Frankenfelde village church (Luckenwalde)
The Evangelical village church Frankenfelde is a stone church from the second half of the 13th century in Frankenfelde , a district of the town of Luckenwalde in the district of Teltow-Fläming in the state of Brandenburg . The church belongs to the parish of Zossen Fläming the Evangelical Church Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Oberlausitz .
location
The Frankenfelder Chaussee leads from the south-east in a north-westerly direction into the place. There it meets the Dorfstrasse , which, coming from the southwest, extends in a northeastern direction along the historic village green. The church stands northwest of this intersection on a piece of land that is enclosed by a wall made of uncut and not layered field stones .
history
The building was built in the second half of the 13th century. A local chronicle of the community suspects that the construction was carried out with the support of the Cistercians from the Zinna monastery . The comparatively clean execution would speak for this. A church leader also assumes that the church was "likely" built under the guidance of the monks. The windows were enlarged “ baroque ” on a date that is not exactly known . The upper storey of the tower was built in the 15th century and was in the 18th century, a hipped roof with a ridge turret from truss . The structure was badly damaged in the Thirty Years' War ; the pastor killed. In 1824 the parish bought an organ . In 1889 and 1968 the parish had the building restored. In the last work carried out, the high altar was removed and replaced by a simple altar made of field stone . The gallery was also made smaller; the organ received an electrically operated air supply. On May 23, 1987, thieves stole a pair of candlesticks and a crucifix ; however, the theft was cleared up and the stolen items were returned to the parish. In 1993 the parish began to renovate the church tower , which continued in 2002 and ended in 2003. In 2007, craftsmen clad the buttresses on the east side, which had been damaged by penetrating moisture. The renovation of the interior began in 2010 and was concluded with a solemn service on November 28, 2010.
Building description
The structure was essentially made of field stones that were hewn and lightly layered. The choir is straight and has not moved in. On the east wall there are two pressed, segment-arched windows, the bezels of which are emphasized by plaster . The gable above is also plastered. There are two smaller windows there. Three buttresses clad with beaver tail stabilize this part of the structure.
The nave has a rectangular floor plan. There are four segment-arched windows on the north side of the long wall. In the far west, below the openings, there is another window that lets light into the gallery area. There are also four windows of the same type on the south wall. Between the first and second yoke there is a priest's gate , between the third and fourth yoke there is a community gate, both of which are likely to date from the construction period.
The transverse rectangular church tower adjoins the nave. It takes up the full width of the ship and can be entered through a gate from the west. Otherwise it has no windows. Above the eaves height of the nave, the stones were far less hewn and no longer layered. On the bell floor there are two each on the east and west side and one sound arcade on the north and south sides . Here only the corner stones are still carved; otherwise mixed masonry was used. Above it is a hipped roof and a roof turret made of timber framing, which ends with a hood and a weather vane.
Furnishing
Of the original pulpit altar , only the polygonal pulpit from around 1700 has been preserved. The altar panel shows Jesus Christ . On the east wall there is a Gothic sacrament niche behind a door from the construction period.
On the gallery, which has now been shortened, there is an organ with a classicist prospect , which Johann Friedrich Turley created as his first work in 1824. The church also includes a pair of brass candlesticks, which were made at the beginning of the 16th century. There are three bells hanging in the tower.
To the northeast of the building and there outside the enclosure, a memorial commemorates those who died in the world wars.
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 .
- 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
- Entry in the monument database of the State of Brandenburg
- Historical description of the church , website Unser Frankenfelde, accessed on December 31, 2019.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Frankenfelde , website of the city of Luckenwalde, accessed on December 31, 2019.
Coordinates: 52 ° 6 ′ 30.2 ″ N , 13 ° 6 ′ 25 ″ E