Bentwisch village church
The village church Bentwisch is the church of the Evangelical Lutheran parish Bentwisch in the district of Rostock . The community belongs to the Rostock provost in the Mecklenburg parish of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany ( Northern Church ).
history
In 1235, the village of Bentwisch, along with Volkenshagen and Wustrow, belonged to the Dünamünde monastery in Livonia . The duration of this possession is not known. In 1257, Bishop Rudolph von Schwerin is named as the owner of Hufen in Bentwisch, and councilor Ludbert Sommer from 1295 to 1305. In 1300 the knight Johann Moltke on Toitendorp ( Toitenwinkel ) received the church patronage from Nikolaus von Rostock as a gift. At that time the Toitenwinkel church was a daughter church of Bentwisch. In the Middle Ages the church belonged to the Archdeaconate Rostock.
Building description
The church is made of brick on a 1.6 meter high field stone base. It was built in the 14th century. In the east a choir is built, which is laid out as an octagon and is closed by a vault. To the north of the choir is a sacristy with cross vaults. A cornice band with a fillet and rod runs around the choir. The rectangular, two-bay nave has a flat wooden ceiling. A Gothic triumphal arch with a bulging profile forms the end of the choir to the nave . In the choir there are three two-part and one three-part window with a pointed arch. The original four-part windows have been preserved on the north side of the nave; additional supporting pillars have been added to the south wall, so that one window is halved and one is only three-part. Another 14 supporting pillars made of brick are distributed around the building. The former portal on the north side has alternating covings and pear-shaped bars in its reveal. The crown of the pointed arch is decorated with lilies and brick crabs . Today's west portal is noticeably high and decorated with five round bars and four intermediate wall sections in the reveal. A roof turret sits on the east gable, which is decorated with seven Gothic panels.
In the separately standing wood-clad bell tower hang three bells with the tones f sharp ', g' and a sharp '. After extensive renovation work, the bells should be able to ring again at the end of 2009.
Furnishing
The folding altar from the 15th century has four wings, on both sides of which the outer wing and the outer side of the inner wing were before the restorations in 1690 and 1852. In the center shrine the crucifixion scene made up of 13 carved figures, 12 figures each to the right and left, including saints and the apostles. The pulpit from the Renaissance period is decorated with painted coats of arms of the von Vieregge and von Weltzien families . On the south side of the nave on a gallery from 1690 is the Albertsdorf choir with family coat of arms and other mystical paintings.
The organ was built by Heinrich Rasche in 1852 and extensively restored in 2009. It is equipped with 12 registers, two manuals and pedals with mechanical sliding drawers. The organ pipes in the prospectus were melted down during the First World War and later replaced by zinc pipes. After a repair in 1977, an electrical wind system was installed, the organ rearranged and its sound brightened. During the restoration, the original condition was restored.
The pews come from the Christ Church in Rostock, which was blown up in 1971 .
Sources and individual references
- Friedrich Schlie : Art and historical monuments of Mecklenburg , 1899
- ↑ Ostseezeitung from June 14th, 2009: Bells should ring again in autumn
- ↑ Website of the Friends' Association
- ↑ Ostseezeitung from June 14th, 2009: Bells should ring again in autumn
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Coordinates: 54 ° 6 ′ 50.4 ″ N , 12 ° 12 ′ 12.4 ″ E