Wulfshagen Monastery village church
The Wulfshagen Monastery Church is an 18th century church building belonging to the Evangelical Lutheran parish of Marlow in the Wulfshagen Monastery district . The parish belongs to the Rostock provost in the Mecklenburg parish of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany ( Northern Church ).
History and equipment
The half-timbered church was built around 1750. The single nave nave has a boarded, west-facing bell tower made of oak with a four-sided pyramid roof and is partly made of material from a previous church.
The interior has a flat wooden barrel ceiling. The altar , which has Gothic and Baroque elements, shows representations from the life of Jesus Christ. The carved altar with twelve reliefs on the story of Mary and the Passion of Christ was made in 1500, the pulpit with sound cover , the former patron's box , the pastor's chair, the parish chairs and the western gallery around 1800.
The bell of the church consists of a bell from the 15th century, without decorations or inscriptions. The inscription "Anno 1696 the 8th of October" is on the bar next to it.
Redevelopment
At the end of the 1990s the church was in a poor general condition. In 2001 and 2003, initially with the help of patronage funds, the roof was repaired with old plain tiles . In 2003, a support association for the Church of Wulfshagen Monastery was founded to drive the further work forward. In 2004 the pedestal and the altar table could be renewed, in 2005 the bell suspension was renewed and the bell tower was renovated. Since then, the tower has had a cross on its top. The following year the harmonium and the candlesticks on the benches were renovated . In 2007, parts of the half-timbered house on the north and south sides were repaired. The window sills were replaced at the same time. The newly erected benches were stabilized in the interior. A year later, a new substructure was attached to the pulpit; the cemetery wall surrounding the church was renovated and the church entrance redesigned. The east gable and the two windows were renewed in 2009, a year later the windows on the north and south sides. In addition, the barrel vault was restored in 2009, the interior plaster and the stone floor were newly installed or relocated. In 2011, the restoration of the altar, the pulpit, the gallery, the stalls and the sacristy cupboard were completed. The work was completed on June 21, 2011.
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Churches in Marlow , Marlow City Web site, accessed Aug. 20, 2012.
- ↑ a b Die Kirche , Wulfshagen Monastery website, accessed on August 20, 2012.
- ^ Village churches in need
- ^ Marlow Associations , Marlow City website, accessed August 20, 2012.
- ↑ Kloster Wulfshagen , website of Dorfkirchen in Not, accessed on August 20, 2012.
- ^ The church in Kloster Wulfshagen , accessed on December 1, 2018.
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Coordinates: 54 ° 10 ′ 44.5 ″ N , 12 ° 23 ′ 40.7 ″ E