Dahlewitz village church
The Protestant village church Dahlewitz is a field stone church in Dahlewitz , a district of the municipality Blankenfelde-Mahlow in the district of Teltow-Fläming in Brandenburg .
history
The exact date of construction of the sacred building is not known. While the Dehio manual only specifies the late 13th century, Theo Engeser and Konstanze Stehr point out in their investigations that the building must have already been erected at this time. Around 1305 a church appears in a document and they suspect that it could not have been a previous building. The nave , on the other hand, was probably not built until the end of the 13th century, the west tower in the 15th century. It is possible that the builders proceeded in two stages, as large-format bricks were used in the upper area . In a church guide, the parish gives the second half of the 13th century as the construction date, but also points out that the west tower was built at a later time. In the second half of the 17th century, a crypt was added to the south side of the nave with a Baroque patron's box above . During this time, the previously pointed arched openings were almost completely removed and replaced by baroque shapes. In 1861, the renovated church the interior and exchanged while the altar , the pews , the pulpit and the Fuente from. In addition to this work in the nave, the parish continued to fill the crypt. In 1880 the tower received a clock. In 1895, the tower's stud frame had to be repaired. In 1933 the bells received an electric drive. During the Second World War , the structure was badly damaged in air raids in 1943 and 1944 and the roof was destroyed. In 1948, the reconstruction was largely completed. In 1964 the congregation redesigned the sanctuary; In 1975 the east side received new stained glass windows created by the Blankenfeld artist KAGO Gottwald . In 1982 the building was placed under monument protection. There has been an electric bench heater in the building since 1988. In 1995 sanitary facilities were installed in the sacristy . In 1998 the cemetery wall was repaired.
architecture
The sacred building was essentially built from comparatively large-format field stones . The lower layers are very carefully carved and layered , especially on the north and south walls of the nave, but also on the lower floor of the tower. The lines run in the upper area, but this is mainly due to the baroque renovation. On the south wall of the church are two large, segment-arched windows. Both show repair work with reddish bricks, which are comparatively large in the western window on the left. The right wall of the east window is built with field stones. Between the openings is an ogival arch-shaped portal that has been added and stepped once. It is bordered with reddish bricks. Above this, a significantly smaller, ogival arch-shaped and also clogged opening can be seen that was closed with flat bricks. It is conceivable that all three windows in the nave originally had this shape and position. Below the eaves there is a continuous layer of reddish bricks. The patron s lodge was built from field stones and masonry. A clogged, segment-arch-shaped opening can be seen in the eastern area. The choir wall was also made of evenly hewn and layered field stones. There are two large, segment-arched windows. The remains of a third, significantly narrower, ogival window can be seen in the middle - there was probably a group of three windows in the choir at an earlier time . The gable is built from uncut and unlayered, much smaller stones. In the middle is a small round window, above it a cross-shaped opening. It is therefore conceivable that there was a barrel vault in the area of the choir . In the north side of the nave are three segment-arched windows. Their walls are made of bricks that are plastered .
On the ground floor of the transversely positioned tower there are two narrow, ogival windows on the north and south sides, which probably date from the original construction period of the church. Access is via a stepped west portal. The layer runs in the upper tower floors and is partially completely dissolved. On the west side of the bell storey there are two closely arranged, arch-shaped sound arcades . Their shape is recorded in two openings each on the north and south side and in three openings on the east side.
Engeser and Stehr give a total length of 26.40 meters with a width of 9.80 meters. The nave has a gable roof , the tower a transverse hipped roof .
Furnishing
Inside there is equipment from the time of the renovation in 1861. The date of purchase of the original organ is not known. It was rebuilt in 1874, but finally replaced in 1876. Another renovation took place in 1913. In the First World War, the church had 47 organ pipes made of tin post and a bell. They were replaced in 1926. Three years later, an organ builder added an electric drive. The church and organ were damaged in the Second World War . A new organ could only be inaugurated in 1997. It is a gift from the parish of Berlin - Tegel-Ort . Three children's tombstones on the inner south wall of the church commemorate the sons of the landowner Baldasar von Otterstedt from the years 1595, 1597 and 1602. The interior of the building has a flat roof.
literature
- Georg Dehio (arr. Gerhard Vinken et al.): Handbook of German Art Monuments - Brandenburg. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-422-03123-4 .
- Dahlewitz , medieval village churches in Teltow (Brandenburg) by Theo Engeser and Konstanze Stehr, accessed on July 16, 2016.
- The village church , website of the historical village Dahlewitz eV, accessed on July 16, 2016.
- 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
Individual evidence
- ↑ Die Dorfkirche , website of the Historical Village Dahlewitz Association, accessed on September 5, 2016.
- ^ Cemetery and cemetery chapel , website of the Historical Village Dahlewitz Association, accessed on September 5, 2016.
Coordinates: 52 ° 19 ′ 15.6 ″ N , 13 ° 26 ′ 27.6 ″ E