St. Michaelis (Intschede)

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St. Michaelis from the south

The Evangelical Lutheran St. Michaelis Church in Intschede in the Blender community (Verden district) was built in its current form in 1819.

Building history

Entrance portal in the tower
Inside to the east
organ
Pulpit altar

Intschede had an independent church since 1120, it was the oldest daughter church of the collegiate church Lunsen. It was demolished because of its disrepair. For this purpose, the current church was built in 1819 under the direction of the master builder Johann Friedrich Paulsen, around the same time as the neighboring churches in Blender and Oiste .

From 1970 to 1971, the interior and exterior were renovated.

Exterior construction

With its clear, no-frills forms, the building shows the typical classicist architecture . The nave of the rectangular hall church with a sacristy extension in the east is closed by a slate-covered mansard roof. Four large rectangular windows are set into the plastered side walls on both sides, with an entrance portal in the middle. In addition, the interior is illuminated by dormers built into the roof .

The tower is decorated with rustic brickwork on the edges . The copper-covered tower roof leads from the square tower to an octagonal top and ends with a ball and a cross at the top. Above the entrance portal on the west side, which is covered by a triangular gable, is a large semicircular window with radially arranged bars and rusticated vaulting. Two such windows can also be seen on the side walls of the tower.

Interior

The interior makes a light, friendly impression thanks to the many windows, the bright painting and the white furniture. A barrel ceiling that is broken by the dormer windows, arches over the room. The blue surrounding gallery is supported by slender columns. The floor is covered with sandstone slabs from the Solling .

Pulpit altar

The room is dominated by the pulpit altar that reaches up to the ceiling . Four Corinthian columns with gilded bases and capitals carry a flat triangular gable with architrave , a clear borrowing from ancient Greek forms. In the middle of this ensemble, at the level of the gallery, the pulpit is positioned like a balcony.

The altar was originally underneath; it has now been moved a little into the church. The altarpiece is a copy of the Last Supper painting by Leonardo da Vinci . The gable crown of the altar prospect is repeated in the gold frame of the picture. The Gothic crucifix on the altar is framed by two cast iron candlesticks.

Today, preaching is usually done from the ambo , which is on the right in front of the altar.

organ

The organ on the west gallery was built in 1850 by Eduard Meyer . It has 16 registers , divided into two manuals and a pedal . A restoration took place in 1984 by Martin Haspelmath from Walsrode and in 2010 by Orgelbau Jörg Bente .

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
1. Principal 8th'
2. Drone 16 ′
3. Reed flute 8th'
4th Quintatön 8th'
5. Octave 4 ′
6th Pointed flute 4 ′
7th Octave 2 ′
8th. Mixture IV
II subsidiary work C – g 3
9. Octave 8th'
10. Gedact 8th'
11. Reed flute 4 ′
12. Forest flute 2 ′
Pedal C – f 1
13. Sub bass 16 ′
14th Octavbass 8th'
15th Octavbass 4 ′
16. trombone 16 ′

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ More information about the organ

Web links

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Coordinates: 52 ° 57 ′ 15.4 "  N , 9 ° 8 ′ 15.8"  E