Village church Hohen Viecheln

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Village church

The early Gothic village church Hohen Viecheln is a listed church building in Hohen Viecheln , a municipality in the district of Northwest Mecklenburg ( Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania ). The building belongs to the parish of Hohen Viecheln in the Wismar provost in the Mecklenburg parish of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany .

History and architecture

Knight Helmold von Plesse; Vichel is listed below as the founding of a church
Entrance to the cemetery

According to legend , the knight Helmold von Plesse is said to have promised his wife in 1178 immediately after his arrival in Mecklenburg that he would build seven Plessenkirchen . These were the churches in Hohen Viecheln, Müsselmow , Holzendorf , Herzberg, Wamckow, Bibow and Brüel . The church in Tempzin is also said to have come into being through his work.

Helmold moved to Jerusalem when the building of the churches began. In the event of his safe return from the war, the church should be in Hohen Viecheln, where he was buried in 1186. A document from 1178 mentions that a priest by the name of Symon de Vichele made a testimony in a legal act by Bishop Berno . This is an indication of the existence of a previous church. This could only be proven by excavations .

The three-aisled building rises above a floor plan about 33 meters long and 12 meters wide. The High Gothic hall church of three equal to about the same width Jochen was around 1310/20 in brick built. During the Thirty Years' War and the decades thereafter, the church fell into disrepair, and several stained glass windows and six bells were destroyed. In 1679 two bells came into the small wooden tower next to the church; another followed in 1773. At the beginning of the 18th century the gable was demolished and the roof replaced, many of the old oak beams were reused. During the Second World War , the bells had to be delivered and were taken to a bell warehouse in Hamburg. During an air attack, the pressure wave caused them to fall into a harbor basin. The bell from 1773 was salvaged by divers, the other bells were replaced in the 1960s. During a thorough renovation from 1858 to 1862, the windows were restored in the neo-Gothic style. The original shape is still recognizable from the walled-up window in the southwest. At the same time an organ gallery was built in, the west portal was renewed and a small window was broken out next to it.

The building is quite impressive for the rural area. The three naves are separated by four pillars on each side. The two choir bays are two steps higher than those of the hall. The central nave is narrower than the side aisles. The originally planned tower was probably never built for financial reasons. The roof is covered with red beaver tails. The otherwise unadorned exterior is structured by a cloverleaf arch frieze.

The parish includes the villages of Hohen Viecheln, Neu Viecheln, Moltow, Bad Kleinen, Gallentin, Hädchenshof, Hoppenrade, Losten, Fichtenhusen and Niendorf.

Furnishing

Wooden sculpture of the knight Helmoldus de Plesse in armor
  • A life-size wooden sculpture " Knight of Hohen Viecheln " from the early 14th century has been preserved from a High Gothic tomb , possibly depicting the knight Helmold III. von Plesse ( renamed Plessen in the 17th century ), or it is his son Helmhold IV von Plesse. It was probably made as a reclining figure for his grave and is therefore the second oldest secular sculpture in Mecklenburg after the grave figure of Queen Margaret in the Doberan Minster. The original color version was probably removed around 1800. In the late 19th century, was long sword of the crusader falsely reconstructed. During the restoration in 1995 it was left without the historical addition.
  • The important wooden Madonna dates from around 1310/20; the original color has been partially preserved.
  • In the vestibule there is a late Gothic crucifixion group from around 1500.
  • The small oak figure of a deacon was made in the 15th century
  • The Renaissance altar on the south wall of the church shows the Lord's Supper, the Crucifixion and the Resurrection. It was built in the early 17th century and has been badly damaged over time. The whole framework is lost. The rough color version was probably made in the 19th century.
  • Consisting of granite carved Tauffünte is dated because of the simple forms in the second half of the 13th century. Typical round arched arcades with four heads can be seen on the base and shaft without decoration, but on the wall of the cup. They are probably symbols of the cardinal points or embodiments of the streams of paradise.
  • The pulpit with figures next to it was made in the 16th century. On the left is the figure of Saint Catherine , on the right the figure of the Crescent Madonna .

organ

The organ on the west gallery was built in 1859 by the organ builder Friedrich Wilhelm Winzer and extensively renovated from 1995 to 1997. The abrasive loading -instrument has 13 registers (and two transmissions) on two manuals and pedals. The actions are mechanical.

I main work C – f 3
1. Drone 16 ′
2. Principal 8th'
3. Hollow flute 8th'
4th Viola di gamba 8th'
5. Octave 4 ′
6th Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
7th Octave 2 ′
8th. Mixture II-III
II subsidiary work C – f 3
9. Gedact 8th'
10. Flauto traverso 4 ′
11. flute 2 ′
12. Octave 1'
Pedals C – d 1
13. Sub-bass 16 ′
14th Drone bass (= No. 1) 16 ′
15th Flute bass (= No. 9) 8th'

literature

  • 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 Schwerin 1992, p. 456ff. ISBN 3-910179-06-1
  • Georg Dehio : Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania . Revised by Hans-Christian Feldmann. Deutscher Kunstverlag , Munich (among others) 2000, ISBN 3-422-03081-6 (series: Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler)

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Membership of the community
  2. ↑ Burghard Keuthe: Parchimer say. Part 2, Parchim 1997 ISBN 3-932370-27-9 p. 106.
  3. ↑ Gustav Hempel: Geographical-statistical-historical manual of the Meklenburger country. Volume 2. E. Frege, 1843. Excerpts from books.google.de
  4. ^ Helmold von Plesse : Yearbooks of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology; S. 5, 3rd paragraph ( Memento from June 9, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ See the critical essay by E. Michael in the Plessearchiv.
  6. ↑ More information about the organ

Coordinates: 53 ° 47 ′ 4.2 "  N , 11 ° 30 ′ 48"  E