Nitzahn village church
The village church in Nitzahn is the Protestant church of Nitzahn , a district of the municipality of Milower Land in the Brandenburg district of Havelland , and is located in the center of the village. The parish belongs to the Elbe-Fläming parish of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany .
history
The church dates from the Middle Ages , which is indicated by the remains of brick arches in the choir. After being destroyed during the Thirty Years' War , the church was renovated towards the end of the second half of the 17th century and can be assigned to the baroque style in this form . The interior was redesigned towards the end of the 18th century and has a classicist character.
In the 1960s, major renovation and renovation work was carried out on the church. The tower got a new slate covering , the church roof was covered with plain tiles and the facade was given a new external plaster. A chimney was built on the north side of the nave to heat the church using a hot air oven.
In the mid-1980s the altar was repainted.
Description and equipment
The building consists of a plastered, single-nave brick hall with a retracted rectangular choir and a squat square west tower with a curved slate-covered hood and lantern .
Remains of the previous building from the Middle Ages can be found in the east gable with the triple pointed arch blind arcade - under which there are remains of the brick round arches - and on the south facade with a bricked low pointed arch portal.
During the renovation measures at the end of the 17th century, the longitudinal walls of the nave were each given four strong supporting pillars, which, together with the baroque tower tower, characterize the current appearance. The high rectangular windows also date from the Baroque period.
The equipment with a horseshoe gallery and pulpit altar is simple and classicistic, although elements of the late baroque can still be found in the cheeks of the altar.
Fallen memorials
There is also a memorial to commemorate those who died in the First World War on the church grounds. The fallen Nitzahn soldiers of the Second World War are recorded on a blackboard inside the church.
Individual evidence
- ^ Georg Dehio : Handbook of German Art Monuments, Brandenburg. Berlin and Munich 2002
- ↑ Brochure: “Churches in the Evangelical Church District Elbe-Fläming”, edited by Dietmar Möschner, Burg 2003
- ↑ Online project Memorials to Fallen: [1]
- ↑ Online project Fallen Memorials: [2]
Web links
- Nitzahn on Milow.de
- Parish area Schlagenthin on the website of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany
Coordinates: 52 ° 28 ′ 2 " N , 12 ° 21 ′ 46.1" E