St. Vitus Church (Reinstorf)

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North view of the St. Vitus Church in Reinstorf
View from the southeast of the brick church

The Evangelical Lutheran St. Vitus Church is located in Reinstorf in the Lower Saxony district of Lüneburg .

history

The foundation of the church will have been between 1059 and 1091 or 1124, because the church in Rastede was founded in 1059, the monastery in Rastede in 1091 and on Sept. 27, 1124 in the oldest document it says u. a. that the church and the village Reynestorpe belong to the Rastede monastery , making the St. Vitus Church one of the oldest ecclesiastical buildings in the Lüneburg district. In 1348 the patronage over the church was sold to the Lüne monastery , which held the patronage until the Reformation in 1550.

The current shape of the church was largely created during renovations at the beginning of the 19th century. The time has not been established with certainty, but the year 1824 is assumed.

In 1891 the rectory was built as a simple brick building opposite the church.

The shape of the church tower was created during renovations around 1900.

During a renovation in the 1990s, the altar with the altar wall was returned to its original condition.

The St. Vitus Church is now next to the St. Matthew Church in Barendorf , the St. Nicholas Chapel in Vastorf and Peter's Church in Wendhausen to parish Reinstorf in church district Lüneburg in Sprengel Lüneburg in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover .

architecture

View into the nave

The church is a rectangular brick building with a three-sided east end in half-timbering. The compact west tower was originally built as a half-timbered building and is now clad in brick. The nave and the west tower are covered with red roof tiles. Part of the current structure still comes from the previous structures. This includes half-timbered buildings in the area of ​​the sacristy on the east side and field stones built into the lower area of ​​the church .

The nave of the church has a U-shaped horseshoe gallery above the entrance area, on which there is also the organ, which is no longer functional today. Behind the altar table there is a wooden altar wall with a classical pulpit altar, which can be entered through the sacristy. Recurring decorative elements in the hall church are ivy and grapes, which adorn the chandeliers, windows and altar wall, among other things.

The church can seat 200 people.

Furnishing

Altar table with altar wall

Altar wall

The altar wall located directly behind the altar table dates from the 16th century. A painting of ivy and grapes runs vertically on the two edges of the altar wall. To the left and right of the altar wall hang two paintings that originally hung in the St. Petri Church in Wendhausen. Mark and Paul are shown on the right and the disciples John and Peter on the left . It is a replica of the diptych “The Four Apostles” by the painter Albrecht Dürer .

Baptismal font

The baptismal font dates from 1890. The basic structure is made of wood and contains a golden bowl with a golden lid. The baptismal font bears the inscription: "Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved".

Peal

The St. Vitus Church has two bells. The larger bell was cast in 1879 and contains the inscription under the upper frieze made of ivy vines : " Draw near to God, he draws near to you". The smaller bell dates from 1952. It is adorned with the Luther rose and the verse “O country, country, country, hear the word of the Lord!”. In the text "Glockenkunde" author Heinrich Otte 1864, a bell founder Cord Vrigbuse is mentioned on page 215. Bells from him from 1466 are proven in Reinstorf (Amt Lüne), 1467 in Nikolaihof near Bardowick, 1468 in Nikolaihof in Lüneburg. The bell in Reinstorf is said to have had the following inscription: 

na.g(o)bbes.bort.m.cccc.Irbi.iar.maria.het.ick.kort.brigbek.got.mik.

This bell was probably delivered and melted down during the World War.

Web links

Commons : St. Vitus Church (Reinstorf)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Internet presence of the Reinstorf parish

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Carolin George, Berit Neß: God's houses: From the tower made of field stones to the glass altar . Ed .: Ev.-luth. Church district Lüneburg. Evangelical Lutheran Church District Lüneburg, Lüneburg 2017, ISBN 978-3-00-054672-3 , p. 118 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g Evangelical Lutheran Church District Lüneburg (ed.): St. Vitus Church in Reinstorf . Reinstorf.
  3. ↑ a b c Carolin George, Berit Neß: Church leaders for the Hanseatic city and the district of Lüneburg . Ed .: Lüneburg Tourist Office. Lüneburg 2009, p. 71 .
  4. ^ A b Hector Wilhelm Heinrich Mithoff: Fürstenthum Lüneburg . In: Art monuments and antiquities in Hanover . tape 4 . Helwing, Hannover 1877, p. 231 .
  5. ↑ a b c d Gerd Weiß: District of Lüneburg . In: Hans-Herbert Möller (Hrsg.): Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany. Architectural monuments in Lower Saxony . Vieweg, Braunschweig 1981, ISBN 978-3-528-06201-9 , pp. 99 .
  6. ↑ Nicholas Chapel in Vastorf. In: kirchenkreis-lueneburg.de. Retrieved June 22, 2020 .

Coordinates: 53 ° 14 ′ 1.1 ″  N , 10 ° 34 ′ 19.8 ″  E