Klein Kreutz village church

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The village church of Klein Kreutz from the north

The village church Klein Kreutz is a hall church in the village of Klein Kreutz in the city of Brandenburg an der Havel . The church belongs to the parish of the cathedral parish of the church district Mittelmark-Brandenburg of the Evangelical Church Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia .

Building

Building history

Drawing “Facade of the new church to be built in Klein-Kreutz”, Cathedral monastery archive Brandenburg

A church in the village of Klein Kreutz was first mentioned around 1300 as the patronage church of the Brandenburg cathedral chapter . In the 15th century (1463) a church was built in the Gothic style . The lower part of the church tower is still preserved from this red brick building . From 1867 to 1868 the medieval church was replaced by a new building in a historicist mixed style with many elements of neo-Romanesque and in the area of ​​the upper tower neo-Gothic . In 1955 the church was added to the list of monuments as a monument . Due to storm damage, the steeple in the form of a lantern was removed in November 1972. In the planning of the rebuilding of the lantern, an initiative supported by donations and subsidies was founded . In the mid-1990s, the roof of the church was re-covered with slate . In 2010 a tower renovation costing 53,000 euros was completed. By 2013, all church windows were finally renewed in almost 20 years of work. Colored lead glazing from the Schneemelcher glazier from Quedlinburg based on designs by the artist Günter Grohs from Wernigerode was installed.

Exterior fittings

South side with portal

The lower part of the west tower is made of red brick. The ogival west portal indicates the Gothic style, but it no longer serves as the main entrance. The windows of the tower were all changed to round arches. The floor for the bell cage and the roof date from the time of the new building in the middle of the 19th century. The stepped gables facing north and south are striking as a neo-Gothic element. The roof is covered with red roof tiles. There is a frieze below the eaves , which can also be found below the roof of the nave .

Like the newer part of the tower, the nave is bricked with red clinker bricks and, like the entire church, unplastered . The windows are large arched windows with modern lead glazing. There is a semicircular apse on the eastern wall . An external decorative element on the apse is, among other things, a blind arcade . On the south side is the used church portal with its own roof on which a stone crucifix is attached. The nave and portal are covered with black slate.

Interior

Picture panels on the north wall
Mary Altar

There have been sixteen panels on the west wall of the church since 2017, which were originally attached to the parapet of the west gallery of the previous church. These show prophets , evangelists and apostles . The boards were attached to the north wall as part of the renovation.

In the apse there is a Marian altar , which is rare for Protestant Brandenburg and which also comes from the previous building. To the left of the apse is the wooden pulpit , to the right the baptismal font . The church stalls are kept simple. The organ , which was built by Ferdinand Wäldner in 1868, is located on the west gallery . In the 20th century, a winter church was set up under the gallery and separated from the rest of the interior with a glazed front.

Church grounds

The church is in the center of Klein Kreutz, a little raised on Dorfstraße. The churchyard is no longer used as a cemetery. In the churchyard to the north of the church there is a war memorial for those who died in the First World War .

Web links

Commons : Dorfkirche Klein Kreutz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b André Wirsing: Image war with the monument office . Published on April 14, 2017 in Märkische Allgemeine . Accessed December 31, 2017.
  2. ↑ Information brochure on reconstruction of the spire of the Klein Kreutz church . Accessed December 31, 2017.
  3. ↑ Claudia Nack: There is stained glass everywhere . Published on November 25, 2013 in Märkische Allgemeine . Accessed December 31, 2017.
  4. ↑ Uwe Czubatynski: On the history of the origins of the Ferdinand-Wäldner organ in Klein Kreutz . In: Reports and research from the Brandenburg Cathedral Monastery, Volume 3 . Uwe Czubatynski (Ed.), Verlag Traugott Bautz, Nordhausen 2010, p. 119. ISSN 1866-4695.

Coordinates: 52 ° 26 ′ 5.6 "  N , 12 ° 37 ′ 35.8"  E