St. Martin (Brunsen)
The St. Martin Church is located in Brunsen , a district of Einbeck in Lower Saxony . The church is a listed building . It belongs to the Evangelical Lutheran regional church in Braunschweig .
history
The altar house is probably the oldest part of the church. It was built before 1400. This makes the church one of the oldest churches in today's city of Einbeck. Still in the Middle Ages, the were Saalbau and the west tower added. Until 1867, the interior ceiling ran through all three parts of the church at the same height. In 1880 the church was redesigned in the style of historicism .
church
The part used today as a choir probably served as a chapel after it was built in the 14th century. In the east gable, a pointed arched portal opening is still visible, which was bricked up in 1880. The altar house is one step higher than the nave and is laid out with clay tiles. Wall niches are located on the south and east walls. On the east side of the room there is a groin vault over a square floor plan . The rest of the altar house is covered with a parabolic barrel vault. The roof is a gable roof, like the other two components. The roof structure has large cross-sections. There is an ogival window on both sides . A dendrochronological examination showed that the timbers of the roof work from the period between 1441 and 1451. The baptismal font is possibly from the 14th century. It consists of red sandstone and has a polygonal chalice shape . The foot was added in 1995.
The nave is only slightly larger than the altar house, but it is 1.5 meters higher. There are two pointed arched windows on each side, the lead glazing is simple. There are rectangular ventilation slots under the gable roof, which led to the storage floor before 1880. The roof structure under the gable roof is similar to that of the altar house. A beam on this roof was also dated to 1441 and 1451. The pews date from the rebuilding year 1880th
The west tower has a rectangular floor plan. The tower is as wide as the nave and stands on the same base as this. The portal in the west was changed in 1880, at the same time a round window was added on the first floor . On the first floor there are triplet windows on the north and south sides , one floor higher there are twin windows. In the gables on the west and east sides there are also twin windows that serve as sound openings for the bells. Almost all window openings were enlarged in 1880. The twin window to the south is probably from the late Middle Ages .
In the same year the organ with a neo-Gothic prospect was installed on the first floor . As early as 1876 there was a dial of the tower clock on the south and north side. The dials are now in a round dormer window .
The ringing consists of a bronze bell from 1751 and an iron bell from 1923. The bronze bell bears a nine-line inscription : AERA HAEC SUNT FLENTES QUIBUS UTIMUR ATQUE VANENTES, - EN SIC ALTERNAT TURBIA VITA SONOS. - GCGERCKE, SUPERINTENDENIS, - AAPROBST, PRAEFECTUS - CLHEILAND, JUSTITIARIUS, - JGKREIDEL, PASTOR, - J.MEIER and A.OBERMANN KIRCHENVORSTEHER - JPGRETE CAMPANARIUS FECIT, BRUNSVICENSIS - the names and professions involved in the Glockengussis - 1751. The inscription on the iron bell reads: "Glory to God, teach your descendants, Weule, Bockenem 1923".
literature
- Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany, architectural monuments in Lower Saxony. Volume 7.2, Nordheim district - northern part with the cities of Bad Gandersheim and Dassel, the districts of the city of Einback and the municipality of Kalefeld. Edited by Christian Kämmerer, Thomas Kellermann, Peter Ferdinand Lufen; edited by Christina Krafczyk. E. Reinhold Verlag, Altenburg 2018, ISBN 978-3-95755-040-8 , pp. 295-300.
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Coordinates: 51 ° 51 ′ 52.3 " N , 9 ° 51 ′ 35" E