St. Georgiwolder Church

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St. Georgiwolder Church
Church from the East

The St. Georgiwolder Church is located in St. Georgiwold , a district of Weener in the East Frisian Rheiderland . The Protestant-Reformed brick church was built in 1689.

History and description of the building

The first church was dedicated to St. George . It was built in 1464 on Middelweg, which led to Palmar Monastery . The first pastor in St. Georgiwold was Sergius Brumanus in 1584. In the course of the moor colonization , the place moved further and further west and took the church with it. After the wooden previous church disappeared in 1681 and it had rained in, it was decided to build a first stone church further west. Today's church was built in 1689 as a simple hall church. Old beams from the previous building were reused. There were 52 seats for men and 49 for women. The south and north sides each have four small arched windows, the east side has three windows.

In 1712 the west tower was added, which found space under the extended church roof and also serves as an entrance. A weathercock crowns the western end of the roof ridge . The older bell was cast in 1612 and was already hanging in the previous church. The younger had to be given in for armaments purposes during the First World War . In 1936 a new bronze bell was donated to replace it, but it had to be delivered a few years later during World War II and was melted down. Instead, the community received a bell from 1746 from the Protestant parish in Trunz, East Prussia, as a replacement .

From 1810 the building without foundations sagged. It was not until 1960 that the church received its foundation and was rebuilt on the old floor plan, which is reminiscent of the building inscription on the east side: "BUILT 1689 RENEWED 1960".

Furnishing

inner space

The interior is closed off by a flat wooden ceiling. The simple wooden pulpit with a hexagonal sound cover occupies the east side. The stalls, which rise slightly towards the outside, were carved in 1934 by carpenter Brauer from Möhlenwarf. In 2001 the church received a small organ from the organ building company Jehmlich . The instrument was probably built around 1965 with five stops on a manual and an attached pedal and was originally in Duhnen . In 2001 Harm Dieder Kirschner rearranged a register and moved the organ to St. Georgiwold. The Vasa Sacra include a goblet from 1731, a pewter jug ​​from 1838 as well as a pewter baptismal bowl and bread plate. The collection plate dates from 1656.

See also

literature

  • Monika van Lengen: Rheiderland churches. Journey of discovery to places of worship from eight centuries in the west of East Frisia . H. Risius, Weener 2000.
  • Hinrich Geerdes, Egon Smid: St. Georgiwold. A village with many names. H. Risius, Weener 2014.
  • Insa Segebade: Reformed churches on the Ems . Evangelical Reformed Church, Leer 1999, ISBN 3-00-004645-3 .

Web links

Commons : St. Georgiwolder Church  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Monika van Lengen: Rheiderland churches. Journey of discovery to places of worship from eight centuries in the west of East Frisia . H. Risius, Weener 2000, p. 28 .
  2. ↑ a b c d Hermann Weber: The ev.-ref. Church in Sankt Georgiwold ( Memento from February 6, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ).
  3. ↑ Geerdes, Smid: St. Georgiwold. 2014, p. 28.
  4. ↑ Monika van Lengen: Weener - Church in St. Georgiwold
  5. ↑ Geerdes, Smid: St. Georgiwold. 2014, p. 28 f.
  6. ↑ a b Ortschronisten der Ostfriesischen Landschaft : St. Georgiwold (PDF file; 19.7 kB), accessed on April 29, 2018.
  7. ^ Segebade: Reformed Churches on the Ems. 1999, p. 49.

Coordinates: 53 ° 12 '54.7 "  N , 7 ° 19' 14.9"  E