St. Briccius (Huntlosen)

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St. Briccius Church in Huntlosen

The St. Briccius Church of the Protestant parish Huntlosen (Lower Saxony) was built around 1250 as a fortified church.

history

It is the successor to a first wooden church from the 9th century and a stone church that was built here around 1120. Some of the stones used for construction at that time can still be found in the masonry today. There are extensive records of the preachers from the Reformation to 1903.

Namesake

The church is named after St. Briccius . Briccius (* around 370; † 444 ) was the fourth bishop of Tours and successor to St. Martin in this office.

Furnishing

During the renovation work in 1991/92, an approx. 500 year old ceiling painting was exposed above the altar. The painting shows a figure of Christ with a lily and sword growing out of its mouth: symbols of the purity and sharpness of Jesus' words.

The figure of Christ on the cross behind the altar was made around 1450 by an unknown artist. It originally hung on a wall in the tower that served as the baptistery until the end of the 17th century . The baptismal font was destroyed around 1660 by the collapsing vaulted ceiling of the tower. The crucifix had been taken down and housed in the State Museum Oldenburg and only returned to the Huntlos Church after 1945. The window that has now been created behind the altar was bricked up again so that the figure of Christ could take its place there.

The font from 1680 is a gift from the Catholic prince-bishop of Münster, Ferdinand II von Fürstenberg , the pulpit was probably built in the middle of the 18th century.

organ

The organ was built in 1855 by the organ builder Johann Claussen Schmid and has largely been preserved in its original form. The instrument has seven registers on a manual (principal 8 ′, Gedackt 8 ′, octave 4 ′, flute 4 ′, octave 2 ′; range: C – f 3 ) and pedal (subbass 16 ′, violon 8 ′; range: C. -C 1 ).
The pedal can be coupled to the manual .

  • altar

  • Baptismal font

  • Ceiling painting

  • West side

Bells

The bell chamber is located in the octagonal tower of the church. The ringing consists of three old bells:

• Bell from 1509, diameter 1.14 m, foundry Johannes Frese
• Bell from 1644, diameter 1.00 m, caster Antonius Paris
• Bell from 1530, diameter 0.64 m, caster Johannes von Cappeln

Audio samples are offered on youtube.

administration

The parish maintains a church office in Huntlosen for direct local contact with neighboring parishes. The regional office of the Delmenhorst / Oldenburg-Land parish, based in Delmenhorst, performs further functions.

See also

literature

  • Wilhelm Gilly: Medieval churches and chapels in the Oldenburger Land. Building history and inventory. Isensee Verlag , Oldenburg 1992, ISBN 3-89442-126-6 , p. 82 ff.
  • Stephan Meyer-Schürg, Dietmar Bödeker, Jürgen Woltmann: Old churches in the Delmenhorst parish | Oldenburg-Land. Isensee Verlag, Oldenburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-89995-719-8 .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The preachers of the Duchy of Oldenburg since the Reformation. Retrieved March 21, 2014 .
  2. ↑ Dirk Fass: The double St. Briccius . in Northwest Heimat on February 15, 2014
  3. ↑ More information about the organ
  4. ^ A. Rauchheld , Glockenkunde Oldenburgs, in Oldenburger Jahrbuch 29 (1925), pages 67, 131 f and 29
  5. ↑ Example of an audio sample
  6. ↑ Church office with address ( PDF )
  7. ^ Regional office Delmenhorst

Coordinates: 52 ° 59 ′ 25.5 ″  N , 8 ° 16 ′ 58.7 ″  E