Trinitatiskirche (Langholt)

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Trinity Church .

The Evangelical Lutheran Trinity Church is in Langholt , a district of the East Frisian community of Ostrhauderfehn .

history

Langholt was created around the Johanniter Kommende of the same name . Initially, the residents were religiously subordinate to the convent. After the Reformation , all of the monasteries and those who came in East Frisia were gradually dissolved. The Counts of East Friesland proceeded particularly rigorously against the Order of St. John, which was completely expropriated. In 1574, after a settlement, the property in Langholt was returned to the Order of St. John and then given to hereditary tenants. A wooden church that burned down in 1690 also belonged to the monastery. Then the village was parish off to Rhaude .

In 1899 the Evangelical Lutheran parish of Langholt was formed. It emerged from the villages of Langholt, Burlage and Klostermoor, which were spun off by Rhaude, and had 300 to 400 members at the time it was founded. In the year it was founded, the congregation already had its own pastor, who initially held services in schools and private houses. On August 17, 1899, it was decided to build a rectory and prayer room . The rectory was completed in November 1899, and the church was consecrated on June 2, 1901 ( Trinity ). At the time of its construction, the church did not have a tower. This was added in 1932 with two integrated community rooms.

On Sunday, January 28, 1996 - 95 years after the inauguration of the church - it was named Trinity Church . In 2005 a new parish hall was built and inaugurated on the 1st of Advent of the year. Today Langholt has around 1,600 parishioners.

Building description

The non- east-facing church is designed as a rectangular hall church. The long sides are divided by stepped buttresses between arched windows and are decorated with a frieze at the top. In the choir area, there is a round window with colored lead glass. The altar area is slightly raised and is dominated by a round-arched triumphal arch.

The mighty three-storey tower has a rectangular base and stands across the nave. The long sides have three narrow sound holes, the shorter sides have two each. Both the tower and the nave are by a gabled roof completed.

Interior

The interior is simply designed. In front of the triumphal arch there is an altar, to the right of it the wooden pulpit. The organ was built in 1953 by Alfred Führer with nine registers on two manuals and a pedal .

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  1. ↑ a b c d Frank Groeneveld: For the anniversary, a tea maker paralyzed the organ , Fehntjer Kurier of June 6, 1991, p. 6, here quoted from rhaude.de , viewed on October 27, 2010.

Coordinates: 53 ° 6 ′ 41 "  N , 7 ° 35 ′ 25.4"  E