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Neuenwalde Neuenwalde is a village in the municipality of Geestland in Lower Saxony. The village is located northeast of Langen and between Bremerhaven and Cuxhaven Cuxhaven (; ) is an independent town and seat of the Cuxhaven district, in Lower Saxony, ...

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Neuenwalde Convent The Neuenwalde Convent ( N. Low Saxon: ''Klooster Niewohl'', german: link=no, Kloster Neuenwalde; la, Conventus Sanct CrucisRobert Wöbber„Geschichtliches über die Ortschaft Neuenwalde“, on''Internetpräsenz der Ortschaft Neuenwalde'' retri ...

, dedication = Holy Cross , dedicated date = , status =

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, bells = , bells hung = , bell weight = , parish = Neuenwalde Congregation (Kirchengemeinde Neuenwalde) , deanery = , synod = Church of Hanover , seniorpastor = , pastor = Joachim Köhler , sacristan = , organist = , warden = , verger = The Holy Cross Church ( N. Low Saxon: ''Hilligkrüüzkark''; german: link=no, Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche, more formal also: ''Kirche zum Heiligen Kreuz'') is the church of the

. Convent and Holy Cross Church are owned by the , based in

Stade Stade (), officially the Hanseatic City of Stade (german: Hansestadt Stade, nds, Hansestadt Stood) is a city in Lower Saxony in northern Germany. First mentioned in records in 934, it is the seat of the district () which bears its name. It is l ...

.„Ev.-luth. Kirchengemeinde Neuenwalde mit Krempel und Hymendorf“
on
''Internetpräsenz der Ortschaft Neuenwalde''
retrieved on 2 December 2014. However, church and parsonage (also part of the Convent property), are used per

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by the

Neuenwalde Congregation in

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, Lower Saxony, Germany. Besides the Holy Cross Church, only used, the congregation uses and owns the chapel in .

History

After the Convent had moved from Wolde, present Altenwalde, new church and convent buildings were erected on a land spit in the midst of

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s at the brink of the

Wesermünde Geest The Wesermünde Geest (german: Wesermünder Geest; Northern Low Saxon: ''Wersermünner Geest'') is the collective name for several geest ridges in the west of Cuxhaven district and Bremen's in northern Germany. The ridges are separated from one ...

, presently known as Neuenwalde. The church adopted its naming from the Holy Cross,„Die Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche“
on
''Kloster Neuenwalde: Aktuelles''
retrieved on 2 December 2014. a

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of which remained in the incorporated ''Chapel of the Holy Cross and St. Willehadus on the Mount'' (i.e. hill; est. 13th century, abandoned between 1590 and 1629) in Altenwalde.Elke Freifrau von Boeselager, „Das Land Hadeln bis zum Beginn der frühen Neuzeit“, in: ''Geschichte des Landes zwischen Elbe und Weser'': 3 vols., Hans-Eckhard Dannenberg und Heinz-Joachim Schulze (eds.), Stade: Landschaftsverband der ehem. Herzogtümer Bremen und Verden, 1995 and 2008, vol. I 'Vor- und Frühgeschichte' (1995), vol. II 'Mittelalter (einschl. Kunstgeschichte)' (1995), vol. III 'Neuzeit (2008)', (=Schriftenreihe des Landschaftsverbandes der ehem. Herzogtümer Bremen und Verden; vols. 7–9), ISBN (vol. I) , (vol. II) , (vol. III) , vol. II: pp. 321–388, here p. 374. Since 1181, and on until 1648, the area formed part of the

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. Neuenwalde was made a

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of its own and its precinct was redistricted from that of the in .Nicola Borger-Keweloh, „Das Kloster Neuenwalde – wie es zur Gründung kam“, in: ''Niederdeutsches Heimatblatt'' (No. 718, October 2009), p. 2. The convent Church of the Holy Cross thus simultaneously served as

for the Neuenwalders. On 30 November 1390 the convent received a papal

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, presumably for repairs to the Holy Cross Church.Heinz-Joachim Schulze, „Neuenwalde“ (article), in: ''Germania Benedictina'': 12 vols. so far, Bayerische Benediktiner-Akademie München / Abt-Herwegen-Institut Maria Laach (ed.), St. Ottilien: EOS Verlag, 1970seqq., vol. XI: 'Norddeutschland: Die Frauenklöster in Niedersachsen, Schleswig-Holstein und Hamburg' (1984), Ulrich Faust (compil.), pp. 429–446, here p. 441. . In 1400 Prince-Archbishop granted an indulgence of forty days to all who aided with new constructions with the Holy Cross Church. In 1428 renewed the convent's privilege of granting indulgences both for visiting the Holy Cross Church on certain feast days as well as for material aid in building and decorating it.Heinz-Joachim Schulze, „Neuenwalde“ (article), in: ''Germania Benedictina'': 12 vols. so far, Bayerische Benediktiner-Akademie München / Abt-Herwegen-Institut Maria Laach (ed.), St. Ottilien: EOS Verlag, 1970seqq., vol. XI: 'Norddeutschland: Die Frauenklöster in Niedersachsen, Schleswig-Holstein und Hamburg' (1984), Ulrich Faust (compil.), pp. 429–446, here p. 432. . On 26 December 1499 the Wursten Frisians had defeated the ''Great'' or ''

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'' in , hired by

Hadeln Hadeln is a former ''Samtgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") in the district of Cuxhaven, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It was situated in the Land of Hadeln near the mouth of the river Elbe, approximately 15 km east of Cuxhaven Cuxhaven (; ) is ...

