Philippsthal village chapel
The Dorfkapelle Philippsthal is a church in the village of Philippsthal . The church is registered in the list of monuments of the municipality of Nuthetal.
history
The village of Philippsthal was promised a church when it was founded in 1754. However, due to the lack of financial resources, the construction was not carried out for over 150 years.
construction
The community council of the small town finally decided on November 23, 1899 to build a village chapel . The master carpenter Wilhelm Kuhlmey from Gütergotz was commissioned to carry out the construction . The topping-out ceremony was held in June 1904. Then Wilhelm Kuhlmey, who donated the gallery to the community, started the interior work. The bells were procured by Professor Laske from Potsdam, who also designed the interior fittings. On March 31, 1905, the Empress Auguste Viktoria added a crucifix, two candlesticks and a Bible. The altar candlestick and the Bible bear the personal signature of the empress. The total cost of construction was 8,652.07 Reichsmarks , of which the imperial family took over 4000 Reichsmarks.
In the right vault of the ceiling five angel heads were painted, which were wreathed with daisies and daisies. Two motifs were irretrievably lost due to later construction work. The motifs on the left cannot yet be fully seen again, so that it has not yet been possible to determine what has been preserved here. There used to be a wreath of clouds above both motif bands. In addition, motif arches are painted across the nave, which should give the impression that the ceiling is decorated with stucco ornaments. All around was a starry sky.
restoration
In the summer of 1946 the condition of the village chapel was catastrophic. The roof was practically completely covered and the windows were broken. Wind and moisture were able to penetrate the interior almost unhindered. Accordingly, hardly anything was recognizable from the interior painting, which was kept in the colors of the Art Nouveau , and the once very good pedal harmonium could no longer be repaired.
A major renovation did not take place until 1960. The roof was re-covered, all windows were glazed again, the stove was replaced with infrared heating and the electrical lighting was installed. According to proposals from the Wendland church building council from Potsdam, the interior was painted in a new way. In the course of this, the pulpit altar was removed and the previous baptism was replaced by a red sandstone block. An altar table and a new pulpit were made by a Potsdam master carpenter according to plans by the building councilor Wendland, and the church was given a new wrought-iron wall cross, which, however, fell down about ten years later. On the occasion of his daughter's wedding, a resident of the church donated an altar carpet.
In 1999 the complete renovation of the church began. The roof was re-covered, the facade repaired, the church tower repaired, the bells hung there again and the interior reconstructed. The facade and tower were financed by donations and money from the monument protection authorities and the Nuthetal community . 20,000 euros from the municipal coffers were part of the contract for municipal area reform, through which Philippsthal belongs to the Nuthetal municipality.
In 2003 work on the interior was continued. The responsible restorer Elka Beutel was able to rely on a picture of the interior, which is from the day of the inauguration and is said to have been found in an attic in Philippsthal.
In 2004, the year of the 250th anniversary of the village and the 100th anniversary of the church, the motifs of the original ceiling painting were found under firmly attached emulsion paint, and attempts have been made to restore them since then.
Since Pentecost 2015, the church has also had a small organ, built in 1954 by Frobenius, which was donated to it by the Ringköbing parish in Denmark.
use
The associated parish belongs to the Evangelical Parish Saarmund in the parish of Mittelmark-Brandenburg of the Evangelical Church Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia . In addition to the church services, small concerts and picture exhibitions take place. After the restoration work has been completed, the church is to become the cultural and social center of the village.
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Coordinates: 52 ° 19 ′ 58 ″ N , 13 ° 8 ′ 26 ″ E