Genshagen village church
The Protestant village church Genshagen is a Gothic religious building in Genshagen , a district of Ludwigsfelde in the Teltow-Fläming district in the state of Brandenburg . The parish belongs to the Löwenbruch parish in the parish of Zossen-Fläming of the Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia .
location
From Löwenbruch the Löwenbrucher Straße leads to the town in a northerly direction . There it meets the Genshagener Straße , which leads out of the village in a north-westerly direction, and the Am Schloss street , which runs to Genshagen Castle . The church is located southwest of the intersection of Genshagener Straße / Löwenbrucher Straße on an area that is enclosed by a wall made of unevenly layered and unhewn field stones .
history
So far, there are only very vague indications as to how the building came about. The city of Ludwigsfelde states on its website that the building was "probably built in the 14th century". Theo Engeser and Konstanze Stehr express themselves similarly in their investigations. The Dehio manual does not specify itself, but only speaks of a Gothic building, which therefore covers a period from the early 13th to the early 16th century. The parish refers in a church guide to the 14th century. It is certain that extensive renovation work was carried out in 1707. The building also received the continuous plaster , which in the 21st century makes a more precise classification or the type and scope of renovations difficult. The church tower was added in 1774. In 1782, craftsmen built a brick annex on the north side , which was classified in the Dehio manual as well as in the church guide as a patronage box and in Engeser / Stehr as a sacristy . In 1826 the building was given a west tower and a small round apse on the eastern side . It is unusual in its shape and was probably demolished again in the 1950 / 1960s. At the end of the 19th century, craftsmen built a slim vestibule. In the years 1956 to 1960 and from 1995 to 1998 extensive renovation work was carried out in which the foundation was repaired and the plaster was renewed, among other things. In 2002 the parish had the interior renovated.
Building description
The choir is straight and has not moved in. The wall is dominated by two large, segment-arched windows. Above that, there are two significantly smaller openings in the gable and another, small opening in the middle below the roof ridge .
On the south side of the nave there are four segment-arched windows with slightly suggested flasks . The north side of the nave is dominated by the massive annex at the height of the choir. It has a right-angled floor plan and can be entered from the outside through a staircase on the south wall. On the north wall are two small, pressed, ogival windows with an epitaph in between . To the west follow three more epitaphs, a segment-arched window with a fascia and two more epitaphs. Most of them are reminiscent of the von Hake family. The ship has a simple gable roof .
On the west side is a small, transversely rectangular tower vestibule with a segment arched portal and two small windows on the north and south sides. They are embedded in a panel , which is decorated with a frieze on the upper edge . On the side of the gable are two indicated pinnacles with an embedded cross. The extension also has a gable roof. On the western wall of the nave there is another epitaph to the left and right of the vestibule. The square and boarded church tower rises from the nave. On the north and south side there is a tower clock to the west and a sound arcade to the east . On the north and south sides there is another, small sound arcade in the middle. This is followed by the tower helmet with tower ball and weather vane .
Furnishing
According to an inscription, the simple pulpit altar dates from 1782. Among other things, it consists of a polygonal pulpit that is placed between columns. Other church furnishings include an oil painting that shows the Three Marys at the grave of Jesus Christ . The painter Bernhard Rode created the work towards the end of the 18th century. The stalls and the horseshoe gallery were also made in 1782. During the renovation work in 1997, experts exposed some plaster paintings. The inside of the structure is flat covered. The painting dates from the middle of the 19th century and was exposed in 2004. The bell dates from the Middle Ages and was probably cast before 1300. That would make it the oldest still ringing bell in Brandenburg. The inscription reads “O REX GLORIE VENI XPE CUM PACE” (O glorious King, Christ, come and bring us peace).
The organ comes from Master Pinkert from Luckenwalde. The Alexander Schuke Orgelbauanstalt Potsdam renewed the organ in 1911. In 2003 it was overhauled by the Soldan company in Ober Prauske .
The high number of epitaphs that were laid in front of the altar and on the facade of the building is remarkable. Most of them are reminiscent of the von Hake family . To the south of the nave are the graves of those von Eberstein . The listed grave complex of Ernst von Stubenrauch and Hugo von Stubenrauch are still located in the cemetery .
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 .
Web links
- Entry in the monument database of the State of Brandenburg
- Genshagen village church , website of Theo Engeser and Konstanze Stehr, accessed on October 3, 2019
- Web presence of the Löwenbruch parish on the website of the Evangelical Church District Zossen-Fläming
- 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
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 52 ° 18 ′ 49.3 " N , 13 ° 18 ′ 59" E