's Regent Magnus, the heir apparent of Saxe-Lauenburg to subject them.„Neuenwalde“
on
''Stadt Geestland''
retrieved on 16 February 2015. On New Year's Day 1500, the surviving

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— trekking on towards Saxe-Lauenburgian Hadeln — ravaged and plundered the nunnery, before burning it to ashes.Michael Schütz, „Die Konsolidierung des Erzstiftes unter Johann Rode“, in: ''Geschichte des Landes zwischen Elbe und Weser'': 3 vols., Hans-Eckhard Dannenberg and Heinz-Joachim Schulze (eds.), Stade: Landschaftsverband der ehem. Herzogtümer Bremen und Verden, 1995 and 2008, vol. I 'Vor- und Frühgeschichte' (1995; ), vol. II 'Mittelalter (einschl. Kunstgeschichte)' (1995; ), vol. III 'Neuzeit' (2008; ), (=Schriftenreihe des Landschaftsverbandes der ehem. Herzogtümer Bremen und Verden; vols. 7–9), vol. II: pp. 263–278, here p. 268. Choirbooks, documents, tapestries,

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s, and

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s were lost in the fire.Heinz-Joachim Schulze, „Neuenwalde“ (article), in: ''Germania Benedictina'': 12 vols. so far, Bayerische Benediktiner-Akademie München / Abt-Herwegen-Institut Maria Laach (ed.), St. Ottilien: EOS Verlag, 1970seqq., vol. XI: 'Norddeutschland: Die Frauenklöster in Niedersachsen, Schleswig-Holstein und Hamburg' (1984), Ulrich Faust (compil.), pp. 429–446, here p. 442. . In 1503 the

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, Cardinal Raymond Peraudi, granted the convent an indulgence-privilege allowing for the reconstruction of the cloister.June Mecham
"Neuenwalde"
(section: Miscellaneous Information), on
''Monastic Matrix: A scholarly resource for the study of women's religious communities from 400 to 1600 CE''
retrieved on 15 January 2015. In 1584 the first Lutheran

pastor A pastor (abbreviated as "Pr" or "Ptr" , or "Ps" ) is the leader of a Christian congregation who also gives advice and counsel to people from the community or congregation. In Lutheranism, Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy and ...

is recorded for the Holy Cross Church.Johann Hinrich Pratje, ''Nachrichten von dem adlichen Jungfrauenkloster Neuenwalde Herzogthums Bremen: Samt einer Anzeige der Generalkirchenvisitation in der Neuhäusischen Probstey, und Synoden in dem Beverstedter und Osterstadischen Kirchenkreise'', Stade: Erbrich, 1758, p. 32. Since the preachers were to be appointed in consensus with the prioress, the employment of a Lutheran pastor indicates the

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of most Neuenwalde nuns to Lutheranism by then. With their

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the prioresses blocked the intention of

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's Bederkesa bailiffs (the Bailiwick of Bederkesa mt Bederkesabeing between 1381/1421 and 1654 under the city's rule) to install

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preachers, unlike in Bederkesa proper, Debstedt,

Flögeln Flögeln is a village and a former municipality in the district of Cuxhaven, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Since 1 January 2015 it is part of the town Geestland. History Flögeln belonged to the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen, established in 1180. T ...

, , , and

Ringstedt Ringstedt (in High German, in Low Saxon ''Ringst'', literally in ''Ring Stead'') is a village and a former municipality in the district of Cuxhaven, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Since 1 January 2015 it is part of the town of Geestland. History Ri ...

() where the conversion then succeeded.Heinrich Wilhelm Rotermund, „Einige Nachrichten von den ehemaligen Klöstern im Herzogthum Bremen“, in: ''Neues vaterländisches Archiv oder Beiträge zur allseitigen Kenntniß des Königreichs Hannover und des Herzogthums Braunschweig'', Lunenburg: Herold & Wahlstab, 1822–1832, vol. 6, no. 2 (1828), pp. 191–232, here p. 224. On 6 June 1629 playing children caused a fire, destroying the Holy Cross Church and all the convent buildings.Christa Kraemer, „675 Jahre Kloster Neuenwalde – Rückblick auf viele Jahrhunderte Klosterleben“, in: ''Niederdeutsches Heimatblatt'' (No. 718, October 2009), p. 1. The reconstruction started right away.Otto Edert, ''Neuenwalde: Reformen im ländlichen Raum'', Norderstedt: Books on Demand, 2010, p. 33. . The Holy Cross Church was restored between 1630 and 1634 with most of its interior dating back to the following decades. During the Catholic Leaguist and

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occupation of the Bremen prince-archbishopric, on 17/27 July 1630^O.S./N.S. church and convent, still under reconstruction, were conveyanced to Roman Catholic Jesuits, as provided by the

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victory in the

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, the Imperialist and Leaguist occupiers left the prince-archbishopric again and with them the foreign Catholic clergy.Georg von Issendorff, ''Kloster und Amt Himmelpforten. Nach Akten und Urkunden dargestellt'', reprint of the edition by "Stader Archiv", 1911/1913, extended by Clemens Förster, Stade and Buxtehude: Krause, 1979, p. 38. No ISBN.

