St. John's Church (Strückhausen-Kirchdorf)

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Aerial view of the St. Johannes Church in Strückhausen

The St. Johannes Church is an Evangelical Lutheran church in Strückhausen -Kirchdorf, municipality of Ovelgönne , Wesermarsch district in Lower Saxony . The hall church with a polygonal choir from brick was built in the 1519th The Gothic windows were reconstructed between 1985 and 1986. The bell tower is located in front of the west facade of the church and the top of a ridge turret over the west facade .

history

Strückhausen's first church, also called "olle Kark", was sacked in 1369 by Counts Christian and Konrad II of Oldenburg. The following new building was a victim of floods between 1398 and 1423. It was not until 1519 that the current church was bought using older building remains.

Furnishing

altar

Interior with organ

The baroque altarpiece from 1743 is on loan from the Lutheran Church in Esenshamm . In the predella it shows a picture of the Last Supper. In the middle is Jesus on the cross and under him his mother Mary and his favorite disciple John. On the left - surrounded by a baroque frame made of delicate openwork acanthus tendrils - you can see images of Moses and the Israelites looking at the brazen serpent, and on the right, Jesus carrying the cross and the two thieves. The latter is a very unusual Passion picture. As is often the case with Lutheran altars, the resurrection is depicted above the crucifixion. Above it is the name of God "Yahweh" written in Hebrew letters in gold. It is framed by two angel heads.

pulpit

The pulpit from 1646–1648 in the style of the late Renaissance shows four - somewhat clumsy - evangelists on the pulpit between pillars. The pulpit lid is crowned by a somewhat squat, risen Christ who carries the globe with a cross in his left hand.

Baptismal font

The cup-shaped font dates from the 16th century. It was revised in 1660.

organ

The prospectus of the small organ , for which space had to be made in the flat wooden ceiling, comes from the organ builder Arp Schnitger , born in the nearby Schmalenfleet and baptized in the St. Bartholomew Church in Golzwarden . After repairs and new constructions, two original Arp Schnitger registers have been preserved in addition to the prospectus . The rest of the organ work is more recent.

Galleries

The interior of the church is dominated by the galleries running around on three sides. The north gallery was created in 1657 by the master carpenter Arp Schnitger the Elder. Ä., The father of the famous master organ builder with a workshop in Hamburg. The balustrades of the galleries are painted with numerous representations from the Old and New Testament. The corresponding Bible passage is noted above. 18 pictures come from the Old Testament and range from Genesis to Susanna in the bath. The New Testament begins with the preaching and ends with the resurrection. The model for the pictures was the illustration of the Merian Bible. The 50 or so biblical images are clear evidence that Lutherans were not enemies of images.

See also

literature

  • Hans-Bernd Rödiger, Waldemar Reinhardt: Frisian Churches - Rüstringen, Friesische Wehde, Butjadingen, Stedingen and City of Wilhelmshaven , Volume 4. Verlag CL Mettcker & Söhne, Jever 1982, p. 85.
  • Georg Dehio : Handbook of the German art monuments. Bremen Lower Saxony. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 1992, ISBN 3-422-03022-0 , pp. 522-523, p. 1260
  • Wilhelm Gilly: Medieval churches and chapels in the Oldenburger Land. Building history and inventory. Isensee Verlag , Oldenburg 1992, ISBN 3-89442-126-6 , p. 142 f.
  • Albrecht Eckhardt: Oldenburgisches Ortlexikon Volume 2: Bibliography, registers, maps: Archeology, geography and history of the Oldenburger Land. Oldenburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-89995-758-7 , pp. 961-962
  • Josef Dolle (ed.): Lower Saxony monastery book, Strückhausen - Johanniter. Vol. 3, Bielefeld 2012

Web links

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Coordinates: 53 ° 19 ′ 56.9 ″  N , 8 ° 23 ′ 30.9 ″  E