Westerbur Church

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Lutheran Church

The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Westerbur is in the East Frisian town of Westerbur (municipality of Dornum ) and was built in 1753.

History and description of the building

In the Middle Ages, the neighboring villages of Harlingerland were under the Sendkirchen area of Stedesdorf ; Westerbur is not mentioned in the listing. Only one chapel is said to have stood here, which is said to have been a branch church of Fulkum . Westerbur is first mentioned as a parish in 1530. In the course of the Reformation , the congregation switched to the Lutheran creed. The church was built in 1753 on the foundation walls of the medieval predecessor church as a hall church with a polygonal choir. The old bricks were reused. To the west is the small church tower, which also functions as an entrance.

Furnishing

Interior of the Westerbur Church

The interior is closed off by a wooden barrel vault. The furnishings are essentially from the previous building. The octagonal base with the four supporting figures has been preserved from the baptismal font from the 13th century, the font was added later. The reredos with side narrow columns and openwork auricles on the medieval cafeteria and the old stipes dates from 1643 and was repainted in 1823 with a communion scene. The crucifixion group from the middle of the 17th century probably goes back to the workshop of Jacob Cröpelin .

The Vasa Sacra includes a chalice donated in 1632 and a jug donated in 1765. The pulpit dates from 1642, the sound cover is a work from 1793. The brass chandelier was made in 1683. In 1784 the east gallery and in 1788 the west gallery were designed, which rest on Ionic columns and are provided with 17 images of the apostles and the virtues. The central image with Christ as "Salvator mundi" is flanked by the three Christian virtues of faith, hope and love, supplemented by the "patience", with six apostles on each side.

The votive ship dates from 1871, a ship on the tower gallery from 1900.

organ

The organ was built by Arnold Rohlfs in 1860 and has seven stops on a manual and attached pedal . Its construction as a so-called knife-back pedal, which is rarely encountered in East Friesland and which Rohlfs used in Thunum (1855) and probably also in Siegelsum (1845), is unusual . The instrument has largely been preserved and was restored in 1985 by the organ builder Alfred Führer .

I Manual C – f 3
1. Principal 8th'
2. Gedact 8th'
3. Octave 4 ′
4th Flute douce 4 ′
5. Fifth flute 3 ′
6th Octave 2 ′
7th Mixture III-IV
Pedal C – g 0
attached

See also

Web links

Commons : Westerburer Church  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Menno Smid : East Frisian Church History . Self-published, Pewsum 1974, p. 39 (Ostfriesland in the protection of the dike, vol. 6).
  2. ^ A b Gottfried Kiesow : Architectural Guide East Friesland . Verlag Deutsche Stiftung Denkmalschutz , Bonn 2010, ISBN 978-3-86795-021-3 , p. 315 .
  3. ^ Ortschronisten der Ostfriesische Landschaft : Westerbur (PDF file; 28 kB), viewed June 13, 2011.
  4. Organ on NOMINE eV , seen April 23, 2011.
  5. See the restoration report by Fritz Schild: Denkmal-Orgeln. Documentation of the restoration by organ building guides 1974-1991 . Florian Noetzel, Wilhelmshaven 2005, ISBN 978-3-7959-0862-1 , pp. 839-852.

Coordinates: 53 ° 39 ′ 27.83 "  N , 7 ° 29 ′ 41"  E