Church building

The Holy Cross Church was started in 1334 and its erection and embellishment lasted quite some time as shown by the indulgences granted to further its construction and decoration. The tower, like the church proper, based on erratic boulders, stands west of the church, but separately, and its western façade forms a building

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with the southerly adjacent but structurally unconnected convent building called the ''Altes Kloster''. Today's church building, covering , is divided from west to east into eight bays.Stefan Amt
''Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche in Neuenwalde: Bauhistorische Untersuchung''
, Hanover: Büro für Historische Bauforschung, 2005, p. 25. The six older, westerly bays are built from brick in ''Klosterformat'' (height: , length: , and width: ) which is why the western part of the church is dated to the 1330s.Stefan Amt
''Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche in Neuenwalde''
(expertise), Hanover: Büro für Historische Bauforschung, 2004, p. 5.Stefan Amt
''Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche in Neuenwalde''
(expertise), Hanover: Büro für Historische Bauforschung, 2004, p. 10. Also the structure of the individual bricks and the alternating but irregular bonding of headers and stretchers there speaks for this dating.Stefan Amt
''Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche in Neuenwalde''
(expertise), Hanover: Büro für Historische Bauforschung, 2004, pp. 8seq. Since the 15th century bricklaying usually followed regular bondings.Stefan Amt
''Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche in Neuenwalde: Bauhistorische Untersuchung''
, Hanover: Büro für Historische Bauforschung, 2005, p. 33. Neuenwalde 2012 by-RaBoe 05

After the fires of 1500 and 1629 the church had been reconstructed either times using the surviving outside brickwork structures.Stefan Amt
''Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche in Neuenwalde: Bauhistorische Untersuchung''
, Hanover: Büro für Historische Bauforschung, 2005, p. 40. Stefan Amt's constructional examinations in 2005 – during the renovation – revealed that the present building is no completely new construction but only the present roof and interior date to the repair after 1630. However, today's ceiling is flat, the original vaults have not been reconstructed.Stefan Amt
''Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche in Neuenwalde: Bauhistorische Untersuchung''
, Hanover: Büro für Historische Bauforschung, 2005, p. 34. As of 1634 the convent's new Provost Otto Asche(n) looked after the reconstruction. By 1636 the major structure was restored.''Cuxland: Kirchen, Orgeln, Kunstschätze'', Cuxland-Tourismus: Agentur für Wirtschaftsförderung Cuxhaven (ed.), Cuxhaven: no publ.,

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br>chapter 12 'Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche und Kloster Neuenwalde'
. The completion and decoration of the interior extended until the end of the 17th century. Since the mid-19th century congregation (user) and knighthood (owner) negotiated about an extension of the church building since not all churchgoers could be seated.Stefan Amt
''Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche in Neuenwalde: Bauhistorische Untersuchung''
, Hanover: Büro für Historische Bauforschung, 2005, p. 35. In the second half of the 19th century the windows of the sixth bay were replaced by higher and wider ones.Stefan Amt
''Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche in Neuenwalde: Bauhistorische Untersuchung''
, Hanover: Büro für Historische Bauforschung, 2005, p. 36. In 1888 on the instigation of Prioress von Düring these large windows were adorned with coloured glass. Neuenwalde Kirche innen ostwärts

The position of quire and

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in Catholic times is indicated by bricked-up

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niches (Sakramentsnischen) in the northern and southern walls of the sixth, originally last bay before the quire.Stefan Amt
''Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche in Neuenwalde: Bauhistorische Untersuchung''
, Hanover: Büro für Historische Bauforschung, 2005, p. 26. In 1910 the old quire was demolished to give way for an eastward extension of the church by or two bays ending in an obtuse three-sided new quire.Ida-Christine Riggert-Mindermann, „Neuenwalde – Das Damenstift der Bremischen Ritterschaft“, in: ''Evangelisches Klosterleben: Studien zur Geschichte der evangelischen Klöster und Stifte in Niedersachsen'', Hans Otte (ed.), Göttingen: V & R Unipress, 2013, (=Studien zur Kirchengeschichte Niedersachsens; vol. 46), pp. 273–279, here p. 279. .„Die Geschichte des Klosters Neuenwalde“
on
''Kloster Neuenwalde: Aktuelles''
retrieved on 2 December 2014.Stefan Amt
''Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche in Neuenwalde: Bauhistorische Untersuchung''
, Hanover: Büro für Historische Bauforschung, 2005, p. 9. The new northeastern façade was partially built with brick in ''Klosterformat'' gained from the rubble of the demolished old quire. Maybe also on this occasion the former bridged passage between the ''Altes Kloster'' convent building and the western loft in the church, with the bricked-up door in the first southern bay on first-floor level, was removed, at least the filling bricks laid are the same as those used for the eastern extension.Stefan Amt
''Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche in Neuenwalde: Bauhistorische Untersuchung''
, Hanover: Büro für Historische Bauforschung, 2005, p. 3. Between 2003 and 2005 the Bremian Knighthood – supported by the congregation, the deanery, the Church of Hanover, the European Union and the Marion-Köser-Stiftung foundation – thoroughly renovated the church. In 2009 a board displaying the escutcheons of the 20 member families of today's Bremian Knighthood was hung east of the loft on the northern wall in the church.Christa Kraemer, „Die Ritterschaft übernahm das Kloster: Vor 325 Jahren gaben die Schweden den Neuenwalder Besitz ab“, in: ''Niederdeutsches Heimatblatt'' (No. 728, August 2010), pp. 1seq., here p. 1.

