Żelewo village church
The village church in Żelewo (German: Seelow, Kreis Greifenhagen in Pomerania ) is a half-timbered church and is one of the oldest of its kind in the East Pomeranian Poland with only a few bars and stands from the late 17th century.
Geographical location
The small church of the old fishing village Żelewo on the western high bank of the Jezioro Miedwie ( Madüsee ) can be seen from afar from the water. The place, which until 1945 was called Seelow in the district of Greifenhagen in Pomerania , is now part of the Gmina Stare Czarnowo ( Neumark ) in the powiat Gryfiński ( district of Greifenhagen ) in the Polish West Pomeranian Voivodeship . The village of Kołbacz ( Kolbatz ) can be reached in a few kilometers via the 120 voivodship road from Gryfino ( Greifenhagen ) on state road 31 to Kobylanka ( Kublank ) on state road 10 .
Building history and building description
The half-timbered building from the 17th century has - later enlarged - windows that touch the frame wood. The straight-cheeked square tower is free-standing and the substructure is clad with boards. He wears a helmet that is square and ends in a slim octagonal tip.
The interior of the church was reached before 1945 through the south side. Today the entrance door is located on the north side under the gallery , which meant that space could be gained.
From the altar from the year 1698 only the lateral baroque carving remains. The middle field is wearing pictures again today. The oak pulpit stands free. It bears the year 1683 and is inlaid with different colored woods.
The pews are adorned with oil paintings, as are the fields of the gallery, which show biblical scenes that relate to motifs of fishing and seafaring: the flood , the passage through the Red Sea, Jonah and the whale, Petri fish haul and Jesus walks on the Lake genezareth. They are just pictures of a fisherman's church .
Between the paintings is the year 1734.
Before 1945, the Seelow church was adorned with a wrought iron chandelier with two twelve arms, of which the six candle-bearing arms have been preserved. The six arms with tulips (the flower of the weizack ) are missing. Under the candlestick there is a sign with the year 1770.
The baptismal angel was once famous, not flying, but floating calmly, a palm tree in the right hand and a baptismal bowl in the left. He was one of the most beautiful baptismal angels in Pomerania.
The church building was fundamentally renovated in 2005.
On the south side of the church there was once a huge, centuries-old linden tree, which was also called "Eselslinde". At that time, the monks of Kolbatz Monastery tied their donkeys here during mass. The linden tree did not survive a storm in 1944.
Parish
Seelow or Żelewo has been an independent parish since time immemorial, but assigned to a parish as a subsidiary church. Before 1945, the then part Protestant community until the early 20th century Parish Neumark (today Polish: Stare Czarnowo), then to the parish Belkow (Bielkowo) each in Kirchenkreis Kolbatz (Kołbacz) in the western district the ecclesiastical province of Pomerania of the Prussian Union of churches .
After 1945 Żelewo came to the Catholic parish Kołbacz in the Deanery Kołbacz in the Archdiocese of Stettin-Cammin of the Catholic Church in Poland . The church received a new consecration and the name Kościół Matki Boskiej Nieustającej Pomocy . Evangelical church members living in Żelewo now belong to the parish of the St. Trinity Church in Stettin in the diocese of Wroclaw of the Evangelical-Augsburg Church in Poland .
literature
- Johannes Hinz: Pomerania. Signpost through an unforgettable country . Augsburg 1996.
- Heinrich Schulz: Pomeranian village churches east of the Oder . Herford 1963.
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Coordinates: 53 ° 17 ′ 33.4 " N , 14 ° 51 ′ 58" E