Grambow village church

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Church Kirch Grambow
Portal south side

The village church Kirch Grambow is a brick Gothic church in the municipality of Wedendorfersee in the district of Northwest Mecklenburg . It is one of the churches of the affiliated parishes Rehna  - Kirch Grambow  - Meetzen in the Wismar provost in the Mecklenburg parish of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany .

The ensemble

Five buildings are located in a small space, four of which are listed buildings. These include the parish widow's house from 1669, the sexton's house, which was built at the beginning of the 19th century, the church and the parish farm on which the barn, built in 1704, and the rectory from 1794 stand. Except for the sexton's house and the parish widow's house, the buildings belong to the church. The buildings in question have a foundation made of field stones. Parsonage widow's house, parsonage and barn consist of half-timbered constructions with partitions made of bricks and are covered with straw or stone.

church

Little bell
Crypt under the tower

The Gothic church was mentioned for the first time in 1267. The brick building from the 13th century stands on a foundation made of field stones. It is laid out in a rectangular shape and the square choir adjoins it. This was originally arched. The planned nave should also have a vault, but today it has a flat ceiling.

The tower, partly made of wood, in the form of an eight-sided pyramid helmet is characteristic. This was built in the second half of the 17th century. The time of origin of the church itself is a matter of dispute. The brick corpus may come from the 13th century, but recent studies show that the roof structure is much younger and could also have been created with the construction of the tower spire. Evidence of later dating is the existence of a collar beam roof without cross braces, but with a chair and hanging structure, the installation of which was demonstrably only common since the 15th century. Other features also speak in favor of a renovation of the roof structure after the 16th century. The Verzapfungen of the nodes, the Roman numerals system of Abbundzeichen and the predominant use of softwood.

There were two bells. The larger one with a diameter of 1.32 meters was cast around in 1736. The small bell with a diameter of 1.22 meters was also cast around in 1749, probably due to damage. Today there is only the small bell in the bell tower of the church with the inscription: “Mr. Davied Hinrich Quant Pastor - Mr. Claus Adolph Eckermann Administrator - Juraten Peter Reimer in Grambow; Gust Schmidt in Pievestorff. “On the back of the bell are the year of casting, the patron Johann Hartwig Freiherr von Bernstorff, and the bell caster Dietrich Strahlborn from Lübeck. The big bell was melted down during World War II.

There are two pointed arch portals on the south side of the church. The windows that characterize the current appearance of the church have been changed again and again in the past and no longer have their original shape. The current shape was designed in 1865 by the master builder Daniel, he also created the tower of the Schwerin Cathedral . However, the windows in the choir are an exception - they have retained their original setting to this day.

Over the years, a layer of earth about 1.5 meters thick had accumulated around the entire structure. For this reason, too, the church was subjected to an extensive restoration in 1998, in which the earth around the foundation was removed. Inside the church, medieval ornaments and reconstructed wall paintings from the 17th century were exposed.

Furnishing

The altar dates from the cartilage baroque period from the end of the 17th century and has numerous carved figures. Among other things, the female figures Fides , Caritas and Victoria , who, according to their names, embody faith, love and victory. In addition, in the middle area you can find Moses with the tablets of the law and Aaron , the brother of Moses, as well as John the Baptist and the prophet Elijah in the altar design.

Integrated paintings in the altar show the Lord's Supper in the predella and above the resurrection scene . A picture in the middle part was lost in the past and was supplemented by a free-standing carved work, a crucifixion group with John and Mary, as early as the 18th century. The altar is a foundation of the "former Electorate of Hanover and Geh. Rathes Andreas Gottlieb von Bernstorff ”.

Another foundation from the Baroque period is the pulpit from 1697. Simple in its design, it is only adorned by a few curved columns. It is currently painted in a dark brown shade, known as a beer glaze .

Under the pulpit we find the "church block" from 1795. It was once used to keep the collections collected during the service.

A letter dated April 24, 1936 shows that the altar and the pulpit were heavily infested with woodworms. In order to prevent progressive decay, the state building and state art monument maintenance was consulted. The objects were not viewed as actual works of art, but as functional pieces of equipment. The old console of the pulpit was replaced while the unpainted parts were treated with xylamon. The Corinthian capitals (columns), which were completely destroyed, were also renewed. The wormholes on the altar were carefully worked with a sewing machine spray can filled with petroleum. The experts closed permanent wormholes with colored putty.

The baptismal font shows painted female figures symbolizing various virtues: Prudentia (insight), Fortitudo (bravery), Temperantia (self-control), Spes (hope), Caritas (love) and Justitia (justice). The corresponding brass baptismal bowl shows a ring of deer and in the middle an angel who greets Mary. Adam and Hartwig von Bülow donated this item of equipment .

There were a total of four manor galleries in the church: the Wedendorfer , Gross-Hundorfer (both community Wedendorfersee ), Hindenberger (community Veelböken ), on the south side and the Hanshäger on the north side of the nave.

