St. Florian Church (Sillenstede)

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Evangelical Church of St. Florian
View from the south
inside view
Johann Adam Berner Organ

The St. Florian Church is an Evangelical Lutheran church in the Sillenstede district of the town of Schortens in the Friesland district . With a length of 44 meters, it is the largest and most important granite square church in Friesland.

history

The hall church , built on a high terp , was probably completed in 1233 (Dehio: it can also be dated to the 12th century) and is dedicated to St. Florian , the patron saint in need of fire and water. It is 44 meters long, 13 meters wide and has walls eleven meters high. There is an apse on the east side . The granite ashlar of the church building has been completely preserved on both long sides and the apse. The walls were built with granite stones in shell construction, which were made from boulders . The boulders split with heavy tools were placed on top of one another on the outer wall with the flat surface facing outwards, and on the inner wall inwards. The largely unworked round sides of the granite stones pointed inwards and the interior was filled with stone waste and shell limestone mortar. This construction method resulted in the 1.40 meter thick walls of the church. The individual built-in granite stones sometimes reach a length of up to 1.70 meters.

Furnishing

In the church, which has been Protestant since the Reformation, there is a baptismal font from 1250. It is one of the oldest and most valuable baptismal fonts in the Oldenburger Land .

As in numerous Lutheran parishes in northwest Germany, there is a swan on the church roof instead of a weathercock .

The passion altar from 1515/1520 is carved from oak . It consists of a central shrine, two inactive leaves and a movable pair of wings. On the open side of the festival day, the reredos shows the passion of Jesus Christ in 13 reliefs up to his resurrection. When closed, the four evangelists can be seen on panels.

organ

Another showpiece is the Johann Adam Berner organ from 1757. Despite significant expansion, it has retained its original sound. Twelve of the 21 registers today are original. The Bern organ is the focus of a series of organ concerts that offer an organ concert every Saturday from the beginning of June to mid-September. The instrument has the following disposition :

I main work C – c 3
Quintadena 16 ′
Principal 8th'
Dumped 8th'
octave 4 ′
Reed flute 4 ′
octave 2 ′
Sesquialtera II
Mixture IV
Trumpet 8th'
II breastwork C – c 3
Quintadena 8th'
Dumped 4 ′
octave 2 ′
Pointed flute 2 ′
Cimbel III
shelf 8th'
Pedal C – f 1
Sub bass 16 ′
Principal 8th'
Dumped 8th'
octave 4 ′
Night horn 2 ′
trombone 16 ′

Bell tower

The bell tower located in the south of the church, like most churches on the East Frisian peninsula, is a two-storey building with cross vaults in the basement. It is made of granite, brick and tuff , which most likely come from a previous building of the church. There are three bells in the bell tower, one of which was made in 1440 by the bell founder Ghert Klinghe from Bremen . On one side of the bell Mary is shown with the baby Jesus , on the other side of the bell St. Florian is shown. The other two bells are from modern times and were cast in 1957.

See also

literature

  • Hans Saebens, Christel Matthias Schröder : The churches of Jeverland. Verlag CL Mettcker & Sons, Jever 1956, pp. 10, 12, 28 f.
  • Georg Dehio: Handbook of the German art monuments. Band Bremen, Lower Saxony. Knowledge Darmstadt Book Society, 1977
  • Günter Müller: The old churches and bell towers of the Oldenburger Land. Kayser-Verlag, Oldenburg 1983, pp. 145 ff.
  • Edgar F. Warnecke: Old churches and monasteries in the country between Weser and Ems. Verlag H. Th. Wenner, Osnabrück 1990, ISBN 3-87898-319-0 , p. 156 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. 86 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. 138 f.
  • Wolfgang Koppen: Peter and Paul look at the prayers from a lofty height. In: Jeversches Wochenblatt of February 1, 1997.
  • Herbert R. Marwede: Pre-Reformation altars in East Friesland . Dissertation, Hamburg 2007 ( online ) (PDF file; 1.2 MB)
  • 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. 24, 26, 29 ff., 35 ff., 100, 179, 208, 222 .
  • Rainer Hinrichs: symbol of power and safe haven. In: Jeversches Wochenblatt of August 10, 2018, p. 5.

Web links

Commons : Florianskirche Sillenstede  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Martin Noormann: Historical gem restored. In: Jeversches Wochenblatt from January 20, 2005.
  2. ↑ Cf. on this: Ummo Lübben, Weather Swans on Lutheran Churches between Ems and Jade (Norden 2010); ISBN 978-3-939870-35-7 .
  3. ↑ Fritz sign: Organ Atlas of historical and modern organs of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oldenburg. Florian Noetzel Verlag, Wilhelmshaven 2008, ISBN 3-7959-0894-9 , pp. 220 f., 395 ff. (Fig. 325–327).
  4. ↑ Annette Kellin: A masterpiece from 12,000 pipes. In: Jeversches Wochenblatt of June 6, 2015.
  5. ^ Church music in St. Florian ; Accessed June 9, 2011.
  6. ↑ Berner Organ Sillenstede , viewed on January 31, 2014.
  7. ↑ Organ of St. Florian Church on Organ index , accessed on September 29, 2018.
  8. ↑ Nordwestreisemagazin - St. Florian Church, Sillenstede , accessed on January 25, 2013.
  9. ↑ Genealogy Forum - The ev.-luth. St. Florian Church ( Memento from August 2, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on May 17, 2019.

Coordinates: 53 ° 34 ′ 27 ″  N , 7 ° 59 ′ 15.5 ″  E