St. George (Adlum)
The Sankt Georg Church is the church in Adlum , a district of the municipality of Harsum in the Hildesheim district in Lower Saxony . The Roman Catholic Church belongs to the parish of St. Martinus based in Borsum , in the Borsum-Sarstedt deanery of the Hildesheim diocese . The church, named after St. George , is located on Kirchstrasse, its catchment area includes Adlum and the predominantly Protestant villages of Ahstedt , Garmissen and Oedelum today .
history
The first known documentary mention of Adlum dates from 1144. Probably in the 13th / 14th In the 19th century there was already a previous church on the site of today's church, it is no longer verifiable today, and its patronage is no longer known. In 1374 a clergyman was first mentioned in Adlum. Even after the Reformation , the population of Adlum remained predominantly Catholic to this day, even if Protestant clergymen were active in the church at times in the 16th century. Even Johannes Bugenhagen , who introduced the Reformation in nearby Hildesheim , did not manage to convince the population of Adlum of the Protestant faith. The church probably burned down in the Thirty Years' War and was repaired or rebuilt after the end of the war. In 1770 the church was demolished because it was in disrepair .
From 1770 to 1775 the two brothers, Provost Lewin Stephan von Wenge and Friedrich Wilhelm von Wenge, who as Archdeacon of Borsum was also responsible for Adlum at that time, built today's church. The church was solemnly consecrated in 1775 , the exact date of the consecration is no longer known. The two brothers died around 1780 and were buried in the cathedral cloister in Hildesheim, two bronze plates still remember them today. Your family coat of arms, which shows a black church tower on a silver background, is used today as the local coat of arms of Adlum.
Until 1838 the church belonged to the Archdeaconate Borsum, then until 1938 to the deanery Peine , then to the deaconate Borsum. In 1946, the number of Catholics in Adlum rose from 441 to 1,089 due to the influx of expellees from the eastern regions of the German Empire . On December 22nd 1974 a new main altar was consecrated. Under Pastor Otto Richter, who worked in Adlum from 1957 to 1985, the Renaissance altar was removed and replaced by a crucifixion group . His successor Peter Dyckhoff, who co-managed the Adlum parish from 1985 to 1990, reversed this reorganization.
In 1978 the Borsum and Dinklar deaneries were merged to form the Borsum-Dinklar deanery; on December 1, 2002, the Borsum-Dinklar deanery was merged into the then newly founded Borsum-Sarstedt deanery. The St. Georg Adlum Association has been supporting the preservation of the church since 2009 . Since November 1, 2014, the church has belonged to the parish of St. Martinus, which, in addition to the churches of St. Martinus in Borsum and St. Georg in Adlum, also includes the churches of St. Bernward in Hönnersum , St. Matthias in Hüddessum and St. Nikolaus in Machtsum belong. The parish of St. Georg in Adlum was dissolved in this context. In previous years, these churches had already formed the Borsumer Kaspel pastoral care unit . Information about the history of the church can also be found in the local history museum in Borsum.
Architecture and equipment
The single-nave, east-facing quarry stone church was built in the Renaissance style and is located almost 77 meters above sea level . The coat of arms of the builder is on the west side of the tower. Next to the entrance is a plaque with the names of the fallen soldiers of the First World War .
The nave offers 152 seats, and a further 34 seats are in the organ gallery. The stained glass windows show the saints Benno von Meißen , Bernward von Hildesheim , Bonifatius , Elisabeth von Thüringen , Franz Xaver , Georg, Godehard von Hildesheim and Karl Borromäus ; the windows in the chancel Joseph of Nazareth and Jesus Christ as Good Shepherd . Six statues on the side walls represent, among other things, the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Saints Anthony of Padua and Joseph of Nazareth, there are also 14 images of the Stations of the Cross . The pulpit , which was furnished with pictures by the painter Friedrich Eltermann (1835–1919) in 1904 , has since been removed.
Statues on the high altar depict St. George and St. Elisabeth of Thuringia. On the door of the tabernacle Jesus is depicted as a sacrificial lamb with a victory flag, the ambo shows the evangelists Lukas , Markus and Johannes . A crucifix , a picture of the Virgin Mary and a statue of the Virgin Mary, in front of which sacrificial candles can be placed, also belong to the furnishings of the sanctuary .
The two-manual organ was built by the Furtwängler family of organ builders from Elze or the organ builder Schaper from Hildesheim. The baptismal font and the writing stand have their place under the organ gallery . A confessional is also part of the church's equipment.
The cemetery is by the church. There is a statue of the Virgin Mary on Hüddessumer Straße, which was donated and erected in 1755 by an Adlum couple. In 1972 it was restored, and in 1988 it was rebuilt after wanton destruction. The statue was later moved to a courtyard property and a replica was placed on the street in 2014.
See also
Web links
- Church on the website of the cultural office of the Hildesheim district
- Parish website
- Förderverein St. Georg Adlum eV on the website of the cultural office of the district of Hildesheim
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Episcopal General Vicariate (ed.): Kirchlicher Anzeiger for the Diocese of Hildesheim. No. 8/2014 of November 3, 2014, pp. 220–222
- ↑ http://www.pape-verlag.de/r_palandt.htm
Coordinates: 52 ° 12 ′ 43.5 ″ N , 10 ° 4 ′ 11 ″ E