Kossin village church

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Kossin village church

The Protestant village church of Kossin is a Gothic stone church in Kossin , a district of the municipality of Niederer Fläming in the Teltow-Fläming district in the state of Brandenburg . The church belongs to the parish of Zossen Fläming the Evangelical Church Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Oberlausitz .

location

Highway 714 leads south through the village when coming from the north. In the historic town center, it describes a double curve, in the middle of which the church stands north of the street.

history

The Brandenburg State Office for the Preservation of Monuments and the State Archaeological Museum (BLDAM) states in its database that the building was built in the 15th century. This is supported by the comparatively small structure and the not very careful processing of the field stones . According to the Dehio manual , it was badly damaged in the Thirty Years War and was not rebuilt until around 1700. In the tower there is a half-timbered construction that is said to have been built in 1743 (?). In 1960 the interior was redesigned.

Building description

Field stones of different sizes and qualities were mainly used for the construction. A few are trimmed, the other stones are only processed unevenly and alternate with small interstices. It is a small, rectangular hall building with a straight, closed east wall in which two narrow, ogival windows are built. In between, the remains of a third window that has meanwhile been blocked can be seen. Are two approximately arc-shaped window, which at the north and south side window surrounds by a plaster again be emphasized. On the south side, shifted slightly to the west, a pointed arched portal with a brick reveal is between the two windows. The west wall is closed. The ship has a simple gable roof . To the west is a boarded, drawn-in tower tower. It has three simple, high-rectangular sound arcades and a pyramid roof with a tower ball .

Furnishing

The altarpiece dates from 1683 and was originally created for the Wiepersdorf village church . After a new altar was donated there in 1701, however, this work came to Kossin. In the predella there is a depiction of the Lord's Supper ; the execution is described in the Dehio manual as "rough". The crucifixion of Christ is depicted in the altar panel , flanked by columns ; in the altar extract the resurrection of Jesus Christ . This includes a simple, polygonal pulpit as well as a gallery and stalls dating from the construction period .

A special feature is an approximately 1.32 m tall baptismal angel from the first half of the 18th century. He came to the church after the destruction around 1700. In his left hand he is carrying a conch shell, and in his right hand originally a tape that has come off. The original painting no longer exists. The red upper garment and the gray wings originate from an overlay from the 1960s. The Dehio manual points to stylistic similarities with other baptismal angels that come from a Niederlausitz sculpture. Anne Gehrmann and Dirk Schumann also point out in their remarks on the village churches in Niederlausitz that comparable works are available in the towns of Dollenchen , Terpt , Krügersdorf , Kolochau and other villages.

The bell dates from 1743.

Say of the stolen tower

The church leader of the church district Zossen-Fläming refers to a legend that deals with the comparatively unusual shape of the tower. This has moved in opposite the ship. According to a legend, residents of a neighboring community once came up with the plan to steal the tower. But since they were surprised at what they did, they could only move the tower a little.

See also

literature

  • Georg Dehio (arr. Gerhard Vinken et al.): 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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ulrich Waack: Building types of medieval village churches in Berlin and the Mittelmark. In: Janowski, Bernd / Schumann, Dirk (Ed.): Dorfkirchen. Contributions to architecture, furnishings and preservation of monuments (= volume 3 of the series Churches in rural areas ), Lukas-Verlag Berlin 2004
  2. ^ Anne Gehrmann, Dirk Schumann (ed.): Village churches in Niederlausitz. Lukas Verlag, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-86732-054-2 , p. 355.

Coordinates: 51 ° 51 '39.4 "  N , 13 ° 13' 57.6"  E