Curau Church
The Curau Church is the church in the village of Curau - a district of the Stockelsdorf community - in the Ostholstein district in Schleswig-Holstein . It is located in the middle of the village, surrounded by the (former) Kirchanger .
It is one of the two churches in the Stockelsdorf parish and is used today by the Evangelical Lutheran parish of Curau for services.
building
It is a single-nave hall church made of red brick , approx. 35 m long and approx. 15 m wide. On the sides of the nave, the walls are made of field stones up to a height of about 1.5 meters . The nave has a white classical portal on the south side and four large window arches on each side. This is followed by the angular apse with five windows. The nave and the apse are a two-piece, with red roof tiles roofed gable roof covered. On the south and north sides of the nave there are smaller additions ( sacristies ), of which the northern one is more recent. The church has a square tower overhanging the roof of the nave, with a cornice in the middle and two sound openings above each. The tower is closed off by a two-part, copper-covered tower dome, which is also square . There is a door to the west of the tower.
In the (ornamental) triangular gable above the classical portal is a marble plaque with the inscription Lord, I love the place of your house and the place where your honor lives. from Psalm 26 , 8th attached.
history
The current church is a building from 1828 - and the third church on the site:
First church
In 1160 the parish of Curau - 1259 a church in Curau is mentioned for the first time. The church is said to have been consecrated by Bishop Gerold - this building (made of field stones bonded with plaster of Paris ) is one of the churches called Vicelinkirche . By 1683 the structural condition of the first church had deteriorated so much that a new building was necessary.
Second church
On March 27, 1683 was carried out groundbreaking ceremony for the second church on December 2, 1683 consecrated was. On July 24, 1827 this church burned down (together with large parts of the village of Curau).
Third, today's church
From 1828, the church was rebuilt and was on April 5, 1829 dedicated to be. The church was renovated in 1963 and 1969 to 1972 - mistakes in these renovations as well as some of the building material used (unstable roof tiles ) make it necessary to rebuild the roof in 2006.
literature
- Walter Körber (Ed.): Churches in Vicelins Land. Eutin 1977 (partly online: woelknet.de )
- Otto Neumann: Contributions of the rule Breitenburg to the building of the church in Curau, 1826. In: Yearbook for local history . Eutin 1973, p. 24f
Web links
- Information about the church at stockelsdorf.de
- Parish Curau
Coordinates: 53 ° 57 ′ 1.1 ″ N , 10 ° 37 ′ 13.1 ″ E