Friedersdorf village church (Vierlinden)
The village church of Friedersdorf (Märkisch-Oderland district) is a baroque over-molded field stone church from the 13th century.
history
After it was destroyed in the Thirty Years War , Joachim Ernst von Görzke acquired the church in 1653 and had it repaired. His daughter Elisabeth married into the von der Marwitz family in 1682 . As a dowry , the building came into the possession of the von der Marwitz family. In 1702 Hans Georg von der Marwitz gave the church its current baroque appearance. Only the cove ceiling , the pulpit and the altarpiece remain as evidence from the Renaissance period . The organ and the baroque wood carvings go to Sybille Elisabeth geb. from Osterhausenback, the second wife of Hans Georg. She completed the work after his death. The church was restored in 1854 and 1935. At the end of the Second World War , the structure received a shell hit during the fighting for the Seelow Heights and was badly damaged; two years later the choir had to be separated from the nave by a wall. In 1959 the church was closed due to dilapidation. In 1984 the congregation covered the roof of the nave and saved the building from deterioration.
After the fall of the Wall , the von der Marwitz family moved back to the parish in 1989. In the years to come, the building was gradually renovated. In 1991, mounted the spire on the church; In 1992 the bells were installed. The first service could be celebrated one year later. In 1994 extensive cleaning work was carried out. In 1995 the pulpit could be restored. The patronage box was reconstructed a year later. In 1997 the galleries were repaired and in 1998 new pews were installed. An organ was inaugurated in 1999, the altar in 2002. The numerous epitaphs were restored in 2004; In 2005 a chandelier and in 2007 the pulpit cover was installed.
The church can be visited by arrangement.
Furnishing
The close relationship with the von der Marwitz family becomes clear through the numerous epitaphs. Friedrich August Ludwig von der Marwitz had several grave monuments provided with short, concise inscriptions, thus establishing a tradition. These inscriptions inspired Fontane , who wrote about the castle and family on his hikes . The best known is the memorial stone that reminds of Johann Friedrich Adolf von der Marwitz . He refused the order of Frederick the Great to plunder the Hubertusburg Palace as unworthy of a Prussian officer and left the royal army. The epitaph describes this in the succinct words: "... saw Friedrich's heroic days and fought with him in all his wars, chose disgrace where obedience did not bring honor." The last half-sentence became the secret slogan for the resistance against National Socialism .
Fontane calls the church the "Sans pareil among the Brandenburg churches". Its baroque furnishings, the Marwitz tombs, pulpit, altar, manorial chair, galleries and organ prospect make the Frederician village church “a small pantheon from the Brandenburg region” ( Udo von Alvensleben ).
Epitaph of Hans Georg von der Marwitz
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Udo von Alvensleben (art historian) , visits before the downfall, aristocratic seats between Altmark and Masuria , compiled from diary entries and edited by Harald von Koenigswald, Frankfurt / M.-Berlin 1968, pp. 90–93
Coordinates: 52 ° 30 ′ 34.3 " N , 14 ° 23 ′ 45.8" E