Lärz village church

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Lärz village church
Ceiling painting

The village church in Lärz is a church belonging to the Evangelical Lutheran parish of Schwarz in the Mecklenburg Lake District .

history

Since November 23, 1237, the farming village of Lositz Lärz, with forty hooves in the Turne region, belonged to the Dobbertin monastery as a gift from Prince Nikolaus I von Werle in the so-called (rear) sand propstei . On January 18, 1257, Bishop Heinrich von Havelberg awarded the Dobbertin nunnery the tithe of its properties in Lärz. In 1524 Thomas Zander was Kirchherr von Laerz and his branches in Schwarz and Diemitz. The first Protestant visitation after the Reformation took place on October 2nd and 3rd, 1557.

From 1834 Carl Friedrich Lindig was pastor in Lärz. In 1858, the Dobbertiner monastery chiefs reported to the state parliament in Malchin that Pastor Lindig was not in a favorable financial position, because the parish trades for a large number of families were so far limited, as the parish lands were in communion with those of the peasants and due to the 10 year long delay the regulation of the villages that Pastor Lindig had to do without their better use for so long. One of the children, one talented son, has practically devoted himself to the art of shipbuilding and is on the use of Her Majesty the widowed Queen of Denmark in the Royal Shipbuilding School in Copenhagen . Since admission to this institution requires skills and previous training and the young man should make his fortune, his father asked the Dobbertiner monastery head for a one-off financial support. In view of Pastor Lindig's numerous family, the monastery captain Otto Julius Freiherr von Maltzan extended the support to two years.

Building history

During the tenure of Pastor Matthias Bachmeister, a new church was built in 1626 that stood for a hundred years. During the visitation in 1649, it was noted that "the wind had blown the church tower, but the chapels Schwarz and Diemitz were in fairly good condition". Today's half-timbered church with a massive west gable and retracted half-timbered tower was built in 1724 during the tenure of Pastor Johann Lohmann, whose portrait is in the church. The year of construction 1724 can also be seen in the weather vane and the two bronze bells were brought into the tower in 1724. The facade of the massive west wall, which was built later, was restored in 2011 according to the historical color scheme. From 1749 to 1751 the rectory and parsonage were built. Around 1774 there were further repairs to the church. On August 9, 1807, a heavy thunderstorm did not ignite the church, but the roof, windows, panes and beams were very badly damaged, as Pastor Eichmann reported. Repairs were made to the rectory in 1861. In 1892 and 1893 further repairs were made to the upper church tower.

In 1970, Gustav Adolf Pracht was the last pastor to live in the Lärzer rectory, which was sold in 2004. Between 2004 and 2005 part of the church, including the tower, was renovated.

Building description

Exterior

The rectangular nave has a vaulted wooden ceiling in the shape of a segmented arch barrel, on which baroque paintings have been partially preserved. There are depictions of angels and stars. A vestibule is built to the south. The tower was later covered with wood.

Bassewitz's coat of arms on the altar

The church patron at the time of construction was Joachim von Bassewitz , heir of Lütten Walmdorff and Wendorff, captain of the Dobbertin Patronus monastery , according to the inscription on the right side of the altar. In front of the altar are the graves of some pastors, marked by wooden frames, including the grave of Marie Charlotte Caroline Eichmann (1775–1821), the pastor's wife of Friedrich Ludwig Eichmann, as a special feature for the time.

The oak sleepers and some ceiling beams of the nave as well as the half-timbering are partially damaged and need renovation, the tower was repaired in 2004.

Interior

Inside you can see a pressed wooden barrel ceiling with renewed painting. Since the renovation in 1870, only the central sun, a few stars and the moon to the left of the organ have remained of the previously much richer painting, besides the angels, other things were painted over.

altar

Pulpit tar

The baroque pulpit altar was built in 1739. Inscriptions on the reverse indicate the founder Johann Permin and the painter G. Friedrich Hertzog. The altar has twisted columns and is decorated with acanthus tendrils. The canopy is carried by two angels, above it three flames in a triangle as a symbol for the Trinity . Flanked are figures of the four evangelists with their symbols , each holding a verse of their gospel in their hands. On the left side of the altar there is the inscription By God's Grace Carl Leopold , Duke of Mecklenburg Episcopus, the reference to the ruling Duke at the time of construction and his function as bishop. To the side of the altar barrier is the pastor's and patronage's chair.

