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51-532: The mission seminary in Hermannsburg was founded in 1849 by pastor Ludwig Harms , after several young men from Hermannsburg and the surrounding area expressed the wish to be sent out as missionaries and would not be accepted by the existing missionary societies because, as farmers and agricultural workers, they did not have the necessary academic education. So the Hermannsburg Mission began as

102-407: A Dutch builder. The church has an almost square chancel with inside dimensions of 4.40 x 5.60 metres and a rectangular nave with an inside width of 6.50 metres. The chancel was divided by a 1-metre-thick (3.3 ft) wall from the nave, which had never been seen in other old village churches. This church also burnt down, probably in the 15th century. It was replaced in 1450 by

153-426: A Gothic church and was used in that form until 1956. Due to its poor structural condition and the growing number of parishioners, it was decided to greatly extend the church building. Initially it was planned to expand the original body of the building by extending the nave and building side aisles , but the ceiling vault collapsed during construction work. As a result, an entirely new church emerged for which only

204-774: A motocross course in the parish. Hermannsburg has around 60 registered societies and clubs. These include several, like the male voice choir (founded 1888), the Volunteer Fire Service (1893) and TuS Hermannsburg (1904) are older than 100 years. Every three years in August the International Trachtenfest takes place in Hermannsburg. Since 1851 the Hermannsburg Mission has celebrated the traditional Hermannsburg Mission Festival every summer with guests from its partner and sponsor churches. The Hermannsburg Schützenfest takes place regularly on

255-783: A private tutor for the Lord Chamberlain of Linstow in Lauenburg/Elbe . During this time he held Bible studies and, in 1834, and founded the Lauenburg Mission Society. After Harms had passed two other theological examinations, but still had no prospect of becoming a pastor, he helped his father in Hermannsburg. Then he returned to being a private tutor in 1840 for the family of state architect, Pampel, in Lüneburg . In Lauenburg and Lüneburg he came across slums, moral neglect and children whose lives were

306-736: A "benevolent society" of the Celle Missionary Society into a "mission parish". Through his church services , parlour gatherings in the rectory, home visits and counselling, a revival started in Hermannsburg . At the request of the municipality, Louis Harms was appointed by the Consistory in Hanover for the Evangelical Lutheran State Church of Hanover as the pastor at Hermannsburg after

357-744: A "farmers' mission" ( Bauernmission ). Having qualified, The first "pupils" were sent overseas in 1854 and founded the work of the Hermannsburg Mission in South Africa , where the Evangelical-Lutheran Mission in Lower Saxony (ELM) is still active today. Even after the Second World War, spiritual impulses went out from the mission seminary under seminary leader, Olav Hanssen. This resulted in

408-409: A misery. As a result, visits to the poor, the sick and prisoners became a natural consequence of his faith, an approach that was by no means common at that time. To support his sick father, at the end of 1843, he returned to Hermannsburg . Harms was appointed as curate to relieve his father and was ordained to the ministry on 20 November 1844. In 1846, he managed to turn the parish of Hermannsburg from

459-465: A new church was built in the Romanesque style. The new building was erected somewhat further south of the old church, as has been confirmed during excavation work which revealed a thick, charred layer of charcoaled wood. The foundation walls of this building consist of about 1 metre thick dry stone walls made of bog iron stone ( Raseneisenstein ) blocks of clamshell construction which indicates

510-712: A new theatre building as part of his project "Five Euro Theatre" ( Theater 5 Euro ). His theatre group has disbanded however. The actors and actresses have got together again and founded their own troupe: Hermanns Burgtheater . The Hermannsburg Local History Museum has been sponsored since 2000 by the Society for the Preservation of the Museum of the Local History Association of Hermannsburg ( Förderkreis Heimatmuseum des Heimatbundes Hermannsburg ), which