Furnishings

From the late 14th century one

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remains.June Mecham
"Neuenwalde"
(section: Art & Artifacts), on
''Monastic Matrix: A scholarly resource for the study of women's religious communities from 400 to 1600 CE''
retrieved on 15 January 2015. The chalice is silver traced with gold. Also a

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in the same style and from the same time has been preserved.Robert Wöbber
„Geschichtliches über die Ortschaft Neuenwalde“
, on
''Internetpräsenz der Ortschaft Neuenwalde''
retrieved on 2 December 2014. Today both are shown together with the deed of foundation of convent and church in the , Stade. Neuenwalde 2012 by-RaBoe 06

In the gable above the northern entrance, located at the second western bay, there is the wall-mounted sandstone slab for Provost Nikolaus Minstedt the Elder (Mynstede), who died in 1508. This late Gothic

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displays him kneeling his hands lifted in prayer underneath the crucified

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flanked by

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and

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. The text in minuscule letters at the slab's bottom describes the provost's beneficial work for the Neuenwalde Convent. There are two , structurally separate ground-level or elevated loges typical for Northern German church interiors once used to seat prominent persons such as pastors or feudal lords. Both are at grade and presently located at the walls of the 1910 extension. The northern one is named the ''Amtmannsstuhl'' (bailiff's seat), the southern named the ''Pfarrstuhl'' (pastor's seat, behind the pulpit), both dating from to the first half of the 17th century. The

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of 1664 displays the coat of arms of Justino von Heshausen. The

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was created in the 17th century too. Neuenwalde Altar&Kanzel

The

was created in 1690. The painter Nikolaus Bernütz from

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decorated the altar until 1693. The central

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, framed by decorative wood carvings, shows an oil painting of the

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.Christa Kraemer, „Die Ritterschaft übernahm das Kloster: Vor 325 Jahren gaben die Schweden den Neuenwalder Besitz ab“, in: ''Niederdeutsches Heimatblatt'' (No. 728, August 2010), pp. 1seq., here p. 2. In the altar's upper section, above the carved columns, there is an oil painting depicting the

burial of Jesus The burial of Jesus refers to the entombment of the body of Jesus after crucifixion, before the eve of the sabbath described in the New Testament. According to the canonical gospel narratives, he was placed in a tomb by a councillor of the san ...

within a

medaillon A medal or medallion is a small portable artistic object, a thin disc, normally of metal, carrying a design, usually on both sides. They typically have a commemorative purpose of some kind, and many are presented as awards. They may be int ...

surrounded by wood carvings. Today's L-shaped western organ loft, was decorated in 1695 also by Bernütz.Stefan Amt
''Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche in Neuenwalde''
(expertise), Hanover: Büro für Historische Bauforschung, 2004, p. 2, after ''Der frühere Kreis Lehe'', Oskar Kiecker (compil.), Osnabrück: Wenner, 1980 eprint = Der frühere Kreis Lehe, Oskar Kiecker (compil.), Hanover: Provinzialverwaltung Hannover, 1939, (=Die Kunstdenkmäler der Provinz Hannover [1899–1941 vol. 25; =vol. 5 'Regierungsbezirk Stade', no. 2 'Die Kunstdenkmale des Kreises Wesermünde', pt. 1)], (=Kunstdenkmälerinventare Niedersachsens, vol. 43), ed. in collab. with the Niedersächsisches Landesverwaltungsamt / Institut für Denkmalpflege, . In 1979 Dieter Eckstein dendrochronologically dated five beams carrying the present loft to have been logged by or after 1633.Stefan Amt
''Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche in Neuenwalde''
(expertise), Hanover: Büro für Historische Bauforschung, 2004, p. 2. In the same position, then spreading over the three western bays, used to be the nuns' loft (Nonnenempore), however, lower. Neuenwalde Empore

Since from the beginning the walls of the western three bays were built showing a two-floor structure with separate upper and lower windows, unlike the easterly following bays where this is reached by bricking up bigger window openings, the nuns' loft must have spanned over the three western bays. The nuns' loft used to be connected by a little bridge directly to the first floor of the ''Altes Kloster'' convent building where the conventuals have their apartments. The

Jugendstil ''Jugendstil'' ("Youth Style") was an artistic movement, particularly in the decorative arts, that was influential primarily in Germany and elsewhere in Europe to a lesser extent from about 1895 until about 1910. It was the German counterpart of ...

windows in the 1910-built new quire were donations by the families von Bergen and von Glahn who grew wealthy in the United States of America. These

stained glass Stained glass is coloured glass as a material or works created from it. Throughout its thousand-year history, the term has been applied almost exclusively to the windows of churches and other significant religious buildings. Although tradition ...

windows display biblical scenes. The window left of the altar displays the

Nativity of Jesus The nativity of Jesus, nativity of Christ, birth of Jesus or birth of Christ is described in the biblical gospels of Gospel of Luke, Luke and Gospel of Matthew, Matthew. The two accounts agree that Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judaea (Roman ...

, the right one the

Resurrection of Jesus The resurrection of Jesus ( grc-x-biblical, ἀνάστασις τοῦ Ἰησοῦ) is the Christian belief that God raised Jesus on the third day after his crucifixion, starting – or restoring – his exalted life as Christ and Lo ...

at Easter.

