Westerhuser Church

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Westerhuser Church

The Evangelical Reformed Westerhuser Church is located in the town of the same name in the East Frisian parish of Hinte .

history

Westerhusen is listed in the Werdener land registers around 900 . In the Middle Ages the village belonged to the Hinte provost in the diocese of Münster . A first brick church was built in the 13th century in the Romanesque style, but was largely replaced by a Gothic brick church in the 15th century. In the 15th century the names of various vicars are attested. Around 1500, two priests took care of the community and there are evidence of auxiliary clergy during the Reformation period. The Marienhafer church ordinance of 1593 ensured that Petrus Scipio worked as a Lutheran preacher in Westerhusen until 1599, but this remained a temporary phenomenon.

Building description

The oldest part of the rectangular hall church is the lower north wall, which has been preserved from the previous building. The walled-up arched windows and the south-facing free-standing bell tower of the closed type with a gable roof indicate that it was built in the second half of the 13th century. Three sides of the two-storey tower with a rectangular floor plan have been preserved and each has a different design with round arch portals, blind arcades with angular arched openings and consoles . The walls are supported by corner pillars that have water hammer. The south wall of the church from the 15th century is higher and is broken by large pointed arched windows, the east wall completely dispenses with choir windows. While a particularly artfully designed hagioscope was preserved in the south wall, there is only a basket-arched niche from the north inside. The roof turret houses a former ship's bell, while the large bell is located in the bell tower.

Furnishing

The organ of the church

The interior is closed off by a wooden beam ceiling. A hollow vault above the organ offers the instrument the space it needs. In 1964, the remains of late Gothic frescoes from the 15th century were discovered on the north wall , depicting the Last Judgment , the mercy seat , the Archangel Michael and St. Christopher .

The church stalls with their folded work go back to the 16th century. The simple pulpit with a hexagonal sound cover dates from 1642. The choir is separated from the nave by the organ gallery. A four-seat bench from the mid-17th century stands in the choir. The Westerhuser organ by Jost Sieburg , who built it in 1642/43 using parts of the previous organ (around 1500), is of national importance. The powerful sounds indicate that the instrument was designed to accompany the congregation singing, while previously it was always sung unaccompanied (alternating with choir, cantor and organ). The tombstones are made of Belgian syenite and date from the 16th to 18th centuries.

See also

literature

  • Hans-Bernd Rödiger, Heinz Ramm: Frisian churches in Auricherland, Norderland, Brokmerland and in Krummhörn , Volume 2. Verlag CL Mettcker & Söhne, Jever (2nd edition) 1983, p. 67.
  • Hermann Haiduck: The architecture of the medieval churches in the East Frisian coastal area . 2nd Edition. Ostfriesische Landschaftliche Verlags- und Vertriebs-GmbH, Aurich 2009, ISBN 978-3-940601-05-6 , p. 171, 184 f .
  • Gottfried Kiesow : Architecture Guide East Friesland . Verlag Deutsche Stiftung Denkmalschutz , Bonn 2010, ISBN 978-3-86795-021-3 .

Web links

Commons : Westerhuser Kirche  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Gottfried Kiesow : Architectural Guide East Friesland . Verlag Deutsche Stiftung Denkmalschutz , Bonn 2010, ISBN 978-3-86795-021-3 , p. 115 .
  2. ↑ Menno Smid: East Frisian Church History . Self-published, Pewsum 1974, p. 43 (Ostfriesland in the protection of the dike, vol. 6).
  3. ↑ a b c Ortschronisten der Ostfriesische Landschaft : Westerhusen (PDF file; 44 kB), viewed May 13, 2011.
  4. ^ Hermann Haiduck: The architecture of the medieval churches in the East Frisian coastal area . Verlag Ostfriesische Landschaft, Aurich 1986, ISBN 3-925365-07-9 , p. 149 .
  5. ^ Ingeborg Nöldeke: Hidden treasures in East Frisian village churches - hagioscopes, rood screens and sarcophagus lids - overlooked details from the Middle Ages . Isensee Verlag, Oldenburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-7308-1048-4 , p. 118 f.
  6. ^ Ostfriesen-Zeitung of December 28, 2012 , viewed January 7, 2012.
  7. ^ Harald Vogel, Günter Lade, Nicola Borger-Keweloh: Organs in Lower Saxony . Hauschild, Bremen 1997, ISBN 3-931785-50-5 , p. 120 .

Coordinates: 53 ° 24 '44.9 "  N , 7 ° 10' 49.1"  E