St. George's Church (Bledeln)

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The St. George Church in Bledeln is a Protestant church in the Bledeln district of the Lower Saxon community of Algermissen, southeast of Hanover . It is the symbol of the village.

Bledeln Church

description

The church building has a single nave and is made of cuboid stones, which indicates that it is very old. The eastern part of the church was renewed and extended in 1718 according to the style of the time - in baroque form. The beam ceiling was also kept in this style, but was covered with a wooden ceiling in the last century, around 1821. In order to be able to cover the costs of the renovation and expansion of the church space , the pastor at the time, Filter, quote: himself undertook a collection trip, from which he brought home a good amount of money .

The King of England, George I , also donated 100 thalers in gold. An inscription on the lintel of the east door indicates the renovation: 1718 - In HonoreM nostrl Creatorls aeDes eXtrVCta - Christoph Vilter p (ro) t (empore) pastor j. Lauenstein CD Gott provisores ... custos . In 1962 the interior of the church was redesigned again and the gallery was shortened by a window width, as was the chancel. This created space for additional seating. The tombstones were removed from the chancel and the central aisle and replaced with tiles.

  • Inscriptions

  • Inscription above the east door for the renovation in 1718

  • Epitaph

The entrance to the church is on the south side. Next to the door is Pastor Vilter's grave slab, made of sandstone, 205 cm high and 105 cm wide. The inscription shows the date of birth (Hildesheim, August 15, 1675) and the year of death (1734) Vilter, as well as the name of his wife Catharina Margaretha von der Wisch. Another grave slab can be seen to the right of the main entrance. It is that of Ilsa Margaretha Nöldecke, b. 1673, married to Pastor von der Wisch.

The tower

The church tower has an almost square floor plan and is made of limestone blocks. The bell storey has two-part, arched sound openings within the arched niches. The entrance is on the south side. Next to the door is Pastor Vilter's grave slab, made of sandstone. Another grave slab is ajar to the right of the main entrance. The baptismal font, formerly in the tower room, now has its place in the chancel, where it is raised and has a brass lid. In the choir room there is also a plaque with the names of those who died in the First World War .

chandelier

Three chandeliers have been preserved from an earlier period. The oldest is from the 16th century and has twelve S-shaped arms. At the lower end of the spindle is a double-sided lion head and a long-bearded warrior figure as a crown. The other is about fifty years younger. The third chandelier no longer hangs in the church.

Bell jar

The big bell of the church is of extraordinary antiquity. It shows in late Romanesque script the note: Anno d (omini) M CC XL IX fusa est , translated in the year of the Lord in 1249, it is cast . The year in which the bell was cast falls in the heyday of the House of Bledeln . It can be assumed that it was the von Bledeln family who donated the bell to their name village as the patrons of the church.

Literature / list of sources

  • Adolf Bertram: History of the Diocese of Hildesheim. 3 volumes. Hildesheim 1899/1916.
  • Bernhard Engelke : The large and small counties of the Counts of Lauenrode. In: Hannoversche Geschichtsblätter. Volume 24, issue 4/5, 1922.
  • J. Gebauer: History of the city of Hildesheim. 2 volumes. Hildesheim 1922/1924.
  • W. Görges, F. Spehr, F. Fuhse: Patriotic stories and memorabilia of the states of Braunschweig and Hanover. 3 volumes. Braunschweig 1925/1929.
  • Wilhelm Havemann: History of the Lands Braunschweig and Lüneburg. 3 volumes. Göttingen 1853/1857.
  • Adolf Hueg: Village and peasantry. Oldenburg 1939.
  • K. Kayser: The Reformation church visits in Guelph lands 1542/1544. Goettingen 1896.
  • K. Kayser: The general church visitation of 1588 in the state of Göttingen-Kalenberg. In: Journal of the Society for Church History in Lower Saxony. No. 8, 1904, pp. 93-238; No. 9, 1904, pp. 22-72.
  • Hermann Adolf Lüntzel: The rural burdens in the Principality of Hildesheim. Hildesheim 1830.
  • Hermann Adolf Lüntzel: The older diocese of Hildesheim. Hildesheim 1837.
  • J. Machens: The Archdiaconate of the Diocese of Hildesheim in the Middle Ages. Hildesheim 1920.
  • HWH Mithoff: Art monuments and antiquities in Hanover. Volume 3: Hildesheim / Goslar. Hanover 1875.
  • Friedrich Peine: The early history of the Go Hassel Ders. The Goding, the Freidinge and the Meierding in Lühnde. In: Blätter für Volkstum und Heimat im Reg.-Bez. Hildesheim. Issue 7/8, 1941; H. 10/12, 1943.
  • Friedrich Peine: From the history of the village of Bledeln. Peine, 1963.
  • Werner Spieß: The Großvogtei Kalenberg. Göttingen 1933.
  • K. Janicke, H. Hoogeweg: Document book of the Hochstift Hildesheim and its bishops. 6 volumes. Leipzig 1896, Hanover 1901/1911.
  • R. Doebner: Document book of the city of Hildesheim. 8 volumes. Hildesheim 1881–1901.
  • H. Sudendorf: Document book on the history of the dukes of Braunschweig and Lüneburg. 11 volumes. Hanover / Göttingen 1859–1883.

Web links

Commons : St. George Church  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Quote from the church chronicle

Coordinates: 52 ° 16 ′ 16.2 "  N , 9 ° 55 ′ 32.2"  E