Malchow village church (Göritz)

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Malchow village church

The Malchow village church is an early Gothic stone church in Göritz in the Uckermark district in Brandenburg . It belongs to the parish of Schönfeld in the Uckermark parish of the Evangelical Church in Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia .

history

The church was built in the second half of the 13th century. In 1731 the parish added the tower. The last service was celebrated in 1958 , after which the church stood empty. In the 1960s, there was no building material for a necessary renovation. In the 1990s, the parish considered selling the building or demolishing it. In 2003 the church came to the parish of Schönfeld . In the course of this reassignment, a baptismal angel was transported from the building to the attic of the rectory in Blindow. Then it was hung in the church tower hall in Göritz. In 2004 there was an emergency backup because the structure threatened to collapse. Part of the interior was put into the Göritz church . To revitalize the building, the parish council founded an organizing committee for the International Church Prize on January 30, 2008 , to which several council members from the parish of Schöneberg belong. In the weeks and months that followed, the idea of ​​holding a music competition arose. The committee contacted several music schools as well as the public administration, in particular the monument protection authority. In 2008, a couple from Halle (Saale) contacted the parish and donated a sum of money to the German Foundation for Monument Protection (DSD), which they then participated in the renovation of the church. In the years 2008 to 2012, extensive renovation work took place, which led to the exposure of medieval frescoes on the north and south sides of the nave in August and September 2011 . After the renovation, the church will be used as a venue. In 2009 the church was included in the International Malchow Church Prize , which was awarded for the first time . In 2010 ten motivational prizes were awarded to young musicians.

architecture

The hall church has a rectangular floor plan and was built from evenly hewn field stones that were evenly piled up. Only in the area of ​​the gable are they irregularly layered due to a conversion. The choir ends in a straight line and is the same width as the ship. The gable roof is covered with reddish beaver tail tiles. On the west tower is a also rimmed with boulders is ogival portal with a two-tiered robe and a dark wooden door. The tower was built from the height of the eaves from half-timbered , into which a rectangular, simple sound arcade was incorporated on all four sides . The pyramid roof is also covered with recent, red beaver-tail clay roof tiles. On the top of the tower there is a tower ball with a weather vane and an octagonal star. There are three pointed arch windows on the north and south sides. This design was taken up on the choir: Here, too, three ogival windows are embedded as a symbol for the Trinity , of which the middle one has been increased in length. Above it is a round window framed with red bricks , followed by three further white, coupled plaster panels , also framed with red bricks . Of these, the middle one is also increased in length.

Furnishing

In the church there is a wooden baptismal angel from the 18th century. The two candlesticks and the altar cross are gifts from private individuals. The altar Bible comes from the partner community in Lützelsachsen ; the altar ceiling from the Latvian partner parish Livani . The nave and the choir are designed with a flat ceiling.

Malchower Labyrinth Park

The Malchow Labyrinth Park is located in the vicinity of the church. The church was included in the conception of the park based on the Chartres Cathedral and the floor was laid out with a star labyrinth with a six-pointed star of Christ embedded in the center. 860,000 euros were estimated for the project. In addition to a snail labyrinth, a Chartres labyrinth, a sand labyrinth and a large maze are available to visitors.

literature

  • Parish of Göritz: On the way to the center. Malchow, June 9, 2013, display in the church

Web links

Commons : Dorfkirche Malchow  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Village church in Malchow , Uckermark churches from AZ, accessed on August 25, 2014.
  2. ↑ Christoph Kämper: New future for the village church in Malchow in: Multibeton Freund der Energiesparer Edition D, 2012
  3. ^ Project overview , website of the German Foundation for Monument Protection, accessed on August 25, 2014.
  4. ↑ With Faith and Music , Monuments Online - Magazine of the German Foundation for Monument Protection, accessed on August 24, 2014.
  5. ↑ Malchower Labyrinthpark ( Memento from August 27, 2014 in the web archive archive.today ), website from Antenne Brandenburg, accessed on August 25, 2014.
  6. ↑ Michael Dietrich: New Church Projects - Labyrinth Park and Kita-Arche . In: Märkische Oderzeitung , November 15, 2010, accessed on August 24, 2014.
  7. ↑ Malchower Labyrinthpark: games, fun, reflection , flyer, no date

Coordinates: 53 ° 25 ′ 4.8 ″  N , 13 ° 55 ′ 22.2 ″  E