Organ

In 1887 Johann von Bergen, who had returned from his emigration in the United States as a wealthy man, donated mark (ℳ) 2,500 for an organ in his hometown church.„In Neuenwalde“
on
''Jagdhornbläsercorps “Hubertus – Oldenburg”''
retrieved on 2 December 2014. from Stade was commissioned and the organ was the second work of his own, after he had left the organ workshop of his father and brother and opened his own organ workshop.„Neuenwalde, Kirche zum Heiligen Kreuz: Orgel von Heinrich Röver (1887)“
on
''NOMINE: Norddeutsche Orgelmusikkultur in Niedersachsen und Europa''
(i.e. Northern German organ music culture in Lower Saxony and Europe), retrieved on 21 January 2015. In 1917 the mute pipes in the casing front were requisitioned for war purposes. Thin wooden boards painted like pipes were then installed instead. In 1929 G. Wohlert from Lehe installed an electric wind system which is stationed in the bellows chamber in the church attic. In 1930 , Leipzig, carried out a thorough cleaning and overhaul. In 1983 , Walsrode, restored the organ. On this occasion also the fake case front pipes were again replaced by real ones. The fake pipes are now stored in the bellows chamber in the church attic. The organ includes pallets (valves) in the windchest and a mechanical

tracker action Tracker action is a term used in reference to pipe organs and steam calliopes to indicate a mechanical linkage between keys or pedals pressed by the organist and the valve that allows air to flow into pipe(s) of the corresponding note. This is ...

built by Röver. The stop action is pneumatically operated. Since the organ had never been converted to Baroque style the casing, the pipe material and the technical premises are still completely original. The organ thus preserved its original riches of tone. In June and July 2007 Katrin Haspelmath cleaned and overhauled the organ and her company takes continuously care of the instrument.

Disposition of the organ

The organ disposes of two

manual Manual may refer to: Instructions * User guide * Owner's manual * Instruction manual (gaming) * Online help Other uses * Manual (music), a keyboard, as for an organ * Manual (band) * Manual transmission * Manual, a bicycle technique similar to ...

s and a pedal with ten stops. Its tone is of

equal temperament An equal temperament is a musical temperament or tuning system, which approximates just intervals by dividing an octave (or other interval) into equal steps. This means the ratio of the frequencies of any adjacent pair of notes is the same, wh ...

. The manuals range from C to F'', whereas the pedal ranges from C to d'.

Hymendorf Chapel

Unlike the Holy Cross Church and the parsonage in Neuenwalde, both owned by the Bremian Knighthood, the chapel in Hymendorf, a village founded in 1829, is owned by the Neuenwalde Congregation. The chapel was originally a multi-purpose building used as the local school and place of worship. However, when in 1967 the local school closed the Neuenwalde Congregation acquired the building completely and adjusted it for its purposes.

Parish

Today's parish precinct of the Neuenwalde Congregation comprises Neuenwalde proper, , two farmsteads in Holßel's fen settlement adjacent to Neuenwalde and Hymendorf. The Neuenwalde Congregation forms part of the Wesermünde Deanery within the of the Church of Hanover. Before the foundation of the Holy Cross Church the area of Neuenwalde formed part of the Debstedt parish. The priest of Debstadt objected the reduction of his revenues, which is why Neuenwalde's provost provided a one-off payment of

Lübeck Lübeck (; Low German also ), officially the Hanseatic City of Lübeck (german: Hansestadt Lübeck), is a city in Northern Germany. With around 217,000 inhabitants, Lübeck is the second-largest city on the German Baltic coast and in the stat ...

mark Mark may refer to: Currency * Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark, the currency of Bosnia and Herzegovina * East German mark, the currency of the German Democratic Republic * Estonian mark, the currency of Estonia between 1918 and 1927 * Fi ...

s (M.lb.) 30 to that parish.Johann Hinrich Pratje, ''Nachrichten von dem adlichen Jungfrauenkloster Neuenwalde Herzogthums Bremen: Samt einer Anzeige der Generalkirchenvisitation in der Neuhäusischen Probstey, und Synoden in dem Beverstedter und Osterstadischen Kirchenkreise'', Stade: Erbrich, 1758, p. 7.„Neuenwalde“
on
''Evangelisch-lutherischer Kirchenkreis Wesermünde''
retrieved on 2 December 2014. Neuenwalde, like Debstedt, then (and until 1648) formed part of the ''

Archdeaconry An archdeacon is a senior clergy position in the Church of the East, Chaldean Catholic Church, Syriac Orthodox Church, Anglican Communion, St Thomas Christians, Eastern Orthodox churches and some other Christian denominations, above that o ...

of Hadeln and Wursten'',Ignaz Zeppenfeldt, „Historische Nachrichten von dem Kloster Neuenwalde im Herzogthum Bremen“, in: ''Neues vaterländisches Archiv oder Beiträge zur allseitigen Kenntniß des Königreichs Hannover und des Herzogthums Braunschweig'', Lunenburg: Herold & Wahlstab, 1822–1832, vol. 8 (1825), pp. 233–245, here p. 234. in personal union presided over by the

dean Dean may refer to: People * Dean (given name) * Dean (surname), a surname of Anglo-Saxon English origin * Dean (South Korean singer), a stage name for singer Kwon Hyuk * Dean Delannoit, a Belgian singer most known by the mononym Dean Titles * ...

of the

Bremen Cathedral Bremen Cathedral (german: Bremer Dom or St. Petri Dom zu Bremen), dedicated to St. Peter, is a church situated in the Bremer Marktplatz, market square in the center of Bremen (city), Bremen. The cathedral belongs to the Evangelical Church of Breme ...

