Demern village church

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Church in Demern (2009)

The village church Demern is a brick Gothic church building in the district Demern of the municipality of Königsfeld in the district of Northwest Mecklenburg . The church belongs to the parish Carlow in the Propstei Wismar in the Mecklenburg parish of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany .

history

In Ratzeburger Zehntregister Demern 1320 more than the parish described belonging Carlow town, so have not had their own parish church. In 1335, however, the community already contributed the tax of a parish village to the diocese of Ratzeburg , and in 1397 Schaddingsdorf was designated as belonging to the parish of Demern. Demern belonged to the Ratzeburg bishopric and the resulting principality of Ratzeburg ; the church patronage was held by the bishop and cathedral chapter of Ratzeburg and, as their legal successors, the (grand) dukes of Mecklenburg-Strelitz . After the Reformation, the first visitation took place in 1581 under the direction of the Lübeck superintendent Andreas Pouchenius . Thereby writings by Niels Hemmingsen were found, the use of which was forbidden because of his proximity to the Calvinists ; church attendance is negligent and singing is poor . During another visit in 1599, the church was found to be in disrepair, which in 1611 led to a thorough renovation. Church and village suffered greatly from the consequences of the Thirty Years' War . The church lost its bells and the silver sacrificial implements ; the village was at times completely deserted and the pastor's post was vacant for a long time.

In the 19th century, Gottlieb Matthias Carl Masch, known as a Mecklenburg regional historian, was pastor of the church from 1838 to 1878. His predecessor Wilhelm Rudolphi was pastor in Demern from 1820 to 1837 and wrote two Latin textbooks for primary school students. Rudolphi and Masch were buried in the churchyard.

Since 1985 the church has been gradually repaired inside and out and extensively restored. In addition to support from foundations, a development association founded in 1996 and many donors, LEADER funds are also used.

Building description

The oldest component is an early Gothic, formerly vaulted choir to which a Gerwekammer ( sacristy ) is attached. The choir square measures 7.10 × 7.70 m with a wall thickness of 90 cm. The choir with its simple gable is supported by buttresses at both east corners. This is followed by the late Gothic nave with a beamed ceiling of the same width, so that a uniform interior results. The ship has a length of 10.20 m and a width of 8.40 m with a wall thickness of 60 cm. The interior height is 5.50 m. There is no other common field stone base. According to tradition, Bishop Johannes von Parkentin is said to have built it in 1480 with stones from the robber baron's castle on Lake Röggeliner, which he conquered and destroyed . To the west is a sloping, timber-clad lattice tower with a protruding, hipped crown roof, which was restored in 2008.

Around 1611, the Ratzeburg cathedral dean Hartwich von Bülow had the church renovated and rebuilt in the Renaissance style. The arch and the vault in the choir disappeared. The ship was given wide, rectangular windows and uniform seating on the inside. The outer walls of the north and east sides were plastered and the east gable and the exterior of the Gerwekammer received their shape that has been preserved to this day. His legacy of 1641 also made it possible to restore the church after the ravages of the Thirty Years War.

In 1862 all items of equipment were given a coordinated color scheme in shades of gray with blue accents. In 1938 the last extensive, but also costly, renovation took place. The east gallery was demolished and the organ moved to the west gallery. The wooden barrier in front of the altar was removed. The church of Demern is also characterized by the fact that it has not undergone any radical neo-Gothic renovation. The wall paintings from the Renaissance period are striking. One of 12 figures of the apostles, cartouches, flowers, tendrils and the frames of the windows in red and ocher tones are preserved from the painting, which was probably also made in 1611.

Furnishing

The church hosts two baptisms. The oldest piece of equipment is a simple Tauffünte of granite in Romanesque chalice shape with four heads in the foot, which is dated to the 13th century. She came to Demern in 1938 from the Carlow Church . In 1699 the church received a baptismal stand made of wood in late Renaissance shapes, which was shortened by 20 cm in 1938. The simple brass baptismal bowl was donated to its inscription after 1652. Above the baptism hangs a Madonna chandelier designed by B. Radsack in 2004, which is based on the one in the St. Johanniskirche in Lüneburg. The Madonna, carved around 1480 and restored by K. Geipel in 2004, is carried on six candlestick arms.

On an oak beam embedded in the south wall there is a crucifixion group from the end of the 15th century, which probably adorned the choir arch until the renovation in the 17th century. It was parked on the church floor in the 20th century and was restored from 2002 to 2004 with the help of the Church Foundation in the village of the couple Irmtraud and Gotthilf Hempel .

The stalls were renewed in 1862. The last two rear benches date from 1611. On their bench cheeks are the coat of arms and name of the Ratzeburg cathedral dean H. Hartwich von Bülow with the year 1611 and the motto M (a) T (mourn) H (at) U (rsach) . A special feature of cultural history is the pillory on the north wall.

