St. Marien (Lemgo)

St. Marien in Lemgo, view from the north-west

The Evangelical Lutheran parish church of St. Marien is one of the five inner-city churches in Lemgo . Since 1306 it was the monastery church of Dominican Sisters . The Lippische Damenstift St. Marien in Lemgo still exists today, which is under the supervision of the Landesverband Lippe . The St. Marien Abbey was merged with the Cappel Abbey near Lippstadt by state law in 1971 .

history

founding

From 1250 an independent new town was formed in the south of the city of Lemgo. There was no question that Neustadt needed its own church. The start of construction is dated around the year 1260. According to legend, the church is said to have been built on the site of an earlier Lady Chapel, which is said to have been the first building. The Neustädter Church is mentioned for the first time in 1279 by the Paderborn Bishop Otto von Rietberg .

Dominican convent

On September 8th, 1306 - the day of the birth of Mary - the 40 Dominican women from Lahde near Minden in Lemgo were received with a ceremony. Their special rights were recorded in the contract of March 15, 1306; neither court nor city councils were allowed to interfere in the affairs of the order. Furthermore, the monastery received the right of patronage over the Lemgo churches.

The still young city gained culture and education through the extensive library. The Marienkirche - still unfinished during the resettlement of the nuns - was both a monastery and a civic church . The Marienkirche was consecrated on November 18, 1320.

In a document from 1323, the puellae scolares were mentioned, pupils of the monastery school of St. Marien.

Reformation and modern times

Around 1528 the first Protestant service was held in the Marienkirche in Lemgo - against the will of the incumbent Count Simon V and the nuns. From 1555 to 1568 Hermann Hamelmann was pastor at the Marienkirche.

It was not until 1575 that the existing Dominican convent was converted into a Protestant virgin convent, and monastic privileges were increasingly restricted. In 1713 the community became a secular women's monastery. Since 1918 until today, the Evangelical Abbey of St. Marien has been an institution for care for the elderly.

Building history

The Marienkirche is one of the most beautiful early Gothic hall churches in Westphalia .

Late Romanesque

Choir apse from the northeast

The semicircular apse , built between 1260 and 1270, was late Romanesque . This is shown by the foundation walls that were excavated in 1949 and 1965. From 1270 the choir square was built in the unadorned transition style of the late Romanesque and early Gothic.

At the beginning there were difficulties with the subsoil, as the water table was very high and the soil was very sandy. The church building rests on several 15 to 20 cm thick wooden piles that have been rammed into the ground in some places.

Early Gothic

After the new town had been privileged, construction work intensified in 1288.

A new end of the choir was built in the style of the early Gothic, in the rare shape of five sides of a decagon. Presumably the east side was built parallel to the west side, because - probably due to a measurement error - the axis is slightly bent towards the north. This was particularly noticeable in the nave yokes to be built.

It is believed that the church was built by the same building works that created the Minden and Paderborn cathedral . This is suggested by stonemason's marks , base and pillar profiles.

Longhouse

The nave is said to have been completed between 1308 and 1320 . The mighty gable roof does not seem to be original, rather, as in St. Nicolai, transverse gable roofs are to be assumed here - presumably with a roof turret , as the remark in a church bill from 1664 indicates:

"On November 12th, a little Törnichen stood in the church [...] on the orders of Kaspelß [parish] to have it canceled" .

The construction of a tower, which was supposed to rise above the western central nave yoke, had to be stopped because there was a risk of collapse due to the pliable building site. Its stump and the remains of a staircase can still be seen in the attic.

East tower

Extended choir room

In the period between 1350 and 1375, the east tower was built in the corner between the outer walls of the choir square and the first yoke of the north aisle . The sacristy , a high Gothic room with four vaulted windows and a central pillar, is located on the first floor of the tower . As a counterpart to the tower, the south aisle was lengthened by a yoke so that the choir square expands to the south.

Changes that are forced

Wooden gallery

Due to the threatening inclination of the outer walls, the gables over the side aisles and the transverse gable roofs had to be demolished. Instead of this, the aforementioned (longitudinal) gable roof was built.

Repeated backfilling of the soil in 1582 and most recently in 1820 increased it by up to 1.40 m. This did not lead to the hoped-for stabilization of the church, but to a change in the spatial effect: the balanced height and width conditions gave way to a broad area.

The stone west gallery, begun in 1686, was demolished and a lower wooden gallery ("Prieche") built far into the central nave, which existed until 1885.

