Gessin village church
The village church in Gessin (now part of Basedow ) in the Mecklenburg Lake District in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is a towerless chapel made of field stones and bricks, which was built around 1400 in the Gothic style . It is a church in the parish of Gielow in the Rostock provost in the Mecklenburg parish of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany ( Northern Church ).
The church is located in the center of Gessin and is surrounded by a cemetery. It has an octagonal end of the choir. The interior is closed with a ribbed cross vault and has three small windows. Five narrow panels adorn the west gable. The church has no significant furnishings . The candlesticks on the altar date from around 1700. On the outer wall of the west gable is an open bell cage with a small bell without an inscription.
In addition to church services, changing exhibitions also take place in the building. In 1975, the Gessin church chapel was a location for the DEFA film “ Elective Affinities ” based on Goethe's novel .
literature
- The architectural and art monuments of the GDR, Neubrandenburg district , Berlin 1986, p. 130.
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Coordinates: 53 ° 41 ′ 52.4 " N , 12 ° 42 ′ 45" E