Altar shrine

The altar- reredos is a Gothic triptych that is dated to around 1400. The work probably comes from the Middle Rhine area. Under tracery arches, the middle section shows a crucifixion group with Mary and John , as well as six figures of saints on the sides and in the wings: Peter and Paul in the middle section and two female saints each, including Catherine (symbol wheel and sword) and Barbara (chalice and rose) in the right and Dorothea (flower wreath, palm branch and flower basket) and Elisabeth (church model) in the left wing. The lower end strip is provided with a tracery filling, which is decorated with cast metal ornaments and incorporated red and blue pieces of glass. The altar has been restored several times and was completely repainted in 1841. Dismantled in 1988 because of the high risk posed by M. Runge, the altar was restored with the help of the German Foundation for Monument Protection , a support association founded in 1996 and numerous donations by K. and W. Geipel.

pulpit

The inscription on the pulpit, which was erected in 1715, reads: In the year 1715, November 20, this Cantzel was raised in honor of God through gentle gifts from good-natured Christians. In 1938 the pulpit was dismantled, the pulpit body reduced and the pulpit door removed. In 2001/2002 the sayings and verses were uncovered by P. Woitkowiak and restored in the baroque color version.

A no longer functional hourglass hangs near the pulpit . It used to show the preacher's speaking time as a measure of time.

organ

A first organ was installed in November 1841. It was the former organ of the Great City School Wismar . It has been redesigned, given a new case and placed on the gallery above the altar. In 1884 the church acquired a new one-manual organ from the organ builder Friedrich Albert Mehmel with seven registers . An inscription in the organ reads: “This organ was built in 1884 by the Mecklenburg Strelitz court organ builder FA Mehmel in Stralsund and Wismar.” The organ front was sawed off in the upper area in 1938 when moving from the east to the west gable. In 2003 the organ building workshop Alexander Schuke Potsdam Orgelbau carried out the last restoration and re-inauguration.

The Kegelladen instrument has 6 stops on a manual (C – f 3 ): drone 16 ′, principal 8 ′, hollow flute 8 ′, cantus firmus 8 ′, octave 4 ′, octave 2 ′). The drone 16 'can be played as a sub-bass 16' in the pedal (transmission). The actions are mechanical.

Bell jar

The Demern church originally had two bells. The bronze bell of the church was cast in 1827 by the last Lübeck council caster Friedrich Wilhelm Hirt . It is adorned with an inscription and a circular lace pattern and has a diameter of 103 cm and a height of 90 cm. It replaced a bell cast by Lorenz Strahlborn in 1712 , which cracked in 1813 and was in turn cast around a bell from 1698.

A second bell was cast by Ohlsson in Lübeck in 1905 to replace a cracked bell made by Albert Benningk in 1681. It was melted down for armaments purposes in World War I.

local community

The villages of Röggelin (now part of Dechow ), Groß Rünz, Klein Rünz, Schaddingsdorf and Mecklenburg-Schwerin's Woitendorf (now all parts of Königsfeld) were parished to Demern. Today Demern belongs to the parish Carlow , Propstei Gadebusch, parish Wismar of the Evangelical Lutheran State Church Mecklenburg .

literature

Web links

Commons : Dorfkirche Demern  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ More recently (again?) And St. Peter's Church called
  2. ↑ Membership of the community
  3. ↑ Ratzeburg church and fiefdom tax, MUB 5613
  4. ↑ Masch (lit.), p. 528
  5. ↑ Masch (lit.), p. 580
  6. ↑ Outside area church Demern ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Project 2010; Church festival on Sunday in Demern ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 1.1 MB), press article from August 31, 2011, accessed on March 3, 2012  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.leader-schaalsee.de @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.leader-schaalsee.de
  7. ^ Peter von Kobbe : History and description of the country of the Duchy of Lauenburg , Volume 3, Harro V. Hirschheydt, 1837, p. 53
  8. ↑ Church tower soon without shell , press report from July 9, 2008, accessed on March 3, 2012, see also pictures of the timber construction company from the restoration
  9. ↑ Masch (lit.), p. 711
  10. ↑ Demern celebrates his church , accessed on March 3, 2012
  11. ↑ not Joseph, as Krüger (Lit.) writes on p. 280!
  12. ^ German Foundation for Monument Protection: Demern village church. Retrieved March 3, 2012 .
  13. ↑ To the purchase of the organ see Karl Heinz Molkenthin: Demerner Dorfgeschichten. 2002 ISBN 978-3-8311-4103-6 , pp. 35ff
  14. ↑ Schuke: Catalog raisonné
  15. ↑ More information about the organ
  16. ^ Theodor Hach : Lübeck bell customer. Lübeck: Max Schmidt 1913 (publications on the history of the Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck 2), p. 166f

Coordinates: 53 ° 44 ′ 30.1 ″  N , 10 ° 59 ′ 8.5 ″  E