Repair and reconstruction

In 1858 the church was closed due to dilapidation and restored under the direction of building officer Ferdinand Ludwig August Merckel . In addition to strengthening the roof structure with cement, the roof structure was rebuilt and the roof was placed low. The external plaster was also removed in 1863 so that the quarry stone masonry has been visible ever since. The windows received their colored glazing between 1860 and 1867.

But only 100 years later a general restoration had to be carried out (1964–1967) because the building threatened to collapse. The floor was lowered to the original level (1800 m³ filling) and a 40 cm thick concrete slab was inserted. The tower and outer walls were also attached with reinforced concrete and connected to the floor slab.

The renovation resulted in a reconstruction of the broken stone west gallery. The Renaissance empire from 1600 and part of the baroque monastery gallery from 1686 have been in the north aisle since then.

The tower spire, which was covered with shingles after a severe cyclone in 1660 , has been covered with copper since 1950; its bright green contrasts with the striking red gable roof. In 1982/83 the tower was fixed in the masonry with steel girders and plastered again. The vault paintings in the north aisle were also secured and the entire interior was given a new coat of paint. Since the most recent construction work, the church is said to be more stable than ever in the 700 years of its existence.

architecture

General

The Marienkirche is built from broken stone and hard sandstone . The three-aisled hall church with four bays closes in the east with a choir square and 5/10 choir closure. The tower on a square floor plan in the northeast corresponds to the choir bay, which was also added later in the southeast.

Spatial effect

South aisle

The five choir windows are attached to a dense system of round-the-clock services . Three of these bundled services stand in each corner, the middle one holds the rib, the two on the side the shield straps over the windows. The five-capped rib vault has its keystone exactly in the apex of the choir arch.

The pillars in the choir square are based on a massive four-pass floor plan with small round services. The heavy, late Romanesque forms of the early construction phase (from 1270) can be distinguished from the nave pillars (from 1308), in which the mass is more dissolved.

The reconstructed stone west gallery opens its ribbed vault to the central nave in a mighty segment arch, on the narrow sides in pointed arches. Above it, a closed wall separates the gallery from the aisles.

The ratio of the side aisles to the central nave corresponds roughly to the golden section . The balance created in this way harmonises completely with the supports in the nave, the strength of which is ideal: they appear stable and not clumsy. Vertical and horizontal are in a perfectly balanced relationship to each other, so that a harmonious consistency of height and width results. The clearly visible inclination of some of the pillars does not detract from this (on the southeastern free pillar the deflection is 28 cm).

The Lemgoer Marienkirche corresponds to the type of a Westphalian parish church and belongs to the highest quality creations from the classical Gothic period .

Dimensions

Width of the central nave:	8.50-9.50 m
Width of the aisles:	7.30 m
Pillar thickness:	1.80 m
Height of the belt arches:	13.00 m
Overall length (outside):	50.00 m
Tower height (to the top):	53.00 m

Furnishing

pulpit

Altars

Both the liturgy and the choir altar are covered by the original stone slab (around 1300). The latter carries a crucifix (around 1500?) And carved figures of Christ and the twelve apostles (around 1645) in a modern arrangement.

pulpit

The pulpit was carved from linden wood by the Lemgo master Hermann Voss in 1643/44 and colored by Berent Lalleken and Jobst Tappe in 1646. At the basket are the four evangelists and Christ as the Man of Sorrows. On the sound cover five angels with instruments of torture, in the middle Moses with the tablets of the law.

A candlestick angel carved by Friedrich Schwartze in 1635 is attached to the pillar and swivels next to the pulpit. The petite figure stands in tense contrast. The pleated, moving garment with its asymmetrical course reinforces the subdued dynamic of the appearance.

Mayor's chair

Parapet of the mayor's chair

On the west wall there have been the remains of the parapet of a presumed mayor's chair from 1692 since 1966. This was on a pedestal below the swallow's nest organ on the east wall until 1964. A small staircase with four steps and wooden railing led to this platform, which was surrounded by a parapet with eight by three wooden fields, separated by twisted columns. After the dismantling, the unpainted fields were removed, the remaining parapet is now about four meters long and 1.33 meters high. The coats of arms and inscriptions were restored in 1912. The first field shows the coat of arms of Tilhen Von Leese and the initials GITVL (Gottschalck Iohan Tilhen Von Leese). In the second field, Von Lee's mirror monogram with the year Anno 1692 can be seen. In the third field again the coat of arms, but mirrored to the first field, with the initials TLTFVL In the following fields the coat of arms and names of Messrs. V (on) D (er) Wipper, Grote and Derendal. In the first three base fields there is the Latin inscription PRÆSTANT ETERNA CADUCIS (German Ewiges goes over ephemeral ).

