St. John's Church (Sandstedt)
The St. Johannis Church in Sandstedt , a village in the unified community of Hagen in Bremen in the Lower Saxony district of Cuxhaven , is located on the Lower Weser opposite the city of Brake . The church is named after John the Baptist .
The villages of Rechtenfleth , Sandstedt and Offenwarden belong to the parish of Sandstedt in the Wesermünde parish of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hanover .
history
The first church directly on the Weser was founded around 1050 as a daughter church of Bramstedt (east of Hagen i. B.). It collapsed during the flood in 1419. The current church was rebuilt a little further from the Weser in 1420 on a Wurt . The foundation consists of stone from the old church.
Between 1420 and 1450 the walls were covered with paintings that were uncovered in 1939.
Around 1540 the parish Sandstedt accepted the Protestant faith.
The first tower from 1587 was replaced by a new one in 1613. The pulpit was built in 1660, the baptismal font in 1674 and the altar around 1700. At the beginning of the 19th century, the vaulted ceiling was retracted.
In the second half of the 19th century, iron wheel candlesticks were installed. In 1939 galleries in the altar area were removed.
From 1997 to 2002 the church was extensively restored (including wheel candlesticks). Over the centuries the church in Kleiboden has sunk into something evenly.
The organ was renovated in 1680 and expanded in 1727. In 1962 the altarpiece and the organ gallery were redesigned. In 1986 the organ was completed.
Buildings and equipment
The Johanniskirche is an east-facing hall church with a gable roof. It is 37.50 m long and 10 m wide. A sacristy is built on the north side.
altar
The choir is only raised by a small step opposite the nave . The baroque altar is decorated with many decorations. The altarpiece was probably carved by the sculptor Jakob Helmerß from Stade. The lower oil painting shows the Lord's Supper scene. The large oil painting in the middle shows Jesus on the cross, the upper one Jesus resurrection and ascension. These are copies after Anton van Dyck and Peter Paul Rubens from the end of the 18th century. The evangelists Matthew with the angel and Mark with the lion are shown standing. Luke with the bull and John with the eagle are designed lying down.
Niches
There are three niches on the north wall in the altar area. The large niche with a flat arch is an Easter grave that is no longer used .
The tabernacle from the Catholic times of the church is also located on the window reveal behind an iron lattice door . The hand-wash basin for the priest can be seen under the tabernacle.
window
The four large, arched windows on the north and south walls have simple glazing with a large number of bars.
The baptismal stand
The baptismal stand is in the choir between the altar and the pulpit. The baptismal font is a work by master carpenter Johann Moller in the style of the pulpit. Reliefs depict the life of Jesus. The lid of the baptismal font with a dove handle is more recent.
The wheel candlesticks
The iron wheel candlesticks take up a large space in the nave. They were reconstructed from historical photos in 2002. The predecessors were scrapped in 1939.
Each of the three wheel candlesticks has 16 electric candles. The wreath is perforated with alternating stars and crosses. The diameter of the wheel candlesticks is about 2 meters.
Gothic wall paintings
Only fragments of the wall paintings from the Gothic period have survived.
For a long time they had been painted over. On the right side of the east wall, larger than life, stands Mary as the crowned Queen of Heaven with the baby Jesus on a carpet of roses . On the left side of the east wall you can see Anna herself, sitting on a throne . Mother Anna has the Virgin Mary on her lap, breastfeeding her son Jesus. To the right of the group you can see Maria Cleophae with John the Baptist as a child and to the left Maria Salome with her child John, the later apostle.
On the north wall above the priest's door stands the apostle Peter with the key. To the left of the priest's door, which now leads to the sacristy, a copy of a consecration cross from 2002 can be seen. The stoning of the arch-martyr Stephen is depicted above the walled niche of the north wall . To the right of it is the attempted arrest of a young man when Jesus was captured.
Epitaph and foundation plaque
A memorial plaque for the Heshausen family hangs on the north wall. On the south wall there is a large plaque from the founder Johan Illies, a merchant from Lisbon.
Organ gallery and organ
The organ gallery contains pictures from the Old and New Testament. The baptism of Jesus by John can be seen as a single image under the gallery . In the door panel under the gallery, the upper picture shows the sinking Peter , the lower Ruth and Boaz, who belong to the family tree of Jesus.
Only the prospectus from 1671/1680 has survived from the old organ. It is believed that Arp Schnittger renovated the organ in 1680. The current organ with 16 registers comes from the Hillebrand workshop in Altwarmbüchen. The main work was installed in 1963, the pedal in 1974. The Wilhelmshaven workshop Führer completed the construction of the organ with the breastwork.
West tower and bells
At the church tower, the rotation in the middle spire is striking. This rotation was caused by drying the rafters that were installed too early. On the west side of the tower there are six coats of arms from the time it was built. The tower, which is massive at the lower end, has a total height of 52.50 m.
Three bells hang about 22 m high in the wooden belfry of the church tower. The big bell from 1801 weighs 1,299 kg and was cast by the Johann Philipp Bartels bell foundry in Bremen, as did the small bell in 1868.
The middle bell was cast in 1957 by the Rincker company in the Hessian sense . She weighs 664 kg.
The cemetery
Around 40 listed tombs in the cemetery around the church are evidence of wealthy marsh farmers from the 16th to 19th centuries. They are made from Obernkirchen sandstone . The cemetery continues to be used as a community cemetery.
literature
- SANDSTEDT. Ev. Church of St. John. In: Georg Dehio : Handbook of German Art Monuments . Bremen Lower Saxony. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 1992, ISBN 3-422-03022-0 , p. 1160.
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Coordinates: 53 ° 21 ′ 35.1 ″ N , 8 ° 31 ′ 28 ″ E