Village church Nieder Neuendorf
| Evangelical village church Nieder Neuendorf |
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 The Nieder Neuendorf church from the southeast |
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| Construction year: | 1490 to 1500 |
| Style elements : | Brick and field stone construction |
| Client: | Parish / church community Nieder Neuendorf |
| Location: | 52 ° 36 '31 " N , 13 ° 11' 59" E |
| Address: | Dorfstrasse, OT. Nieder Neuendorf Hennigsdorf Brandenburg , Germany |
| Purpose: | Evangelical Lutheran Parish Church |
| Local community: | Evangelical parish in Nieder Neuendorf |
| Parish: | Dorfstrasse 9, 16761 Hennigsdorf |
| Regional Church : |
Evangelical Church Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia , (Sprengel Berlin, Church District Berlin North-East) |
| Website: | www.havelkirche.de |
The village church in Nieder Neuendorf is considered to be the oldest surviving structure in the city of Hennigsdorf , to which Nieder Neuendorf has belonged as a district since 1923. It dates from the end of the 15th century and has been a Protestant church since the Reformation .
Geographical location
The Nieder Neuendorfer Church is located on Dorfstrasse (Landesstrasse 172) in the center of the village. The place is located in the south of the city of Hennigsdorf and borders the city of Berlin ( Berlin-Hakenfelde ). Bus line 136 runs between Berlin-Spandau and Hennigsdorf with the Zur Baumschule stop in the immediate vicinity of the church. The nearest train station is in Hennigsdorf on the Kremmener Bahn .
In the Middle Ages , the church was on the now renewed pilgrimage route Berlin – Wilsnack to the Wunderblutkirche and served as a place of worship and rest area.
Church building
Building history / building description
Nieder Neuendorf already had a church in the 13th century, probably a small chapel with a west tower, the Romanesque structures and remains of which could be discovered. It is the predecessor of the current church and is one of the oldest sacred buildings in the Mark Brandenburg .
The present church was as Saalbau 1490-1500 from baking and fieldstone built what dendrochronological investigations - have confirmed - performed on wooden beams.
In the 18th century the church underwent a fundamental renovation, with it being extended by five meters to the east. The nave , which is provided with a tent roof, was raised by one meter. The west tower is square and slightly indented. In its north and south side there is a pair of narrow round arched windows in ogival panels. The spire has transverse rectangular sound openings with lamellas on all four sides. The slate-covered spire is crowned by a ball , weather vane and a star. The faced entrance portal on the west side of the tower is ogival.
The church building, which underwent extensive exterior repairs in 2008, has a total of seven colored lead-glazed windows. A comprehensive interior renovation took place in the first half of 2016.
Interior
altar
The wooden altar dates from the 18th and 19th centuries. Century. He wears two candlesticks and of Cast Iron produced crucifix . To celebrate the Holy Communion , a chalice and a paten , which were donated in 1585 by Hans von Klitzing , son of Caspar von Klitzing and later Canon zu Havelberg , are still used today.
pulpit
The pulpit , also made of wood and in the 18./19. Manufactured in the 18th century, is located in the southeast area of the chancel. Your basket is polygonal , the parapet areas are monochrome and without any decoration.
Baptismal font
The wooden baptismal font from the time the altar and pulpit were made stands in the north-eastern area of the altar. It has an eight-sided cup . The baptismal bowl dates from the 15th / 16th centuries. Century.
window
Stained-lead glazed windows provide light for the church interior. There are two high, flat arched windows in the north and south-east wall. In the center of the northeast window is a ( baptismal ) bowl, over which a dove (symbol of the Holy Spirit ) hovers. In the south-eastern window there is a communion chalice in the middle . Both windows were manufactured according to a design by Carl Crodel in 1948 in August Wagner's workshop in Berlin-Treptow .
Wall reliefs
On the north wall of the church there are two sandstone reliefs: an epitaph for Caspar von Klitzing and his wife Margareta von Oppen with the respective family coat of arms from 1557. The other sandstone relief shows the coats of arms of von Litzing and von Oppen in the form of a temple facade .
Galleries
The church interior has two galleries : in the north and in the west.
organ
On the north gallery is the organ , which dates from 1846 and was a gift from the then landlady von Levetzow . It is the work of the Potsdam organ builder Gottlieb Heise and has a manual , six registers and a pedal .
Bells
The bell of the church consists of three hard-cast iron bells, which are housed on the upper floor of the tower.
| Bell no. | Chime | Caster | Casting year | inscription |
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| 1 | a 1 | Bell foundry in Apolda | 1919 | PEACE ON EARTH |
| 2 | c 2 | WE STEP UP TO PRAY | ||
| 3 | e 2 | IRON FOR ORE |
The Nieder Neuendorfer Church has been a listed building since 1972 .
Parish
A parish already existed in Nieder Neuendorf in the pre-Reformation period. It has been a Protestant denomination since the Reformation and today has around 750 parish members. The parsonage (with the parish room) stands next to the church, to which a parish garden adjoins on the other side. This is designed as a "Garden of Generations" and was awarded in 2014 for the idea and implementation.
The parish Niederneuendorf belongs to Silesian Berlin-Brandenburg-Oberlausitz Evangelical Church and is in the parish of Berlin Nord-Ost in Sprengel Berlin incorporated.
Web links
References
literature
- Hans-Joachim Beeskow , The Churches in the Evangelical Church District Berlin North-East , Lübben, 2010
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hennigsdorfer Generalanzeiger dated August 6, 2014