Gressow village church
The village church of Gressow is a brick-Gothic village church in the district of Gressow in the municipality of Gägelow . It belongs to the parish of Gressow-Friedrichshagen in the Wismar provost in the Mecklenburg parish of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany . Church and parish gained importance in church history in the course of the Reformation in Klützer Winkel , which started here and then encompassed all of Mecklenburg .
history
The church was first mentioned in writing in 1230 and 1234 in the Ratzeburg tithe register of the diocese . On January 5, 1266, she participated in the income of the Ratsweinkeller in Wismar due to a donation from Heinrich the Pilgrim . The current church building dates from the 14th century.
During the Reformation , the church patron Berend von Plesse auf Tressow appointed Pastor Thomas Aderpul, banned from Lübeck , as a new preacher with the consent of the community, but without the consent of Bishop Georg von Ratzeburg . The bishop had Aderpul arrested in his residence in Schönberg in 1529 . There was a violent conflict between the parties, which the entire knighthood of the Klützer angle joined.
The Reformation was not fully completed until 1540.
According to the case files of the Reich Chamber Court, there was a violent dispute with the canon and chamberlain Friedrich von Witzendorf as the former landowner and patron of the church in Gressow.
Building history
The single-nave brick building from the 15th century consists of the elongated five-bay nave with a 5/8 choir and a massive west tower in front. In the Middle Ages, the three western bays on the south side were extended by side chapels, which are rare in village churches. At about the same time, an extension with a blind gable was built on the north vestibule .
The nave and the choir are structurally separated except for an elevation of the choir by two steps without transition and thus form a unit under the cross vaults. On the south side there is next to the first three of five bays of the nave behind the tower a side aisle with three cross vaults. A square entrance hall is attached to the central yoke on the north side of the ship.
The square tower, begun in the second half of the 15th century, was completed around 1700 tapering towards the top with an eight-sided helmet. In 1998 the helmet was re-covered with Canadian Alaskan cedar shingles.
The interior architecture is characterized by the strong, slightly drawn-in pillars and ribbed vaults. The choir with its simple head capitals has pressed cross-ribbed vaults.
Furnishing
The main piece of equipment is the baroque high altar from 1718 from the workshop of Johann Friedrich Wilde . Its main field is filled by a painting of the Lord's Supper, with the large figures of Moses and Aaron standing to the side. The altar was donated by the widow Katharina Lukretia von Plessen (born von Bülow , † 1718), the third surviving wife of Kord Valentin von Plessen auf Gressow and Müsselmow († 1714).
The upper floor contains a three-dimensional crucifix in front of a painted background, with the risen Christ surrounded by a halo at the end. The figurative program of the typically Protestant structure also includes the sculptures of the evangelists and the angels with the instruments of suffering .
The pulpit from the middle of the 17th century is simpler. Organ, baptism, gallery, sacristy shelter and parish stalls were created in connection with the restoration carried out in 1866.
organ
The organ was built in 1867 by the organ builder Friedrich Wilhelm Winzer . The slider chests -instrument has 9 Register on two manuals . The pedal is attached to the first manual. Register no. 1 and 2 can be played as transmissions in the pedal. The actions are mechanical.
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Epitaphs
The two surviving epitaphs are interesting in terms of art history. The late Renaissance sandstone donated in 1623 is dedicated to Reimar von Plessen, who died in 1557. The deceased kneels as a fully plastic figure below the resurrection relief framed by columns. A longer inscription and numerous coats of arms complete the work. The younger epitaph made of wood for Kord Valentin von Plessen, who died on November 7, 1679 in Müsselmow , consists of an oval panel framed by rich acanthus carvings with a long Latin inscription in which u. a. it is reported that the President of the District Court and Court of Justice zu Parchim was married twice and had 18 children.
Others
Since 1988 a small memorial in the central south chapel has been commemorating the German resistance fighter Fritz-Dietlof von der Schulenburg, who belonged to the group of conspirators of July 20, 1944 and who was executed after the failure of the assassination attempt on Hitler . The memorial plaque and the leaded glass window were based on a design by his sister Tisa von der Schulenburg .
literature
- Gottlieb Matthias Carl Masch : History of the diocese of Ratzeburg. F. Aschenfeldt, Lübeck 1835, pp. 468-472 ( full text ).
- Friedrich Schlie : The art and history monuments of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Volume II: The district court districts of Wismar, Grevesmühlen, Rehna, Gadebusch and Schwerin. Schwerin 1898, (reprint 1992), pp. 302-311. ISBN 3-910179-06-1
- Günter Gloede: Churches in the coastal wind. Volume II. Churches in and around Wismar. Berlin 1986, p. 137.
- Georg Dehio : Handbook of the German art monuments Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Munich, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-422-03081-6 , p. 193.
- ZEBI eV, START eV: Village and town churches in the Wismar-Schwerin parish. Bremen, Rostock 2001, ISBN 3-86108-753-7 , pp. 249-250.
Printed sources
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mecklenburg record book. I, 1863, no.375.
- ↑ Mecklenburg record book. I, 1863, No. 471, 1059.
- ^ Friedrich Schlie: The art and history monuments of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. 1898, p. 303 ff.
- ↑ He also made the altar of the Kalkhorst village church (1708) and painted a crowning of thorns (1712) for the Groß Trebbow village church ( Wilde, Joh. Friedr. In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): Allgemeine Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . Volume 35 : Libra-Wilhelmson . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1942, p. 561 . ).
- ↑ M. Naumann: KORD VALENTIN . In: The Plessen - family line on the XIII. to XX. Century . Edited by Dr. Helmold von Plessen on behalf of the family association. 2nd revised and expanded edition. CA Starke, Limburg an der Lahn, 1971, p. 62
- ↑ More information about the organ
Coordinates: 53 ° 51 ′ 50.5 ″ N , 11 ° 19 ′ 27 ″ E