St. Jürgen Church (Gettorf)

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Church tower of the St. Jürgen Church
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The St. Jürgen Church in Gettorf was a pilgrimage church in the Middle Ages . Today it belongs to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany .

history

At the site of today's church there was probably a place of worship before the Christianization of the Danish welfare . Around 1250 a long nave , today's central nave, with a choir was built. Around 1300 today's choir with ribbed vault was added slightly offset. At that time the church was dedicated to St. Nicholas of Myra and the Mother of God, Mary . Next to the church there was a chapel dedicated to George , which attracted numerous pilgrims and brought the church a lot of income. The patronage later passed to the great church.

In the 15th century, a granary made of field stones was added to the west of the church to supply the pilgrims and probably also to accommodate the church tenth , which mostly consisted of natural products . The remains of this granary, on the foundation of which the 64 m high tower was built in 1491–94, can still be seen on the church wall. In 1520 the Marienkapelle was added to the south wall.

Only a few years later, the Reformation found its way into Gettorf in 1523 when the first Lutheran sermon was given in St. Jürgen's Church. In 1619 the old pilgrimage chapel was demolished, the materials, e.g. B. the copper with which the roof was covered, were used to expand the church. A poor house was built on the site of the chapel .

During the Thirty Years' War , the copper plates that covered the tower were stolen and replaced with wooden shingles . Shortly afterwards, in 1643 , the last addition to the church was made on the north wall with the crypt of Detlef von Ahlefeldt , whose family had held the church patronage since 1460 .

In 1814 the tower burned down and was rebuilt. During the Schleswig-Holstein uprising , it served as a vantage point from which the arrival of the Danish ships was observed before the battle near Eckernförde on April 5, 1849.

In the course of the 19th century, the church was given today's galleries. The windows have also been enlarged. In 1906 the late Gothic painting of the vaults was renewed and supplemented. In 1913 the tower burned again and was renovated. In 2012 the tower was renovated with the help of the church building association.

Bronze baptism of 1424

Furnishing

The oldest piece of equipment is a bronze baptism that was given to the church in 1424 by a Wulf von Ahlefeldt. The fifth is carried by four young men on a standing ring and shows the Annunciation , the adoration of the baby Jesus, the flight into Egypt , the baptism of Jesus and the coronation of Mary as reliefs . A baroque baptismal lid hangs over the baptismal font .

altar

The inventory also includes a late Gothic carved altar from around 1500. In the central shrine it shows a rosary Madonna . The reliefs of the wings show scenes around the birth of Christ . In the predella is Lk 1.46 to 47  lt , a verse from the Magnificat . It was probably created for the Marienkapelle and probably comes from the same artist who also created the rosary altar in the Holy Spirit Hospital in Lübeck.

Hans Gudewerdt the Elder's pulpit

The pulpit of the woodcarver Hans Gudewerdt the Elder, including the staircase and sound cover, dates from 1598. The eight-sided basket is divided by figures of apostles at the corners. The reliefs framed by round arches and signed in Low German depict the creation, life of Christ and Last Judgment . On the banister, the depiction of the Last Supper is contrasted with the parable of poor Lazarus and the adoration of the kings with the sacrifice of Isaac .

The galleries are decorated with late baroque depictions of Christ and the apostles. A late baroque triumphal cross hangs on the wall . A double-sided figure by Jörg Plickat was inserted into the wooden Mary chandelier in the central nave instead of a lost medieval statue of Mary .

organ

The organ with its imposing prospect was built in 1866 by the organ building company Marcussen & Søn (Denmark). The instrument has 24  stops on two manual works and a pedal .

I main work C – f 3
1. Drone 16 ′
2. Prestant 8th'
3. Double flute 8th'
4th octave 4 ′
5. flute 4 ′
6th Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
7th octave 2 ′
8th. third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
9. Mixture IV
10. Trumpet 8th'
II Rückpositiv C – f 3
11. Dumped 8th'
12. Principal 4 ′
13. recorder 4 ′
14th Forest flute 2 ′
15th Sexta 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
16. Nasat 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
17th Sharp III
18th Dulcian 8th'
Tremulant
Pedals C – d 1
19th Sub bass 16 ′
20th Principal 8th'
21st Dumped 8th'
22nd Choral bass 4 ′
23. Peasant flute 2 ′
24. trombone 16 ′

literature

  • Hartmut Beseler: Kunsttopographie Schleswig-Holstein , Neumünster 1974, pp. 197-198
  • Georg Dehio : Handbook of the German art monuments . Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein . 3rd revised and updated edition, Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-422-03120-3 , pp. 313-314
  • New civic magazine with special consideration for the duchies of Schleswig, Holstein and Lauenburg, 1832, volume 1, p.666ff The Gettorfer Church

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans Nicolai Andreas Jensen : An attempt at church statistics of the Duchy of Schleswig: Containing Femern, those directly under the Schleswig general superintendent, as well as the churches under the bishops of Ripen and von Alsen: together with additions and registers, Volume 4; Kastrup 1842; Pp. 1358-60
  2. ↑ Church building association
  3. ↑ Jensen: Attempt at church statistics of the Duchy of Schleswig Volume 4, p. 1335
  4. ↑ Dehio Handbook, p. 540
  5. ^ Organ in Gettorf , accessed on February 11, 2020.

Coordinates: 54 ° 24 ′ 32.3 "  N , 9 ° 58 ′ 25.4"  E