.Matthias Nistal, „Die Zeit der Reformation und der Gegenreformation und die Anfänge des Dreißigjährigen Krieges (1511–1632)“, in: ''Geschichte des Landes zwischen Elbe und Weser'': 3 vols., Hans-Eckhard Dannenberg and Heinz-Joachim Schulze (eds.) on behalf of the Landschaftsverband der ehemaligen Herzogtümer Bremen und Verden, Stade: Landschaftsverband der ehemaligen Herzogtümer Bremen und Verden, 1995 and 2008, vol. I 'Vor- und Frühgeschichte' (1995; ), vol. II 'Mittelalter (einschl. Kunstgeschichte)' (1995; ), vol. III 'Neuzeit' (2008; ), (=Schriftenreihe des Landschaftsverbandes der ehemaligen Herzogtümer Bremen und Verden; vols. 7–9), vol. III: pp. 1–158, here p. 33. Historically the Neuenwalde parish further included Wanhöden, presently part of the Good Shepherd congregation in Nordholz, and , now belonging to the St. Pancras congregation in Midlum. The Holy Cross Church was under the patronage right of the Neuenwalde Convent.June Mecham
"Neuenwalde"
(section: Income), on
''Monastic Matrix: A scholarly resource for the study of women's religious communities from 400 to 1600 CE''
retrieved on 15 January 2015.Elke Freifrau von Boeselager, „Das Land Hadeln bis zum Beginn der frühen Neuzeit“, in: ''Geschichte des Landes zwischen Elbe und Weser'': 3 vols., Hans-Eckhard Dannenberg und Heinz-Joachim Schulze (eds.), Stade: Landschaftsverband der ehem. Herzogtümer Bremen und Verden, 1995 and 2008, vol. I 'Vor- und Frühgeschichte' (1995), vol. II 'Mittelalter (einschl. Kunstgeschichte)' (1995), vol. III 'Neuzeit (2008)', (=Schriftenreihe des Landschaftsverbandes der ehem. Herzogtümer Bremen und Verden; vols. 7–9), ISBN (vol. I) , (vol. II) , (vol. III) , vol. II: pp. 321–388, here p. 366. The parish had to deliver a third of its revenues to the convent.June Mecham
"Neuenwalde"
(section: Assets/Property), on
''Monastic Matrix: A scholarly resource for the study of women's religious communities from 400 to 1600 CE''
retrieved on 15 January 2015. The pilgrimage ''Chapel of Holy Cross and St. Willhadus on the Mount'' (i.e. hill) in Altenwalde also belonged to the convent.Heinz-Joachim Schulze, „Neuenwalde“ (article), in: ''Germania Benedictina'': 12 vols. so far, Bayerische Benediktiner-Akademie München / Abt-Herwegen-Institut Maria Laach (ed.), St. Ottilien: EOS Verlag, 1970seqq., vol. XI: 'Norddeutschland: Die Frauenklöster in Niedersachsen, Schleswig-Holstein und Hamburg' (1984), Ulrich Faust (compil.), pp. 429–446, here p. 444. . The transfer from Altenwalde to Neuenwalde in 1334 was combined with the incorporation of that chapel into the Holy Cross Church. In 1445 the Vicary of Saint Mary, in 1496 the Vicary of Saint Michael in the parish church of Ss. Cosmas and Damian in Altenwalde were incorporated into the Holy Cross Church. In the course of the Reformation, these incorporations were lost. In 1648 the patronage to the Church was transferred from the convent to

Bremen-Verden ), which is a public-law corporation established in 1865 succeeding the estates of the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen (established in 1397), now providing the local fire insurance in the shown area and supporting with its surplusses cultural effor ...

's monarch.''Neue Sammlung geographisch-historisch-statistischer Schriften'': 17 vols., (ed.), Weißenburg in Bavaria and Schwabach (after 1787): Mizler, vol. 5 (1786): 'Die geographischen Einleitung= und Beschreibungen der meisten Länder der Westphälisch= und Niedersächsischen Kreise', p. 402 The other estates and revenues of the convent were enfeoffed to the veteran and former Swedish

Paymaster A paymaster is someone appointed by a group of buyers, sellers, investors or lenders to receive, hold, and dispense funds, commissions, fees, salaries (remuneration) or other trade, loan, or sales proceeds within the private sector or public secto ...

General Melchior Degingk (aka Degens; 1616–1683; later ennobled von Schlangenfel , ''Versuch einer Westphälischen Geschichte, besonders der Grafschaft Mark'': 7 pieces, Dortmund: Bädeker, 1749, piece 4: 'Historie des Gerichts Hagen', pp. 1215–1408, here pp. 1355 and 1362.) as a

fief A fief (; la, feudum) was a central element in medieval contracts based on feudal law. It consisted of a form of property holding or other rights granted by an Lord, overlord to a vassal, who held it in fealty or "in fee" in return for a for ...