Jew

Christ

Building plastic

On the pillars on the west wall to the left and right of the exposed entrance gate are two relief figures from the construction period around 1310. The left figure on the southern pillar wears a pointed hat , a representation that was also used elsewhere to identify Jews. The figure has a no longer completely preserved pig in the arm, it is a depiction of a Jewish sow , a typical motif of medieval anti-Judaism . The north pillar is supposed to show a figure of Christ, together the two figures form a modification of the Ecclesia and synagogue .

Sheet mask on the south wall

There are other Jewish reliefs in the church: One shows the birth of Christ with Mary in childbed . Joseph stands next to it, leaning on a stick. Joseph also wears a Jewish hat. Another, already badly damaged scene depicts the flagellation of Christ. The Jesus figure with a halo is tied to a scourge column , the minions with whips or bundles of brushwood wear the distinctive pointed hats. In contrast to the New Testament account, Jesus is not tortured by the Romans here, another feature of the assignment of guilt to the Jews.

Organs

Main organ

Main organ by Paul Ott

St. Marien already had two organs in the 15th century. In 1887 Ernst Klassmeier built a large main organ on the west gallery. After the instrument had been removed during construction from 1964, Paul Ott built a new plant in its place in 1974/75. For the swell, the Westphalian organ builder S. Sauer added three new reed stops in 1998/1999 . Three further registers were replaced or revised and a new typesetting system was installed. Hans-Ulrich Erbslöh from Hamburg carried out a comprehensive restoration in 2015. The main and swell mechanisms received new wind chests , the pipework and action mechanism were revised and four registers replaced. The re-inauguration took place on November 29, 2015.

The organ has 45 registers on four manuals and a pedal . Your prospectus is given a striking face by a horizontal trumpet mechanism with Spanish trumpets and a cymbal star . The disposition is:

I Rückpositiv C – a ³
1.	Dumped	8th'
2.	Praestant	4 ′
3.	Tube copula	4 ′
4th	Schwiegel	2 ′
5.	Nasat	1 ¹ ⁄ ₃  ′
6th	Scharff III – IV
7th	Cromorne	8th'
	Tremulant

II main work C – a ³
8th.	Pommer	16 ′
9.	Principal	8th'
10.	Reed flute	8th'
11.	octave	4 ′
12.	Coupling flute	4 ′	2015
13.	Fifth	2 ² ⁄ ₃  ′
14th	octave	2 ′
15th	Mixture V – VII
16.	Cornett III-IV
17th	Trumpet	16 ′
18th	Trumpet	8th'	2015
	Tremulant

III Swell C – a ³
19th	Tube bare	16 ′
20th	Wooden principal	8th'
21st	Salicional	8th'
22nd	Copular	8th'	2015
23.	octave	4 ′
24.	Transverse flute	4 ′	2015
25th	Nasat	2 ² ⁄ ₃  ′
26th	Forest flute	2 ′
27.	third	1 ³ ⁄ ₅  ′
28.	Sif flute	1'
29	Mixture V-VI
30th	Bassons	16 ′	1999
31.	Hautbois	8th'	1999
32.	Clairon	4 ′	1999

IV Trumpet Work C – a ³
33.	Trumpet	16 ′
34.	Trumpet	8th'
35.	Trumpet	4 ′

Pedal C – g ¹
36.	Principal	16 ′
37.	Sub-bass	16 ′
38.	Fifth bass	10 ² ⁄ ₃  ′
39.	octave	8th'
40.	Dumped	8th'
41.	octave	4 ′
42.	Night horn	2 ′
43.	Backset VI
44.	trombone	16 ′
45.	Trumpet	8th'
	Tremulant

Coupling : I / II, III / I, III / II, IV / II, IV / III, I / P, II / P, III / P, IV / P

Swallow's Nest Organ

The swallow's nest organ on the east wall of the north aisle is a precious rarity. It is one of the few organs from the Renaissance whose case has largely been preserved. It is also one of the rare instruments with a spring lock , which is believed to date from the 17th century. The instrument has three tall pipe towers, which are crowned by carved beams and decorated with obelisks and tendrils. The high artistic value of the organ, which corresponds to the sound ideal of the German late Renaissance , is expressed in the International Lemgo Organ Days .

