Klausdorf village church (Treuenbrietzen)
The Protestant village church Klausdorf is a neo-baroque hall church in Klausdorf , a municipality part of the district Bardenitz of the city of Treuenbrietzen in the district of Potsdam-Mittelmark in the state of Brandenburg . The community belongs to the Evangelical Church District Zossen-Fläming of the Evangelical Church Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia .
location
Landstrasse 812 runs through Klausdorf in a north-south direction and branches off towards the west and east as Klausdorfer Dorfstrasse at an intersection in the town center . The church stands a few meters from this intersection in an easterly direction and there south of the road. A fence does not exist.
history
Klausdorf was first mentioned in a document in 1311 and came into the possession of the Zinna monastery in 1426 . Between 1435 and 1452 the place fell into desolation and was leased by the Cistercian monks to the farmers in neighboring Pechüle. The village church of Pechüle had been there since the first third of the 13th century , so the farmers decided not to build another sacred building in Klausdorf. They used the area as grazing land for their cattle. This condition remained unchanged for centuries until the Palatinate came to the region in 1748 and Klausdorf was established.
But the new settlers did not start planning their own building until the beginning of the 20th century. Under the direction of the Treuenbrietzen master bricklayer Hannemann , workers began building the sacred building in 1907. The church consecration took place on April 27, 1908.
The building was badly damaged in the First and Second World Wars and fell into disrepair in the following decades. A window in the choir was destroyed; a chandelier, a fifth, and a harmonium disappeared. In 1979 the condition was so bad that the building was closed by the building supervision : the church tower threatened to collapse. The church , however, refused to agree to a demolition and began in 1984 with the restoration, which was completed with a renewed consecration on September 28, 1986 preliminary. Craftsmen tore down an extension and a covered wooden staircase and bricked the gable wall with the bricks obtained in this way .
Around twenty years later, however, the structure was again severely damaged, including by Hurricane Kyrill . Again on April 27, 2010 a support association was founded to preserve the church. He created a usage concept that also included use as a multifunctional community center - and began collecting donations. First, the church tower was renovated for almost 70,000 euros. In the meantime, the ownership structure had to be clarified, as the land belonged to the city of Treuenbrietzen, but the building belonged to the Evangelical Church. The parish finally decided to transfer the building to the city as well. With numerous events, including theater performances, concerts and a Christmas market, the voluntary members have been collecting money for the repair since 2011. Construction work began in May 2013. A year later, a family returned a Bible to the congregation that they had taken from the building as displaced persons towards the end of the war.
Building description
The building was mainly made of bricks. The choir has a three-sided east end. On the north and south choir wall there is a segment-arched window. They are complemented by a third, higher and significantly larger oval window on the east wall in the shape of a medallion . The corners of the building are accentuated by pilaster strips and lead to the fact that on the east wall the roof above, covered with beaver tail, takes up the arched shape of the raised window. This stylistic device can also be found on the southern wall of the nave . A large, three-part window characterizes the facade. The north side is much simpler and only contains a large segment-arched window in the direction of the choir. The church tower adjoins it to the west and takes up the full width of the nave. The lower half was also built from masonry bricks, above is a framework with a compartment made of black painted wood with an infill made of white painted clay plaster.
The tower floor was also made of half-timbering. There is a large sound arcade on the north, west and south sides and a small one on the east side . This is followed by the octagonal spire covered with beaver tail, which ends with a tower ball and cross. Access to the building is via a simple, rectangular west portal. There is a cemetery to the south of the structure.
Furnishing
The furnishings are simple and date from the time the church was built. It is equipped with a barrel ceiling inside. The remains of a sacrament niche can be seen on the east wall .
literature
- Georg Dehio (edited by Gerhard Vinken and others): Handbook of German Art Monuments - Brandenburg. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-422-03123-4 .
- Evangelical Church District Zossen-Fläming Synodal Committee for Public Relations (Ed.): Between Heaven and Earth - God's Houses in the Church District Zossen-Fläming , Laserline GmbH, Berlin, p. 180, 2019
Web links
- History of the church in Klausdorf , website of the Fläming village Bardenitz Pechüle, accessed on April 1, 2017.
Individual evidence
- ^ The village church of Klausdorf (Potsdam-Mittelmark) , website of the support group for old churches Berlin-Brandenburg, accessed on April 1, 2017.
- ↑ The common task welds the village together , website of the Förderkreis Alte Kirchen Berlin-Brandenburg, accessed on April 1, 2017.
- ^ Church becomes community center , website of the Förderkreis Alte Kirchen Berlin-Brandenburg, accessed on April 1, 2017.
- ^ Information board : City of Treuenbrietzen - Klausdorf , west of the church, March 2017.
- ↑ Without a sponsoring association, the Klausdorf Church cannot be saved , website of the sponsoring group Alte Kirchen Berlin-Brandenburg, accessed on April 1, 2017.
- ↑ The wrong ways of a homecoming Bible , website of the Förderkreis Alte Kirchen Berlin-Brandenburg, accessed on April 1, 2017.
Coordinates: 52 ° 2 ′ 55.8 ″ N , 12 ° 56 ′ 36.9 ″ E