St. Nicholas Church (Borssum)

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St. Nicholas Church.

The Evangelical Reformed St. Nicholas Church ( listen ? / I ) is in Borssum , a district of Emden , and is the oldest surviving building in the East Frisian city. Audio file / audio sample

history

Construction of the church began in the 13th century. Before that, an artificial village mound was built up, in the center of which the church and, to the northwest of it, a belfry of the parallel wall type in the style of the late Romanesque bricks were built. Despite renovations, the core of the church goes back to the Romanesque hall church. In the Middle Ages, Groß-Borssum and Klein-Borssum belonged to the provost of Emden in the diocese of Münster . In the course of the Reformation, the community first joined the Lutheran and finally the Reformed faith. Formative worked Hermannus Aquilomontanus (1488 / 89-1548) in (small) Borssum, the 1531 Hero of Oldersum had been called as pastor. He had all the altars and images ("idols") removed from the church and introduced a simple order of the Lord's Supper, in which, in the usual garb of the congregation, he served white bread and wine in his pewter vessels at a white table four times a year.

Over the centuries the church fell into disrepair, so that the community built a second church in 1912/13 . The building later served as a kindergarten and village community center. The St. Nicholas Church became more and more dilapidated and eventually remained closed until extensive renovations began at the end of the 20th century. Since it was re-used in 2004, it has occasionally been used as a chapel for burials, as a wedding church, for family celebrations and for devotions by the parish.

architecture

The east-facing hall church from the late Romanesque period is closed off by a hipped roof. The long sides are broken through by arched windows. While the west side has a window, the east side is windowless today. In the eastern south wall there is a round arched portal, on the north side a pointed arch.

Furnishing

inner space

The flat-roofed interior is closed off by a wooden beam ceiling, which is painted light blue. The interior of the nave is shortened by the walls that were subsequently drawn in on the east and west sides. The floor in front of the east wall is raised by two steps. The furnishings include the burial vaults of the chiefs of Groß-Borssum under the chancel chancel, which is now separated by a wall and can be entered from the east. There are also several grave slabs and the double tomb for Aeldt Friese zu Uttum († 1593) and his wife, who were depicted in contemporary costume. In front of the drawn-in east wall are a simple lectern and a cup-shaped baptismal font and two simple wooden tables are put together. Three brass chandeliers decorate the otherwise unadorned room. The Romanesque baptismal font from the time the church was built has found its place in the Art Nouveau church.

The western area is separated by a wooden wall with windows in the upper area. The organ stands at ground level in front of this wall.

organ

Since 1883 the church initially only had a harmonium made by Estey. When the church was re-consecrated in 2004, the church purchased a used organ of Alfred leader from 1958 from Lilienthal . The instrument has five registers and an attached pedal. Bartelt Immer renovated the plant and in 2004 created a new principal 4 '. The disposition is:

Manual C – f 3
Dumped 8th'
Principal 4 ′
Ged. recorder 4 ′
Principal (C – h 0 ) 2 ′
Rauschpfeife II (from c 1 )
Pedal C – f 1
attached

See also

literature

Web links

Commons : St. Nicholas Church (Borssum)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Georg Dehio: Dehio - Handbook of German Art Monuments: Handbook of German Art Monuments, Bremen, Lower Saxony . German art publisher; Edition: revision, greatly expanded edition. Munich, Berlin (January 1, 1992), ISBN 3422030220 , p. 244.
  2. ↑ Menno Smid : East Frisian Church History . (East Frisia in the protection of the dike, vol. 6). Self-published, Pewsum 1974, p. 42.
  3. ↑ Eckart Krömer: Hermannus Aquilomontanus (PDF file; 58.6 kB). In: Biographisches Lexikon für Ostfriesland , Vol. 4, Aurich 2007, p. 17.
  4. ↑ Sonntagsblatt der Emder Zeitung of August 22, 2010, p. 11 (PDF file; 953 kB), viewed March 12, 2013.

Coordinates: 53 ° 20 ′ 21.7 ″  N , 7 ° 13 ′ 30.1 ″  E