heritable in the male line (Mannlehen).''Neue Sammlung geographisch-historisch-statistischer Schriften'': 17 vols., Johann Georg Friedrich Jacobi (ed.), Weißenburg in Bavaria and Schwabach (as of 1787): Mizler, vol. 5 (1786): 'Die geographischen Einleitung= und Beschreibungen der meisten Länder der Westphälisch= und Niedersächsischen Kreise', p. 401.Ida-Christine Riggert-Mindermann, „Neuenwalde – Das Damenstift der Bremischen Ritterschaft“, in: ''Evangelisches Klosterleben: Studien zur Geschichte der evangelischen Klöster und Stifte in Niedersachsen'', Hans Otte (ed.), Göttingen: V & R Unipress, 2013, (=Studien zur Kirchengeschichte Niedersachsens; vol. 46), pp. 273–279, here p. 275. .Beate-Christine Fiedler, „Bremen und Verden als schwedische Provinz (1633/45–1712)“, in: ''Geschichte des Landes zwischen Elbe und Weser'': 3 vols., Hans-Eckhard Dannenberg and Heinz-Joachim Schulze (eds.) on behalf of the Landschaftsverband der ehemaligen Herzogtümer Bremen und Verden, Stade: Landschaftsverband der ehemaligen Herzogtümer Bremen und Verden, 1995 and 2008, vol. I 'Vor- und Frühgeschichte' (1995; ), vol. II 'Mittelalter (einschl. Kunstgeschichte)' (1995; ), vol. III 'Neuzeit' (2008; ), (=Schriftenreihe des Landschaftsverbandes der ehemaligen Herzogtümer Bremen und Verden; vols. 7–9), vol. III: pp. 173–253, here p. 189. .

Theesberg Cemetery

Neuenwalde's new cemetery was opened in 1974 on the Theesberg hill.Otto Edert, ''Neuenwalde: Reformen im ländlichen Raum'', Norderstedt: Books on Demand, 2010, p. 111. . In 1983 the world war memorial, in 1922 donated by ex-Neuenwalders in the USA, was relocated from the fire station to the Theesberg cemetery.Otto Edert, ''Neuenwalde: Reformen im ländlichen Raum'', Norderstedt: Books on Demand, 2010, p. 112. . A list of surnames given on the gravemarkers is found here
Surnames found on gravemarkers

Pastors

The

at the Holy Cross Church was first with the convent's provost and later with its prioress. In 1683 the Bremian Knighthood claimed the advowson, including it in the monastic statute (Klosterordnung) royally confirmed in the same year, erroneously assuming the advowson had been with Degingk before. Thus the Knighthood elected Pastor Valentin Bothe in 1687.

's general government protested this and by a declaratory action enforced its advowson. Below is the list of pastors at the Holy Cross Church since its reconstruction after the 1629 fire.The list follows Johann Hinrich Pratje, ''Altes und Neues aus den Herzogthümern Bremen und Verden'': 12 vols., Stade: H. A. Friedrich, 1769–1781, vol. 2 (1770), pp. 198seqq. * 1636–1639: Johann Lastorff * 1639–1659: Martin Didichius * 1659–1664: M. (Magister) Andreas Rostock * 1664–1679: Herbert von Schapen * 1679–1681: Johann Caspar Willing * 1681–1687: Johann Moritz Schultze * 1688–1691: M. Valentin Bothe * 1692–1704: Johann Georg Koch * 1705–1727: M. Gabriel Max Berger * 1728–1748: Johann Christoph Loth * 1748–1757: Hector Daniel Wolf * 1757–1769: Johann Christian von Hanffstengel * 1769–1783: Georg Tobias Zeidler * 1783–1785: vacancy * 1785–1803: Friedrich W. Karl Wilken * 1803–1805: Melchior B. Hannsteden * 1807–1830: Diedrich Christian Lange * 1831–1843: Georg Chr. Emanuel Schulze * 1843–1852: Christian Heinrich Colpe * 1852–1871: Franz Hermann Kedenburg * 1871–1885: Karl Johann Gustav Brünjes * 1886–1891: Jürgen Fitschen * 1892–1911: (1866–1954) * 1911–1924: August de Boer * 1924–1928: Friedrich Arnold Otto Ernst Elster * 1929–1938: Johannes Heinrich Mindermann * 1939–1950: Wilhelm Stühl * 1950–1965: Julius Horn * 1965–1974: Wilhelm Scheile * 1976–1987: Hermann Runge * 1988–2013: Friedrich H. Hinrichsen-Mohr * 2013–present: Joachim Köhler

