Blankenfelde village church (Blankenfelde-Mahlow)
The evangelical village church Blankenfelde is a stone church from the second half of the 13th century in Blankenfelde , a district of the municipality Blankenfelde-Mahlow in the district of Teltow-Fläming in the state of Brandenburg . The church belongs to the parish of Zossen Fläming the Evangelical Church Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Oberlausitz .
location
The Potsdammer Damm leads towards the village from the northwest. As Zossener Damm, it continues to the east. At its transition, the Trebbiner Damm leads south. The church stands southeast of this intersection on an area which is enclosed by a wall made of unevenly hewn and not layered field stones .
history
In the second half of the 13th century, fieldstones were used to create the choir , which was given a rectangular floor plan. In the 14th century, craftsmen extended the sacred building to the west to include the nave . At an unknown point in time in the Baroque era , the parish had the windows enlarged and a plaster applied. In 1710 craftsmen built the west tower . In 1740 there was a first fire in which the church furnishings were largely destroyed. On the night of May 7th to 8th, 1978, a technical defect occurred that led to another fire. The structure was almost completely destroyed. Only the fifth , the pulpit and parts of the stalls could be saved. Construction work began shortly after the fire and was completed with another church consecration in 1981.
Building description
The choir is straight and slightly drawn in opposite the nave. It was built from field stones. These are carved in the lower area and layered in layers. On the eastern wall, lancet triple windows were originally installed. The middle window protruded into the gable . It is clogged and plastered in the upper area. The other two windows were enlarged in Baroque style and the reveal was also plastered. It is noticeable that the gable was also built from field stones, but these are neither carved nor layered. It is therefore conceivable that this area was boarded up at an earlier point in time; Remnants of a possible plaster cannot be seen. It is also conceivable that the building was originally provided or planned with a barrel vault. The northern wall was built from layers of hewn stone. Only at the transition to the nave is a window that has now been enlarged in Baroque style. Not only is the reveal plastered, but also the surface above, which extends to just below the eaves . On the south side is an extension with a rectangular floor plan. It can be entered from the south and east through a wooden gate. On the south and west side is a small, segment-arched window. Like the choir and nave, the extension has a gable roof .
Only little stone was used in the construction of the nave. On the south side is a window, the reveal of which merges into a plastered surface both upwards and to the west. It extends to the southern extension. There is only one window on the north side.
The west tower takes up the width of the nave. It was also built from field stones in the lower area and can be entered from the west through a small extension with a double-winged wooden door. Above it rises a square essay made of timber . On the three accessible sides there is a rectangular sound arcade in the middle . Above this is a pyramid roof with an octagonal tower spire , in which two small openings can be seen to the west and east. There is a tower clock to the north and south. The helmet ends with a tower ball and weather vane .
Furnishing
The originally rich church furnishings were largely destroyed in the fires. Some parts of the wooden pulpit have been preserved, as well as six richly carved armchairs. They probably come from the former manor house. An Epitaph sandstone reminiscent of the 1722 late George Frederick of the Lieppen and his two wives Dorothea Catharina von Saldern and Dorothea Charlotte of berries. Another marble epitaph commemorates Philippine Louise von Otterstedt, who died in 1793. An organ made by Alexander Schuke Potsdam Orgelbau stands on the gallery . The instrument has two manuals and replaces the previous instrument by Joachim Wagner
The inside of the structure is flat covered. A bell from the 14th century and two other bronze bells hang in the tower. Another bell stands northwest on the site and commemorates the fire in 1978.
literature
- Georg Dehio (edited by Gerhard Vinken et al.): Handbook of German Art Monuments - Brandenburg Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-422-03123-4 .
- Evangelical Church District Zossen-Fläming Synodal Committee for Public Relations (Ed.): Between Heaven and Earth - God's Houses in the Church District Zossen-Fläming , Laserline GmbH, Berlin, p. 180, 2019
Web links
- Entry in the monument database of the State of Brandenburg
- The Blankenfelde village church , website of the Blankenfelde parish, accessed on October 5, 2017.
Coordinates: 52 ° 19 ′ 52.6 " N , 13 ° 23 ′ 39.5" E