Here is a model of the village of Suurhusen - how it looked back in 1450. The main church building was built in 1250, but the clock tower was added in 1450. My great grandmother was born and lived in a tiny house just across the street from the church.
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| Three leaning towers |
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| The sanctuary |
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| The pulpit |
In 1927, Pastor D. Kruger, was preaching a sermon from the high pulpit on the right side of the sanctuary when it collapsed and fell down to the floor. Although Pastor Kruger went down with the pulpit, he never stopped preaching. He just picked himself up and kept on with the sermon. However, right below the pulpit a farmer had fallen asleep. When the pulpit fell, it frightened him very much, but Pastor Kruger didn’t stop speaking. The old gentleman telling the story was laughing so hard and speaking so fast in Low-German that I didn’t catch why the pulpit fell. Since already in 1927 it was a very old church, I think the pulpit probably died of old age.
Back in the old days, there was no heat in the church, so folks would bring their hot coals from home, put them in the foot warmer, close it up and worship in comfort with warm feet.
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