In the center of the Wedendorfer gallery, the coat of arms of the von Bülow family, 14 gold spheres on a blue background, were attached. The coats of arms of the members were also visible: Adam von Bülow, Ilse von Halberstadt, Hartwig von Bülow and Margaretha von Maltzan. Under these coats of arms the signature "Anno 1623" completed the overall picture. The Gross-Hundorfer gallery contained among other things the coat of arms of Barthold von Bülow and his wife Gudel von Dannenberg. The coats of arms of Ida Rausch, H. von Behr and Theda von Knipphausen were visible on the gallery of the Hindenberger. The Hanshäger gallery provided space for the main coat of arms of the von Bernstorff and von Bülow families on the north side. The initials “AF v. B. 1725 ".

Today there is only one organ gallery on the west side of the interior. Some coats of arms, mainly those of von Bülow and von Bernstorff, have survived to the present day.

In a niche on the north wall there is a grave slab which, according to the inscription, reveals that "Adam and Hartwig von Bülowen" had an hereditary burial set up here. This stone was in the chancel of the church until about 1930, it shows the coat of arms of those von Bülow with indentations for previously contained balls. These are completely absent and may have been made of brass. In the entrance area there is another grave slab, it stands for the pietistic Lübeck doctor Johann Salomon Hattenbach , who buried his wife here in the church in 1699, the surrounding text has become illegible due to several eruptions.

organ

The organ goes back to an organ that was built by the organ builder Friese in 1884. This instrument was repaired in 1967 by the organ building company Mecklenburger Orgelbau (Plau am See) and had to be replaced in large parts. Only one register could be obtained . The instrument has 5 registers - Gedackt 8 ', Principal 4', Reed Flute 4 '(original), Forest Flute 2', Cymbel - on a manual. The pedal is attached .

Parish widow house

Parish widow house

The parish widow's house was built in 1669 and its structural structure has been largely preserved. The floor plan is of a hall type with a hall, today there are chambers on all sides. The use at that time was that widowed pastors' wives were given a retirement seat there. Even Count von Bernstorff auf Bernstorff found emergency accommodation there with his family after he had to leave his residence in the course of the land reform in December 1945.

Sexton's house

The sexton's house was built around 1820 and served as a school for Grambow, Kasendorf and Groß Hundorf. After an extension with a brick annex around 1900, it served as a school until the 1950s. In the following years the building was used as a kindergarten for the community of Wedendorf. Today it is privately owned and is the only one of the buildings that formerly belonged to the church that is not a listed building.

Rectory

Rectory

In the rectory, which dates back to 1794, some structural changes have been made to this day. There was previously another building that served as a rectory, as can be seen from the files of the Schwerin State Main Archives. Including a report from 1699: “The apartment is thatched with eight bins, two rooms, five chambers and the kitchen, one more room above, the floor of the house is covered with oak boards, there is still a cellar in it, the chimney guht, the roof has to be repaired. ”In the last few centuries it has mainly housed parish families and parishioners. Today the very spacious house is used privately and for community activities such as a church service room in winter or for confirmation classes. It has a vaulted cellar and an undeveloped attic with off-sides in the gable areas. The half-timbered building, filled with bricks, has a roof with beaver tail covering and has eight lattice windows on the courtyard side.

barn

As early as 1699, the barn was described in visitation records as old and in need of repair. The half-timbered building, consisting of 6 compartments, has a thatched roof and horse heads. The beam construction in particular is a rarity today. In 1962 the dilapidated barn was supposed to be demolished. Fortunately, this did not happen because the congregation and the parish could not agree. On the advice of the monument protection authority, the building was preserved and was repaired in 1964.

Clergy

literature

Web links

Commons : Dorfkirche Kirch Grambow  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Membership of the community
  2. ^ Jan Brielmann and Torsten Heier: Church roofs in the southern district of Northwest Mecklenburg; Diploma thesis at the University of Applied Sciences for Technology, Economics and Design
  3. ↑ a b Friedrich Schlie : The art and historical monuments of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin . The district court districts of Wismar, Grevesmühlen, Rehna, Gadebusch and Schwerin. II. Volume. Schwerin 1898, p. 451–455 ( digitized from the Internet Archive [accessed July 23, 2015]).
  4. ↑ after Lisch (lit.)
  5. ^ Source: Landeskirchliches Archiv Bauten Volume 1 - Acta re. The inspections held in the community in 1894 /… / 1969
  6. ↑ Church book 1639-1716, Gambower Church: Film 69231 ... died April 3, 1699. Doctor Hattenbach's Medicus ...
  7. ↑ Information on the organ
  8. ↑ a b Source: LHA files: 2.12-3 / 4 Churches and Schools - Specialia - 5175

Coordinates: 53 ° 46 ′ 8.5 ″  N , 11 ° 7 ′ 12.7 ″  E