The organ in its current form was built in 1612/13 using older parts; the organ builder was probably Fritz Scherer from Hamburg. The case goes back to the Slegel brothers , who worked on the organ between 1586 and 1595. Extensive repairs and changes were made between the 17th and 19th centuries. In 1887 Ernst Klassmeyer built a new organ on the west gallery, into which the swallow's nest organ was partially integrated. The other registers were relocated and were later lost. Only the prospect pipes remained. The colored version of the prospectus and substructure was stripped off in 1912. In 1932/33 Friedrich Klassmeier (Lemgo) reconstructed the organ work largely in its original form with the help of Christhard Mahrenholz . The plaques with the names of those killed in the First World War were put up. In 1950/61 Paul Ott renewed and expanded the instrument to three manuals and 27 registers.

In the years 2009/10 the old Scherer organ was reconstructed by Rowan West and the historical mean-tone tuning was restored. The starting point was the state of 1613 with two manuals and 20 registers . Since then, the swallow's nest organ has again had a two-manual system with an upper, main and pedal . Only the prospectus pipes of the main plant are original from the pipework. The reconstruction of the missing parts was mainly based on the Scherer organ in Tangermünde and on Dutch instruments. The disposition is:

I main work CDEFGA – c ³
1.	Praestant	8th'
2.	Quintatios	8th'
3.	Dumped	8th'
4th	Octave	4 ′
5.	Hollow fiber	4 ′
6th	Mixture II-IV
7th	Scharff III – VI
8th.	Bar whistle	8th'

II Oberwerk CDEFGA – c ³
9.	Praestant	4 ′
10.	Hollow whistle	8th'
11.	Nasatt	3 ′
12.	Waltpfeiff	2 ′
13.	Cimbell III
14th	Trumpet	8th'
15th	Prong (from f)	8th'

Pedals CDEFGA – d ¹
16.	Drone bass	16 ′
17th	Gemshorenfloyt	1'
18th	Bassunen Bass	16 ′
19th	Trumpeting bass	8th'
20th	Cornet bass	2 ′

Bells

East tower with clock bells

Medium bell from 1922.

Bells 1, 2 and 3 (Sundays and bank holidays)

history

Three bells can be identified between 1568 and 1629. The big bell, called the fire bell, was cast in 1568 by Hans Rabe with the following inscription: "Lavet den Heren wat levet up earth, with hymns of praise bright tzimblen on bell tones" (Psalm 150). Another bell from 1519 was used as a clock bell. A small bell from the 15th century probably served as a choir or measuring bell in the pre-Reformation period and was probably hung in the aforementioned roof turret. This bell was later attached to the east side of the tower helm together with the clock bell.

Older sources indicate that the local bell-founders, the Kleimann family, cast another bell for St. Mary's Church in 1629. It had to be recast in 1835 by bell founders Jacob Greve and H. Humpert ( Brilon ) while retaining the tone c sharp ′. Their inscription read:

“If my sound touches your ear, oh man, do as it should. But I also sound the corpses, both of the poor and the rich. Then just imagine that one day it will be your turn. "

In 1867 the Gütersloh bell foundry Lohmeyer made two new bells in the tones e ′ and g ′ from the cracked fire bell, which were put into service at the Reformation Festival of the same year. The larger one bore the inscription “Glory to God on high, peace on earth and a pleasure to men” , the smaller one the saying “Today, if you hear my voice, do not harden your heart. Psalm 95 ” .

In 1917 the two bells from 1867 were delivered and destroyed. The big bell from 1835 was placed in the Stumpfen Turm in St. Johann , because a bell there, cast by the Fricke Brothers in 1779, had fallen victim to the war. That bell from 1835 was also lost during the Second World War.

To replace the three bells given in 1917, three cast steel bells were ordered from the Bochumer Verein and put into service in the same year. After the bells of the Salzuflen town church, it is the largest in Lippe. The two bell bells were exempted from war confiscations in 1917 and 1942 due to their exposed position on the spire.

Ringing order

The ringing order specifies the following:

Ringing in the Sunday on Saturday from 6:00 p.m. to 6:10 p.m. with all the bells,
Signs, called "wake-ups", one hour before the service with the little bell,
Ringing together ten minutes before the start of the service with all the bells,
for the Lord's Prayer in the Sunday service, the middle bell is struck seven times,
Ringing the big bell at 7 a.m., 12 p.m. and 6 p.m., three times three beats,
to baptize with the little bell,
to weddings with all bells.

