St. Martin (Westerende)

St. Martin Westerende with bell tower

The Evangelical Lutheran St. Martin's Church is in Westerende-Kirchloog , municipality of Ihlow , about six kilometers southwest of the East Frisian district town of Aurich in the German state of Lower Saxony . The church, which had been nameless for a long time, was first given its name (after St. Martin of Tours ) in the 1990s.

Furnishing

Pulpit in Westerende (1737)

Wenthin organ in Westerende (1793)

The brick church was probably built in the second half of the 13th century. It is an apse with a flat wooden ceiling. The main entrance is in the west wall, the old portal in the north is walled up, the one in the south has been reopened for several years. Originally there were two hagioscopes next to each other in the south wall , both are now walled up on the outside.

The oldest part of the facility is a Romanesque font . According to its simple shape with four faces on the sides, it probably dates from the 12th or 13th century.

The baroque pulpit from 1737 comes from Andreas Schnörwange's workshop at the Aurich carving school. The figure of Moses carries the pulpit with the sculptures of the four evangelists and the apostle Paul . The former pastor Diedrich Rademacher took it into use on Palm Sunday 1737.

The organ was built by Johann Friedrich Wenthin in 1793 and moved from the east to the west side of the church by Johann Diepenbrock in 1885 and rebuilt and redesigned its sound. In 1959 the disposition was changed again by Alfred Führer and thus brought closer to Wenthin's sound. It has 15 registers on a manual and pedal . Seven registers, including the prospectus principal, are still from Wenthin, two from Diepenbrock and six from Führer.

Altar and sculptures

The altar by Jacob Cröpelin is largely made in the Renaissance style. The Westerender pastor Hermann de Werve donated it and had it provided with the following inscription:

“ Have suffered a lot of persecution. But strongly argued about it. With patience right faith certainly. I punched in. The enemy helped me with God's hand. All unhappiness in luck pretext please want me to get on with it. And afterwards you give cron forever. - In honor of God and city defending memory. Got both. Married couple Hermann de Werve etz. Astron. and Emerentiana De Wervine a born countess given the altar and remade ano 1652 "

In the main picture "The great sinner in Simon's house" from Luke 7,36-50 LUT the anointing of Jesus by the sinner is shown.
The second part above is a picture of the Lord's Supper , framed by two marbled columns and Bible verses from John 6.53 LUT and Romans 4.25 LUT .
The third and smallest picture is a crucifixion picture , again between two pillars.
The top of the altar consists of a group of three sculptures. The Eternal Fire is indicated in a triangle , flanked by the figures of death (as a bone man with the symbols of a scythe and hourglass) and the devil with the fork. In the middle between them, on a console, lies the globe with a snake rolling over it. On it stands Christ overcoming death and the devil as the highest part of the altar .

Bell tower

As in most churches in East Frisia, the bells are in a bell tower that is separate from the church. The bell tower has three bells, an a, a g and an f sharp bell. The f sharp bell survived the Second World War , the a and g bells were melted down during this time and made into garnet casings. They were replaced by new bells in 1965, which were consecrated on October 10, 1965.

literature

Hans-Bernd Rödiger, Heinz Ramm: Frisian churches in Auricherland, Norderland, Brokmerland and in Krummhörn , Volume 2. Verlag CL Mettcker & Söhne, Jever (2nd edition) 1983, p. 43.

Web links

Commons : St. Martin (Westerende) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Ev.-luth. Church district: Westerende St. Martin
Genealogy forum: Westerende-Kirchloog

Individual evidence

↑ Parishes of the East Frisian Peninsula: The ev.-luth. St. Martin's Church ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on May 18, 2019.
^ Ingeborg Nöldeke: Hidden treasures in East Frisian village churches - hagioscopes, rood screens and sarcophagus lids - overlooked details from the Middle Ages . Isensee Verlag, Oldenburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-7308-1048-4 , p. 66 ff.

53.442777777778 7.4165277777778Coordinates: 53 ° 26 ′ 34 " N , 7 ° 24 ′ 59.5" E

[1] Parishes of the East Frisian Peninsula: The ev.-luth. St. Martin's Church ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on May 18, 2019.

[2] Ingeborg Nöldeke: Hidden treasures in East Frisian village churches - hagioscopes, rood screens and sarcophagus lids - overlooked details from the Middle Ages . Isensee Verlag, Oldenburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-7308-1048-4 , p. 66 ff.