St. Jacobi (Rodenberg)
The Church of St. Jacobi is an Evangelical Lutheran village church in Rodenberg , Lower Saxony . It basically goes back to the 11th century. Rodenberg belongs to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hanover .
The church was built for the villages of Grove and Alekesdorp ( Algesdorf ) as well as Rodenberg Castle around the year 1040 on behalf of and with financial support from Count Adolf II von Rodenberg . Its foundations were made of field stones , but the actual structure was made of wood. Part of this structure is still preserved today as the south wall of today's church. Bishop Bruno von Minden (Bishop 1037-1055), a relative of the Count, consecrated the church, either under the current name of St. Jacobi or as "Omnium Sanctorum" (All Saints).
On July 25th, St. James' Day, 1373, a mass panic broke out in the church. During a funeral mass for Magnus II. Torquatus , the Duke of Braunschweig and Kalenberg, who was killed on the same day at the Battle of Leveste against the army of Otto I von Schaumburg , lightning struck the nearby cantor's house and caused panic . In the course of fleeing the overcrowded church, 23 people were trampled to death. The Bishop of Minden then rededicated the church in the name of "All Saints". For years, on the anniversary of the catastrophe, a soul mass was read for the victims of the accident, and a plaque with their names could be seen in the church until 1840.
From 1552 the first pastors in the Schaumburger Land turned to the teachings of Martin Luther , and in 1556 St. Jacobi also became Protestant. A castle church also existing in Rodenberg at that time was destroyed in the Thirty Years War .
The font dates from 1587, was donated by Johann von Schaumburg and bears the inscription
MARIO. CHRISTVS SPEAKS WITH HEAVENLY DESIRE - BRING THE CHILDREN HERE
TO ME - DON'T ADOR HIM THE HEAVENLY REALM - IF IT IS 'HANDED' TO HIM
THE TAVF ALSO JOHAN VAN SCHOMBORCH 1578.
inner space
altar
Baptismal font
characters
characters
Web links
- Church chronicle (website of the parish)
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 52 ° 18 ′ 50 " N , 9 ° 21 ′ 33.8" E