Niewitz village church
The Protestant village church Niewitz is a half-timbered church in Niewitz , a district of the municipality Bersteland in the district of Dahme-Spreewald in the state of Brandenburg . The church belongs to the parish of Lower Lausitz the Evangelical Church Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Oberlausitz .
location
The village road leads from the west towards the historic village center. There it branches off to the northeast. The church stands northwest of this intersection on a piece of land that is fenced in with a wall .
history
The Brandenburg State Office for the Preservation of Monuments and the State Archaeological Museum (BLDAM) assumes that the building was built around 1770. Renovation work carried out in 1984 and 1985 and after 1990.
Building description
The building was erected on a base made of surrounding reddish bricks . Craftsmen built a half-timbered structure on it , the compartment of which consists of a mixture of clay and straw. The choir has not moved in and has a five-eighth closing . On its east wall as well as on the north and south walls there is a large, arched window.
This is followed by the nave . It has a rectangular floor plan and three windows on its north side and two windows on its south side that are similar to the choir. On the south side is a small, rectangular half-timbered extension in the middle. It can be entered from the south through a simple, arched gate. The ship and annex have a simple gable roof , with the ship roof sloping towards the east .
The church tower from 1772 adjoins it in the west . Its west wall was built from bricks. The spire is square and has an arched sound arcade on the three accessible sides . On the east side is a small, raised and square opening. Above is a curved tower dome that merges into an open lantern . It ends with a tower ball and cross.
Furnishing
The pulpit altar from the end of the 17th century stands on the brick cafeteria . It was rebuilt around 1770, supplemented and restored in 1991. It consists of a column structure and laterally attached cheeks, which are decorated with cartilage . Above is a blown gable. In the predella the Lord's Supper is depicted. The polygonal pulpit is decorated with corner pillars and shows the crucifixion of Christ on its door .
In 1955, the parish shortened the horseshoe gallery and rearranged the parapet paintings dated 1772. The building has a flat roof inside.
In front of the southern porch, a memorial commemorates those who died in the world wars.
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 .
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Coordinates: 51 ° 56 ′ 11.5 ″ N , 13 ° 47 ′ 2.2 ″ E