Village church Hermersdorf (Müncheberg)
The Protestant village church Hermersdorf is a field stone church from the end of the 13th century in Hermersdorf , a district of the town of Müncheberg in the Märkisch-Oderland district in the state of Brandenburg . The church belongs to the parish of Oderland-Spree of the Evangelical Church Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Oberlausitz .
location
The Hermersdorfer main road leading into east-west direction through the town. In front of the village green, Friedenshofstrasse branches off in a southerly direction. The building stands north of this junction on a raised piece of land that is fenced in with a wall .
history
There are different details about the construction date. While the Dehio manual speaks of the end of the 13th century, the Friends' Association of the Church puts the establishment in the time "around 1230". Around 1400 an altar with the representation of Mary and eight saints was erected, which is no longer preserved in the 21st century. Of the figures, only Simon Petrus and Anna selbdritt still exist . In 1541 the Reformation came to the place. 1613 had to church the old west tower to demolish; Craftsmen erect a new building. In 1620 a bell weighing 451 kg was hung there. Five years later, the community had the interior renovated. In the Thirty Years' War and this was sacred damaged. Chroniclers say that the structure lacked the pulpit and doors. In 1654 a pastor came to Hermersdorf for the first time; In 1680 the church received a new pulpit and oak doors . Two years later, craftsmen built the fencing around the building. In 1705 the building was renovated. In 1735, craftsmen raised the tower by 15 meters by placing a wooden structure on the tower floor . A church tower clock was installed there in 1744, but ceased its function in 1830. In 1836 the parish had a larger bell, which had become unusable due to a crack, dismantled. Extensive renovations took place in the following two years. The wooden structure was dismantled, but the interior of the nave was given a flat ceiling. The Marien altar ended up in the museum in Müncheberg. At the same time, craftsmen enlarged the windows and erected a new pulpit over the altar. The congregation grew in the following decades, so that in 1870 two side galleries offered more space for the faithful. A year later an organ could be purchased. In the Second World War , the place was in the main battle line and was significantly destroyed. The church was also badly damaged.
Between 1952 and 1954, the parish rebuilt the church. The wood was donated by the residents. Craftsmen built an organ gallery and set up an altar in the choir , which contained three pictures by the Berlin artist Herrler. The painter Rudolf Grunemann from Frankfurt (Oder) painted the church. On October 31, 1954, the parish was able to celebrate the new church consecration . In the decades to come, hardly any maintenance measures were carried out. Until 1990 only the roof and the interior were repaired, so that there was a lot of damage to the building. In 2001, a support association was founded, which initially recorded the damage and tried to obtain funding. The tower was reconstructed from 2004 to 2012. This included a renovation of the stairs and levels, a new covering of the roof and an electrical installation that has since been driving the remaining bell, among other things. This was built into a new belfry. However, the diverse efforts could not prevent the church use from declining. In addition, the rectory was sold in 2005, which had previously been used for events. The development association has therefore been campaigning for an expansion of use, for example through readings or concerts.
Building description
The structure was essentially built from field stones , while reddish brick was usually used for repair work . The choir is straight and slightly drawn in. It has a rectangular floor plan with walls made of carefully hewn field stones. The remains of a lancet triple window from the construction period can be seen on the east side . They were carefully added, the artisans being careful to follow the lines of the wall. Rock fragments were only used in the lower area of the window to the north. The gable was made from rough stones. It is therefore possible that it was plastered or boarded up at an earlier time . On the south side of the choir, a priest gate from the construction period has been preserved in the western area . Above right is a large, arched window, the reveal of which is framed with reddish brick. To the right of this are the remains of a much smaller, but also arched window. This was also added carefully. The arch of another window can be seen to the left of the window, so that the choir was probably equipped with two small openings at the time of construction. These can also be seen on the north side. Here the window to the east was not blocked so carefully and therefore stands out more clearly from the facade. At the transition to the eaves is a narrow, circumferential layer of reddish bricks; above it a simple gable roof .
The nave was also made of carefully hewn field stones; Only in the east gable were rough stones used. It also has a rectangular floor plan. On the north and south sides are three large, also arched windows with a soffit made of reddish brick. It is conceivable that the existing windows on these components were enlarged “ baroque ”. On the south side, below the middle window, there is an added community portal. The keystone is no longer there since the window was enlarged; the remaining stones, however, carefully hewn. However, the lines were not picked up as precisely as they were with the choir. The ship has a gable roof, from which a chimney rises at the southeast corner.
To the west is the square church tower that is drawn in opposite the nave . It was built from uncut field stones; the corners of brick. Access is via a quadruple stepped and ogival portal, which is closed with a wooden door. There is a cross on it. The rest of the building is largely closed. Only below the bell storey is a small, upright rectangular opening on the west side. This is followed by an arched screen on each side , each with two coupled acoustic arcades . On the east side these are pulled apart and consist of two separate openings. A repair spot can be seen underneath, where the tower clock could have been at an earlier time. The pyramid roof covered with beaver tail ends with a cross.
Furnishing
The altar consists of a wooden table made of solid wood with a thickness of around 3 cm. It is around 2.2 m long and around 1 m wide and rests on a white plastered base made of brick. There is a wooden cross and two wooden candlesticks on it. The altarpiece consists of a three-winged attachment that the artist Herrler created from linoleum around 1953. It shows the crucifixion of Christ in the main field , the birth of Jesus on the left and the baptism of Jesus on the right . To the left of the altar there is a wooden fountain around 90 cm high . There is a sacrament niche on the north wall of the choir . Rudolf Grunemann created four wall paintings with episodes from the life of the Apostle Peter.
The original furnishings included a St. Mary's altar, which was removed during the redesign in 1836 and 1837 and brought to a museum in Müncheberg. This structure was destroyed in World War II; however, some exhibits could be saved. Among them are two sculptures showing Anna and Peter. The 101 cm high figures from the "Workshop of the Bernauer Altar" from around 1520 will be restored in 2017 and will then return to Hermersdorf.
A bell hangs in the tower, which was cast by Christian Heinze in Spandau in 1620. It is a foundation of the church patron Christian Pfuel and bears the inscription: “ON GOD'S BLESSING EVERYTHING IS OCCURRED BY THE NOBLE AND HONORABLE CHRISTIAN PFUHL AND JOACHIM FRIDRICH SCHABELOW ALLHIER CHURCH PATRON AND JUDGE OF JURISDICTION, DANIEL NIGRINUS PARISH. CHRISTAN HEINZE GIESSER TO SPANDAU ANNO 1620 "
The interior of the building is flat covered; the choir with a wooden barrel vault is optically separated from the nave by a triumphal arch .
In front of the southern choir wall there is a boulder with a plaque commemorating those who died in the First World War .
literature
- Georg Dehio (edited by Gerhard Vinken et al.): Handbook of German Art Monuments - Brandenburg Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-422-03123-4 .
Web links
- Dorfkirche Hermersdorf , website of the Förderverein Dorf und Kirche Hermersdorf eV, accessed on November 4, 2017.
Individual evidence
- ↑ The village church of Hermersdorf (Märkisch-Oderland) , website of the support group Berlin-Brandenburg, accessed on November 5, 2017.
- ^ [1] Kerstin Yvonne Lange: The saints of Hermersdorf , published in Die Kirche on April 29, 2012, website of the Berlin-Brandenburg support group, accessed on November 5, 2017.
Coordinates: 52 ° 34 ′ 3.9 " N , 14 ° 10 ′ 59.2" E