561-577: A year since 1851, on Nativity of Saint John the Baptist (24 June), the mission festival is held, to which up to 6,000 came. Even today, the mission festival is celebrated on a weekend around 24 June in the park of the mission seminary. The first wooden missionary church, probably built around 850, was burned down in 955 during the incursions by the Wends . Around 970, thanks to the Saxon duke, Hermann Billung,

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612-572: A year since 1851, on Saint John's Eve (24 June), the mission festival is held, to which up to 6,000 came. Amongst its best-known visitors were the Hamburg merchant, Johann Hinrich Nagel (1810–1900), and Elise Averdieck (1808–1907), who later founded the Bethesda Deaconess House in Hamburg. Even today, the mission festival is celebrated on a weekend around 24 June in the park of the mission seminary. On 12 October 1849 Harms founded

663-481: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a Christian organization is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article relating to Lutheranism is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Lower Saxony location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Ludwig Harms Georg Ludwig Detlef Theodor Harms (baptised as Ludwig, but called Louis during his life) (1808–1865)

714-527: Is a theme concert by the schoolchildren and teachers of the Christian Grammar School in the school's own hall. On the last weekend in May the Örtze-Ring and Ritterbund Hartmann von Aue stage a large medieval tournament . More than 300 re-enactors and almost 30 horsemen from the medieval period take part. Medieval knights' societies take part in the historic knights' tournament site in

765-512: Is eternal life: that they might know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent" he came in 1830 to the conclusion that "it is not enough, just to be religious and good, to live sensibly and act properly, but that it is essential to have Jesus Christ at the centre of one's life and to testify to that." In the following years his theological thinking was to combine Lutheran faith and pietistic revival pietism. After passing his exam with honours, Louis Harms worked from 1830 to 1840 as

816-505: Is first mentioned in 1059 as "Heremannesburc" by Emperor Henry IV in a document. It is certain, however, that there had been a settlement on the site earlier than that. During building work on the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul in 1957, a bronze crucifix was found that dates to the 10th century. In addition there is evidence that the Minden monk, Landolf, undertook missionary work in

867-829: Is the largest Lutheran church parish in the village. It belongs to the Evangelical-Lutheran State Church of Hanover . The Evangelical-Lutheran parish of the Great Cross belongs to the Niedersachsen-West church district ( Kirchenbezirk ) of the Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church ( SELK ) and was established in the 19th century. Following the defeat of the House of Welf in 1866 by the Prussians

918-537: Is today and where young people are trained for missionary service. During the lifetime of Louis Harms, mission work started in India in 1864. Physically very weakened Louis Harms died on 14 November 1865 in Hermannsburg, after having given his last sermon on 5 November in Hermannsburg's St. Peter and St. Paul's Church . He was buried in Hermannsburg Cemetery. His grave is still there today. The work of

969-524: The Hermannsburg Mission (today: Evangelical-Lutheran Mission in Lower Saxony ) was developed which worked especially in the African region (especially southern Africa and Ethiopia ). As a representative of revival movement he also impacted the long term religious life of the village. That had inter alia the consequence that, in 1878, out of concern about the suppression of the Lutheran confession by

1020-512: The Hermannsburg Mission is carried on today by the Evangelical-Lutheran Mission in Lower Saxony (ELM), which has been jointly run by the three Lower Saxon state churches of Hanover , Brunswick and Schaumburg-Lippe since 1977. Hermannsburg Hermannsburg is a village and a former municipality in the Celle district, in Lower Saxony , Germany . Since 1 January 2015 it is part of

1071-702: The Hermannsburg Mission Centre ( Missionsanstalt Hermannsburg ) by opening the mission seminary. His brother Theodor (1818–1885) was invited to be its first head or Inspektor . The first twelve seminary students studied in what is today the Ludwig Harms House. In 1853, the first seminary course passed their theological examination before the consistory at Stade and were ordained to the ministry. The first 16 missionaries (including eight tradesmen and peasants) were sent by Louis Harms into mission service and left on 28 October 1853 on

