Mehlsdorf village church
The Protestant village church Mehlsdorf is a plastered building from 1665 in Mehlsdorf , a district of the municipality of Ihlow 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
The street Mehlsdorf leads from the west in a north-easterly direction through the village. In the historic center of the village it branches off to the south in a U-shape. The church stands in the south-western area of this junction on a plot of land that is fenced in by surrounding residential buildings . In earlier times there was a manor on the site.
history
Although the town of Melistorff was mentioned in a document from 1376, the core of the church was probably not built until the 16th century. The church patronage at that time lay with a branch of the von Kleist family . They erected the structure on the estate. Previously the parish was parish in Ihlow. In the Dehio manual there is talk of a "radical reconstruction" in 1666 under the then landlord Melchior von Schlomach. A few decades later, craftsmen built the west tower . While the manor house was demolished after the Second World War , the church was preserved and was restored in 1966 and in 1989/1990. However, there is a renewed need for renovation in the 21st century. The roof of the nave has to be renewed and the church ceiling replaced. Structural engineers also found that the tower's half-timbered construction was severely damaged by moisture penetration. As part of a LEADER- funded project, the building is to be renovated by 2021. The measures are supported by the traditional association Mehlsdorf, which wants to make its contribution to the renovation with the help of the annual Mehlsdorf plum jam festival. There are also funds from the Old Churches Berlin-Brandenburg support group . After the successful completion of the work, the parish plans to join Kirchenstrasse Elbe-Elster .
Building description
The building was essentially made of field and wall stones , which were then plastered . The choir is straight and strongly drawn in opposite the ship. On the east, north and south sides there is a small arched window, the reveal of which has been slightly highlighted. There are three small circular openings in the gable , which is also plastered .
The nave has a rectangular floor plan. On the north side there is a large, arched gate in the middle. Above, as in the eastern area, is a large arched window. To the west is a significantly narrower arched window. On the south side there are also three windows of the same type. Below the narrow arched window, however, there is another, tall rectangular window that allows light to fall below the gallery . The choir and nave have a simple gable roof , with the roof on the nave sloping towards the choir .
The square church tower extends to the west. It is based on a plastered base, but is also built as a half-timbered structure. On the north and south side there is a small, high-cornered window in the lower area. In the bell storey , the top tapers to an octagonal upper part with an ox eye on each of the four cardinal points. Above it is a Welsche hood with an open lantern , which ends with a tower ball , weather vane and star.
Furnishing
The pulpit altar dates from the second half of the 17th century and consists of a columnar structure with carved tendril cheeks. In the predella the Last Supper is depicted, above it the polygonal pulpit with the images of the evangelists in the parapet. The structure was restored in 1844 and 1845. In 1850 craftsmen added a neo-Gothic staircase. This includes a polygonal, wooden fifth , on the lid of which biblical scenes have been incorporated. The pastoral chair, which is kept in white colors, dates from the 18th century and has a barred top, red-framed fields and a flower basket motif on the door.
In the west of the building there is a gallery , the parapets of which are also painted with biblical scenes - from the fall of man to the resurrection of Jesus Christ . Above it is a carved cartouche with a painted coat of arms of those of Schlomachs. The parish had a winter church set up below the gallery in the 1960s . A crucifixion painting hangs on the south wall, the execution of which is described in the Dehio manual as “rough”; opposite hangs a carved saying cartouche. A stone epitaph commemorates Johann George, who died in 1736, and his wife Christine Louise von Schlomach, who died in 1762. The stela-like Vitentafel is described in the Dehio manual as "high quality". It is framed by a helmeted allegory - possibly Bellona - and a putto . There is a rib vault in the choir and a hollow vault in the nave.
Next to the north portal is a historic tower ball that was set up as a donation fund for the preservation of the building. To the north-west of the church, a memorial stone commemorates the fallen soldiers in Mehlsdorf and Karlsdorf from the Second World War. The arch-shaped stone is decorated with an iron cross , including the inscription: "Memorial for the / Fallen in / 2nd World War 1939-1945 / from Mehlsdorf and Karlsdorf". The stone is complemented by two stone slabs placed on the side of the floor, in which the names of the fallen are recorded.
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 .
- 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
- ↑ Dorfkirche Mehlsdorf , website of the Förderkreis Alte Kirchen Berlin-Brandenburg, accessed on October 28, 2019.
- ↑ Dorfkirche Mehlsdorf , website of the Dahme / Mark Office, accessed on October 28, 2019.
Coordinates: 51 ° 49 ′ 54 ″ N , 13 ° 20 ′ 34 ″ E