Östrum
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Östrum is a village in the southern part of the borough of Bad Salzdetfurth
in Lower Saxony
, Germany. The L 490
state road runs through the village crossing with the L493. Its immediate neighbours are the villages of Breinum to the west and Bodenburg
to the south.
Twice a month the service is held in the chapel which has about 50 seats.
Bad Salzdetfurth
is a town on the banks of the river Lamme in the district of Hildesheim, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It was mentioned in Tom Clancy's bestseller Red Storm Rising.-Geography:...
in Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...
, Germany. The L 490
Landesstraße
Landesstraßen are roads in Germany and Austria that are, as a rule, the responsibility of the respective German or Austrian federal state. The term may therefore be translated as "state road". They are roads that cross the boundary of a rural or urban district...
state road runs through the village crossing with the L493. Its immediate neighbours are the villages of Breinum to the west and Bodenburg
Bodenburg
Bodenburg is a village in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located about 20km south of Hildesheim, and about 5km from Bad Salzdetfurth. The community has a population of 2,000.-Overview:...
to the south.
History
As part of the administrative reform in 1974 Östrum became one of the 13 parishes in the borough of Bad Salzdetfurth.Culture and places of interest
- The Protestant Chapel, which is the landmark of the village, was probably built around 800. Originally, it was dedicated to Saint Mary-Magdalena. The chapel is on a small hill which might be of an artificial origin. The year 1511 possible referring to a renovation is indicated above the entrance. The chapel has firing slits and might have been used as a fortified church during times of war in the Middle Ages. After the ReformationReformation- Movements :* Protestant Reformation, an attempt by Martin Luther to reform the Roman Catholic Church that resulted in a schism, and grew into a wider movement...
the chapel was allocated to the Protestants. When the chapel was renovated in 2005, frescoesFrescoFresco is any of several related mural painting types, executed on plaster on walls or ceilings. The word fresco comes from the Greek word affresca which derives from the Latin word for "fresh". Frescoes first developed in the ancient world and continued to be popular through the Renaissance...
dating from the 12th and 13th centuries were discovered. The altar in the apse dates from the end of the 17th century and its painting is from 1677. The chapel has a wooden ceiling and a gable roof with a flècheFlècheA flèche is used in French architecture to refer to a spire and in English to refer to a lead-covered timber spire, or spirelet. These are placed on the ridges of church or cathedral roofs and are usually relatively small...
and its small apseApseIn architecture, the apse is a semicircular recess covered with a hemispherical vault or semi-dome...
has a tented roofTented roofA tented roof is a type of roof widely used in 16th and 17th century Russian architecture for churches. It is like a polygonal spire but differs in purpose in that it is typically used to roof the main internal space of a church, rather than an auxiliary structure...
. The medieval frescoes which were discovered in 2005 are not visible, as they were covered with white paint due to the lack of financial means for an appropriate restoration.
Twice a month the service is held in the chapel which has about 50 seats.