St. Laurentius (Tired)
The St. Laurentius Church is a Protestant church in the village of Müden in the district of Celle . The parish belongs to the Soltau parish in the Lüneburg district of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover .
Building history
There are only unsecured sources about the origin of the first church building in Müden. It is certain, however, that the current church building began in 1185. A Mr. von Hasselhorst is named as the founder. In 1217 the church was consecrated to St. Laurentius by the Hermannsburg church lord Dietgram . The square building, which was simple at the time, made of boulders and field stones, has been modified several times over the centuries. From the original Romanesque style, only a few arched windows in the south and north walls have survived. In 1444 the previously flat roofed nave was vaulted and a versatile choir room was added. Window and door frames received Gothic pointed arches. After it turned out that the vault was pressing too hard on the outer walls, the field stone walls were reinforced with brickwork after a few years. Another reinforcement had to be carried out in 1815 by means of external support pillars, and in 1843 an additional vault anchor had to be used. In 1850 the building was given an exterior plaster, which was removed again in 1911.
In the course of the 16th century, the free-standing wooden church tower was built on a foundation made of boulders. Because of the vibrations caused by the bells, it had to be reinforced later. The tower was initially given a copper roof, which had to be renewed in 1616 and 1729. In 1840 the copper cover was replaced by shingles and in 1906 by slate. This gave it its current height of 22 meters. A tower clock was first mentioned in 1643.
Extensive renovations were carried out on the church in 1911 and 1964, and on the bell tower in 1985.
inner space
The interior of the church was also changed several times. Both the walls and the vault were decorated with rich paintings. Probably after the Reformation the paintings were whitewashed with a lime coating. Remnants of the paintings were only exposed again in 1911. The pulpit was originally on the south wall of the choir room. In 1788 it was integrated into the altarpiece , but moved back to its old place in 1863. In 1908 it became part of the altar wall again. In connection with the change of the pulpit, there were also changes in the galleries . First, the south pore had to be shortened in 1863 to make room for the pulpit. A second north gallery was built to replace it, but it was removed again in 1967.
inventory
The oldest inventory items are the two baptismal fonts . A baptism carved out of stone was probably erected around 1250. The cup-shaped, polygonal basin is decorated on the outside by a frieze that alternates between pointed arches and nuns' heads . The also polygonal base has been partially reconstructed. The baptism was replaced in 1473 by a richly decorated baptismal font made of bronze by the Bremen bell founder Hinrich Klinghe . The basin is carried by three bronze deacons . Gothic keel arches structure the pool wall. They are decorated above with lily ornaments. In the fields below there are apostle figures with their attributes.
The stone font has been lost over the centuries. The baptismal font was not found again until the middle of the 19th century on a farm in the neighboring Gerdehaus and was initially taken to a Hanover museum. After the foot in the staircase of the church tower was rediscovered in 1985, the baptismal font was completely re-erected in the Müden church.
organ
Around 1720–1725, a small positive was purchased that had two stops on one manual. In 1739 a third register was added. In 1864 the church received a new instrument from the organ builder Eduard Meyer with 15 registers. In 1901 the company Furtwängler & Hammer replaced three registers. Further tonal changes were made in 1913 and 1942 and the organ was expanded by two stops. 1969/1970 the renewal of the game and register followed contracture and the gaming table by Schmidt & Thiemann. The pipes of the second manual were placed above the pedals as an upper work and the trombone from 1901 was removed. A used trombone made by Carl Giesecke (organ builder) from 1958 from St. Albertus Magnus in Braunschweig was put on display in 2007.
Today the organ has 17 registers, which are divided between two manuals and a pedal. Behind the neo-Gothic prospect with 25 blinding pipes made of zinc coated with silver bronze are six Meyer registers in their old locations, four other parts were reworked in 1942. A special feature of the organ is that the upper manual can be connected and disconnected to a keyboard with 176 organ registers. The disposition is as follows:
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- Coupling : II / I, I / P
Peal
The bell of the Müdener Kirche consists of two bronze bells. The larger, 1000 kg bell probably dates from the 16th century. What is certain is that it had to be cast in 1618 and 1648. She sounds on it . Of the small, 600 kg bell, we only know that it had to be re-cast in 1775. It sounds in the major third on g . In 1917, like the big bell in the Second World War, it had to be delivered to procure materials, but both bells returned intact after the war.
Web links
- Homepage of the parish of Faßberg-Müden
- Konrad Gebhardt and others, Board of Trustees of the St. Laurentius Foundation (ed.): Festschrift for the 150th anniversary of the Meyer organ
Individual evidence
- ^ Konrad Gebhardt and others: Festschrift for the 150th anniversary of the Meyer organ in the St. Laurentius Church in Müden / Örtze . Ed .: Board of Trustees of the St. Laurentius Foundation. Self-published, Müden-Faßberg 2014, p. 5-6 .
- ^ Konrad Gebhardt and others: Festschrift for the 150th anniversary of the Meyer organ in the St. Laurentius Church in Müden / Örtze . Ed .: Board of Trustees of the St. Laurentius Foundation. Self-published, Müden-Faßberg 2014, p. 16 .
Coordinates: 52 ° 52 ′ 33.6 ″ N , 10 ° 6 ′ 58.1 ″ E