Data overview

No.	Surname	Casting year	Caster	Diameter (mm, approx.)	Weight (kg, approx.)	Strike tone (435 Hz)	Inscription (translation)
1	Christmas bell (godfather)	1922	Bochum Association	1,990	3,300	a °	PRAISE GOD IN THE HIGHEST THRONE, WHO GIVES US HIS ONE SON. Sacrificed for the Fatherland's defense in 1917. RENEWED IN GOD'S GLORY 1922.
2	Daffodil (god son)			1,670	1,900	c ′	KEEP IN THE MEMORY OF JESUM CHRIST WHO RISEN FROM DEATH. IN MEMORY OF OUR FALLEN. [Portrait: Cross]
3	Pentecost bell (god spirit)			1,445	1,200	it'	O HOLY SPIRIT, YOU COMFORTABLE VALUE, GIVE [!] YOUR PEOPLE A 'REAL SENSE ON EARTH'.
`I`	Hour bell	1519	Wolter Westerhues	740	250	h '+ ³ / ₁₆	+ o (L) maria (L) wilt (L) vns (L) vorwerven (2 L) eyne (L) salighe (L) vre (L) as (L) we (L) shall (L) sterven (2 L ) anno (L) domini (L) m (L) ccccc (L) xix [.] (word separation by lilies = L)
`II`	Quarter-hour bell	15th century	unknown	540		approx. a ″	o rex gloriae christe veni cum pace (O Christ, King of Honor, come with peace.)

Remarks

↑ Ernst Wiesekopsieker suspects the Lemgo bell founder Kleimann . Claus Peter judges from the inscription that this bell was not cast in the Lippe region, but in the Westphalian region.

Individual evidence

↑ Gisela Wilbertz : Why I consider the "Haus am Wall" in Primkerstrasse to be a monument ... , August 28, 2011, from www.see-lemgo.de , accessed on December 21, 2012.

^ Karl Meier-Lemgo: History of the city of Lemgo . 2nd Edition. Wagener, Lemgo 1962, p. 53.

^ Hanns-Peter Fink: Latin house inscriptions in Lippe . In: Lippe messages from history and regional studies . 50th volume. Meyersche Hofbuchhandlung, Detmold 1981, p. 78 .

↑ Otto Gaul , Ulf-Dietrich Korn: City of Lemgo (= The architectural and art monuments of Westphalia . Volume 49 / I ). Aschendorff, Münster 1983, p. 301-302 .

↑ Otto Gaul , Ulf-Dietrich Korn: City of Lemgo (= The architectural and art monuments of Westphalia . Volume 49 / I ). Aschendorff, Münster 1983, p. 256 .

↑ Heinz terror Berg: Jews representations in St. Mary's Church . In: like angels of God. 700 years of St. Marien Lemgo (= special publications by the Natural Science and Historical Association for the State of Lippe ). tape 81 . Publishing house for regional history, Bielefeld 2006, ISBN 978-3-89534-656-9 , p. 106-113 .

↑ Hannalore Reuter: Historical organs in Westphalia-Lippe . Ardey-Verlag, Münster 2006, ISBN 978-3-87023-245-0 , pp. 195 .

↑ ^a ^b Hans-Werner Coordes: Organ Atlas Ostwestfalen-Lippe , Lemgo, St. Marien, new organ , accessed on September 3, 2014.

↑ ^a ^b Hans-Werner Coordes: Organ Atlas Ostwestfalen-Lippe , Lemgo, St. Marien , viewed December 2, 2010.

↑ Church music St. Marien Lemgo ( Memento of the original from February 27, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (as of December 2, 2010). @1@ 2

^ Karl Meier-Lemgo: History of the city of Lemgo . 2nd Edition. Wagener, Lemgo 1962, p. 114.

↑ Theo Fehn : The bell expert. Bochum cast steel bells . Vol. 3, Badenia, Karlsruhe 1997.

literature

August Corvey: Lippisches Damenstift St. Marien. Old pen - new tasks. In: Heimatland Lippe 82, No. 10, October 1989, ISSN 0017-9787 , pp. 359-363.

Andreas Duderstedt: Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Marien zu Lemgo ( large architectural monuments , booklet 507, ZDB -ID 841730-1 ). Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 1996.

Enno Eilers: The Church of St. Marien in Lemgo. Festschrift for November 10, 1912, the day the church was rededicated after the renovation in 1912. May, Lemgo 1912.

