St. Marien (Neuenhuntorf)
The St. Marien Church in Neuenhuntorf , municipality of Berne , district of Wesermarsch , state of Lower Saxony , belongs to the Evangelical Lutheran regional church of Oldenburg . The parish itself and its church usually names itself without patronage . The late-Gothic hall church made of brick stands on a terp . The west tower is also brick Gothic . The side choir windows were changed in a neo-Gothic style.
history
The farmers from Huntorf, today Altenhuntorf , moved to Neuenhuntorf am Huntedeich around 1441 so that they no longer had to deliver their tithe to the Benedictine Abbey of St. Paul in Bremen, on whose property they and their chapel were located. In 1489 a chapel was consecrated in Neuenhuntorf and a few years later it was expanded to become a parish church. It did not succeed in escaping tithe. After the Reformation , the monastery property was converted into a count's Vorwerk, which the ennobled von Münnich family bought in 1657.
Furnishing
altar
The main attraction of the church is the late Gothic winged altar from around 1520. It echoes the works of the master from Osnabrück . Since it is an altar with the passion of Jesus as its sole theme, it survived the Reformation without any problems.
In the center of the altar was a crucifixion scene full of figures . It is surrounded on the right and left by the following scenes from the Passion story: Liturgical on the right: Jesus' prayer on the Mount of Olives and the sleeping apostles, the Judas kiss , Jesus in front of Pontius Pilate , the Ecce Homo scene, where an Israelite with his arms crossed “crucify him ! ”Demands that Pontius Pilate washes his hands in innocence and Jesus is mentioned as well as the scourging of Jesus.
On the liturgical left side follows the crowning of thorns , the carrying of the cross , the descent from the cross , the burial, the journey into hell , during which the risen Christ with the flag of victory in his hands first frees Adam from limbo. He's still holding the apple, which was the reason to banish him from paradise . The conclusion is the resurrection, with Jesus climbing out of the sarcophagus, one of the guard soldiers is still asleep, while the other two are blinded by the splendor of the resurrected.
In the center of the predella is a Romanesque Madonna from around 1350, which probably comes from the Huntorf chapel. Next to her three apostles. Liturgical right: Peter , Paul and John the Evangelist .
A foundation inscription with the year 1515 has been preserved on the canteen of the altar.
The wooden beamed ceiling was painted in gray in 1630/40 with the images of Christ and the 12 apostles surrounded by rich ornaments. A Gothic lecture cross from around 1400 to 1420 hangs on the north wall.
baptism
On the stone baptismal font a brass bowl with rich partially openwork plant decoration from 1686.
pulpit
The pulpit was created in Bremen in 1672. Four somewhat clumsy evangelists on the pulpit between twisted columns.
Bell jar
In the tower, an Annen bell from 1498, cast by Johann Frese in Osnabrück, has survived various “metal donation campaigns”.
Burial cellar
In the cemetery an elaborate Baroque grave cellar of the von Münnich family, created around 1710/11 by the Bremen sculptor Johann Mehntz from Obernkirchen sandstone. A larger-than-life crucifix on the roof, a bust of a monk on the front gable, an allusion to the family name, which was renamed von Mönnich after the ennoblement. To the right and left of the monk, two reclining women with the vanitas symbols: hourglass and skull. On the back a swan, the attribute of Martin Luther .
See also
literature
- Hans-Walter Krumwiede: The medieval church and altar patronage. Göttingen 1960, p. 47
- Wolfgang Runge: The St. Marien Church in Neuenhuntorf . Isensee, Oldenburg 1982
- Hans-Bernd Rödiger, Waldemar Reinhardt: Frisian Churches - Rüstringen, Friesische Wehde, Butjadingen, Stedingen and City of Wilhelmshaven , Volume 4. Verlag CL Mettcker & Söhne, Jever 1982, p. 100.
- Georg Dehio : Handbook of the German art monuments. Bremen Lower Saxony. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 1992, ISBN 3-422-03022-0 , p. 968
- Wilhelm Gilly: Medieval churches and chapels in the Oldenburger Land. Building history and inventory. Isensee Verlag , Oldenburg 1992, ISBN 3-89442-126-6 , p. 100 f.
- Hans-Christoph Hoffmann: Bremen, Bremerhaven and northern Lower Saxony. Cologne 1996, ISBN 3-7701-3807-4 , p. 157
- Albrecht Eckhardt: Oldenburgisches Ortlexikon Volumes 1 and 2: Bibliography, registers, maps: Archeology, geography and history of the Oldenburger Land. Oldenburg 2011, 2012, pp. 699-700
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Coordinates: 53 ° 10 ′ 54.9 ″ N , 8 ° 25 ′ 28 ″ E