Heiligensee village church
The village church Heiligensee on the village green Alt-Heiligensee 45/47 in the Berlin district Heiligensee is one of over 50 village churches in Berlin . Its core probably goes back to the end of the 15th century. It has been rebuilt over the centuries. In 1667 the nave got its current shape. The current tower was built between 1707 and 1713 and rebuilt in 1761. He also got his hood. The church is a listed building .
history
When Heiligensee (Hyelegense) was first mentioned in a document in 1308, it was referred to as a church village. At this point in time Heiligensee must already have had a church, most likely made of wood. Because the construction of today's church did not begin until the end of the 15th century. In 1959, the plaster that was applied in the 18th century during the baroque transformation was removed, which covered the yoke structure of the building and its base zone. The exposed walls of the church revealed its age. Up to three quarters of the height of the nave, the surrounding walls consist of a jumble of large, unhewn field stones, rubble stones and bricks in the monastery format ("mixed masonry"). The upper sections, as well as the window frames with their segmental arches, on the other hand, consist of small-format bricks that were not used until the 17th century. Presumably, a vaulting of the interior was planned, at least this is indicated by buttresses. The nave closed with a not quite exact triangular polygonal choir .
The tower substructure consists of Rüdersdorfer limestone . In 1667, during a major repair work after a village fire, the nave was redesigned and construction of the new brick tower began. According to old church accounting books from Heiligensee, today's church tower was built between 1707 and 1713. According to the documents that were found in the old tower knob, the tower, completed in 1713, was changed in the winter of 1760/1761. It received its present-day appearance, the early classicist structure with pilaster strips. Its roof was also built at this time. The year of the renewal (1761) is on the wind vane. Two cast steel bells without a crown were cast for the church by the Bochum Association in 1919 .
| Chime | Weight (kg) | Diameter (cm) | Height (cm) | inscription |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| G' | 650 | 102 | 75 | ORE I GAVE, IRON I TAKE 1919 |
| H' | 310 | 80 | 58 | PEACE ON EARTH 1919 |
building
The floor plan of the nave is not rectangular on the west and north sides, but shifted slightly parallel. Likewise, the angles of the five-eighth choir closure in the east are not exactly symmetrical. In the northern outer wall of the choir polygon is a very narrow pointed arch niche made of monastery bricks, in which a legendary image of a saint is said to have stood. Since the renovation carried out in 1936/1937, it has been believed to be the remains of a portal, the purpose of which is unclear. It is unlikely that it was a so-called priest's gate, access to a crypt from the early days of the church or to a sacristy that no longer exists today because of its narrow width. The plastering of the nave, reapplied in 1959, continues the pilaster strips and cornices of the baroque tower.
Interior decoration
The interior, which is illuminated by the large 18th century windows, has a gallery, the parapet of which was painted in 1928. A simple organ has stood on the gallery since 1920 and was renewed in 1966. The baroque pulpit altar was probably erected at the time the tower was built. It was later changed. No figurative jewelry was used, which suggests that the church was reformed at the time. The brass baptismal bowl, which was spared looting by French soldiers in 1806, is a work of the 16th century.
organ
In 2011 a new organ was inaugurated. The new instrument on the gallery was built by the Berlin organ building workshop Karl Schuke . The organ has 16 sounding stops (plus three transmissions) on two manuals and pedal. The actions are mechanical.
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Literature (chronological)
- Kurt Pomplun: Berlin's old village churches. Berlin 1962, 6th edition 1984.
- Günther Kühne, Elisabeth Stephani: Evangelical churches in Berlin. Berlin 1978.
- Klaus-Dieter Wille: The bells of Berlin (West). History and inventory. Berlin 1987.
- Matthias Hoffmann-Tauschwitz: Old Churches in Berlin. Berlin 1991.
- Markus Cante: Churches until 1618 , in: Berlin and its buildings, Part VI: Sacred buildings. Ed .: Architects and Engineers Association of Berlin , Berlin 1997, p. 349 f.
- Matthias Friske : The medieval churches on the Barnim. History - architecture - equipment , Lukas-Verlag, Berlin 2001 (churches in rural areas, vol. 1), ISBN 3-931836-67-3
- Georg Dehio : Handbook of the German art monuments. Munich / Berlin 2006 (Band Berlin).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ For disposition ( Memento of the original from September 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 100 kB)
Coordinates: 52 ° 36 '28.08 " N , 13 ° 12' 46.57" O