St. Nicolai (Bodenwerder)
The Evangelical Lutheran town church St. Nicolai is a three-aisled Gothic hall church in the small town of Bodenwerder in Lower Saxony . She belongs to the ev.-luth. Parish Bodenwerder-Kemnade in the parish of Holzminden-Bodenwerder of the regional church of Hanover .
Position and design
The church is laid across the street-like market square (pedestrian zone) and closes it off to the south.
As a three-aisled hall church with three bays , it is built on an almost square floor plan. The masonry consists of broken red sandstone, the roof is covered with sandstone slabs. The design was changed by an extension around 1900 (see below). The tower built in the 15th century stands above the central west yoke. This ends with a gable roof on which a spire rests like a roof turret.
The interior of the church is vaulted. The ribbed vault over cross pillars is still Romanesque forms . The ground was raised after flooding due to high water. It was originally 1.75 meters lower than it is today. Therefore, the interior looks more compact than in the original state.
history
A chapel is mentioned for the city of Bodenwerder in 1245, which was consecrated to St. Nicholas .
In the 14th century Egbert von Frenke made a plot of land available for building a church with a cemetery, on which today's church was built. This was consecrated to St. Nicholas and the chapel that is still preserved today was dedicated to St. Gertrude .
The Reformation came to Bodenwerder with Anton Corvinus . This held the first Protestant service on April 26, 1543.
As the number of residents grew steadily, the church had to be enlarged in 1899/1900. A new chancel was added to the south aisle and a sacristy to the east . This gave the church a north-south orientation with an entrance in the north and an altar in the south, which means that the original three-aisle orientation can no longer be recognized.
From 1960 to 1962 the church was modernized. The stalls, the galleries and the baroque organ were removed and the church was given a new facility.
Furnishing
' guild on the northern girdle arch: ANNO 1612 / MY SAVIOR AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST / HAVE I PENCIL TO HONOR / A BURNING WAKE LIGHT IN THIS PLACE / WHICH SOL BURN AND LIGHT CONTINUE / IN ALL (...) THE WIND (. ..) / SOL ALSO BEFORE (...) TURN ON ALL / INDE (S) WHICH HAS A HERBAR BIKE OBLIGATION / AT THE SCHNEIDERGILDE THE REPORT IS ...
With the redesign in the sixties, the church received many modern furnishings, most of which were created by Bruno Schmitz from Kirchbrak . Some old objects, including several grave slabs and epitaphs , have been preserved. An inscription from the tailors' guild from 1612 has been preserved on the northern arch of the central nave.
Epitaphs
Epitaphs from the beginning of the 17th century honor two Bodenwerder mayors and the town clerk Franz Just.
Pictured are:
- the epitaph of the mayor Antonius Bötticher and his wife Catharina Koppers from 1617
- the epitaph of mayor Hans Thumb and his wife Anna Wedemeier from 1619
Epitaph
Antonius Bötticher
from 1617
Epitaph
Hans Thumb
from 1619
Baptismal font from 1608, in
front the Evangelist John with an eagle, on the right the baby Jesus
Baptismal font
The baptismal font made of colored gray sandstone is one of the oldest pieces of equipment. It is a stone carving from the year 1608, the style epoch of the Renaissance . On the six sides you can see the baby Jesus with a globe, the Savior with a globe with the inscription SALVATOR MUNDI (Redeemer of the world) and the four evangelists with their attributes.
Bruno Schmitz created a new bowl with a lid made of bronze for the font in 1961. A pigeon can be seen on the bottom of the bowl. The inscription from the Book of Job reads: And it also lures you out of the jaws of fear into a wide space, since there is no longer any distress , in addition the knob shows the shape of the fish that spits Jonah out of the jaws.
Choir window
The choir window was designed by the glass painter Heinz Lilienthal in lead glazing. It shows Christ with his disciples at the last supper.
Ott organ
The organ was built in 1966 by Paul Ott . It has two manuals and a pedal with a total of 24 registers. In 1989/90 it was restored by the Gustav Steinmann (Vlotho) company and re-inaugurated on October 14, 1990.
Memorial stones in the churchyard
Two memorial stones from the 15th century have been placed in the southern churchyard. They each originally had a different location, but show stylistic similarities. The stones bear inscriptions in Gothic minuscule .
- The memorial stone for Dietrich Busel is made of red sandstone. He shows the crucified one. In front of it the deceased kneeling, above him a curved banner with the inscription here erb (ar) me • di • over • mj • (Lord, have mercy on me.)
- The inscription anno • d (omi) n [im] cccc • xxix • / an • deme • grone • donersdaghe / • [do slogen de van / h] amele • dot • diderike • bvsel (in the year of Mr Dietrich Busel from Hamelin beat Mr. 1429 on Maundy Thursday.)
- The second memorial stone has a three-part structure: a rectangular base, a trapezoidal central part and a circular upper part. In the middle part the deceased is shown kneeling, the round disc above shows the crucifixion of Jesus with Mary and John. The circumferential, incompletely preserved inscription reads: anno • d (omi) ni • m • cccc • xlv • obi [it] [... enbert] (us) • seni [.] Ed) [cui (us)] a ( n) i (m) a req (ui) escat. (In the year of the Lord 1445 ... Enbert (...) died, whose soul rests.)
literature
- Dehio-Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, Bremen, Lower Saxony. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 1992, ISBN 3-422-03022-0 , p. 236.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Georg Dehio, arrangement Gerd Weiß: Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, Bremen, Lower Saxony, revision 1992, p. 236
Coordinates: 51 ° 58 ′ 37 ″ N , 9 ° 30 ′ 55 ″ E