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1122-504: The Hermannsburger Missionsblatt newsletter appeared for first time, a publication that still informs interested parties about the work of the mission. To support the mission work in 1856 also founded a mission trading shop. Harms also took care of youth offenders after they were released. From 1858 he obtained accommodation and work for them. In 1862 the mission seminary moved to the "New Mission House" where it

1173-402: The Örtze and four to the east of the river. The "Lutterhof" and "Misselhorn" , both east of the Örtze are still there today. The old "Rißmann's Hof" , renamed the "Behrenssche Hof" in 1756 after its new owner, Johann Hinrich Behrens (1730–1808), also lay east of the Örtze. It was donated by its last owner, Heinrich Wilhelm Behrens, on 30 January 1854 to the Hermannsburg Mission . Behrens

1224-557: The 9th century in the Örtze valley. On the spot where, today St. Peter and St. Paul's now stands, a baptistry had been built in the period between 800 and 900 A. D. by the Christian mission sent out from Minden on a sandy loess island near the thingstead of the Muthwidde Gau . Its foundations were also discovered in 1957. In the neighbourhood there were at that time already eight old farmsteads; four of them lay west of

1275-626: The Little Church of the Cross ( Kleine Kreuzkirche ) was consecrated by Pastor Friedrich Wolff. The church cost 15,000 marks, all of which was raised by donations. Following the merger of various old confessional Lutheran churches the two Lutheran churches of the Cross belong to the SELK and help define the character of Hermannsburg. Hermannsburg resident, Robert Brand, started up a theatre group which regularly puts on new plays. He plans to build

1326-604: The Prussian king tried to extend the Prussian Union of churches between Reformed Protestants and Lutherans in the Kingdom of Hanover as well, however, in the end both confessions retained separate church bodies. Here, too, the state intervened in the orders of service, doctrine and constitution of the Church. But in Hermannsburg, the pastor of St. Peter and St. Paul, Pastor Theodor Harms , protested against this. Theodor

1377-411: The castle. The name of the settlement was derived from its likely founder, the Saxon margrave, Hermann Billung , a vassal of Otto I , and the aforementioned castle or Burg . The foundation of the village about the year 940, is based on the fact that between the church and the castle an estimated 10 cottages ( Kötnereien ) and several smallholders ( Kleinbauern ) and tradesmen had settled. That led to

1428-506: The current work of the Evangelical Lutheran Mission in Lower Saxony and a nostalgic look at the mission ship, Candace , there are regularly changing exhibitions with art or cultural themes. Hermannsburg has a forest swimming baths with an open air pool and indoor pool . Since the 2003 season the open air pool has been closed due to cost. There are also tennis courts, football pitches, four sports halls and

1479-611: The death of his father in 1849. Harms had a great gift for speaking in a way that brought things to life. On Sunday evenings, the villagers gathered in the hallway of the rectory to listen to him. His stories simultaneously entertained, instructed and built people up. Local history provided him with lively material. His stories were published in the anthologies Honnig (Low German: "Honey") and Goldene Äpfel in silbernen Schalen ("Golden Apples in Silver Dishes"). Since 1846, at Epiphany on 6 January at irregular intervals, and once

1530-600: The direction of a cantor. The motto of the parish is "No cross, no crown" ( "Ohne Kreuz keine Krone" ). The Evangelical-Lutheran Little Cross parish ( Kleine Kreuzgemeinde ) also belongs to the church district of Niedersachsen-West in the Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church. The Little Cross parish was formed as a result of disagreements over the succession of the pastor's office of the Great Church parish. On 14 February 1886

1581-420: The fire impoverished many villagers, most could save little or even nothing at all. In 1973 Hermannsburg held its millennium celebration on the occasion of the 1,000th anniversary of the death of Hermann Billung (27 March 973). The Evangelical-Lutheran pastor, Louis Harms , has a special significance for Hermannsburg. In 1849 he founded the mission seminary , a training school for missionaries , from which

