Reckahn village and castle church
The Reckahn village and castle church is a baroque hall church from the years 1739 to 1741 in the municipality of Kloster Lehnin in the Potsdam-Mittelmark district in the state of Brandenburg . It is part of the listed building ensemble Schloss Reckahn . It is noteworthy that the interior of the church is still largely in the original from 1741. The church belongs to the church circle center Mark Brandenburg of the Evangelical Church Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Oberlausitz .
location
The Reckahner Dorfstraße leads from the west in an easterly direction through the village. There the church stands south of the street on a slightly elevated piece of land that is enclosed with a wall of brick . The longitudinal axis of the church is precisely aligned with the central axis of the castle.
history
The oldest reference to a church in Reckahn comes from the year 1230. Already at this time and into the 21st century, the Reckahn church is a branch church of the parish of Krahne . The previous building was a half-timbered building. The construction time is not known and documents about the appearance and equipment are not available. In 1731 this church was demolished because it was in disrepair.
The squire and church patron of Reckahn, Friedrich Wilhelm von Rochow , commissioned Joachim Christoph Heinsius (also known as Heinß in literature), full-time director and mathematics teacher of the Brandenburg Knight Academy , to design a church in Reckahn in the form of Berlin buildings. In 1739 construction of the church began under the direction of master mason Johann Heinrich Findeisen from Brandenburg. Externally it is designed in the typically simple baroque style of Prussian buildings of that time. For a village the size of Reckahn, the village church turned out to be very large. At the time of construction it offered more space than Reckahn had residents. The church consecration took place on August 9, 1741. In 1927, the church building councilor Curt Steinberg began planning a restoration, which was carried out until 1929. In 1965 the altar area was redesigned according to the specifications of the church building councilor Winfried Wendland.
Building description
The structure was essentially built from bricks, which were then plastered. The Dehio manual describes the hall structure as "high quality": The choir is straight and has not moved in. The corners are emphasized by wide, plastered pilaster strips ; at the transition to the roof is a circumferential haunch . This is followed by the nave to the west . It has a rectangular floor plan and has five axes. These are designed with a rich plaster structure. On the identically constructed north and south sides, each of the four fields has a large, pressed-segment arched window. A walled entrance can be seen on the eastern south side, which led to the former burial place of the Rochow family under the chancel.
The west tower takes up the full width of the ship in the lower area. On the north and south side is a raised ox-eye . Access is via a large portal from the west. Above it is a dedication inscription. It shows the coats of arms of the von Rochow and von Görne families and refers to the church patron and his wife Friedericke Eberhardine (born von Görne) (1699–1760). Above is a raised ox-eye. This area is provided with a cuboid plaster structure. The square tower tower rises above. On each side a pressed-segment arch- shaped sound arcade , above a tower clock that merges into the onion-shaped tower dome. It ends with a tower ball, weather vane and cross.
Furnishing
In the east there is a pulpit altar , the black and white marble pulpit of which was delivered from Italy. The back of the chancel is covered with wooden walls. The glazed patron's box is located above the western entrance . The middle part, supported by four supports, protrudes into the church. The surfaces are structured by pilasters. The parapet fields are decorated with carvings and the alliance coat of arms. The design of the altar and box probably goes back to Heinsius.
Two pieces of furniture come from the village church of Meßdunk. It is a group of figures (bishop, Maria with the baby Jesus and St. Barbara) from a carved altar from 1474, which was created by Gerad Wegner . This artist also made the altar of St. Catherine's Church in Brandenburg an der Havel . The floor covering made of clay tiles is particularly noteworthy due to the so-called after-work stones with manually made prints. The interior of the church has essentially not been changed since it was built. A white plaster ceiling and white plaster walls shape the picture into the 21st century. The rest of the church furnishings are made of natural oak, dates from 1739 to 1741 and probably also goes back to a design by Heinsius.
In 1937 a new organ and organ brochure by Schuke were added to the east gallery . Two bells hang in the tower. The bronze bell from 1453 was previously in use in Meßdunk. It is complemented by a steel bell that was cast in the bell foundry in Apolda in 1923 .
Web links
literature
- Förderverein Historisches Reckahn e. V., Reckahn community (ed.): Reckahn. The Rochowsche Gutsdorf in the Mark. History and stories from the village of Reckahn, written on the 650th anniversary of its first mention 1351–2001 . Self-published, Reckahn 2001.
- Sibylle Badstübner-Gröger (ed.): Palaces and gardens of the market. Reckahn . Nicolai, Berlin 1995, ISBN 3-87584-574-9 ; 2nd, change Edition. Nicolai, Berlin 2002 (Published for the Friends of the Palaces and Gardens of the Mark in the German Society (1990) )
- Georg Dehio (edited by Gerhard Vinken and others): Handbook of German Art Monuments - Brandenburg . Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-422-03123-4 .
Coordinates: 52 ° 20 ′ 11 ″ N , 12 ° 32 ′ 37 ″ E