Buckow village church (Berlin)
The Buckow village church is a medieval stone church from the end of the 13th century, which has been preserved almost unchanged to this day , probably built between 1290 and 1304 ( dendrodatum from the wooden locking beam at the west portal). It stands near the village pond in the historic core of the Angerdorf Alt-Buckow in the Buckow district of Berlin's Neukölln district .
Building history
The rectangular west tower connects to a rectangular hall building in the same width . The masonry consists of Brandenburg field stones , but is less carefully squared than z. B. at the village church Marienfelde . An original west portal and old window openings with early Gothic arches can still be seen. The elaborate late Gothic south portal and the group of three windows on the east gable (originally a group of four) date from the 15th century. Later modifications related to, for example, made in the 16th century by three pillars dividing the originally flachgedecktem nave in two with cross vaults cased ships. Another decisive change was the Baroque enlargement of the window openings, which were originally only designed as narrow slits, and the partial plastering of the walls. Nothing is left of the plastered and richly decorated east wall shown by Wohler in 1834.
In 1375 the village had a jug (taberna) and a windmill, which suggests a certain prosperity of the village. This is confirmed by the west building of the village church, because village churches with a ship-wide west tower are among the highest cost group in village church building .
The still recognizable device for locking the church door from the inside with a locking beam indicates the refuge character of the older stone churches. The cemetery wall made of field stones was built according to a decree of King Friedrich Wilhelm I from 1719.
During renovation work in the 20th century, remnants of the medieval late-Gothic painting came to light, which can still be seen today in very pale fragments in the cross-ribbed vault of the church. A communion scene can be seen most clearly in the front part of the church.
During the reconstruction of the building, which was partially destroyed by a bomb attack by an air mine on September 2, 1943, the original state of construction was restored as far as possible and sensible, especially the main entrance through the tower with the opening of the tower to the church.
organ
Today's organ had many predecessors. An organ was mentioned as early as 1842. It was replaced in 1872 by a new building by the Dinse brothers , this in turn by one by W. Sauer . It was destroyed in World War II. In 1958 a new building was built by E. F. Walcker & Cie. which was replaced again at the end of the 1990s.
Today's instrument was in 1998 as Opus 604 Potsdamer company Orgelbau Alexander Schuke built. The abrasive loading -instrument with mechanical play and key action has 17 registers , on two manuals and pedals are distributed.
The disposition of the Schuke organ is as follows:
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- Coupling : 3 normal coupling
- Playing aids : Zimbelstern
Bells
The ringing consists of four bells. The oldest and smallest is undated, but is attributed to the 13th century due to its special shape. It is considered to be the oldest bell in Berlin. It may only be rung by hand and rope and is used as the Our Father bell . The second oldest, the big bell , bears the date “6. May 1322 ". These bells were drawn in during World War II and should be melted down. She was discovered in 1948 still intact in the Hamburg bell assembly camp and brought back with the airlift during the Berlin blockade "to give people courage". The last ones from 1954 and 1979 replace the bells lost in the two world wars. All bells are made of bronze .
| Pouring year | Caster | Chime | Weight (kg) | Diameter (cm) | Height (cm) | Crown (cm) | inscription |
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| 13th century | unknown | f ′ ′ | 98 | 58 | 53 | no | no |
| 1322 | unknown | G' | 680 | 103 | 82 | 18/19 | ANNO DOMINI M CCC XX II IN THE JOHANNIS ANTE PORTAM LATINAM ERAT CAMPANA ISTA CONSUMATA IN NOMINE DOMINI AMEN. |
| 1954 | Bell and art foundry Rincker | b ′ | 450 | 91 | 70 | 17th | I CALL TO YOU, LORD JESUS CHRIST. |
| 1979 | Petit & Gebr. Edelbrock | H' | 310 | 81 | 65 | 14th | EVANGELIC CHURCH COMMUNITY BERLIN-ALT-BUCKOW 1979. |
Literature (chronological)
- Kurt Pomplun : Berlin's old village churches . Verlag Bruno Hessling, Berlin 1962, p. 34 ff.
- Günther Kühne / Elisabeth Stephani: Evangelical Churches in Berlin ; CZV-Verlag: Berlin 1978, 2nd edition 1986; ISBN 3-7674-0158-4 ; P. 86 f.
- Matthias Hoffmann-Tauschwitz: Old Churches in Berlin. 33 visits to the oldest churches in the western part of the city ; Wichern-Verlag Berlin 1986, 2nd revised. 1991 edition; ISBN 3-88981-048-9 ; Pp. 55-62.
- Renate and Ernst Oskar Petras (ed.): Old Berlin village churches - The drawings by Heinrich Wohlers . Evangelische Verlagsanstalt Berlin, Berlin 1988, p. 18, ISBN 3-374-00543-8 .
- Markus Cante: Churches until 1618 , in: Berlin and its buildings, Part VI: Sacred buildings. Ed .: Architects and Engineers Association of Berlin , Berlin 1997, p. 341.
- Klaus-Dieter Wille: The bells of Berlin (West) - history and inventory. Berlin 1987.
Web links
- Entry in the Berlin State Monument List
- Church on neukoelln-online
- List of monuments Neukölln
- Website of the Evangelical Church Community
Individual evidence
- ↑ In the case of a four-part apse church with a western building, the tower alone accounts for 45 percent of the field stone blocks, i.e. a western building almost doubles the construction costs.
- ^ Village church on Neukölln Online
- ↑ a b Information on the organs, organindex.de, accessed on January 9, 2018.
- ↑ The oldest bell in town. In: Berliner Morgenpost from October 30, 2008 online (Access: December 2014)
Coordinates: 52 ° 25 ′ 19 ″ N , 13 ° 25 ′ 51 ″ E