St. Willehad (Accum)

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Accumer Church from the northeast
Double grave for the chief Tido von In- und Kniphausen and his wife Eva von Renneberg
organ

The Evangelical - Reformed Church St. Willehad is a Grade II listed church in the district Accum the Lower Saxon city of Schortens . The simple, unadorned rectangular building was built in 1719. It is the only reformed church in the otherwise Lutheran Oldenburg regional church.

history

The first church in Ackem was mentioned around 840 in a church chronicle by Archbishop Ansgar von Bremen . Ackem was the previous place name for Accum. In 1420 the church was subordinate to the Sendstuhl Jever of the Bremen cathedral dean and served the Frisian chiefs as a fortress church in the 14th and 15th centuries . The Frisian chief Lübbe Onneken was buried in the church in 1476. Following the example of the East Frisian nobility, Tido led by Knipens and Inhusen in its territory in 1555 Reformation one. Since then, Accum has been the only Reformed church in the state of Oldenburg . Count Anton Günther von Oldenburg became sovereign in 1623 and tried in vain to introduce the Lutheran church order. This failed because of the resistance of the Frisian population, who received help from the reformed Dutch States General .

Today's church was built in 1719 after the previous church was badly affected by several storm surges and was so dilapidated that it could only be entered at risk of death. The new building was financed by the then sovereign of Knyphausen , Count Anton II von Aldenburg , who received the funds from the sale of Schönengroden , which was diked in 1718, to the chamberlain and dikemaster von Weltzin. A plaque of honor was dedicated to the district judge Hake, who played a key role in the financing plan, and is attached to the north side of the entrance.

The bell tower of the previous church was preserved, which, like most of the bell towers in East Friesland, was built freely next to the actual church building and was relatively low. He wears two bells. The oldest and largest bell weighs 1,500 kilograms and dates from the end of the 12th century. The smaller bell weighs around 900 kilograms and was cast in Bremen in 1417.

A memorial stone with the inscription on the inside reminds of the building of the church:

"The building of the church took place in the most difficult of times, when the crops, the herds, the villages and the lands were pathetically ruined by mice and cattle disease and flooding."

- Inside inscription memorial stone

Furnishing

Tido monument

A special feature is the tomb inside the church for the chief Tido von Inn- und Kniphausen († February 18, 1565) and his wife Eva von Renneberg († 1579). It's in the front of the church next to the wooden sacrament table. The double black marble tombstone is an example of the finest Flemish Renaissance portrait sculpture.

Supper table

Instead of the altar there is a wooden, blue sacrament table in the Accumer Church, since according to the Reformed creed, Christ has already sacrificed himself for all people and an offering table (= altar ) is therefore not necessary.

pulpit

The preaching by the pastor , which is essential in the Reformed order of worship , was limited in length by a pulpit clock on the pulpit . A clock from 1720 on the gable end of the church behind the sacrament table did the rest.

organ

The St. Willehad Church houses an organ by Arp Schnitger (Hamburg), which was created in 1705 and taken over in the current church building in 1719. Only the case remains of Schnitger's work . Today's organ was built in 1963 in the historical case from 1705 by the organ builder Alfred Führer (Wilhelmshaven). The instrument has 14  registers on two manuals and a pedal .

I main work C – f 3
1. Principal 8th'
2. Reed flute 8th'
3. octave 4 ′
4th Nasat 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
5. Super octave 2 ′
6th Mixture IV-VI 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
II Rückpositiv C – f 3
7th Dumped 8th'
8th. Principal 4 ′
9. Forest flute 2 ′
10. Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
11. Sharp III 2 ⁄ 3 ′
Tremulant
Pedals C – f 1
12. Sub bass 16 ′
13. Principal 8th'
14th Rauschbass III 2 ′

literature

  • Hans Saebens, Christel Matthias Schröder : The churches of Jeverland. Verlag CL Mettcker & Sons, Jever 1956, pp. 11, 19.
  • Günter Müller: The old churches and bell towers of the Oldenburger Land. Kayser-Verlag, Oldenburg 1983, p. 14 f.
  • Robert Noah, Martin Stromann: God's houses in Friesland and Wilhelmshaven. Verlag Soltau-Kurier-Norden, Norden 1991, ISBN 978-3-922365-95-2 , p. 24 ff.
  • Wolfgang Koppen: Count and Countess rest under black marble. In: Jeversches Wochenblatt from January 25, 1997.
  • Jennifer Fiola: A simple beauty. In: Jeversches Wochenblatt of August 21, 2019, p. 5.
  • Arno Randig: A new church right after the Christmas flood . In: Wilhelmshavener Zeitung of August 24, 2019, p. 15.

Web links

Commons : St. Willehad  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Werner Brune (Ed.): Wilhelmshavener Heimatlexikon , Volume 1–3. Brune, Wilhelmshaven 1986-1987, Volume 1, page 13.
  2. ↑ a b c leaflet - The Accumer Church and its congregation , as of 2012.
  3. ↑ Heinz-Rudolf Rosemann (ed.): Lower Saxony, Hanseatic cities, Schleswig-Holstein. Architectural monuments ( Reclam's art guide ; 5). 4th edition Reclam, Stuttgart 1971, ISBN 3-15-008473-3 , p. 9.
  4. ↑ Accum, St. Willehad, Organ by Alfred Führer (1963) in the historical case by Arp Schnitger (1705) , accessed on March 16, 2012.
  5. ↑ Annette Kellin: Schnitger hoped above all for divine reward. In: Jeversches Wochenblatt of May 9, 2005, p. 5.

Coordinates: 53 ° 32 ′ 36 "  N , 8 ° 0 ′ 42"  E