St. Martin (Tellingstedt)
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Martin in Tellingstedt , Am Kirchplatz , is one of the oldest churches in Dithmarschen . Tellingstedt was mentioned as the site of a church as early as 1140.
Building the church
The church is a Romanesque stone church from the 12th century, the oldest parts of which are still visible today are two Romanesque window arches in the chancel. According to excavation results in the interior, the first church should have been only about 2/3 of the current length. The church was expanded to its present length in 1559, the year of the Last Feud . 1726 built Heider builder Johann Georg Schott an aisle in the south. The supporting oak columns used there gave way a little over time and caused the roof turret to tilt to the south-west. This is how the church received its present-day distinctive leaning steeple. The last large extension took place in the north in 1755 and was then intended as an ossuary .
The church was one of the five main churches in Dithmarschen and is the mother church of the Pahlen church. For parish which were for office Kirchspielslandgemeinde Tellingstedt associated villages the parish.
Since the 850th anniversary in 1990, a relief of Martin von Tours from the workshop of the sculptor Ulrich Lindow has been hanging above the main portal .
Furnishing
The interior shows some very old pieces. The triumphal cross by an unknown Gothic artist hanging on the south wall today dates from 1480. The oldest piece is undoubtedly the simple bronze baptismal font from the early 13th century. It stands on three pillars ending in lion claws and is only decorated with simple symbols without any Christian connection.
The pulpit dates from 1604 and is richly decorated with symbols and texts. The representation of eight virtues on the side surfaces in text and images is characteristic. The combination of the three theological virtues of faith, hope and love with the four cardinal virtues of prudence, bravery, temperance and justice is complemented by the virtue of patience.
The altar was originally built in 1698/99 by Theodor Allers for the garrison church in Tönning and still shows the town's coat of arms in the magnificent crown. After the garrison church was demolished, he came to Tellingstedt in 1744. The three-part altar, restored in 1978, is a fine example of the acanthus baroque style . The epitaph from 1708 on the north side was also painted by Barthold Conrath for the garrison church in Tönning. It commemorates the deceased wife and the deceased four children of the Tönningen city prefect Zacharias Wolf .
The church still has lavishly embroidered altar ceilings from 1703.
Bells
The two oldest bells, an Our Father bell from 1472 and an hour bell from 1604, hang in the roof turret. In addition to the donors, the inscription on the hour bell also mentions Melchior Lucas as the manufacturer of the bell. Two other large bells hang in the wooden bell tower built at the end of the 18th century on the church square. Today's cast steel bells date from 1923, they bear the inscriptions O Land, Land, Land, Hear the Lord's Word and Out of deep need I call to you .
organ
The organ of the church above the north entrance is considered to be the oldest still playable organ in Schleswig-Holstein. Many parts, such as 3/4 of the pipes, still come from the instrument built in 1642 by Tobias Brunner from Lunden . Its prospectus , designed as a double work with steps towards the middle, exemplifies the scheme of the organs created in the 17th century. The structure is enriched by veil boards with baroque ornaments. The company Rudolf von Beckerath Orgelbau carried out an enlargement to include a sideways pipe cabinet in 1937 , which completely restored the entire instrument in 1970.
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- Coupling: I / II, I / P, II / P
1970 : Changed in 1970 restoration.
The organ with its particularly noteworthy harp shelf in the breastwork is regarded in the literature as a very successful instrument:
"The [...] organ in Tellingstedt [...] built in 1642 [...] with its wonderfully gently creaking harp shelf is eloquent testimony to his art."
From 1892 to 1938 the church had a second organ from the Marcussen workshop on the west wall. After the expansion of the Brunner organ, it was sold to the church of Munkbrarup .
Photographs and map
Coordinates: 54 ° 13 ′ 9.8 ″ N , 9 ° 16 ′ 30.8 ″ E
View from the southeast
South entrance with old grave slabs
Baptismal font with lid
Detail of the pulpit
South aisle with gallery
literature
- Dierk Hansen et al .: Information brochure on St. Martins Church in Tellingstedt . Parish Tellingstedt, Tellingstedt ( kirche-tellingstedt.de [PDF; 2,4 MB ] published after 2005).
- Dirk Jonkanski, Lutz Wilde : Village churches in Schleswig-Holstein . Wachholtz, Neumünster 2000, ISBN 3-529-02845-2 , pp. 92 f., 119 .
Individual evidence
- ^ The former Tellingstedt office - a piece of Dithmarsch history ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Website of the municipality of Tellingstedt. Retrieved November 28, 2012.
- ↑ Günter Seggermann, Wolfgang Weidenbach: historical organs between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea . Merseburger, 1992, ISBN 3-87537-233-6 , pp. 92 .
- ↑ Entry in the organ database orgbase.nl . Retrieved November 12, 2012.
- ↑ Gustav Fock: Arp Schnitger and his school . Bärenreiter Verlag, 1974, ISBN 3-7618-0261-7 , p. 158 .
Web links
- Homepage of the community
- Description of the church on the pages of the north church ( memento from July 1, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
- Organ in the Marburg picture archive
- Jochen Bufe: St. Martinskirche Tellingstedt on kirchenschaetze.de