Carzig village church

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Carzig village church

The Protestant village church of Carzig was a neo-Gothic hall church in Carzig , a district of the municipality Fichtenhöhe in the district of Märkisch-Oderland in the state of Brandenburg . The church belongs to the parish of Oderland-Spree of the Evangelical Church Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Oberlausitz . The building is after damage in World War II, a ruin .

location

The Carziger Straße branches off as a central connection axis from the federal highway 167 running in north-south direction to the east. It leads in an easterly direction into the place. There the structure is south of the street on a plot of land that is not fenced in .

history

The existence of a church in Carzig is recorded as early as 1394. Previously a parish church , the place has now been downgraded to the branch church of Niederjesar . In 1405 the jurisdiction changed again and Carzig became the mother church. In the period from 1600 to 1953 the place was a branch church of Podelzig and has belonged to Mallnow since then . A new building in neo-Gothic forms on the foundation of a previous building was built in the middle of the 19th century at the behest of the church patron Eugen von Burgsdorff . In 1842, the official gazette of the government of Frankfurt ad Oder informed about a planned expansion of the building and invited "qualified master craftsmen" to do so. The church furnishings included a late Gothic winged altar that showed Maria , Barbara of Nicomedia , Catherine of Alexandria and four other figures of saints. There was also a pulpit , which was created in the style of the Renaissance . However, this equipment was lost in World War II.

In the course of the battle for the Seelower Heights , the church in Carzig was blown up on March 10, 1945. The place was already evacuated at that time. Ines Rath from the Märkische Oderzeitung suspects that it could have been German soldiers. She points out, however, that there were no eyewitnesses , but that the same day it was blown up in Mallnow (another source gives the date “around March 20, 1945). During the demolition, the church tower fell onto the nave and destroyed the eastern gable and the walls of the nave up to the level of the eaves . In agreement with the local mayor, SMAD allowed the population to remove bricks from the ruins for private house construction. The church took henceforth the village school for the service ; the ruin remained unsecured. In May 1957 she received the damaged bell back. Craftsmen then straightened the church tower, repaired it and built a new belfry. It was hung there in December 1958 and put into operation on Christmas Eve 1958. In 1960 craftsmen replaced the tower roof, which had been provisionally covered with a tarpaulin, with a truss and covered it again.

In late 1964 the Carziger built a small community room in the ruins of the nave and partied there until after the turn of every two weeks to worship . In 2002 the church tower was re-covered and in 2003 it was given a new tip. In 2004 a support association was founded which has been committed to the building since then and organizing numerous cultural events related to the building. In 2006, craftsmen built a large window front in the east wall. There was also an electrical connection, heating and a new floor. In the following years the church developed into the cultural center of the place.

Building description

View from the northwest

The structure was essentially built from reddish brick . After the considerable damage, only the surrounding walls of the nave, its northeast corner pillar and the greatly shortened tower have been preserved. It has a square floor plan and is strongly indented opposite the ship. There are no more openings on the ground floor . On the floor above there is a pointed arch- shaped sound arcade to the west . The tower ends with a pyramid roof with a tower ball and cross. To the west of the tower is a provisional emergency church, which is used by the parish for worship.

Furnishing

Of the church furnishings, only a fifth made of sandstone has been preserved. The work from 1887 bears the inscription "Dedicated to the Church of Carzig by H. Schmidt in July 1887". This includes a matching brass baptismal bowl. Also preserved, albeit badly damaged, is an oil painting showing Jesus Christ with the cross. It came back to the parish a few years ago. The rest of the furnishings are modern and consist of a wooden cross, a wooden altar table with chairs and a harmonium . In the tower, next to a cast iron plaque, hangs a portrait showing Eugen von Burgsdorff.

literature

  • Förderkreis Alte Kirchen Berlin-Brandenburg eV (Ed.): 15 years "Initiative Dorfkirche Carzig" (MOL) , info letter 06/19 - June 1, 2019, p. 9

Web links

Commons : Dorfkirche (Carzig)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Carzig Church, Carzig website, accessed on July 1, 2019.
  2. ↑ Once a year church service and cultural framework (Carzig) , article by Ines Rath, published on March 20, 2019 in the Märkische Oderzeitung , website of the Förderkreis Alte Kirchen Berlin-Brandenburg, accessed on July 1, 2019.
  3. ^ Official Journal of the Government of Frankfurt ad Oder: 1842 . Government Official Gazette, 1842, pp. 2–.
  4. ↑ The church ruins , website of the Mallnow community, accessed on July 1, 2019.
  5. ^ Ingo Mikat: [1] Carziger Church is a cultural center . In: Märkische Oderzeitung , June 18, 2019, accessed on July 1, 2019.

Coordinates: 52 ° 27 '35.1 "  N , 14 ° 27' 33.3"  E