St. John (Arsten)

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St-Johannis in Arsten

The Protestant parish church St. Johannes , also St. Johannis or St. Johannes d. T. in Bremen, Obervieland district, Arsten district , Arster Landstrasse 51, built around 1250 is one of the oldest churches in Bremen . This building has been a listed building in Bremen since 1973 , as has the rectory from 1853, the catecheser's house and the parish garden since 1993.

history

The village of Arsten in the vi'lande , on the left bank of the Weser , was first mentioned in writing in 1211. The old village center was the church village of Vieland. In the 13th century, Arsten belongs to the Lower Counties of Hoya and Bruchhausen .

Buildings

Parish and rectory from 1853

The Johanniskirche was first mentioned in writing in 1325. The Romanesque church, however, was built around 1250 (other sources around 1200) on a small terp for flood protection, when brick technology was fully developed in northern Germany. In front of the church is said to have been the place of the village. The nave with two bays and three strong buttresses has a recessed, low, straight choir . Both are covered by a gable roof .

The square west tower connects directly to the nave. It has arched sound openings in the north, south and west . Today's octagonal, pointed spire has been placed only in the 17th century. On the south side of the tower there is an iron ring to which the neck iron , an arched fetter as a pillory , was attached.

In 1899 the church was restored and the existing pointed arched , simple portal was installed.

Internally

The interior is characterized by the massive ribbed vaults above the nave and the choir, held in place by strong belt arches . The preserved vault is unique in the Bremen rural area. On the west side are the remains of a wall painting, uncovered in 1947, showing three apostles with candles. The earlier, smaller windows were above the frescoes . The windows in the nave were enlarged in the 19th century. They received antique glass from Danzig in 1966 . The painting of the ribbed vault and the belt arches were still in a few remains. They were largely supplemented. The vault keystone in the choir shows a painted mask.

A gallery that was added later to accommodate the growing number of visitors existed until 1927. The stained glass in the choir was made in 1951 by Hermann Oetken (1909–1998). In 1966 the old church stalls were replaced by modern benches. The large organ gallery was demolished in the 1960s and replaced by a smaller gallery. During the extensive renovation of the church in 1995, this was expanded and significantly enlarged.

The one and two-storey late classical rectory, partly with a crooked hip roof , In der Tränke 23/24, dates from 1853 with a sandstone relief of the previous building from 1681.

The catechesis house was built in 1852. The parish garden was laid out in the 18th century and redesigned after 1946.

Churchyard

In the old cemetery there are many old tombstones from the 16th to 18th centuries; the oldest from 1546. The epitaph of the knight Arp Hermeling and his wife, to the right of the tower, dates from 1589. Arp Hermeling was the owner of the Hemm Sattelhof , which was first mentioned in 1385.

A memorial commemorating the victims of the Second World War bears a plaque with words by Rudolf Alexander Schröder .

Parish

In addition to the St. Johannes Church in Arsten, the Evangelical Church Community of Arsten-habenhausen also maintains the modern Simon-Petrus-Kirche in habenhausen . (Simon Petrus Community Center, habenhauser Dorfstrasse 42 and community center Arsten, In der Tränke 24)

literature

Web links

Commons : St. Johanneskirche (Bremen-Arsten)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Monument database of the LfD Bremen: St. Johannis
  2. ↑ Monument database of the LfD Bremen: rectory
  3. ^ Monument database of the LfD Bremen: Katechesierhaus
  4. ^ Monument database of the LfD Bremen: Pfarrgarten

Coordinates: 53 ° 1 ′ 53.5 ″  N , 8 ° 51 ′ 5.1 ″  E