St. Johannis (Verden)
St. John's Church , north of the Verden Town Hall, belongs to the Verden parish of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover .
history
The beginnings of the St. John's Church are in the dark. The construction of the stone church intended for the residents of Norderstadt began around 1150. It was a single-nave Romanesque church with a west tower. The Gothic aisles were added between 1370 and 1408. Initially, each nave had its own roof, so the church had three parallel roof ridges. In 1450, all three naves were given a shared gable roof and the high gable above the choir was decorated with numerous panels . At about the same time, a sacristy was added to the north side of the choir. The spire on the baroque spire was built in 1697.
Building
The barrel-vaulted, rectangular choir was drawn in compared to the original width of the nave and is still largely as it was in the 12th century. Even the Romanesque parts were built from brick and, along with the tower of Verden Cathedral, are among the oldest brick buildings in northern Germany. The bricks used are smaller than those used for the Gothic extensions, but larger than those used for modern repairs and additions. The difference in material is clearly visible on the eastern end wall of the ship, south of the choir.
The cultivation of the aisles the thick Romanesque exterior walls were Gothic pointed arch arcades transformed. The central nave was also given a new vault. Its ribs are designed somewhat differently than those of the aisles. In contrast to the more common combination with rib vaults, the diagonals here are ogival, but the straps are rounded. Due to the side aisles, the nave now has a greater extent in the north-south direction than in the longitudinal direction of the church.
The garments of the Gothic portals (on both sides in the western yoke of the ship) and windows are made of polychrome by alternating red and black glazed molded stones .
Furnishing
pulpit
The pulpit dates from 1598. It was donated by the elected bishop Philipp Sigismund and 15 wealthy citizens of the city.
Pictorial representations
To the right of the triumphal arch there are frescoes from the 14th century, partly on a puddled surface that does not cover the wall structure. At around the same time as the pulpit, the gable wall above the triumphal arch was decorated with the large struck relief depicting the Last Judgment . Also at the end of the 16th century, the chancel received its current size, which, however, shows the remains of the church's oldest fresco on the north wall, a painting of the finding of the cross from around 1400.
organ
The organ was built in 1976 by the organ builder Hendrik Jan Vierdag . The slider chest instrument has 10 stops on two manuals and pedal . The playing and stop actions are mechanical.
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- Coupling : II / I, I / P, II / P.
Bells
A Gothic duet hangs in the tower, which was created by one and the same caster.
| No | Surname | diameter | Weight | Caster | Casting year | volume | inscription | photo |
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| 1 | Anna | 113 cm | 750 kg | Unknown | ~ 1320 | f sharp '+ 2 | † Anna °° humilia pango festaqz clango fulmina frango. |
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| 2 | Maria | 106 cm | 650 kg | Unknown | ~ 1320 | g sharp'-3 | °° Maria † demones ango cordaqz tango funera plango |
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literature
- Wilhelm Ziegeler : The Johanniskirche in Verden. A contribution to north German brick construction , dissertation 1916 at the Technical University of Hanover, Hanover: Vetterlein, 1916
Web links
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 52 ° 55 '21.3 " N , 9 ° 13' 40.9" E