St. Marien (Veerßen)
The Evangelical Lutheran St. Mary's Church is located in the Veerßen district on the south-western edge of Uelzen .
The church
The church is first mentioned in a document in 1302. It is built as a single-nave brick church in the Gothic style. The building with a semicircular apse was expanded to its present size in 1611: rib vaults in the choir, wooden cheekbones in the nave. The half-timbered church tower is 17.70 m high and dates from the 17th century. The larger bell was cast in 1332 and is the oldest church bell in the Lüneburg administrative district. The smaller bell dates from 1963. There are several grave slabs inside. The pulpit is from the Renaissance. The colored windows were donated by Uelzer councilors and merchants in the 16th century and depict biblical scenes and family coats of arms. The organ was built in 1968 by the Eule company (Bautzen) .
The altarpiece from the beginning of the 16th century, which shows the crucifixion of Christ in its central part, is particularly worth seeing . In addition, there are figures of an altar from 1490 in a wall niche. As a special feature, the church has a burial place in a southern extension of the resident von Estorff family.
During the summer months, the church is open to the public every afternoon.
History of the church and today's interior
The history of the Church has been linked to the von Estorff family from the beginning . Veerßen has been an independent parish since 1313, but it was not until 1961 that it received its own pastorate. Until then, she was parishally connected to the monastery church in Oldenstadt .
The role of the Estorff family for the Veerßer Church
Ludolf August von Estorff (1650–1723), son of the noble Ludolf Otto I von Estorff (1619–1691), served in the Lüneburg Army from 1668 to 1685 and left this in 1685 as captain. He married Ursula Dorothea Schenck von Winterstedt (1664–1709) in 1686 and donated a noble-shaped, silver communion chalice with a gold-plated cup to the parish of Veerßen . The chalice bears the coats of arms of the two families and is still used today in worship.
In 1687 Ludolf August redeemed the Veerßer property under the name of his father and with the money of his wife. In a letter to the "Land Director" of the Michaeliskloster in Lüneburg, he asked for a grant for the construction of a new bell tower. From the letter it emerges that the old tower must have been demolished and part of the belfry was built into the new tower. The current tower can therefore only have been built in 1694. The next tower renovation took place in 1782. Ludolf August von Estorff therefore contributed an influential part to the history of the Veesser Church.
The "alliance of throne and altar"
The Seven Years War ruined the estate and forced the population into poverty. The Estorff family financed the electoral troops and suffered financially after their defeat by the French troops. Accordingly, not much could be done to maintain the church during this time.
In 1792 the Michaeliskloster in Lüneburg ceded its church supervision to the sovereign consistory in Hanover. 500 years of connection between Veerßen and Lüneburg came to an end. The parish of Veerßen was now firmly bound to the sovereign in Hanover. This “alliance of throne and altar” shaped the 19th century until the final outcome at the end of the First World War.
The bells
In the tower hangs a two-part chime in a heavy rib, which includes a valuable Gothic bell.
Surname | O | kg | Caster | Casting location | Casting year | volume | inscription | |
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Bell 1 | Catherine | 920 mm | 476 kg | Master Ulricus | Luneburg | 1332 | b'-4 | O REX GLORIE VENI CUM PACE MCCCXXXII |
Bell 2 | - | 740 mm | 316 kg | FW Schilling | Heidelberg | 1963 | des '' - 6 | - |
Clergy from 1295 to 1991
In Veerßen until the Reformation in 1530
- Ludolf Grope Pleban 1295
- Alvericus priest 1325/1327
- Hermen Church Lord 1352
- Ludeke / Luders Vicar 1352/1357
- Alvercius Lord 1358
- Cord pastor 1380
- Eylard Volkmers Vicar 1380
- Conrad Rector before 1398
- Johann Wiese Vicar 1369/1405
- Johannes Wulhause Pastor before 1405
- Friedrich von Liedern Pastor 1406
- Jettebrock Vicar 1427
- Johann Meyer Vicar 1434
- Bernhard Schikkelse Vicar 1439
- Bernhard von Liedern Pastor 1464
- Johann VI von Estorff Pastor 1477–1482
- Hermann Crevet Vicar 1529
- Christoph Jettebrock Vicar 1529
- Francis v. Sinful Vicar 1529
Pastors in Oldenstadt and Veerßen from 1530 to 1961
- Johannes PLotzer 1530-1545
- Arnd May 1545-1557
- Erasmus Elers 1558–1597
- Rudolf Elers 1597-1625
- Nicolaus Rode 1625-1642
- Heinrich Bertram 1642–1655
- Leopold Zien 1655–1678
- Daniel Dietrich Muxol 1678–1681
- Gideon Friedrich Sürssen 1681–1684
- Friedrich Heinrich Hecht 1684–1687
- August Johann Wilhelmi 1689–1714
- Petrus helmet 1715-1720
- Daniel Richard Balthasar 1722-1730
- Adolf Hinrich Quermann 1730-1740
- Gustav Johann Gersternkorn 1741–1751
- Georg-Ludwig Wolckenhaar 1751–1763
- Friedrich Conrad Schulze 1763–1778
- Christian Friedrich Salfeld 1779–1795
- Christian Ludwig Albrecht 1796–1814
- Johann Philipp Albrecht 1814–1827
- Johann Bornträger 1827–1836
- Johann Bernigau 1836–1861
- Ernst Christian Paetz 1862–1872
- Adolf Wilhelm Becker 1873–1878
- Ludwig Böhmer 1878–1882
- Ferdinand Heinrich Woltmann 1883–1901
- Friedrich Hermann Kreye 1901–1913
- Hermann Uphoff 1914–1921
- Karl Rüppell 1922–1923
- Wilhelm Pätz 1923–1945
- Johannes Rehse 1945–1961
Pastors in Veerßen since 1962
- Friedrich Weber 1962–1969
- Werner Müller 1970–1974
- Rudolf Strack 1974–1985
- Joachim Schnell 1985–1991
- Dagmar Maxin-Schnell 1988–1991
- Anja Stein 1991–1995
- Volker Horstmann 1995–
swell
- Parish archive Veerßen
- Uelzen City Library
literature
- Joachim Schnell: Small Church History of Veering (= writings on Uelzen local history, issue 8). Becker, Uelzen 1991 ISBN 3-920079-27-2
- Hans Funke: The Evangelical Lutheran pastors of the Uelzen district . Uelzen 2004 ISBN 3-929864-05-3
Web links
- Website on the church district's website (accessible via municipalities - Region Mitte - Veerßen)
Coordinates: 52 ° 57 ′ 20.8 ″ N , 10 ° 32 ′ 34.8 ″ E