St. Liborius Church (Bremervörde)
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| Denomination : | Evangelical Lutheran |
| Patronage : | Saint Liborius |
| Consecration year : | 1652 |
| Parish : | St. Liborius parish Bremervörde |
| Address: | Neue Strasse / Kirchenstrasse, 27432 Bremervörde |
Coordinates: 53 ° 29 ′ 12.1 ″ N , 9 ° 8 ′ 47.4 ″ E The St. Liborius Church is an Evangelical Lutheran church in Bremervörde, Rotenburg (Wümme) district in Lower Saxony . The baroque style church building was rebuilt in 1651after being destroyed twice during the Thirty Years' War . The associated parish is the St. Liborius parish Bremervörde.
location
The original church building, which burned down in 1627, and the reconstruction of 1643, which was also destroyed, were located near Vörde Castle . Today there is a supermarket at the original location, the Großer Platz.
The church building, rebuilt in 1651, is located on Neue Strasse or Kirchenstrasse near the town hall . Behind the church is the Ludwig Harms House, which houses the church office but is also used for events and church services during the winter months.
history
The St. Liborius Church was first mentioned in 1282 in a document from Bremen's Archbishop Giselbert von Brunkhorst . At that time it was in the immediate vicinity of Vörde Castle and the Archbishop's residence. In 1348 Saint Liborius was named the patron saint of the church. According to a chalice from 1535, the Lutheran faith found its way into the church at this time.
During the Thirty Years' War, the church building together with the then “Vörde” district was completely burned down by mercenaries of the Danish army . Under Archbishop Johann Friedrich , the reconstruction of the church began in 1630 and was completed in 1643. Three years later, in 1646, the Danes destroyed the district and the church again in order to keep attacking Swedish troops free. On March 29, 1651, the chancellor of the Swedish government and at the same time bailiff of Bremervörde determined the new and still identical location for the new church. The model is the oldest church in Altona , St. Trinity . The foundation stone was laid on March 30th, the foundation was laid on June 4th and the direction of the roof between November 13th and 22nd, 1652. The building was completed in 1653, two years after the start of construction.
In 1679 restorations were already being made and the church was given a high vaulted ceiling. In 1704 the church tower collapsed as a result of a storm and was rebuilt in 1705 with a different top. During construction were under the building tombs created in which, among other things, the Swedish 1696 died in Bremervörde bailiff was buried.
At the time of the moor colonization under Jürgen Christian Findorff , the church was completely redesigned from 1784 to 1785 in order to offer the settlers of the incorporated moorland sufficient space. This was repeated in 1850-1851 due to the growing population, as again more bog villages were incorporated. In 1857 the cross, weathercock and button on the top of the church tower were gilded, into which a clock was installed by the city in 1899. In 1901 the trombone choir was founded. In 1925 the districts of Spreckens , Engeo and Nieder Ochtenhausen were incorporated. In 1941 a choir was established , called "Singkreis" at the time. In 1950 the altar and pulpit were moved back to the east side of the church according to plans from the 17th century and in 1952 the galleries were relocated. The glass mosaic windows with representations of Christ and the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove were created there. In November 1955 the church tower received new bells. In 1956 the tower hall was redesigned into a memorial for the war victims from the community during the Franco-German War and the First and Second World Wars. In the same year, the Dietrich Bonhoeffer House was built for the young people.
The last major repair and restoration of the church took place in 1996, when the church tower was detached from the roof structure after a storm . It took several months to repair further damage to the roof structure and vaults. In 1999, the inauguration of the restored church took place.
Repair 1998/1999
Work on the barrel vault began in mid-May 1998 with the dismantling and restoration of the organ. Segments of the roof structure damaged by rot were replaced and the roof re-covered. Further work was carried out such as a new coat of paint, the replacement of the chimney and paving work on the square between the church and the Ludwig Harms House.
Inside the church, under the old paint on the east side of the church, newly discovered ornaments were restored with the advice of experts and a wooden floor was laid under the newly painted pews.
St. Liborius parish Bremervörde
The parish currently has 5,392 parishioners, divided into three parish districts. District I includes the city center, District II the rest of the city area and District III the localities of Spreckens, Engeo and Fahrendorf . The weekly church service takes place on Sunday at 10 a.m. Afterwards, church services or a joint breakfast for the parishioners take place. The community belongs to the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover .
Pastors of the St. Liborius parish since 1949
| Period | pastor |
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| 1949-1953 | Heinrich Seebo |
| 1954-1955 | Georg Fuhrmann, curate |
| 1956-1961 | Ulrich Meyer |
| 1962-1963 | Eckhard Pfannkuche, curate |
| 1965-1999 | Georg-Wilhelm Bergmann |
| since 1999 | Andreas Hellmich |
building
The church building was built in the Baroque style and is still largely in its original state. On the east side a massive stone grave slab is attached, which reminds of the Swedish bailiff Johann Ernst Rist at the time.
Church window near the altar
The north entrance of the church
organ
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The organ of the St. Liborius Church is a mechanical slide-door organ that has been replaced and restored several times in the course of its existence. A small organ in the St. Liborius Church was first mentioned in 1585. Between 1728 and 1733 Erasmus Bielfeldt built a new organ with 25 stops on two manuals. An original design drawing from 1728 has been preserved. In the course of a renovation in 1745/1746 the pedal towers were added. Furtwängler & Hammer built a pneumatic plant behind the prospectus of Bielfeldt, which was replaced in 1962/1963 by the Hillebrand brothers and expanded to include a Rückpositiv . The organ was last serviced and overhauled during the last restoration of the church between 1998 and 1999. The organ builder's original Hauptwerk prospectus from 1728 has been preserved in a modified form. At the moment the organ has 32 registers with around 2600 organ pipes and the following disposition :
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- Coupling : I / II, III / II, I / P
- Secondary register: tremulant
literature
- St. Liborius Parish Bremervörde: 350 years of St. Liborius Church in Bremervörde 1652-2002 . Bremervörde 2002.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ History of the St. Liborius parish
- ↑ a b c St. Liborius parish Bremervörde: 350 years of St. Liborius Church in Bremervörde 1652-2002 . Bremervörde 2002
- ↑ The organ in St. Liborius Bremervörde ( Memento of the original from June 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed June 26, 2016.
