St. Johannes Church (Ritterhude)

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The St. Johannes Church is an Evangelical Lutheran church building in Ritterhude , a small town in the Osterholz district in Lower Saxony .

history

The first church stood in its current location and was a small wooden chapel of unknown construction date. When a new pastor took office in 1691, he found a dilapidated church. He raised money on preaching trips to finance a new church. The foundation stone was laid in 1701/02 and the building dragged on very long. It was in disrepair again as early as 1790. A half-timbered building with a free-standing belfry was built. In 1890 the church got an exterior plaster. The church tower followed in 1892 and was raised by two meters in 1936.

Furnishing

organ

The organ was built in 1929 by the organ builder P. Furtwängler & Hammer . The instrument was rebuilt and expanded in 1969, and was last restored by Franz Rietzsch in 1998/1999. It has 15 sounding stops on two manuals and a pedal ( pocket drawer ). The performance and stop actions are pneumatic.

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
1. Quintad 16 ′
2. Principal 08th'
3. Hollow flute 08th'
4th Night horn 04 ′
5. Octave 02 ′
6th Mixture V
II Swell C – g 3
7th Lovely Gedackt 08th'
8th. Salicional 08th'
9. Quintad 08th'
10. Principal 04 ′
11. Nasat 02 2 ⁄ 3  ′
12. recorder 02 ′
13. oboe 08th' (1999)
Tremulant
Pedal C – f 1
14th Sub bass 16 ′
15th Octave bass 08th'
Gedackt (= No. 7) 08th'
Principal (= No. 10) 04 ′
Basson (= No. 13) 08th'
  • Coupling : II / I (also as super octave coupling), II / II (super octave coupling), I / P, II / P
  • Playing aids : Kalkant, free combination, hand register, tutti, register swell (roller)

Bells

The church tower has two bells in the bell house .

No.
  		Casting year
  		Foundry, casting location
  		Percussive
( HT - 1 / 16 )
1 1957 Otto , Hemelingen g 1 +1
2 1893 Radler , Hildesheim a 1 +2

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ History of the Church. Ritterhude community, accessed April 19, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Information on the organ

Web links

Coordinates: 53 ° 10 ′ 50.2 ″  N , 8 ° 45 ′ 15 ″  E