St. Katharinen Church (Oebisfelde)

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The Church of St. Catherine
The crooked church tower seen from the north

The St. Katharinen Church is a Protestant church in the Oebisfelde district of the city of Oebisfelde-Weferlingen in the north-west of Saxony-Anhalt . It is of Romanesque origin. Its namesake is Saint Catherine .

history

The church was built shortly after Oebisfelde Castle was founded in the 13th century, donated by the von Ovesfelde family. An extension in 1314 is documented. A Marian altar came from the same year.

A stone priest's seat dates from 1381 . In 1479 a monstrance altar was installed. From 1901 to 1902, the church was expanded to the east as the number of inhabitants rose sharply. The design for this came from the renowned Hanoverian architect Conrad Wilhelm Hase , whose employee Friedrich Jacob was in charge of construction. Among other things, the sacristy was added. The church also received a late romantic organ from the Rühlmann company .

In 2011 the tower was renovated.

Architecture and equipment

Jesus on the cross, west wall of the tower

The church was built from rubble stones . The tower of the church has an overhang of 95 centimeters to the west due to the lowered foundation walls. It is covered with clapboards. On the west wall there is a stone slab with a sandstone sculpture on which, among other things, the crucified Jesus and the mourning Mary Magdalene are depicted. On the south wall of the sacristy there are two stone slabs with sundials .

Inside there is a group of figures created around 1500 depicting Emerentia (Anna's mother), Anna , Maria and Jesus. In this combination there are only seven such groups of figures worldwide. The priest's seat and the monstrance altar are still part of the equipment. Only the essay remains of the Marien Altar.

There are three bells hanging on the tower . The largest bell with a diameter of 1.39 meters was cast in 1463 and is dedicated to Christ , the Mother of God and Saints Catherine and Nicholas . Their strike tone is d ′. The middle bell with a diameter of 1.15 meters and the strike tone g ′ does not show any inscriptions and dates from late medieval times. The smallest bell with a diameter of 63 centimeters is the oldest. Its special sound pattern suggests an elongated bell shape, the so-called sugar loaf type, which was widespread between around 1150 and 1250. The sound of the bell is about g ″.

use

Services are held in the church on Sundays and on public holidays. Concerts are occasionally held.

Surroundings

Except in the west, the church is surrounded by an ensemble of historic houses, mostly half-timbered houses . The street 'Kirchplatz' lies in the south parallel to the longitudinal axis of the nave. To the west of the church is the Allerniederung . The Oebisfeld Castle is around 150 meters south.

The Nicolaikirche , which was built in 1896, is around 450 meters north of the St. Catherine's Church . It was profaned in 1977 and is similar in size to St. Catherine's Church. The towers of the two churches and the castle tower shape the silhouette of Oebisfeld.

Web links

Commons : St. Katharinen Church (Oebisfelde-Weferlingen)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Tourist information about the church ( memento of February 12, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on October 17, 2011
  2. ^ Friedrich Jacob in the database of architects and artists with direct reference to Conrad Wilhelm Hase (1818–1902) , accessed on November 3, 2016
  3. ↑ Description of the “Open Monument Day” at boerdekreis.de (PDF), accessed on July 1, 2016
  4. ^ Adolf Parisius and Dr. Adolf Brinkmann: Descriptive representation of the older architectural and art monuments of the Gardelegen district . In: Historical Commission of the Province of Saxony (Ed.): Descriptive representation of the older architectural and art monuments . tape 10 . Otto Hendel, Halle (Saale) 1897, p. 135 .

Coordinates: 52 ° 25 ′ 46 ″  N , 10 ° 59 ′ 6 ″  E