St. Romanus Church (Hahausen)
The St. Romanus Church is an Evangelical Lutheran hall church with a roof turret in the community of Hahausen in the Goslar district in Lower Saxony .
history
prehistory
A church in Hahausen was first mentioned in 1209. At that time, almost the entire village belonged to the Ringelheim monastery . Nothing changed until the Hildesheim collegiate feud in 1519–1523. After that, however, Hahausen passed into the possession of Duke Heinrich the Younger of Braunschweig-Lüneburg . During this time the church belonged to the Archdiaconate Seesen in the Diocese of Hildesheim . Monks of the Ringelheim monastery took over the duties in Hahausen, which from 1500 was closely connected to the neighboring village of Bornhausen .
In 1542 the Reformation also took place in the Duchy of Braunschweig-Lüneburg through the Schmalkaldic League . Together with Ortshausen, Hahausen became a branch of Jerze . But just five years later in July 1547, Hahausen was also re-Catholicized when Duke Heinrich returned to Braunschweig-Lüneburg. It was not until 1568 that Hahausen was finally reformed as part of the Principality of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel and became a branch of Lutter am Barenberge . Since 1571/72 at the latest, there was temporarily no usable church in the village. The repair of the old and dilapidated church did not last long, as it was destroyed in the Thirty Years' War 1618-1648. The following period was initially characterized by poverty, so that there was only one dilapidated church building in Hahausen until the 18th century.
Today's church
From the middle of the same century there were repeated plans to build a new church, which were not initially implemented. In 1783, the houses again demanded that the church be rebuilt. Services in the church ruins had become almost impossible. In written documents there was talk of falling wooden beams and moisture. In 1793 they finally agreed on a new building, which was completed in 1794 and paid for in part by the parish of Hahausen and various churches in the Principality of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel. In 1807 Israel Jacobson gave her an organ.
The first repairs were made to the roof of the church as early as 1827. In 1834 the church clock was also repaired and in 1845 parts of the church tower had to be replaced. In 1848 extensive masonry, carpentry and locksmith work was required on the again dilapidated church, which was to be financed by a loan, but was not implemented until 1850. The organ is also said to have been badly damaged. In 1892 a new tower clock was purchased; the roof had become dilapidated again. In spring 1906 a lightning strike caused severe damage and destroyed the organ. The church was once again subjected to extensive repairs, fitted with lightning rods and the organ replaced.
Until the beginning of World War I, a Romanesque oak figure of the patron saint Romanus from the middle of the 13th century was kept in the church tower. Then it was transferred to the Braunschweigisches Landesmuseum . After a theft in 1973, it could not be found again.
Due to the separation of state and church after the First World War, the pastor in Hahausen was no longer responsible for school supervision. During this time, a war memorial was erected on the church, as it was later after the Second World War. In 1954 and 1957, minor construction work and painting work were carried out again.
Today the Evangelical Lutheran congregation belongs to the Gandersheim-Seesen provost . Since 1951 Nauen has also been part of the parish in Hahausen.
literature
- Wilhelm Kalthammer: The Chronicle of Hahausen. Printing works M. Wirth GmbH, Hahausen 1983 (p. 116 f.)
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.hahausen-harz.de : The Chronicle of Hahausen. Section: The St. Romanus Church and its history.
Web links
- Official website of the Evangelical Lutheran Church Congregation St. Romanus in Hahausen , accessed on February 24, 2015.
Coordinates: 51 ° 56 ′ 57.5 ″ N , 10 ° 12 ′ 56.8 ″ E