Schildesche Collegiate Church
The Schildesche Collegiate Church is an Evangelical Lutheran parish church in the Bielefeld district of Schildesche .
history
The collegiate church was founded in 939 by the Saxon noblewoman Marswidis with the consent of the Paderborn bishop, based on the Herford abbey . Marswidis, widowed at an early age and childless, transferred the eight courtyards that belonged to her to the church and founded the monastery for 18 noble ladies. At first, Schildesche was an imperial monastery, but was soon subordinated to the Bishop of Paderborn. The collegiate church was also the parish church.
The pen was dissolved in 1810; since the Reformation it had been bi-denominational, two-thirds Protestant and one-third Catholic . The collegiate church community and the Catholic parish of St. John Baptist emerged from the former monastery. The trombone choir founded in 1870 is one of the oldest in East Westphalia .
Building history
The construction of the collegiate church began in the founding year 939 and was completed in 960; It was consecrated to John the Baptist and Mary. In the middle of the 13th century, the cruciform hall church , which still exists today, was built . In the course of the extensive new construction and renovation, parts of the previous building are likely to have been reused. The tower, built in the 15th century, collapsed in 1811 and was replaced by a neo-Gothic successor in 1869 .
Furnishing
The baptismal font was restored in 2004 in the Baroque style of the 17th century and has been used again in the church since then.
The jewel of the church is the carved altar from 1501. The three-part winged altar is attributed to the Braunschweig master of the Madonna and shows scenes from the life of John the Baptist (left side), the crucifixion according to the passion story of Luke's Gospel (middle part) and from the life of Jesus. The damaged backs of the side wings show panel paintings of the Passion of Christ and depictions relating to the violent end of John the Baptist. The base of the altar, the predella, shows eight female saints and in the middle a coronation of Mary. Two other original wings have not survived. In the sacristy there is another, smaller altar from the 18th century, which shows Jesus on the Mount of Olives.
At the east end of the church there are some tombs of former canons, mostly from the 17th century. On the north side there is a memorial for the soldiers of the community who died in the First World War.
Affiliated to the community are a community center, an old people's and nursing home, a day care center and a kindergarten.
organ
The organ , inaugurated in 1962, corresponds to the north German baroque type with mechanical playing and stop action . The instrument was built by the organ building company Alfred Führer (Wilhelmshaven). It has 36 registers (slider drawers) on three manuals and a pedal .
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- Coupling : I / II, III / II, I / P, II / P
Bells
The collegiate church has a total of six bronze bells . The oldest bell from 1461 is the oldest ringing bell in Bielefeld, the other bronze bells were cast in 1996 in the Karlsruhe bell and art foundry. Until then, two hard cast iron bells from 1922 rang together with the old bell, but they had reached their lifespan. They were the replacement for the bells melted down in World War I.
| No. | Surname | Chime | diameter | Weight | Casting year |
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| 1 | Christ bell | d '-3 | 136.3 cm | 1700 kg | 1996 |
| 2 | Old Marien and Johannis bell | e ' | 129.2 cm | 1400 kg | 1461 |
| 3 | Nunc-dimittis bell or Simeons bell | g '+3 | 102.3 cm | 758 kg | 1996 |
| 4th | Benedictus bell or Johannis bell | h '-1 | 86.9 cm | 456 kg | 1996 |
| 5 | Magnificat bell or Marienglocke | d "-3 | 71.9 cm | 262 kg | 1996 |
| 6th | Word bell | e "-1 | 63.6 cm | 185 kg | 1996 |
See also
- List of architectural monuments in the Bielefeld-Schildesche district
- List of religious buildings in Bielefeld
literature
- Erich Forwick: Collegiate Church in Schildesche ( Westfälische Kunststätten , issue 24). 2nd unchanged edition, Münster 2005.
- Paul Pieper , with contributions by Thomas Brachert and Charlotte Klack-Eitzen. Pictures by Wilhelm Rösch and Arnulf Brückner: The Altar of Schildesche , Bielefeld: Kunstverlag Bentrup, 1981
Web links
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 52 ° 3 ′ 24.6 ″ N , 8 ° 33 ′ 2 ″ E