Village church Klosterdorf (Oberbarnim)
The Protestant village church Klosterdorf is a stone church from the 13th century in Klosterdorf, a district of the municipality Oberbarnim in the district of Märkisch-Oderland in the state of Brandenburg . The church belongs to the parish of Oderland-Spree of the Evangelical Church Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Oberlausitz .
location
The Road of Peace leads from the northeast towards the historic village green. This is spanned by the Hohensteiner Weg running south . The building stands northeast of this intersection on a plot of land that is fenced in with a wall made of unhewn and non-layered field stones .
history
Klosterdorf was probably founded between 1210 and 1220 by the Cistercians of the Zinnas Monastery and was first mentioned in a document as Closterstorp in 1241/1251 . Under her direction, master builders built the sacred building as a complete complex in the second half of the 13th century . After 1375 the place was initially desolate ; new residents only proven in 1471, who ran a sheep farm and a monastery courtyard. In 1472 they bought a new bell. In the course of the Reformation , the place and with it the church patronage came to changing masters. In 1595, a donor who had remained unknown until now donated a second, large bell. In 1807 the church received its first organ . From 1985 to 1987 the parish renovated the roof and did not paint the interior true to the original.
Building description
The Cistercians mainly used field stone for the sacred building, which was carefully hewn and layered in layers. They erected a drawn-in, three-meter-long and semicircular apse into which three arched windows were built. It has half a cone roof . This is followed by the choir . It is 8.1 m long and 8.3 m wide; the east wall closed. On the northern side is a sacristy , which was integrated into the building via a towing roof . It is around nine meters long and three meters wide. On the east side there is a rectangular gate, the walls of which were built from reddish brick . In the otherwise windowless gable is a cross-shaped opening in the middle. The stones in the gable are neither carved nor layered. It is therefore conceivable that it was rebuilt at a later point in time after damage or that it was plastered or boarded up at an earlier point in time . The remains of five added round arches can be seen on the north wall of the choir; followed by a rectangular opening in the western area. Due to the irregular design, this extension may not have been built at the time of construction. Matthias Friske suspects that the arches are not clogged windows, but decorative elements. The extension conceals two walled-up windows on the north wall of the choir. The southern side of the choir also shows significant changes. Two large, raised, segment-arched windows are installed here. To the right below, a priest's gate, including the surrounding vestments , has apparently been completely removed. The resulting opening was clogged with rock fragments. Large-scale repair work can be seen in the eastern area at the transition to the roof ridge .
The nave has a rectangular floor plan with a length of 14 meters and a width of 11.5 meters. While the surrounding walls consist of layered and hewn field stones, fragments of stone and smaller stones were built into the gable as well as the choir gable. On the north side are two large, segment-arched windows. The one to the east cuts the remains of a clogged window. In between the rest of a much smaller, clogged window can be seen. Below is a blocked community gate. The garment is still there here; the opening was blocked with hewn stones so that the lines largely coincide with the height of the nave. At the transition to the tower is a small window, which is likely from the construction time. Presumably, the nave originally had five small, raised windows on its north wall. There are two large windows on the south wall and a much smaller window to the west. In the center is a clogged gate that is lightly plastered. The remains of five original windows can also be detected on the south side.
The transverse rectangular west tower has no construction seam and should therefore also come from the construction period. It takes up the width of the nave and is 6.3 m long. To the west are two mighty, modern buttresses made of stone that extend into the bell storey ; in between an arched gate. Above the entrance area made of field stones three arches arranged one above the other can be seen (repair work?); above an arched opening. On the north side there is a small window that is likely from the construction period; the same applies to the south side. There is a rectangular opening in the middle floor. Above and on the north side there is also an arched opening. Bricks were used exclusively in the bell storey. It ends with a transverse hipped roof .
Furnishing
The altar is modern; the simple, wooden pulpit stands under the triumphal arch on the south wall of the choir. A stone has broken out on its south side. A triumphal cross could possibly have been placed there at an earlier point in time. The church also features a fifth from the 16th century, which was made from Rüdersdorfer limestone . It is 85 cm high and has a modern painted cup with a diameter of 47 cm. A chalice has survived from 1542, which was probably lost in 1577; In 1600 there was a chasuble .
The painting is modern. In the western area of the horseshoe gallery is an organ that has been rebuilt and expanded several times, most recently in 1872 by Wilhelm Remler . Two bells with a diameter of 75 cm and 85 cm hang in the tower. The smaller bell comes from the Middle Ages and bears the inscription "m ° cccclxxii o rex glorie (followed by an illegible letter) xpi veni cum pace". The larger bell has two inscriptions. In the upper band it reads "AD POMPAS AD SACRA AD FVNERA GIVES VOCE SVA CHRISTVS QVOS VOCAT IPSA VOCO ANNO 1595" followed by two circles. In the lower band you can see the inscription "I AM IN GOD'S NAME DVRCHS FEWR FLOSSEN HEINRICH BORSTELMAN ZV MAGDEBVRG HATTED ME".
The apse has a semi-dome inside; the choir has a one-yoke groin vault with a roof truss above , which could still come from the late Middle Ages. The interior of the ship is flat covered. Remains of the barrel vault have been preserved in the tower .
literature
- Georg Dehio (edited by Gerhard Vinken et al.): Handbook of German Art Monuments - Brandenburg Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-422-03123-4 .
- Matthias Friske : The medieval churches on the Barnim. History - architecture - equipment . Series: Churches in rural areas , Vol. 1, Lukas Verlag, Berlin 2001 ISBN 3-931836-67-3 .
Web links
- Entry in the monument database of the State of Brandenburg
- Romanesque routes in Berlin and Brandenburg - Dorfkirche Klosterdorf
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information board for the village church of Klosterdorf , at the church, June 2018.
- ↑ Feldsteinkirche Klosterdorf , website of the local action group Märkische Schweiz e. V., accessed on June 14, 2018.
Coordinates: 52 ° 35 '26 " N , 13 ° 57' 2.4" E