
In the year the church was built, the parish Fallingbostel had 1498 parishioners. At that time the parish belonged to the Ahlden-Walsrode inspection (based in Düshorn ) and was located in the Lüneburg-Celle general diocese of the Principality of Lüneburg (based in Celle ). It was subordinate to the Royal Consistory in Hanover.
In 2002, 5598 parishioners belonged to the Bad Fallingbostel parish, which is part of the Walsrode parish (from 1947 to 1962 Fallingbostel was the seat of the superintendent ) in the Lüneburg district of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover . For 2011, 4912 parishioners are given.
Pastors
After the Second World War , auxiliary chaplains were initially used for pastoral care in the Fallingbostel-Oerbke internment camp , and then additionally to strengthen the pastoral office . Since 1952 there has been a second parish office.
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- ↑ The clergyman dies ten days after his introduction ( Evangelical Lutheran St. Dionysius Church in Bad Fallingbostel 1830–2005. 175 years of church buildings. History and the present , Bad Fallingbostel 2005, p. 44).
- ↑ Since 1947 also superintendent.
- ^ Regional Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Mecklenburg in Schwerin during the National Socialist period.
- ^ Son of Friedrich Schrader (see above), pastor from 1932 to 1962.
- ↑ a b c Communication from the Bad Fallingbostel church council, accessed on January 18, 2017 .
literature
- Georg Dehio: Handbook of German Art Monuments (New Series). Bremen , Lower Saxony , edited by Gottfried Kiesow u. a., Munich / Berlin, 1977 - ISBN 3-422-00348-7
- 150 years of St. Dionysius Church in Fallingbostel 1830–1980. Festschrift for the church anniversary , Fallingbostel, 1980
- Evangelical Lutheran St. Dionysius Church in Bad Fallingbostel. 175 Years of Church Buildings - Past and Present 1830–2005 , Bad Fallingbostel, 2005
