St. Nicholas (Baltrum)
St. Nicholas is the Roman Catholic Church on the East Frisian island of Baltrum .
history
The church was built in 1957 according to plans by the Osnabrück architect Heinrich Feldwisch-Drentrup . The foundation stone was laid on St. Nicholas Day in 1956 , and it was consecrated on Ascension Day in 1957 .
Since there are only 50 Catholics among the almost 500 island residents (as of 2015), St. Nicholas is primarily used for holidaymakers who visit the island in the summer months. Even priests - and Sexton services are mainly perceived by guests.
Accordingly, the church, whose brickwork is made of brick and whose roofs are covered with the typical regional thatch , is designed as a winter and summer church . The winter church is a small round building with a pointed roof, white plastered inside and a wooden roof truss . The summer church is an upwardly open, approximately triangular atrium with grass bottom, the sides of the saddle roof - galleries are formed. In the front left corner is the bell stand with the bell. The winter church can be opened completely towards the atrium.
The stained glass Christ as the light of creation in the winter church and the legend of St. Nicholas in the atrium are by the artist Margarete Franke . The sculptor Hermann Auf der Heide created the Roman travertine altar in the shape of a shell . The tabernacle is crowned by a model of a ship that recalls the patronage of St. Nicholas of Myra , the patron saint of seafarers. A Stella Maris installation by Mario Haunhorst (2009) is also noteworthy .
literature
- Hans-Bernd Rödiger, Heinz Ramm: Frisian churches in Auricherland, Norderland, Brokmerland and in Krummhörn , 2nd edition, volume 2., Verlag CL Mettcker & Söhne, Jever 1983, p. 97.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Otto zu Hoene: Hermann Auf der Heide †. In: Heimat-Jahrbuch Osnabrücker Land 2005 , pp. 290f.
Coordinates: 53 ° 43 ′ 43.1 ″ N , 7 ° 22 ′ 29 ″ E