Leizen village church
The village church is a listed church building in Leizen , a municipality in the Mecklenburg Lake District ( Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania ). It belongs to the Neustrelitz Propstei of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany ( Northern Church ).
History and architecture
The rectangular, flat-roofed hall church was bricked in field stone towards the end of the 13th century . It stands in the middle of a churchyard bordered by a stone wall . The walls are divided by four narrow arched windows in the east and south and a round arched south portal . The western, indented by segmental arch windows and the west portal walls are in brick masonry. In the choir gable , a cross is embedded. The building was extensively renovated in the second half of the 18th century.
tower
The boarded wooden roof tower from the second half of the 18th century was crowned with a very pointed helmet . The tower bears the coat of arms of the von Gundlach family and was renewed in the 1990s.
Furnishing
- The late Gothic carved altar is a work from the beginning of the 16th century. It is a triptych with the depiction of the coronation of Mary in the middle part. Otherwise apostles and saints are shown. In the altar block there is a sacrament cabinet that was used to store the sacrament implements; remains of the original version can still be seen .
- The pulpit was installed at the end of the 18th century; The altar cabinets and the pastor's chair date from the same period .
- The grave slab of the von Knuth family from 1370 was originally set into the floor. She bears the family's coat of arms. To protect it from further wear and tear, it was installed next to the altar in 1994.
Bells
Originally there was probably a church tower instead of the roof tower, in which two bells from 1527 and 1711 hung. On the instructions of the patron Max Ludwig von Gundlach , they were cast from Waren by Carl Illies in 1860.
literature
- Georg Dehio , edited by Hans-Christian Feldmann, Gerd Baier, Dietlinde Brugmann, Antje Heling, Barbara Rimpel: Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler. Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-422-03081-6 .
- Churches in the Mecklenburg Lake District, southern Müritz region , with illustrations by Werner Schinko, publisher IG of the Mecklenburg Lake District Church leaders, Beyer printing company in Röbel.
Web links
- History , kirchentour.de, accessed on September 20, 2012
Coordinates: 53 ° 21 ′ 57 ″ N , 12 ° 28 ′ 31 ″ E