Village church Falkenhagen (Mark)
The evangelical village church Falkenhagen is a stone church from the first half of the 14th century in Falkenhagen , a municipality in the district of Märkisch-Oderland in the state of Brandenburg . It belongs to the parish Falkenhagen of the Evangelical Church District Oderland-Spree .
location
The structure is located a few meters southeast of the community center on Schulstrasse , which connects to August-Bebel-Strasse in a west-east direction . This is also the connecting road in north-south direction that runs through the village. To the north, Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse runs past the building. Access is from the south via Schulstrasse to the site, which is fenced in with a wall of field stones .
history
There are different views on the creation of the sacred building . The Dehio manual puts the construction in the first half of the 14th century. The community states on an information board in the village green that the building was built around 1350 on the foundation of a church from the 12th century. This would be supported by the fact that the first documentary mention of Falkenhagen comes from the year 1313 and the settlement at that time was comparatively large with 100 Hufen . Originally the building was a mighty basilica with a three-aisled nave and a retracted choir deviating from the axis . The wide front of the church tower emphasized the size of the building and can be derived from the founding of Falkenhagen as an oppidum . In the 15th or 16th century, the building was renovated and the upper tower floors were pulled in. In 1801 craftsmen tore down the cross-vaulted aisles, closed the openings in the arcades and built in smaller windows.
Building description
The choir was built from hewn and carefully layered field stones. It is rectangular, indented and ends straight. Two on the east wall lancet windows , with their jambs should come from field stone from the construction of the church. They are grouped around a significantly larger, also pointed arched window, whose double-stepped walls made of red brick were built into the facade in the late 15th century. Its tip protrudes into the plastered gable , which is decorated in the middle with a simple cross. Several repair work can be seen on the south wall of the choir. In its basic structure, this wall was also built from carefully layered field stones. The original structure can still be seen in the eastern area with another lancet window. To the west, these windows are blocked and partially covered by larger, lower-set windows. Especially in the area between the two enlarged windows, the wall was repaired with granite splinters and smaller bricks. A similar arrangement of the windows can be found on the north side. However, the enlarged windows have been framed with hewn stones much more carefully. In the direction of the nave there is a small, ogival gate, which was blocked in the 21st century. To the left of this gate, the remains of a soffit can be seen , which could have belonged to another gate. The choir has a simple gable roof with a bat dormer on its south side .
The nave was also built from layered field stones. In the area of the upper storey above the former side aisles, five ogival windows have been preserved on each side. The field stones in this area are layered and carefully hewn. Underneath, the considerable repair work that came from the demolition of the aisles can be seen. The five arcade arches are still clearly recognizable; two windows and a central gate were built into them on each side. Some places were also repaired with plaster. The nave has a simple gable roof.
The west tower on the lower floor still gives an idea of the original width of the aisles. This makes it appear comparatively powerful. Access is via a triple stepped, pointed arch portal from the west. Above the height of the eaves of the nave, it merges into a rectangular upper floor of the tower. Presumably two towers were planned, which were not realized. In the tower there is a narrow opening on each of the three accessible sides, above each two coupled, pointed arch- shaped sound arcades from the 15th century, which were later combined with a tower clock mounted above in the middle. Repair work made of reddish brick can be seen here. The same applies to the west side of the upper floor of the tower, in which two of the coupled arcades with a circular opening above were built. To the east, two coupled acoustic arcades were built around the gable roof. The pyramid roof ends with a tower ball and weather vane .
Furnishing
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The furnishings include the remains of a pulpit from the beginning of the 18th century. The polygonal pulpit stands on a rotated pedestal. The fifth was made of wood in the first half of the 17th century. The eight-sided, polygonal basin stands on a broad foot, which is decorated with volutes . The western gallery with an organ dates from 1801. A medieval wall painting was uncovered on the south wall of the choir. Next to it is an epitaph that commemorates Alexander von Barfuß , who died in 1574 . It shows the deceased kneeling before a crucifix . On the north wall of the choir is another epitaph, which reminds of Ernst Levin von Burgsdorff (died 1604). The depiction shows the deceased in armor with a sword and helmet. The nave and the choir are flat-roofed on the inside and separated from each other by a pressed, pointed arched triumphal arch .
To the east of the choir there are two memorials in the cemetery for those who died in the Second World War. A total of four epitaphs are set up south of the nave, the inscriptions of which are barely legible in the 21st century.
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 .
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Coordinates: 52 ° 25 ′ 38.1 ″ N , 14 ° 19 ′ 1.2 ″ E