Güsen village church
The Güsen village church is the evangelical church in Güsen (Saxony-Anhalt).
history
The Evangelical Church of Güsen, built between 1680 and 1700, stands at the northern end of the main street, Breiter Weg. It replaced a stone church from the Middle Ages, which was probably destroyed in the Thirty Years War. The building consists of the nave, which was built in half-timbered construction, and the Romanesque church tower made of bricks with an eight-sided pointed spire.
The slim, square, neo-Romanesque brick tower with an eight-sided pointed helmet was added in 1878/79 after the previous lattice tower had been demolished a year earlier.
A vestibule, also in the half-timbered style, is added to the nave in the south. The nave and vestibule have a three-sided hipped roof covered with tiles , the spire is covered with slate. The interior of the church has a vaulted ceiling, with galleries on the west and north sides . The altarpiece is adorned with almost life-size figures depicting the risen Christ with Peter and Paul . God is represented in the radiant gable. Together with the pulpit, these furnishings date from the time construction began. The baptismal font, designed as a chalice, dates back to Roman times, there is a bell that was cast in Magdeburg in 1597 and the small organ was built in 1850. Two tombstones from 1720 and 1729 are placed behind the altar.
literature
- Georg Dehio: Handbook of German art monuments, Saxony-Anhalt I . Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2002, ISBN 3-422-03069-7
- Churches in the Evangelical Church District Elbe-Fläming . Self-published, ISBN 3-9809011-0-6
Coordinates: 52 ° 21 ′ 21 ″ N , 11 ° 58 ′ 56 ″ E