St. Petri (Horst / Burweg)
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The Romanesque church of St. Petri stands on the Horst in Burweg in the Lower Saxony district of Stade . It was built in the course of the elder colonization around 1200 on a sand ridge in the marshland of the Oste . It belongs to the Evangelical Lutheran parish Horst in Burweg / Großenwörden in the church district Stade .
Building history
In 1106 the Archbishop of Bremen allowed Dutch colonists who were supposed to reclaim the Eastern marshland to build churches .
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The field stone church on the Horst was built by the Dutch in the period 1150/1250 in the Romanesque style. It is consecrated to Saint Peter , the patron saint of fishermen and boatmen. Presumably there was a chapel at that point . The foundation is made of brick , the western-facing bell tower is made of wood.
From 1556 the church was Lutheran . In the course of the Thirty Years War , the tower, furnishings and windows were destroyed in 1632. After the looting, the church was renovated in 1699. In 1797 the current church tower was built. In 1892 the roof was changed due to the statics. The current gallery with organ was built in. In 1910 the church received a new bell from Hildesheim , the old one came to the Lüneburg Museum in 1912 .
In 1933 the church received new choir windows on the occasion of the Luther anniversary, in 1959 renovation work took place again. The old font was returned to the church in 1975.
Facility
altar
The plastered masonry altar with a wooden retable was built around 1700. A large hand-carved crucifix with a golden body hangs in the middle . The chandelier and lectern are from 2002.
pulpit
The pulpit was erected in the 17th century and shows the four evangelists on its panels . In 1959 it was restored and placed on a pedestal in its current location.
Baptismal font
The font could still come from the time the church was built. It stood in the garden of the local parish hall and in the Himmelpforten museum for many years and was only brought back to the church in 1975
organ
The organ with a prospect in neo -Gothic style was created by Johann Hinrich Röver in Stade in 1892. It is special because it is one of the smallest two-manual organs in Lower Saxony. It has nine registers .
Offering box
The offering box dates from the 17th century and is made of oak. In 2002 it was restored.
Choir window and main portal
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Today 's choir windows showing Luther's theses and the distribution of the Lord's Supper were installed on the occasion of Luther's anniversary in 1933.
The main portal was donated by Anna Hintelmann after the Thirty Years War in 1699 to commemorate her deceased husband. The door inscription reminds of this.
Churchyard
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The churchyard was closed in 1885 when the new cemetery was opened at the entrance to the village. Nevertheless, a total of 42 tombs have been preserved around the church today. It is not known since when the cemetery was in operation; the oldest surviving and legible tombstone dates from 1706. It is believed that over 3000 people found their final resting place here.
Parish
Today, the St. Peter's Church belongs to the Horst for Lutheran parish Horst in Burweg / Großenwörden . In addition to the Horst, the parish also includes Burweg , Blumenthal , Breitenwisch , Engelschoff , Neuland , Großenwörden , Seemoor, Burg and Wasserkrug. In Großenwörden there is a branch church with the Marienkirche .
Neighboring parishes are Basbeck in the northwest, east in the north, Drochtersen in the northeast, Himmelpforten in the southeast, Oldendorf in the southwest and Hechthausen in the west.
pastor
Eckhard Krol was a pastor from 1999 to 2007. Pastor Burkhard Ziemens from the Oldendorf parish has been responsible for Horst since 2007 .
literature
- HORST. Gem. Burweg, Kr. Stade. Ev. Church of St. Petri. In: Georg Dehio : Handbook of German Art Monuments . Bremen Lower Saxony. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 1992, p. 761; ISBN 3-422-03022-0
- Evangelical Lutheran parish of Horst in Burweg / Großenwörden (ed.): St. Petri Church on the Horst. Info brochure. Burweg.
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Coordinates: 53 ° 38 '23.4 " N , 9 ° 26' 50.2" E