Baptismal stand and baptismal bowl

The wooden baptismal stand , along with the baptismal font, was a gift from Pastor Johann Lohmann, who worked from 1710 to 1744 and whose portrait hangs in the church. The baptismal font is from 1672. On the lid is the inscription presented by J. Lohmann, P (astor) L (oci). The sacrament chalices have been in the community since 1945 and date from the 17th century and from 1707. The offering box was made from a log and dates from the 18th century.

organ

Organ from Schlag & Sons

The community in Lärzer asked that the Dobbertiner monastery office provide the church there with an organ "to beautify the worship service". The monastery captain, Erblandmarschall Karl Friedrich Ludwig von Lützow, consented if the inventory of the bell bag cash register was made available with voluntary contributions and the necessary manual and clamping services were taken over to “reduce the monastery cash register”. Following a suggestion at the state parliament in 1894, the monastery leaders also had a Mecklenburg company "put into competition" for the construction of an organ in Lärz. The examination of the submitted offers by a well-known expert was in favor of the company Schlag & Söhne in Schweidnitz , Silesian . which had already delivered and installed a particularly beautiful organ in the Dobbertiner monastery church .

The organ (I / P / 6), built in 1895, is the only completely preserved instrument from the Schlag & Söhne organ building company. A special feature is the use of a pneumatic manual and a pedal with mechanical action in one instrument. The manual has five stops, the pedal one stop. In 1908 repairs were carried out by the organ builder Carl Börger from Rostock-Gehlsdorf. After 1945 the metal pipes were lost, repaired in 1955 by Otto Müller from Frankfurt / Oder . In 2005 there was a general overhaul and in 2011 new pewter prospect pipes were installed by master organ builder Arnold from the Mecklenburg Orgelbau company in Plau.

Bells

Two bells still hang in the tower , both cast in 1724 by Christian Sigismund Mebert from Neuruppin . The small bronze bell with a diameter of 67 cm has the following inscription SOLI GLORIA DEO - JOCH. VON BASSEWITZ KLOSTER-HAUPTMANN - F. MUNDHEIM SAND-PROBST - JOH. LOHMANN PASTOR - H. ZILLMANN DER SCHULTZ - J. RECHLIN AND C. DOHMS VORSTEHER - CS MEBERT GOSS MICH ANNO 1724. From 18440 to 1849, the Dobbertin monastery office issued orders against the improper ringing of church bells in Lärz, but also in black and white Diemitz. The larger cast steel bell from 1962 bears the inscription HERR LEHRE UNS BETEN and replaces the older bell that had to be delivered in 1940 for war purposes.

Pastors

Names and years indicate the verifiable mention as pastor.

  • 1514–1557 Thomas Zander, Lord of the Church of Lärz, Schwarz and Diemitz, “was a poor, old, trembling man, had been in office for 43 years and knew very little about the catechism.”
  • 1569–1584 Israel Rhode.
  • 1626–1639 Matthias Bachmeister.
  • 1639–1671 Nikolaus Reppentin, horrified in 1671 because of serious moral misconduct and expelled from the country for four years.
  • 1671–1674 Wolfgang Müller, from Alfeld near Hanover .
  • 1674–1709 Christoph Permin.
Pastor Johann Lohmann 1746
  • 1710–1746 Johann Lohmann from Rostock.
  • 1747–1798 Johann Heinrich Heerder, son of the Dobbertiner pastor Caspar Wilhelm Heerder, was in office for over 50 years.
  • 1799–1834 Friedrich Ludwig Eichmann from Rheinshagen.
  • 1834–1871 Carl Friedrich Linding from Thuringia, † May 9, 1871 in Lärz.
  • 1871-1873 vacant
  • 1873–1905 Johannes Friedrich Albrecht Kehrhahn from Kirchdorf auf Poel , then in Hamburg.
  • 1905–1933 Louis Friedrich Lühr from Hagenow .
  • 1933–1970 Gustav Pracht.
  • 1985–1986 Gudrun Gutzeit, also Schwarz.
  • 1988–1989 Beate Harder, also Schwarz.
  • 1992–1999 Rainer Kirstein, also Schwarz.
  • 1999-2005 vacant
  • 2005– 0000Wilhelm Lömpke, also Schwarz.

Parish

The churches in Schwarz and Diemitz belonged to Lärz as branches until 1867. Managed by Schwarz since 1972, from 1998 declaration dormant pastorate. The church in Lärz is now part of the Neustrelitz Propstei of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany ( Northern Church ) in the parish of Schwarz. In the area of ​​the parish of Lärz-Schwarz in the Mecklenburg Lake District are the places Alt Gaarz with church , Diemitz with church , Fleeth, Krümmel with church , Lärz with church, Schwarz with church , Buschhof, Neu Gaarz, Ichlim and Troja as well as Diemitz lock and Fleetzer Mühle.

