Glindow village church

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Glindow village church

The Protestant village church Glindow is a neo-Gothic hall church in Glindow , a district of the city of Werder (Havel) in the Potsdam-Mittelmark district in the state of Brandenburg . The church belongs to the parish of Potsdam the Evangelical Church Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Oberlausitz .

location

Landstrasse 90 runs through the town as Dr.-Külz-Strasse in a north-south direction. To the north of the historic center of the village, the church stands east of this street on a piece of land that is fenced in with a wall made of uncut and non-layered field stones .

history

The place was first mentioned in documents in 1317 and was under the influence of the Lehnin monastery . The Cistercians probably built a previous building at a very early point in time, because a parish church in the village was mentioned as early as 1450 . After the Reformation , the church patronage came to the elector. The parish states in a church guide that the building fell into disrepair after the Thirty Years War . According to the Dehio handbook , a fire broke out in 1710 , in which the church was destroyed to the ground. On the remains of the foundations established artisans of boulders then a new construction, through a church tower of half-timbered supplemented. However, this had already become dilapidated in 1843 and had to be removed. Craftsmen erected a free-standing bell tower next to the church, in which two bells hung. At the same time, the population had risen sharply, so that the parish was considering a new building.

The government architect Christian Heinrich Ziller then submitted a first draft, whereupon August Soller presented a counter-draft. This envisaged a new building incorporating the side walls of the previous building in the arched style . Friedrich Wilhelm IV finally commissioned August Stüler with the planning on the basis of Soller's draft. Construction work under the direction of Ziller began in 1852 and was successfully completed with the consecration on November 8, 1853. Stüler took over some of Soller's ideas, including a tower with a polygonal stair tower arranged in front of the stepped gable . As early as 1871, one of the two bells broke just at the time when the community was considering purchasing new steel bells from the Bochum Association . In 1896 the building received a tower clock. Around 1900 the community bought a harmonium from Emil Müller from Werdau .

Damage from the First and Second World Wars is not known. However, the parish had to in 1925 by the Central German steel plants bell cast from bronze in the course of the year 1942 Metal donation of the German people give.

From 1962 to 1964, the parish had the interior renovated and whitewashed according to a design by the German architect Winfried Wendland . The pulpit was moved to the north wall and thus closer to the community; the cafeteria has been free in the room since then. Above the altar there was a tribute painted on the plaster for the fallen from the First World War, which was painted over. The memorial plaque for those who fell from the world wars has been hanging in the antechamber since then. In 1964 the parish bought a second bell. In 1985 the church tower was given a new covering made of copper ; a year later the bells had an electric drive. In 1989 craftsmen replaced the church windows and a year later the roof structure and roofing. In 1993 an extensive renovation of the church began. Among other things, the heating under the benches was removed and the seating was restored in accordance with the listed building standards. In 1994 the bell was repaired. In 2003 the original color scheme of the interior was restored.

Building description

The structure was essentially built from yellowish Joachimsthal brick . The surrounding walls of the predecessor were included. This can be seen in the choir , for example . He just hasn't moved in. In the lower area, craftsmen used field stones , above it yellowish brick. In the middle area there are three large segment-shaped panels , which are accompanied by two side, double-stepped buttresses . They finish with pegs . The staggered east gable is comparatively splendid. It is divided into a total of seven ogival fields, into which small, ogival windows have been incorporated.

The nave has a rectangular floor plan. The lower area again consists of field stones, on the north side there are seven pointed arched windows with stepped walls . The south side is constructed identically. Only on the eastern part is a rectangular extension that is used as a sacristy . The ship has a simple gable roof .

To the west is the 40 meter high church tower . It has a square floor plan and is strongly indented opposite the ship. To the side are two polygonal stair towers, each with a gate and a rectangular window above. They go back to Soller's draft. The building can be entered from the west through a large, ogival gate. Above it is an ox's eye , followed by a frieze that opens downwards . Above the ground floor there is an ogival window on each of the three accessible sides. This is followed by another frieze, a floor with a tower clock each and, above another frieze, the bell floor. There are three ogival windows on each side, above each a sound arcade . The tower concludes with an eight-bent spire with Tower ball , and the cross.

Furnishing

The church interior is essentially uniform and dates from 1852. The wooden cafeteria was a gift from Friedrich Wilhelm IV. It consists of a table top that rests on four pillars with capitals . Behind it was originally the pulpit from the same year. It was moved to the north wall of the choir in 1962 and changed in the process. In the 21st century there is a pair of candlesticks and a crucifix from the time it was built in the cafeteria. The polygonal stand of the fifth is also a gift from the king. It was made of wood and is decorated with neo-Gothic ornaments.

The wooden horseshoe galleries stand on polygonal wooden supports. The parapet is closed; the rectangular fields decorated with tracery .

The organ was created by the organ builder Carl Ludwig Gesell in 1853. The instrument has eight registers and a manual and is built into a neo-Gothic prospectus . In 1884 Gesell's son Carl Eduard Gesell carried out some repair work. Wolfgang Nußbücker carried out a renovation in 1973. There is also a harmonium from around 1900, which was manufactured by Emil Müller in Werdau.

Two bells hang in the tower, one of which comes from the bell foundry C. Voss und Sohn in Stettin . It was made in 1873. The second bell was cast in the bell foundry in Apolda in 1964 .

literature

Web links

Commons : Dorfkirche Glindow  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 52 ° 21 '56.7 "  N , 12 ° 54' 37.6"  E