St. Ludgerus Church (Aurich)

St. Ludgerus Church

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The Catholic St. Ludgerus Church in Aurich was built in 1849.

history

After the Reformation , a Roman Catholic parish no longer existed in the Lutheran town of Aurich and the Emden Concordats prevented the formation of a new one. Only in the 19th century, on 2 May 1849, the royal government in Hanover approved the construction of a church on October 17, 1849 because of the growing number of Catholics in consecrated was. The inconspicuous, towerless building was built outside the historic city center on the southern city wall. It received the patronage of the Frisian Liudger .

The St. Ludgerus community grew together with the city of Aurich in the 19th century, so that the parish church had to be expanded in 1903. There was a further strong increase in the influx of displaced persons from Silesia in 1946. Today the community has more than 3,000 members.

architecture

The church was built in two phases, which can still be seen today. The building from 1849 was a small plastered hall church with a straight choir closure in simple neo-Romanesque forms. The original length of this building is marked by the three central windows with their arches made of darker bricks in the masonry.

During the expansion in 1903, a new large sanctuary was added to the south. On the city side in the north, the church hall was extended by a yoke and a representative portal facade with an ornamental gable and tower was added. The tower, which has a pointed helmet , was integrated into the extended church hall and the portal gable. The new north front made of brick is unplastered and structured with arched friezes and pilaster strips .

organ

The Edskes organ from 1997

The organ was built in 1997 by Bernhardt Edskes , who designed the substation as a flute. The two-manual work has 15 registers .

I main work C–
Principal D	8th'
Hollow flute	8th'
Principal	4 ′
Reed flute	4 ′
Nasard	3 ′
Octave	2 ′
Mixture II
Dulcian	8th'

II subpositive C–
Wooden dacked	8th'
flute	4 ′
Gemshorn	2 ′
Sesquialtera II D

Pedal C–
Sub-bass	16 ′
Dumped	8th'
Octave	4 ′

Coupling : I / P
Tremulant , Zimbelstern

Bells

Originally there were probably two bells in the tones ges 'and as' in the tower. Both were cast in 1904 by Otto in Bremen-Hemelingen . The big bell fell victim to World War 1 or 2. The little bell survived both wars and is still ringing in the tower today. Today's large ( Olmütz ) and small ( Ullersdorf ) bells come from Silesia . They were confiscated during World War II and taken to the Hamburg bell cemetery. There they were rescued and finally brought to Aurich in 1951.

Bell jar	1	2	3
diameter	-	-	880 mm
Caster	unknown	Otto	unknown
Casting year	1516	1904	1476
Chime	ges'	as'	b '

literature

Hans-Bernd Rödiger, Heinz Ramm: Frisian churches in Auricherland, Norderland, Brokmerland and in Krummhörn , Volume 2. Verlag CL Mettcker & Söhne, Jever (2nd edition) 1983, p. 30.