References

* Stefan Amt
''Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche in Neuenwalde''
(expertise), Hanover: Büro für Historische Bauforschung, 2004. * Stefan Amt
''Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche in Neuenwalde: Bauhistorische Untersuchung''
Hanover: Büro für Historische Bauforschung, 2005. * , ''Kloster Neuenwalde: zur Geschichte des ehemaligen Nonnenklosters und heutigen Damenstiftes Neuenwalde'', Bremische Ritterschaft (ed.), Stade: Hansa-Druckerei Stelzer, 1993. * ''Der frühere Kreis Lehe'', Oskar Kiecker (compil.), Osnabrück: Wenner, 1980 eprint = ''Der frühere Kreis Lehe'', Oskar Kiecker (compil.), Hanover: Provinzialverwaltung Hannover, 1939, (=Die Kunstdenkmäler der Provinz Hannover [1899–1941 vol. 25; =vol. 5 'Regierungsbezirk Stade', no. 2 'Die Kunstdenkmale des Kreises Wesermünde', pt. 1)], (=Kunstdenkmälerinventare Niedersachsens, vol. 43), ed. in collab. with the Niedersächsisches Landesverwaltungsamt / Institut für Denkmalpflege, . * Beate-Christine Fiedler, „Bremen und Verden als schwedische Provinz (1633/45–1712)“, in: ''Geschichte des Landes zwischen Elbe und Weser'': 3 vols., Hans-Eckhard Dannenberg and Heinz-Joachim Schulze (eds.) on behalf of the Landschaftsverband der ehemaligen Herzogtümer Bremen und Verden, Stade: Landschaftsverband der ehemaligen Herzogtümer Bremen und Verden, 1995 and 2008, vol. I 'Vor- und Frühgeschichte' (1995; ), vol. II 'Mittelalter (einschl. Kunstgeschichte)' (1995; ), vol. III 'Neuzeit' (2008; ), (=Schriftenreihe des Landschaftsverbandes der ehemaligen Herzogtümer Bremen und Verden; vols. 7–9), vol. III: pp. 173–253. . * Christa Kraemer, „675 Jahre Kloster Neuenwalde — Rückblick auf viele Jahrhunderte Klosterleben“, in: ''Niederdeutsches Heimatblatt'' (No. 718, October 2009), p. 1. * Christa Kraemer, „Die Ritterschaft übernahm das Kloster: Vor 325 Jahren gaben die Schweden den Neuenwalder Besitz ab“, in: ''Niederdeutsches Heimatblatt'' (No. 728, August 2010), pp. 1seq. * Matthias Nistal, „Die Zeit der Reformation und der Gegenreformation und die Anfänge des Dreißigjährigen Krieges (1511–1632)“, in: ''Geschichte des Landes zwischen Elbe und Weser'': 3 vols., Hans-Eckhard Dannenberg and Heinz-Joachim Schulze (eds.) on behalf of the Landschaftsverband der ehemaligen Herzogtümer Bremen und Verden, Stade: Landschaftsverband der ehemaligen Herzogtümer Bremen und Verden, 1995 and 2008, vol. I 'Vor- und Frühgeschichte' (1995; ), vol. II 'Mittelalter (einschl. Kunstgeschichte)' (1995; ), vol. III 'Neuzeit' (2008; ), (=Schriftenreihe des Landschaftsverbandes der ehemaligen Herzogtümer Bremen und Verden; vols. 7–9), vol. III: pp. 1–158. . *
''Nachrichten von dem adlichen Jungfrauenkloster Neuenwalde Herzogthums Bremen: Samt einer Anzeige der Generalkirchenvisitation in der Neuhäusischen Probstey, und Synoden in dem Beverstedter und Osterstadischen Kirchenkreise''
Stade: Erbrich, 1758 * Ida-Christine Riggert-Mindermann, „Neuenwalde — Das Damenstift der Bremischen Ritterschaft“, in: ''Evangelisches Klosterleben: Studien zur Geschichte der evangelischen Klöster und Stifte in Niedersachsen'', Hans Otte (ed.), Göttingen: V & R Unipress, 2013, (=Studien zur Kirchengeschichte Niedersachsens; vol. 46), pp. 273–279. . * , „Einige Nachrichten von den ehemaligen Klöstern im Herzogthum Bremen“, in: ''Neues vaterländisches Archiv oder Beiträge zur allseitigen Kenntniß des Königreichs Hannover und des Herzogthums Braunschweig'', Lunenburg: Herold & Wahlstab, 1822-1832, vol. 6, no. 2 (1828), pp. 191–232. * Heinz-Joachim Schulze, „Neuenwalde“ (article), in: ''Germania Benedictina'': 12 vols. so far, Bayerische Benediktiner-Akademie München / Abt-Herwegen-Institut Maria Laach (ed.), St. Ottilien: EOS Verlag Erzabtei St. Ottilien, 1970seqq., vol. XI: 'Norddeutschland: Die Frauenklöster in Niedersachsen, Schleswig-Holstein und Hamburg' (1984), Ulrich Faust (compil.), pp. 429–446. * Ignaz Zeppenfeldt, „Historische Nachrichten von dem Kloster Neuenwalde im Herzogthum Bremen“, in: ''Neues vaterländisches Archiv oder Beiträge zur allseitigen Kenntniß des Königreichs Hannover und des Herzogthums Braunschweig'', Lunenburg: Herold & Wahlstab, 1822–1832, vol. 8 (1825), pp. 233–245.

External links

*
„Kirchengemeinden: Neuenwalde“
(i.e. Neuenwalde Congregation), on
''Kirchenkreis Wesermünde''
(i.e. Wesermünde Deanery), retrieved on 15 January 2015.

(i.e. Neuenwalde Congregation with Krempel and Hymendorf), on
''Internetpräsenz der Ortschaft Neuenwalde''
(i.e. Website of Neuenwalde locality), retrieved on 2 December 2014
„Die Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche“
(i.e. The Holy Cross Church), on
''Kloster Neuenwalde: Aktuelles''
(i.e. Neuenwalde Convent), retrieved on 2 December 2014.

in: ''Cuxland: Kirchen, Orgeln, Kunstschätze'', Cuxland-Tourismus: Agentur für Wirtschaftsförderung Cuxhaven (ed.), Cuxhaven: no publ.,

on
''Cuxland: Urlaubsland zwischen Nordsee, Weser und Elbe''
retrieved on 21 January 2015.

Notes

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