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1632-508: The first service was celebrated in the Little Church parish. On 16 April the Great Cross parish separated from the Hanoverian Evangelical-Lutheran Free Church , a predecessor of the SELK . So for a short while the two parishes belonged to different Lutheran churches. Construction of the actual church began 1 August 1886 and the topping out ceremony took place on 6 and 7 October 1886. On 30 March 1887

1683-601: The first weekend of August. Once a year, at the beginning of May the great Hermannsburg Veteran Car Rally ( Hermannsburger Oldtimertreffen ) takes place in the Örtze Park. It is put on together with the International Museum Day . The Südheide Running and Walking Day ( Volkslauf und -Wandertag ) is organised every spring (April/May) by the TuS Hermannsburg. Their youth handball tournament takes place in early summer (June/July). Every summer there

1734-620: The formation of a civil and a church parish which eventually became the village of Hermannsburg. The princely line of the Billung family ruled over the region until they died out in 1106. Thereafter the country was ruled by the House of Welf , whose lordship lasted until 1866, with short interruptions during French occupation in the Seven Years' War (1756–1763) and the period of the Kingdom of Westphalia (1807–1813). From 1866 Hermannsburg

1785-697: The foundation of groups like Group 153, the Epiphaniaskreis, and the Protestant Gethsemane Monastery in Riechenberg Abbey  [ de ] at Goslar . Between 1979 and 1993 the seminary was led by Dietrich Mann . Male and female pastors are trained at the seminary. After six to seven years, they are eligible for service in the worldwide church. This article about an organisation based in Germany

1836-464: The large side windows give the church a lot of natural light. The oldest inventory items are the wooden baptismal font and a painted chandelier also made of wood, both from the 18th century. The remaining furniture, the altar , pulpit , organ and the 26 mounted brass chandeliers around the nave give an impression of the typical church art of the 1950s. In redesigning the church in the years 1956-1959 its old foundations were discovered. Also uncovered

1887-553: The mission ship, Candace . The Candace , which had been launched on 27 September 1853 in Harburg, was financed by donations from friends of the mission, especially those to whom Harms had preached. The Hamburg businessman, Nagel, in particular, stands out. Until its sale in 1874, the ship went on thirteen journeys. The original pennant of the ship is now on display in the Louis Harms House in Hermannsburg. Louis Harms led

1938-542: The municipality Südheide . It has been a state-recognised resort town since 1971. It is situated on the river Örtze , about 15 kilometres east of Bergen and 30 kilometres north of Celle . It belongs to the district of Celle . The Örtze flows through the centre of Hermannsburg in a north to south direction, whilst the stream of the Weesener Bach , which is known in Hermannsburg as the Lutterbach, crosses

1989-541: The municipality from east to west and empties into the Örtze near the Lutterhof farm. Hermannsburg itself is a basic urban centre ( Grundzentrum ). The nearest middle-order urban centre ( Mittelzentrum ), the county town of Celle , is 28 kilometres away. Hermannsburg lies 78 kilometres northeast of the state capital of Hanover and south of Hamburg , about 100 kilometres away. The former municipality of Hermannsburg consisted of 6 districts: Hermannsburg

2040-461: The old roof timbering and old apse were re-used. The side aisles, each with six subdivisions, and the tower, built in the form of a turret, give the church a distinctive appearance. Of its six bells, the smallest and oldest dates to the pre-Reformation period (1495). Another bell, the largest, dates to the year 1681, the remaining four bells to the year 1949. Inside, the vaulting ribs in the ceiling are modelled on those of its Gothic predecessor and

2091-502: The reformed Prussian monarchy, the Evangelical-Lutheran High Cross church parish was formed, that merged with other Lutheran churches into an independent "old confessional" ( altkonfessionell ) Lutheran church body - the Hanoverian Evangelical-Lutheran Free Church , a predecessor of the present-day Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church . Since 1846, at Epiphany (6 January) at irregular intervals, and once

