St. Mauritius (Hardegsen)
The town church of St. Mauritius is an Evangelical Lutheran church in Hardegsen in Lower Saxony.
history
The construction of the city church of St. Mauritius was completed in 1423 by the widow of Duke Otto von Braunschweig , Duchess Margarete. The St. Mauritius Church is considered to be the successor to an earlier church, which was probably located in the same place. The name of Saint Mauritius , who was often chosen as the patron saint of churches in the 11th century , suggests the original church. Margaret gave the church numerous gifts and goods and raised it to a proper parish church. According to her wish she was buried in the same church, three golden rafters around a red field testify to her coat of arms, which can be found in the church. Another benefactor of the church was Margarete's second son, Duke Otto Cocles von Göttingen , who in a donation letter from 1424 bequeathed the St. George's Chapel, which is connected to the church, “ the Tegen von Berthiehusen over negen Hofe Landes, with three Ferndel Landes darfülves uppe der Felmark prove that Hillen von Lengede was before tyden, with a Vorwerk to Thüdinghusen from three Hofen Landes, that was done by Rostorp and messed up what the spiritual Jungfrawen to Höckeln, that was ingequitet and was solved by Vormünden of the Capellen , and with all the hooves to Hardegeßen against the Kerken Gebues oppe syne Stede, there was Heinemann Tiefogel and he was eaten from Vormünden sülver Capellen ”. In a document from 1439, Otto Cocles' successor, Wilhelm I, confirmed this donation.
description
Today's image of the St. Mauritius Church was shaped by many additions and restorations . At the end of the 15th century, a chapel privately financed by the mayor family Winkelmann was added. With the Reformation , the previously three altars were dismantled and rebuilt, and the church was reorganized. The first Lutheran service was celebrated on September 15, 1540. The first major renovations were recorded in 1579 and 1580. In 1747 the church roof and the bell tower were considered dilapidated for the first time. The bailiff at the time Wedemeier reported: “ It seems very necessary that the dilapidated church roof and the malade church tower be given a new tip. A repair of the entire tower is also probably inevitable, because otherwise it is to be feared that the bells will fall down on people or a strong wind storm. ". The church could not pay for the renovation. The city of Hardegsen paid the difference and thus became the owner of the church tower. The actual renovation did not begin until 18 years later (in 1765) and lasted 24 years. The extensive renovation was completed in 1789, and the church was given its current floor plan. It was not until the 1860s that the city gave the steeple back to the church.
Further renovations took place:
- 1861: King George of Hanover had the St. George's Chapel and the art objects in it renovated
- 1894 to 1895: The outer walls of the building were re-grouted, the outer pillars partly renewed, partly reinforced, the choir was raised by two steps
- 1928 to 1930: Reconstruction of the gallery, complete repainting of the church with sgraffito picture (wall decoration), installation of the pneumatic organ, installation of the stove heating
- 1955 to 1957: renovation
- 1986 to 1993: The entire building with the tower was grouted from the outside, the church was painted on the inside and a new gallery was installed. This renovation ended with the installation of a wall-mounted footrest heater (1993)
- 1996 Installation of the Edskes organ
- July 2005: Completion of the restoration of the Great Bell and the two badly mutilated bells and their installation
- November 2005: Dismantling of the bell tower roof for complete renovation; the previously installed bells had to be removed again
Bell tower
The church's big bell is around 500 years old and was restored in 2005 along with the two small bells. It turned out that the two smaller bells must come from the 13th century. The bells of the St. Mauritius Church, a well-preserved medieval bronze bell, is a rarity in all of northern Germany.
When the restored bells were installed, the bell tower again proved to be in disrepair. The tower was extensively renovated and the bell was extended with another bell.
Organs
The history of the organs in the St. Mauritius Church has been known since the 16th century . The first late Gothic organ was built in 1511. However, there are hardly any records of what this organ looked like. The second organ, a baroque organ, completed in 1784, was the work of the organ builder Johann Justus Hansen . According to an appraisal from 1927, the organ was no longer to be restored and was replaced in 1930 by a pneumatic organ according to a disposition by Christhard Mahrenholz . This organ failed completely in the Advent season of 1973, so that from 1974 to 1996 an electronic instrument served as a provisional replacement.
In 1996 the organ building company Bernhardt Edskes from Wohlen built the Edskes organ with 1706 pipes using the organ case from 1784 on the new north gallery. The organ console was designed according to a sketch by Hansen. As stated in the old description, the key coverings were made of ebony and ivory or bone . The entire organ was built by hand without the use of metal nails or screws, and only rift-cut solid wood was used.
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- Manual coupler (sliding coupler)
- Tremulant
- Main plant shut-off valve, Rückpositiv shut-off valve
Remarks
- D: treble
Web links
literature
- Konnerth, Daniel; Ropeter, Gerhard: The bells of St. Mauritius Hardegsen: Festschrift for the Hardegs bell project 2005-2006. Hardegsen, 2006.
- Heere, Herbert: Festschrift for the consecration of the Edskes organ in St. Mauritius Hardegsen Pentecost 1996. Hardegsen, 1996.
Individual evidence
- ^ Theodor Eckart: Hardegsen, history of the city and castle . In: History of South Hanoverian castles and monasteries . 2nd Edition. tape III . Publishing house by Bernhard Franke, Leipzig 1894, p. 25 .
Coordinates: 51 ° 39 ′ 4.6 ″ N , 9 ° 49 ′ 42.2 ″ E