St. Mary's Church (Wolfsburg)

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St. Mary's Church

The St. Marien Church is the Evangelical Lutheran church in the historic district of Alt-Wolfsburg in Wolfsburg . It was initially built as a chapel by the lords of the castle of neighboring Wolfsburg and consecrated in 1434. The current structure essentially dates from the 16th and 17th centuries. The church served the residents of the outer bailey and later estate of Wolfsburg Castle as a place of worship. The church patronage initially practiced the sex of those of Bartensleben and later the noble dynasty of the von der Schulenburg from.

history

The church was consecrated as a small chapel on June 17, 1434 by a representative of the Bishop of Halberstadt . The builders were the knight Günzel von Bartensleben as lord of the Wolfsburg castle and his sons Günzel and Günther. The increasing settlement of the outer bailey of Wolfsburg in the 16th century required a larger church building, which was built in 1580 during the reign of Hans the Rich . It was also necessary because the castle chapel was used for residential purposes when the castle was rebuilt.

When Wolfsburg was fought over during the Thirty Years War , the church suffered considerable damage. Daniel von Bartensleben carried out a fundamental renovation around 1672. The church tower with bell house was built. Inside, two rulers were set up for the holders of the church patronage. During this time, the church accommodated around 280 people attending services. Another renovation took place between 1825 and 1830 due to the risk of collapse of the masonry. The work took place during the reign of Werner von der Schulenburg-Wolfsburg . The classicist facade on the street side with large arched windows was created. Further small modifications were made in 1908, 1928, 1961 and most recently during a renovation in 1985.

In 1910 a storm raged in Wolfsburg, and a pair of windpants covered the roof of the rent office. A rafter was thrown into a wall joint of the church tower where it got stuck for decades. It was removed during a renovation of the church, a replica later attached to the church tower reminds of it again today.

The von Bartensleben family exercised church patronage through the church until their lineage expired in 1742. After that, the von der Schulenburg family took over the rights and obligations of patronage as the subsequent lord's family.

In January 2012 the St. Marien parish and the St. Thomas parish merged to form today's Nordstadt parish of Wolfsburg .

Building description

St. Marien church tower
Crypt in St. Mary's Church

The church has a massive, five-story church tower made of rubble masonry that was built in 1672. In front of it is a polygonal staircase that leads to the belfry. The crypt in the basement of the tower is supported by a central pillar. The facade of the nave was renovated in 1825 in the classicist style.

The interior of the church consists of a barrel vault made of wood . Two pieces of the interior are from the Middle Ages . These are a wooden cross with a depiction of Jesus and a wood carving of a Madonna on a crescent moon . The font comes from the Renaissance period . Inside the church is since 1742 a monumental rococo - Epitaph of five meters. It commemorates Gebhard Werner von Bartensleben and his wife Anna Elisabeth von Bodenhausen, the last lords of the Bartensleben family on Wolfsburg . In the church crypt there are 27 sarcophagi with the remains of family members of those of von Bartensleben and those of the Schulenburg . They are made of black alabaster , pewter and wood. The burials took place from 1670 to 1832. The crypt was then closed and only reopened during the renovation in 1984.

There was no cemetery at the church. Burials for the residents of the manor estate of the castle took place in the cemetery at St. Anne's Church in Heßlingen and in the cemetery in Rothenfelde .

organ

The St. Marien organ dates back to the late 17th century. The listed organ was given its present form in 1964 by the Becker company (Kupfermühle).

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
Principal 8th'
Reed flute 8th'
Dumped 8th'
Octave 4 ′
Pointed flute 4 ′
Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Super octave 2 ′
Forest flute 2 ′
Rauschpfeife II
Mixture IV-V
bassoon 16 ′
Trumpet 8th'
II breastwork C – g 3
Quintatön 8th'
Dumped 8th'
Flute 4 ′
Principal 2 '
Nasat 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Sif flute 1'
Sesquialtera II
Sharp III-IV
shelf 8th'
Pedal C – f 1
Sub bass 16 ′
Principal 8th'
Gemshorn 8th'
octave 4 ′
Night horn 2 ′
Mixture V-VI
trombone 16 ′
Trumpet 8th'

Lady Chapel

Inside the church, on the east side, is the Marienkapelle, which is said to be the oldest part of the church. In its current form, it was created in 1927 by order of Günther Graf von der Schulenburg-Wolfsburg . The barrel vaulted chapel was created by merging the priest's sacristy and laundry room . The furnishings include a pietà from the 15th century and a baroque font .

See also

literature

  • Braunschweigische Landschaft (Ed.): Cultural monuments city of Wolfsburg with city and districts . Appelhans, Braunschweig 2004, ISBN 3-937664-05-X .
  • Sparkasse Gifhorn-Wolfsburg (ed.): Old churches and chapels in the Gifhorn-Wolfsburg area . Enke, Gifhorn 1987.
  • Peter Steckhan: Ev.-luth. St. Mary's Church . Peda art guide No. 176/2002, Passau 2002, ISBN 3-89643-182-X .

Web links

Commons : St. Marien Church (Wolfsburg)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Paul Metzner: Cyclone in the Allertal. In: Wolfsburg - our city. Wolfsburg 1963. p. 99.
  2. ↑ Municipalities are merged. In: Wolfsburger Nachrichten. Friday Packet for March 29, 2018.
  3. ↑ Description of the church on the parish website , accessed March 30, 2014.

Coordinates: 52 ° 26 ′ 26.2 "  N , 10 ° 48 ′ 1.5"  E