St. Bartholomäus (Hötensleben)

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Saint Bartholomew Church

The St. Bartholomew Church is the Protestant church in the village of Hötensleben in Saxony-Anhalt , named after the Apostle Bartholomäus .

architecture

The church building was built around 1500 in the late Gothic style on the site of a previous building. The previous church was probably built in the 12th century by the Schöningen Lorenz Monastery . From the medieval predecessor church, the tower standing across the nave on a rectangular floor plan was preserved. The church tower is to the west of the ship. The ship closes off on three sides to the east. The supporting pillars that can be seen on the nave were added later.

Steeple

After the Thirty Years' War , extensive reconstruction was necessary, which was carried out between 1675 and 1680 at the instigation of Landgrave Friedrich zu Hessen-Homburg , who had a secondary residence in Hötensleben. In the course of this construction work, the tower received its octagonal tower with a lantern and pointed spire . The portals on the east and west sides as well as the paired round arched windows with a profiled sandstone frame were also created during this time. The same applies to the outside staircase with a coat of arms in front of the east portal.

Furnishing

Noteworthy is the completely still in the style of Baroque existing facilities . It was also created during the reconstruction carried out from 1675 and, according to an existing inscription, was completed in 1691 with the painting of the church. The wooden furnishings were made between 1678 and 1680. The altar wall and pulpit by Georg Matthias Hermann date from this period . The altar wall with the entire width and height of the nave. Lateral passages lead to the sacristy . The altar wall shows a painting depicting the Last Supper in the middle. Above the painting is the pulpit basket with the sound cover above it . Above the sound cover, a painting shows Christ's descent from the cross in an octagonal frame with a dance of angels, above Christ in triumph. The sloping side parts contain shell niches in which the virtues are located.

The church stalls in the choir are designed as box stalls and decorated with carved fruit pendants and rosettes. The stalls in the nave are kept simpler.

The baptismal font is in front of the altar table. It continues the style of the altar wall with a shell basin held by two angels.

North side

The ceiling of the nave is designed as a wooden barrel. A gallery resting on carved columns with baluster parapets encloses the interior of the church. The organ is on the west gallery . The baroque organ front, decorated with figures of angels making music and cartilage , among other things , was created by Hans Jürgen Ammen in 1679/80 . The organ at that time was created by the Minden organ builder Ahasverus Schütze . It had a spring drawer , 26 registers , two manuals and a pedal . In the railing of the organ there was a Rückpositiv , which was torn down in the 19th century. Today's organ work with pneumatic pocket drawer was added in 1934 by the company Furtwängler & Hammer from Hanover and has two manuals, a pedal and 17 voices.

In 1939 the interior was restored by Fritz Leweke , the result of which was restored by a further restoration in 1997.

It is worth mentioning a tombstone in the basement of the tower for Hipolyta von Esebeck, who died in 1604 .

Rectory

The Hötensleben rectory is located southwest of the church . Today's rectory was rebuilt after a fire in 1724. An expansion took place in 1864. The parish barn was converted into a community hall in 1937.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dr. Rüdiger Pfeiffer, organs in the Bördekreis , leaflet

Web links

Commons : St. Bartholomäus  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 52 ° 7 ′ 6.2 ″  N , 11 ° 1 ′ 15.2 ″  E