Neu Zauche village church
| Protestant Church Neu Zauche | |
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 View of the church from Hauptstrasse / Brunnenplatz |
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| Construction year: | 1859-1862 |
| Inauguration: | September 3, 1862 |
| Builder : | Emil Flaminius |
| Style elements : | Neo-Gothic |
| Client: | Evangelical parish Neu Zauche |
| Floor space: | 28 × 15 m |
| Space: | 1200 people |
| Tower height: |
46 m |
| Location: | 51 ° 55 '37.7 " N , 14 ° 5' 27.3" E |
| Location: |
Neu Zauche Brandenburg , Germany |
| Purpose: | Protestant church service |
| Local community: | Evangelical parish Neu Zauche |
| Parish: | Friedensstrasse 1 |
| Website: | www.ev-kirche-neuzauche.de |
The village church Neu Zauche is the Protestant church of the village Neu Zauche in Brandenburg . The first church was built in the late Middle Ages. In the 19th century the place received a new church on the same place.
Architecture and history
The first written mention of a church in Neu Zauche comes from the year 1346. A pastor is mentioned as early as 1334. In 1540 the Reformation was introduced in the parish. After Ritter Jobst von Bredow acquired Neu Zauche in 1622 , German was spoken for the first time in the service. Before that, the services were only held in Wendish, i.e. Lower Sorbian . The previous church of today's building was a village church made of field stones with a small tower. In the 19th century the old church was dilapidated and offered too little space. The community therefore decided to build a new building.
The single-nave church was built between 1859 and 1862 according to plans by the architect Emil Flaminius in the neo-Gothic style . In part, stones from the previous medieval building were used as building material. The brick building has a cross-shaped floor plan. The foundation stone was laid on June 24, 1859, the inauguration on September 3, 1862. The apse is polygonal . Both the apse and the transept have stepped gables . The windows are designed as arched windows. Rose windows decorate the transept on both sides. The rose window in the north transept still has its original geometric glazing from the 19th century. The west tower reaches a height of 46 meters. It has a square floor plan. The new church now offered space for 1200 people.
In 1881 the top of the church tower, which was initially made of stone, was torn down and replaced with a roof covered with slate. A restoration was carried out for the 50th anniversary of the church in 1912. War damage to the church is not known. From 1945 the local history researcher Herbert Zerna was pastor at the church for some time. In 1964 the church tower received a new roof. The result was severe damage (sponge infestation, leaky roof). Even before the fall of the Wall , the West German partner parish in Uerdingen / Niederrhein delivered 60,000 roof tiles, which were stored on pallets welded to the church. It was only after 1989 that the church could be restored until 1992: the building was re-grouted and the windows were replaced, and the roof could also be covered.
Furnishing
Altar, gallery, pulpit
In the interior there is a clear view of the roof structure. The horseshoe gallery and other equipment of the church come from the construction time. The altar and pulpit are the work of master carpenter Zeitzner from Frankfurt (Oder). In the middle of the three-part altar is a wooden crucifix . To the left of this is a plaster figure depicting John with a mug in hand. However, the cup has broken off. On the right stands Peter holding a Bible. The pulpit is also made of wood. It's in the northwest corner of the church. The pulpit, supported by a column, is polygonal.
Gravestone and baptismal font
The tombstone on the south side of the apse of the knight and gentleman on Neu Zauche Jobst von Bredow, who died in 1626, is older and shows the knight as a sandstone figure in armor . The tombstone comes from the previous building in which Jobst von Bredow was buried. In the parish garden there is also a font from the late Middle Ages with a polygonal dome .
organ
As early as 1862 the church received an organ built by Johann Gottlieb Schulze from Krossen . This organ, which was expanded a little later in the organ work, had to be replaced by a new one in 1967 after a severe woodworm infestation . The new organ was created by the Potsdam organ building company Alexander Schuke and expanded in 1997. It has two manuals, 25 registers and a pedal . The organ prospectus of the first church organ from 1862 was still used.
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- Coupling : II / I, I / P, II / P
Bell and clock
The church has three bells . The oldest is from 1498. It was planned to be melted down during the Second World War . It was transported away, but after the end of the war in 1949 it was found undamaged on the premises of the Krupp-Dunkenmüller company in Berlin-Tempelhof and was transported back to Neu Zauche. The mechanical church tower clock originally located in the church tower was removed in the 1980s because it needed repairs. In 1998, new dials were attached to the tower and an electronic radio clock was installed, which was inaugurated for the 1999 harvest festival.
Parish
The area of the parish includes Neu Zauche and the surrounding villages of Alt Zauche , Briesensee , Burglehn , Caminchen , Sacrow , Waldow and Wußwerk . In 2008 the congregation had about 750 members. She maintains a trombone choir as well as a group of children and women. The parishioners regularly organize exhibitions on topics of general interest in the church building. In autumn 2014, the topic of school stories will be designed with documents from local residents . Cultural offers such as the performance of Maxim Kowalew- Donkosaken (August 16, 2014) or classical music performances are also frequent.
There is a partnership agreement with the Protestant parish of Uerdingen , which is kept alive through mutual visits and cultural exchanges.
literature
- Hans-Joachim Beeskow : Guide through the Protestant churches of the parish of Lübben . Lübben 1998, ISBN 3-929600-14-5 , pages 166-168.
- Jens Eschrich: Dehio, manual of the German art monuments , Brandenburg. Deutscher Kunstverlag , Munich and Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-422-03054-9 , page 715.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ church newsletter , May - June - July 2014