Melz village church
The village church is a listed church building in Melz , a municipality in the Mecklenburg Lake District ( Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania ). The community belongs to the Neustrelitz provost of the Mecklenburg parish of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany ( Northern Church ).
History and architecture
Predecessor churches
A church is mentioned at this point as a branch church of Buchholz at the end of the 13th century . Both Melz and Buchholz had only a few residents and so they had to be content with a pastor. The Melzer Church became independent again in 1669. The church from 1552 was demolished in 1816 and replaced by the current building.
Current church
The flat-roofed rectangular building was built in brick in 1816 . The square west tower was pulled in, it is crowned with a copper-covered helmet , a globe, a weathercock and a cross. The originally plastered walls of the building with corner rustics are structured by arched windows.
Furnishing
- The carved altar was made around 1500. In the shrine there is a crescent Madonna surrounded by eight saints. The wings of the altar are painted and inside show scenes from the life of Jesus, which were heavily painted over around 1816. The outside shows a high quality preaching as well as the apostles Peter and Paul.
- The pulpit with evangelist paintings is a work from the time the church was built.
- The two boxes on both sides of the altar are painted with coats of arms and were built in 1818.
- The prayer chair dates from around 1724
- The two bells from medieval times are undated.
graveyard
On the listed cemetery there are two listed sarcophagi in front of the tower with the remains of the von Ferber family from 1750 to 1752 (originally in the Ferber crypt chapel). The cemetery is surrounded by a recent brick wall.
literature
- Friedrich Schlie : The art and history monuments of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Volume 5: The district court districts of Teterow, Malchin, Stavenhagen, Penzlin, Waren, Malchow and Röbel. - Schwerin iM: Bärensprung 1902, pp. 562-565
- 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
See also
Web links
- Literature about the Melz village church in the state bibliography MV
- History (accessed September 20, 2012)
Coordinates: 53 ° 18 ′ 2 " N , 12 ° 36 ′ 59.4" E