St. Laurentius (Süderhastedt)

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South facade of the church
altar

The Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Laurentius in Süderhastedt is one of the oldest churches in Dithmarschen . As early as 1140, Süderhastedt was mentioned as the location of a church under the patronage of the Archdiocese of Bremen .

Construction and history

The church is a single-nave Gothic stone church , the oldest parts of which could still come from the Romanesque . The polygonal choir has no windows to the east, only pilaster strips on the outer wall. With a length of 30 m and a width of almost 9 m, the building is quite modest in size. In 1726, the church was expanded to include the south transverse building made of bricks and the interior choir arch was removed. Although only part of a cross shape was created, the extension is often referred to as a "cross church". The windows in the north and south walls, the roof turret and the entire west wall date from the 18th century.

Furnishing

Triumphal cross on the north wall

The interior shows some very old pieces. The triumphal cross hanging on the north wall today dates from the late 15th century. It was discovered in the storage rooms of the church in 1908, heavily damaged, and in 1981 it was restored and supplemented so that it could hang in the church again. The significantly smaller and more delicately crafted crucifix hanging on the south wall was originally made as a processional cross in the 14th century . The octagonal baptismal font made of granite is difficult to date, but is classified as late Gothic . The associated wooden lid is verifiably a work by Henning Claussen from around 1655.

The simple pulpit dates from the second half of the 16th century and is therefore as old as the baptismal font. On the outside, images of the evangelists are arranged around a central image of Christ as Savior .

The winged altar is dated between 1470 and 1480. In the middle part it shows a crucifixion scene richly decorated with figures and in the side wings four scenes from the Christmas story . The crucifixion scene is noticeably divided horizontally, which is intended to illustrate a clear separation between earthly and divine events. The remaining elements of the altar date from the 20th century.

A strikingly large epitaph from the beginning of the 18th century hangs on the north wall of the nave, reminding of Johannes Sommer, who was pastor in Süderhastedt from 1657 to 1704.

organ

Organ prospectus and parts of the galleries
View inside the organ

The organ of the church above the north entrance goes back to an instrument that the Danish company Marcussen & Søn built in 1859 as Opus 30. The instrument originally had eight registers , which were distributed over a manual and pedal . The building company expanded the instrument in 1909 with a second manual and a total of 17 registers. The prospect pipes were delivered in the First World War. In the course of time, several modifications were made, so that today only the front of the brochure and some registers are old. Organ builder Eberhard Tolle (Preetz) rearranged the work in the 1950s. Andreas Andresen (Kiel) built a new movement in 1976, using the wind chest of the main movement , the front and a few Marcussen registers, which he distributed over all three movements. The number of 17 registers remained the same. In 2008, organ builder Rudolf Neuthor (Kiel) replaced some registers, including the two mixed voices, and carried out further renovation work. The disposition is as follows:

I Manual C – f 3
Drone 16 ′
Principal 8th'
Dumped 8th'
octave 4 ′
flute 4 ′
octave 2 ′
Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Mixture III-IV
II Manual C – f 3
Dumped 8th'
Willow pipe 8th'
Prestant 4 ′
flute 2 ′
Terzian I – II
Sharp III
Tremulant
Pedal C – d 1
Sub bass 16 ′
Dacked bass 8th'
Choral bass 4 ′

  • Choir view

  • pulpit

  • epitaph

  • Linden wreath, field stone wall and cenotaph in front of the church

Surroundings

On the footpath to the church there is a memorial stone for Pastor Ewald Dittmann , who was arrested and murdered in 1945 as a member of the Confessing Church . On one of the trees of the linden wreath hang the remains of a neck iron , which previously served as a public pillory . The parish cemetery is just south of the church.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jochen Bufe interprets e.g. B. the arches of the windows in the chancel as Romanesque.
  2. ↑ Dirk Jonkanski, Lutz Wilde : Village churches in Schleswig-Holstein . Wachholtz, Neumünster 2000, ISBN 3-529-02845-2 , pp. 39 .
  3. ↑ Description of the church and the facilities on the parish homepage. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  4. ↑ Marcussen's list of works , accessed on January 4, 2020 (PDF).
  5. ↑ Wenzel Hübner: 21,000 organs from all over the world. 1945–1985 (=  sources and studies on music history from antiquity to the present day . Volume 7 ). P. Lang, Frankfurt am Main 1986, ISBN 3-8204-9454-5 , p. 233 .

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