St. Andreas Haddeby (Busdorf)
St. Andreas Haddeby is a Protestant church in Busdorf . It is located just outside the village center, about 700 m north of the ramparts of historic Haithabu . The church was built from field stones around 1200 and partly still shows original late Romanesque construction forms.
History
The area around the former Haithabu (Haddeby) is seen as the starting point for the missionary work of northern Europe. A wooden church stood there as early as the 9th century, which the missionary bishop Ansgar was allowed to build in 849 with the permission of the Danish King Horik I. However, it has not been proven that today's St. Andrew's Church stands in the same place.
The Church of St. Andrew goes back to the 12th century. It was first mentioned in writing in 1295. In 1399 it was consecrated to the Apostle Andrew by papal ordinance .
Exterior construction
The nave consists of a simple nave to which a narrower and lower box choir adjoins. Choir and nave are each formed by a slated pitched roof closed at the top. Four original Romanesque arched windows are still preserved on the north side of the nave . The large ogival windows on the south wall were used later.
The polygonal roof turret with a pointed helmet dates from the late 18th century. The west wall was redesigned in 1846. In addition, two extensions were made: in 1834 the church received a western vestibule designed by CF Hansen . The last thing that took place in 1913 was the addition of a sacristy on the south side between the choir and nave.
West side with vestibule from 1834
South window and walled up former portal
North side with Romanesque windows
and the former portal partially walled up
inner space
The simple nave is completed by a wooden beam ceiling. A round arch forms the passage to the choir, which has a late Gothic cross rib vault .
Interior to the east,
on the left the crucifixion group
Interior to the west with organ gallery
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Furnishing
altar
The three-wing carved altar shows biblical scenes and individual figures on two floors. It comes from the second quarter of the 15th century, i.e. from the late Gothic period. The artist is unknown. In the bottom field of the central shrine is Marie proclamation that in the top field Marie crowning shown. 20 individual figures of apostles and saints frame the scenes.
baptism
The late Romanesque baptism dates from the 13th century. It was made of limestone on Gotland. The base is designed as a quatrefoil , the dome shows round arches.
Crucifixion group
The group of figures is attached to the north wall. The center is a larger than life corpus with horizontally spread arms on a 3.75 m high tree cross. On the carved oval ends of the cross there are depictions of God the Father, two angels and a lamb . The work was created in the middle of the 13th century. The two assistant figures Maria and Johannes did not form an original unit with the crucifix. They emerged a little later, at the end of the 13th century.
Christophorus figure
In the choir arch on the north side there is a figure depicting St. Christopher . However, it is a fragment, neither the staff nor the Christ child in the left arm have survived.
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organ
The Marcussen organ from 1844 stands on the western gallery. It was reworked in 1972 by the Preetz organ builder Tolle. The original registers were retained.
Bell jar
The bronze bell by JF Beseler dates from 1826. It is a cast from an older bronze bell.
Web links
literature
- Art topography Schleswig-Holstein. Processed in the State Office for Monument Preservation Schleswig-Holstein and in the Office for Monument Preservation of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck. Wachholtz, Neumünster 1982, ISBN 3-529-02627-1 .
- Georg Dehio: Handbook of the German art monuments. Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein. Edited by Johannes Habich, 1971, ISBN 3-422-00329-0
Coordinates: 54 ° 30 ′ 1.5 ″ N , 9 ° 34 ′ 12.3 ″ E