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Printed sources

Unprinted sources

  • State Main Archive Schwerin (LHAS)
    • LHAS 1.5-4 / 3 documents Dobbertin monastery.
    • LHAS 2.12-3 / 5 church visits.
    • LHAS 3.2-3 / 1 Landeskloster / Klosteramt Schwerin.
    • LHAS 3.2-4 Knightly fire insurance.
    • LHAS 5.11-2 Landtag assembly, Landtag negotiations , Landtag minutes and Landtag committee.
    • LHAS 5.12-4 / 2 Mecklenburg Ministry of Agriculture, Domains and Forests.
  • State Church Archives Schwerin (LKAS)
    • LKAS, OKR Schwerin, Specialia Dept. 2. No. 376, 016–018 Land of the parish and sexton of Lärz, 1826–1950.
    • LKAS, OKR Schwerin, Lärz parish archive 1611–1978, with visitation protocol 1662, buildings and inventory with parish chronicle 1541–1951.

literature

  • Friedrich Lisch : The churches in Karchow, Zielow, Damwalde, Melz, Wendisch-Priborn, Lärz and Krümmel. In: MJB 40 (1875) pp. 190-192.
  • Friedrich Schlie : The art and history monuments of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. V. Volume The district court districts of Tetrow, Malchin, Stavenhagen, Penzlin, Waren, Malchow and Röbel. Schwerin 1902, reprint 1993, ISBN 3-910179-09-6 , pp. 580-584.
  • P. Linshöft: From the history of Schwarz-Hintersandpropstei. (handwritten manuscript) 1930.
  • Georg Dehio : Handbook of the German art monuments, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Munich, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-422-03081-6 , p. 299.
  • Gerhild Meßner: Lärz . In: Gutsdörfer in the Müritz district. 2004 p. 123.
  • Churches in the Mecklenburg Lake District, southern Müritz region, with illustrations by Werner Schinko, publisher IG der Kirchenführerinnen Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, Beyer printing house in Röbel.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ MUB I. (1863) No. 469, 694.
  2. ^ Friedrich Schlie: The church village Laerz. 1902, p. 580.
  3. ↑ MUB I. (1863) No. 790.
  4. ^ Friedrich Lisch: The Reformation of the Dobbertin Monastery. MJB 22 (1857) p. 117.
  5. ↑ LHAS 5.11-2 Minutes of the Landtag. November 17, 1858, no.20.
  6. ↑ P. Linsthöft: From the story of Schwarz, Hintersandpropstei. 1930.
  7. ↑ LHAS 3.2-3 / 1 Landeskloster / Klosteramt Dobbertin. No. 3702, Colored drawings and side view, 1732.
  8. ↑ LHAS 3.2-3 / 1 Landeskloster / Klosteramt Dobbertin. No. 3752 Building bills 1749–1751.
  9. ↑ LHAS 3.2-3 / 1 Landeskloster / Klosteramt Dobbertin. No. 3655 Repair of the church tower, sketches, side views, 1892.
  10. ^ Information sheet of the parish
  11. ↑ www.dorfkirchen-in-not.de
  12. ↑ Georg Dehio: Lärz, district Müritz. 2000, p. 299.
  13. ↑ LHAS 3.2-3 / 1 Landeskloster / Klosteramt Dobbertin. No. 3793, receipts for the invoice after the altar was built, 1739.
  14. ↑ Georg Dehio: Lärz, district Müritz. 2000, p. 299
  15. ^ Information sheet of the parish
  16. ↑ LHAS 5.11-2 Minutes of the Landtag. November 14, 1894, No. 9.
  17. ↑ LHAS 3.2-3 / 1 Landeskloster / Klosteramt Dobbertin. No. 4604 Building an organ.
  18. ↑ LHAS 5.11-2 Minutes of the Landtag. November 13, 1895, No. 6.
  19. ↑ LHAS 3.2-3 / 1 Landeskloster / Klosteramt Dobbertin. No. 3713 Order against improper ringing of church bells.
  20. ^ Gustav Willgeroth: The Mecklenburg-Schwerin Parish since the Thirty Years' War. Wismar 1925.
  21. ^ Friedrich Schlie: The church village Laerz. 1902, pp. 580-581.
  22. ↑ P. Linshöft: From the story of Schwarz, Hintersandpropstei. 1930.
  23. ^ Friedrich Lisch: The Reformation of the Dobbertin Monastery. MJB 22 (1857) p. 117.
  24. ↑ LHAS 3.2-3 / 1 Landeskloster / Klosteramt Dobbertin. No. 3706, election of a preacher 1671.
  25. ↑ LHAS 3.2-3 / 1 Landeskloster / Klosteramt Dobbertin. No. 3694, the position of preacher was filled in 1710.
  26. ↑ LHAS 3.2-3 / 2 Landeskloster / Klosteramt Dobbertin No. 3708, 3727 election of preachers, election protocol.
  27. ↑ LHAS 3.2-3 / 1 Landeskloster / Klosteramt Dobbertin. No. 3723 Occupation of the parish until Pastor Eichmann retires.
  28. ^ LKAS, OKR Schwerin, Personalia and Examina L 076.

Coordinates: 53 ° 17 ′ 32.6 "  N , 12 ° 44 ′ 45.1"  E