Belitz village church
The village church Belitz is a medieval village church in Belitz, a district of Prebberede in the Rostock district in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania . The agricultural reformer Johann Heinrich von Thünen and the organist Franz Hermann Müschen are buried in the surrounding cemetery . The parish belongs to the Rostock provost in the Mecklenburg parish of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany (Northern Church) .
description
The church in Belitz is a three-aisled , brick- walled basilica . To the east there is a two-bay , three-sided closed choir with a ribbed vault , to the north a sacristy also with a ribbed vault. There is a square tower to the west. The main building was built from around 1270, the tower was added in the 15th century and was originally higher, but its upper part was removed in 1773 and the tower was covered by a tent roof. From 1886 to 1888 the church was extensively renovated, during which the aisles of the building were completely renewed and given a ribbed vault. The central nave, spanned by a flat wooden ceiling, was also partially renewed. The church has had its characteristic neo-Gothic features since this renovation in the late 19th century . Two galleries, one above the other, have been drawn in to the west of the church. The lower gallery dates from 1670. On the younger organ gallery above there is an organ that was made in 1784 by Christian Heinrich Kersten in Rostock. This organ was expanded in 1858 by Friedrich Wilhelm Winzer and restored in 1963 by Friedrich Löbling and today has 18 stops on two manuals and a pedal .
Large parts of the church's furnishings date from around the renovation of 1886/88, including the pulpit and stalls as well as the mural on the east wall of the central nave, which shows the resurrection of the daughter of Jairus and was painted by the church painter Krause from Wismar, as well the resurrection scene on the altar wall by the Dresden painter Karl Christian Andreae . Various historical epitaphs and tombstones can also be seen in the church, including an epitaph for M. Schmeker († 1596), ornately decorated with alabaster reliefs, which was made in the workshop of Claus Midow in 1602 , and the epitaph for the stick trumpeter and pitcher owner Jacob Hintze (murdered 1677) with his contemporary trumpet.
The church treasury includes several historical chalices, wafer boxes and candlesticks.
Surrounding cemetery
In the churchyard in Belitz, south of the church tower, there is the gravestone of the agrarian reformer and social economist Johann Heinrich von Thünen : “Here lies at the side of his wife Helene Sophie von Thünen, nee. Berlin, born March 21, 1785, died January 19, 1845, the landowner Dr. Johann Heinrich von Thünen auf Tellow, b. June 24th, 1783, died September 22nd, 1850. ”In the middle part follows his well-known formula , and the lower part says:“ The benevolence of men cannot be enforced by any command, not attained by rank and position, not bought by gold - benevolence arises from the free interior and, as a free gift, is of inestimable value for those who receive it. ”On the right of the grille surrounding the grave is a plaque for Edo Heinrich von Thünen (* June 16, 1808; † August 17 1873) attached.
A few meters southwest of the church tower is the grave slab of the organist and pomologist Franz Hermann Müschen (1774–1847). The adjacent obelisk is named Elise Müschen (born September 3, 1782, † September 11, 1816), b. Lohr, and on the back Betty Müschen (* July 27, 1784 - January 17, 1844), b. Lohmann.
There is also a fenced-in burial place for those of Bassewitz : with a small stone tablet for Carl Cristoph Reichsgraf von Bassewitz on Reetz (* August 26, 1784 - November 17, 1837) and a grave slab for Henning Friedrich Reichsgraf von Bassewitz (* 27 November 1680; † January 1, 1749) and some other names by Bassewitz.
A wooden cross with a warning inscription marks the grave of a Wehrmacht deserter who was shot in May 1945.
See also
literature
- Institute for Monument Preservation: The architectural and art monuments in the GDR - Neubrandenburg district. Henschelverlag, Berlin 1986.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information about the organ on the website of the Malchow Organ Museum. Retrieved February 4, 2020 .
- ^ History of the Birckholz trumpet ( Memento from December 4, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on June 18, 2011
Coordinates: 53 ° 53 ′ 38.1 ″ N , 12 ° 30 ′ 17 ″ E