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2142-533: The village of Baven was dismantled there and will be reassembled on the museum's land. ( Häuslinge were farm workers who worked on a farm and were therefore allowed to stay in the house for a low rent, or sometimes even for free). Opposite the museum is the Ludwig Harms House, a conference centre with an exhibition, cafe, bookshop and "One World Shop". In addition to the permanent exhibition called "Candace – Mission possible", which gives an insight into

2193-520: The work overseas as mission director from the rectory. Harms mastered many languages. In addition to his native language of German, he learnt Latin, Greek (modern and ancient Greek), Hebrew, Italian, English and French. After the attempt to get to Ethiopia had failed, the missionaries landed in Port Natal in 1854 (now Durban, South Africa ) and began missionary work among the Zulus . In the same year

2244-577: Was Lucie Dorothee Friederike Harms, née Heinze. In 1817 the family moved to Hermannsburg and, in 1825, Louis Harms went to the secondary school in Celle. After passing his A-levels in Celle , Harms studied Protestant theology in Göttingen from 1827 to 1830. His study forced him to confront the Enlightenment , the leading intellectual movement of his time. When he read the verse John 17:3 "Now this

2295-605: Was a German Lutheran pastor who was nicknamed the "Reviver of the Heath" ( Erwecker der Heide ). One of the most significant Christian revivalists of the 19th century, he turned the little village of Hermannsburg on the Lüneburg Heath into the most important centre of revival in Lower Saxony. Louis Harms was born on 5 May 1808 in Walsrode in north Germany as the second son of a pastor, Hartwig Christian Harms. His mother

2346-457: Was an ancient bronze crucifix depicting the crucified Christ, 12 centimetres in size, a work in Romanesque style dating from the 10th century, something which is unique in the Lüneburg Heath is unique. A faithful copy of this valuable crucifix is displayed in the prayer corner in the rear left corner of the nave. The organ (III+P/34) was built in 1963 by the firm of Emil Hammer Orgelbau . With about 4,700 parishioners, St. Peter and St. Paul's

2397-492: Was celebrated. The church has room for about 1,000 people. The nave has no pillars, making it probably the largest unsupported wooden nave ceiling in Europe. The 52-metre-high (171 ft) tower is visible from a long way off. The church is a listed building. Today, there are approximately 2,200 parishioners of the busy church, who are served by two pastors. The church has a large choir and a brass band ensemble with many horns under

2448-462: Was founded in response to the threatened closure of the museum. The museum has an annually changing exhibition. On the museum land, several historic objects have been rebuilt: a Bienenzaun beehive, an historic clay oven (from Diesten), a double storage barn from the 17th and 18th centuries (from Beckedorf), a meeting place with cobbled village square and a storage barn from the 17th century (from Scheuen). A former servants' house ( Häuslingshaus ) from

2499-570: Was part of the Prussian Province of Hanover . In the course of Prussian district reforms the village was assigned to the district of Celle . On 14 April 1667 a great fire broke out in Hermannsburg in which 28 houses were destroyed, including the school and the verger's house ( Küsterhaus ). On 9 May 1802 Hermannsburg experienced another terrible fire. The district office ( Amtshaus ) burned down along with its outbuildings, 13 homes and 21 other buildings. The "extraordinary violence" of

2550-404: Was the brother of Louis Harms , who had been removed from office by the Lutheran state church and had to leave the parish. On 13 February 1878 a large number of people decided to withdraw from the state church and founded the Great Cross parish. It was planned from the outset to build a large church in order to have enough space for visitors to the mission festival. On 28 September 1878 topping out

2601-599: Was trained as a missionary and in 1857 sent out with his family to South Africa. The farm, now called "Missionshof" , was sold on 15 June 1967 by the Mission Centre of Hermannsburg ( Missionsanstalt Hermannsburg ) to the civil parish of Hermannsburg. It was demolished in order to build the secondary modern school here. In addition to the aforementioned eight old farmsteads ( Einzelhöfe ), there were also various so-called Sattelhöfe , tenant farms, at Oldendorf, Beckedorf, Schlüpke and Weesen, which had to provide manpower for

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