Otto Gaul : The old buildings of the St. Marien monastery in Lemgo. In: Erich Kittel (Ed.): St. Marien Monastery and Abbey in Lemgo 1265–1965. Festschrift on the occasion of the 700th anniversary. Natural and Historical Association for the State of Lippe, Detmold 1965, pp. 26-49 ( special publications of the Natural and Historical Association for the State of Lippe 16, ISSN 0466-6224 ). Digitized version (PDF, 15.3 MB)

Otto Gaul: The Marienkirche in Lemgo . In: Evangelical Lutheran Church Community St. Marien zu Lemgo (Ed.): St. Marien zu Lemgo. Evangelical Lutheran Church Congregation St. Marien, Lemgo 1967, pp. 5–7.

Heinrich Graefenstein (Ed.): Lemgo. The old Hanseatic city. A picture chronicle. 2nd Edition. Weege bookstore, Lemgo 1970.

Hans Hoppe: Lemgo. Back then. Pictures and Old time memories . Wagener, Lemgo 1975, ISBN 3-921428-10-6 .

Joachim Huppelsberg : Lemgo churches. Wagener, Lemgo 1977, ISBN 3-921428-18-1 , pp. 17-28 ( Lippische attractions 4).

Karl Meier-Lemgo (ed.): History of the city of Lemgo . 2nd expanded and redesigned edition. Wagener, Lemgo 1962 ( Lippe Cities and Villages 1 ZDB -ID 1185510-1 , special publications of the Natural Science and Historical Association for the Land of Lippe 9).
Jutta Prieur, Jürgen Scheffler (ed.): Like angels of God. 700 years of St. Marien Lemgo. Publishing house for regional history, Bielefeld 2006, ISBN 3-89534-656-X ( Städtisches Museum Hexenbürgermeisterhaus - Lemgo Museumshefte 6, special publications of the natural science and historical association for the state of Lippe 81).
Diether Wildemann: The general restoration of the ev.-luth. Marienkirche in Lemgo 1964 to 1967 . In: Evangelical Lutheran Church Community St. Marien zu Lemgo (Ed.): St. Marien zu Lemgo. Evangelical Lutheran Church Congregation St. Marien, Lemgo 1967, pp. 15–22.
Cornelia Halm: Monastery Life in the Middle Ages: The Dominican Sisters in Lemgo. From the founding of the monastery to the Reformation , special publications by the Natural Science and Historical Association for the Land of Lippe, ISBN 978-3-924481-13-1 , 2004.

Web links

Commons : St. Marienkirche Lemgo - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

52.025483333333 8.89875Coordinates: 52 ° 1 ′ 31.7 ″ N , 8 ° 53 ′ 55.5 ″ E

[13] Ernst Wiesekopsieker suspects the Lemgo bell founder Kleimann . Claus Peter judges from the inscription that this bell was not cast in the Lippe region, but in the Westphalian region.

[1] Gisela Wilbertz : Why I consider the "Haus am Wall" in Primkerstrasse to be a monument ... , August 28, 2011, from www.see-lemgo.de , accessed on December 21, 2012.

[2] Karl Meier-Lemgo: History of the city of Lemgo . 2nd Edition. Wagener, Lemgo 1962, p. 53.

[3] Hanns-Peter Fink: Latin house inscriptions in Lippe . In: Lippe messages from history and regional studies . 50th volume. Meyersche Hofbuchhandlung, Detmold 1981, p. 78 .

[4] Otto Gaul , Ulf-Dietrich Korn: City of Lemgo (= The architectural and art monuments of Westphalia . Volume 49 / I ). Aschendorff, Münster 1983, p. 301-302 .

[5] Otto Gaul , Ulf-Dietrich Korn: City of Lemgo (= The architectural and art monuments of Westphalia . Volume 49 / I ). Aschendorff, Münster 1983, p. 256 .

[6] Heinz terror Berg: Jews representations in St. Mary's Church . In: like angels of God. 700 years of St. Marien Lemgo (= special publications by the Natural Science and Historical Association for the State of Lippe ). tape 81 . Publishing house for regional history, Bielefeld 2006, ISBN 978-3-89534-656-9 , p. 106-113 .

[7] Hannalore Reuter: Historical organs in Westphalia-Lippe . Ardey-Verlag, Münster 2006, ISBN 978-3-87023-245-0 , pp. 195 .

[OWL-8] Hans-Werner Coordes: Organ Atlas Ostwestfalen-Lippe , Lemgo, St. Marien, new organ , accessed on September 3, 2014.

[Orgelatlas-9] Hans-Werner Coordes: Organ Atlas Ostwestfalen-Lippe , Lemgo, St. Marien , viewed December 2, 2010.