Village church church Grubenhagen
The core of the village church in Kirch Grubenhagen, a district of Vollrathsruhe in the Mecklenburg Lake District in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , dates back to the first half of the 13th century. It belongs to the Neustrelitz Propstei of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany ( Northern Church ).
description
The church is a rectangular field stone building with a retracted rectangular choir with ribbed vaults made of tufa, which had a west tower early on, the tower hall of which also has a ribbed vault, but here made of brick. In 1861, the church was extensively renovated by Karl von Maltzahn , the three-sided apse was added and the wooden ceiling with its buttress , modeled on English cast iron architecture, was drawn in, giving the nave inside the appearance of a three-aisled basilica .
The carved pulpit , which rests on a Moses figure and shows evangelist reliefs on the parapet , was created in 1707 by Johann Vieregge from Rostock. The neo-Gothic altarpiece with the painting of a crucifixion by August Theodor Kaselowsky and other parts of the furnishings, including the patron's box and the Lütkemüller organ, date from 1861. Lütkemüller used older metal pipes when building the organ, probably from the previous organ by David Baumann (1728). In the registry Principal 8 ' old case pipes have been reused.
The church was extensively renovated from 1999 to 2002. The roof was re-covered, the outer walls grouted, the tower stabilized and the interior repaired. In 2004 the triple bell that the church received in 1961 was restored. The original bells were used in armaments during the First World War.
In the tower hall a tombstone commemorates Karl Freiherr von Maltzahn , u. a. Landstallmeister of the Redefin State Stud and co-founder of horse racing and thoroughbred breeding in Germany. There are several grave sites of the von Maltzan / Maltzahn family in the surrounding cemetery.
Epitaphs
The choir of the church is dominated by the large-format, color-framed epitaphs for two deceased gentlemen von Moltzan with carved acanthus and other heraldic and figure decorations. The epitaph for Adolf Friedrich von Moltzan (* 1622 in Grubenhagen, † 1697 in Vienna) shows the family coat of arms with lions as shield holders and surrounded by six allegorical figures of virtues: Fortitudo, Spes, Caritas, Fides, Justitia and Sapientia. The epitaph for his son-in-law Vollrath Levin von Moltzan (1626–1700) is similar, but has apostles instead of the virtues. Both contain a Latin inscription tablet.
Epitaph for Adolf Friedrich von Moltzan
Epitaph for Vollrath Levin von Moltzan
literature
- Friedrich Schlie : The art and historical monuments of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Volume 5, Schwerin 1902, pp. 53-62
- The architectural and art monuments in the GDR, Neubrandenburg district , Berlin 1986, p. 459/460.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information and disposition of the organ , Malchow Organ Museum
- ↑ Inscriptions in Schlie (Lit.), p. 58
Coordinates: 53 ° 39 ′ 4 " N , 12 ° 29 ′ 53" E