Bornsdorf village church
The evangelical village church Bornsdorf is a late Gothic hall church from the 15th century in Bornsdorf , a district of the municipality Heideblick in the district of Dahme-Spreewald in the state of Brandenburg . The church belongs to the parish of Lower Lausitz the Evangelical Church Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Oberlausitz .
location
The Straße der Einheit leads from the northwest in a southeast direction through the village. At the historic center of the village, the church is west of the street on a plot of land that is not fenced in . The postal address is Luckauer Chaussee 2a.
history
The Brandenburg State Office for the Preservation of Monuments and the State Archaeological Museum (BLDAM) and the Dehio Handbook only roughly set the construction period to the 15th century. By 1700, the extended church the choir and had the "baroque" window zoom. In 1750 a patronage box with a crypt was added on the north and south sides . The latter was extensively restored in 1836. In the same year artisans also put a roof turret from truss to the church tower . During the time of the GDR , the building increasingly fell into disrepair and had to be closed by the church building authority in March 1993. The south box threatened to collapse; the roof structure was infested with the sponge. Experts suspect that the nearby open-cast lignite mine caused the groundwater to sink. The components were repaired with the support of LAUBAG . The box and ridge were repaired again in 1997 and 1998. From 2006 to 2008 the parish renovated the interior and the church furnishings . In the 21st century, the northern patron s box serves as a morgue, the southern one as a community room.
Building description
The sacred building was built mainly from mixed masonry consisting of reddish bricks into which unhewn and non-layered field stones were incorporated. The southern patron s lodge is plastered , there are flat plaster residues on the rest of the building.
The choir is polygonal and slightly indented. The apex window is raised and segmented arched. Its reveal was plastered earlier, and the keystone was also made of plaster . On the other two sides is a high and narrow ox-eye . On the east wall of the choir, the remains of two narrow arched windows can be seen. It is possible that there was a third, middle window at the time of construction, which was remodeled in baroque style. At the transition to the hipped roof, which is covered with beaver tail, there is a surrounding haunch . The northern extension is lightly plastered and has a rectangular floor plan. It can be entered through a rectangular gate from the east via a stone staircase. Above the door is a coat of arms. There are two raised windows on the south side and one on the west side. The northern extension is not plastered. On the west side there is a large portal, on the right above it is a blocked opening. There are two windows on the north side and two on the east side, the reveal and keystones of which are plastered.
The nave has a rectangular floor plan. A clogged portal can be seen on the north side in the direction of the choir. Above it is a large, segment-arched window. Another window is towards the west tower, including a smaller opening. The south side has a similar structure, the gate here is still open. The nave has a simple gable roof
The west tower takes up the full width of the nave. It can be entered from the west through an arched gate. Above it are two ox eyes arranged in pairs, above in the gable a central one. The tower was built from Gefach on the north and south side and brick on the west side. The gable is boarded up. The gable roof ends with a tower ball and weather vane .
Furnishing
The BDLAM rates the church furnishings as "exceptionally rich and lavishly baroque". This includes in particular the altarpiece , which was made of sandstone in the second half of the 17th century . It is decorated with rich scrollwork and was renovated by Caspar Sigismund von Langen in 1730. Possibly he added the upper cheeks in the process. The retable is two-story and is flanked by two double columns. In the predella the Lord's Supper is shown; to the side the preaching of the Lord and the birth of Jesus are depicted. The altar panel shows the crucifixion of Christ and at an earlier time consisted of a crucifix , which is missing. Above it, the burial is depicted in a classic sequence , flanked by the Mount of Olives and Christ carrying the cross . The essay closes with a cartouche in which the Last Judgment is depicted, accompanied by two figures depicting Caritas and Fides. The essay is crowned with a symbol for the Trinity and a baroque ray glory.
The pulpit dates from the beginning of the 18th century and was restored in 2008. It is decorated with acanthus and the evangelists are in the parapet . Scenes from Protojesaja and from the books Jeremiah , Ezekiel and Daniel are depicted at the entrance . The pulpit also has a confessional on which the prophet Nathan and the parable of the prodigal son can be seen. The rear wall of the pulpit shows Salvator mundi , above it a sound cover with an alliance coat of arms. He is crowned by a pelican ; including the dove of the Holy Spirit . In front of the altar are two life-size sandstone sculptures kneeling in prayer. One is wearing the costume of the 17th century and could represent a Mr. von Wolfersdorff and his wife. Presumably the couple, which could represent donor figures, was set up in the 1930s. According to the Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, this could be due to the fact that they were originally created for a grave monument. Only at a later point in time could they have been added to the altar. Behind the altar hangs a painting showing Caspar Sigismund von Langen and his wife Anna Eleonora - probably a gift from the donors. Another painting from the mid-18th century shows a pastor. A death crown , which was restored in 2008, commemorates the daughter of Pastor Oelsel, who died in 1744.
The font was also made of sandstone in 1730 and has the shape of a chalice. The Dehio manual suggests that it came from the same workshop that made the altarpiece. The octagonal basin is decorated with inscription cartouches and coats of arms and stands on a round base, which is decorated with fruit pendants and putti . In 2008 this piece was also restored. The pews in front of the southern patron s box come from the middle of the 17th century. Around 1730 apostles arranged in pairs were painted on the parapet fields.
On the north and south walls in the nave is a short, two-storey gallery . It is complemented by a wider west gallery that swings into the nave. There is an organ there . The parapets are decorated with sayings and angels making music. The inside of the structure is flat covered.
In front of the choir there is a memorial to the east that commemorates those who died in the First World War . To the southwest hangs a peal of two bells in a free-standing belfry.
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 publishing house Berlin: Brandenburgische Dorfkirchen , VEB Verlagsdruckerei Typodruck Schaubek, Leipzig, 3rd edition 1978
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dorfkirche von Bornsdorf website of the support group Alte Kirchen Berlin-Brandenburg, accessed on April 1, 2018.
- ^ With Russian glue to a new shine , website of the Langengrassau parish office, accessed on April 11, 2018.
Coordinates: 51 ° 46 ′ 22 ″ N , 13 ° 41 ′ 40 ″ E