Perlin village church

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Perlin village church with belfry, 2009

The village church Perlin is a towerless stone church in the Mecklenburg town of Perlin in the south of the district of Northwest Mecklenburg in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The parish of the same name Perlin belongs to the Wismar provost in the Mecklenburg parish in the north church .

history

Perlin was first mentioned in a document in 1220. From 1343 to 1431 Ludolf, Ludeke and Hans von Blücher owned and owned Perlin. The von Lützow families came as early as 1435 and kept the estate until 1781. In the visitation protocol from 1652 it is noted that the von Lützow gentlemen also held the patronage rights of the Perlin church from 1435 onwards. An exact founding date of the church is not known.

Gravestone of Clara Countess Bassewitz (1825–1900) in the churchyard, 2009

Around 1541 Jakob Lütke was named as Lord of the Church, the first pastor of Perlin. In 1577 the following was written about him: Lütke ... has been a papist up to now, was poor and wanted to reform . Martin Dörner was a pastor during the Thirty Years' War . The church was devastated and structurally badly suffered, the sacristy was torn down by imperial soldiers, only the stone walls remained ...

With the secret government councilor Bernhard Friedrich Graf Bassewitz (1756-1816) from Schwerin, the von Bassewitz family took over the estate, the village and the church patronage of Perlin from 1795 . Their later heirs lived at Schlitz Castle near Teterow , the headquarters of this Bassewitz branch. In 1877, Count Cuno von Bassewitz inherited the estate with the village of Perlin, took the feudal oath in 1884 and managed the estate for 53 years. From 1895 until the dissolution of the Dobbertin monastery , Count Cuno von Bassewitz was provisional there .

In 1929 the parish of Klein Welzin was re-pared from Perlin to Groß Brütz.

Before the end of the war, the pastor at the time, Dr. Model with his family to West Germany. The rectory and the church were occupied with refugees. According to a report by Pastor Friedrich Böttgers from Parum on November 11, 1945 to the Oberkirchenrat in Schwerin, the refugee families also cooked and washed in the church. After the occupation of Perlin by the Soviet combat troops at the end of November 1945, the town was evacuated.

In mid-December 1945, Russian soldiers broke into the church and caused severe damage inside. The organ was badly damaged, the organ pipes torn out and crushed. All pews and wooden parts were dragged away. The pulpit was also torn down and parts of it lay on the floor. The altarpiece had been riddled with pistol shots. Pastor Böttgers reported this to the Oberkirchenrat in Schwerin on February 6, 1946, with the final sentence: After the Thirty Years' War the church certainly did not look as desolate as it did at that time.

Perlin was an independent parish until 1945. The remaining parish began with the most necessary security work as early as 1946 and for the harvest festival in 1948 the first service could be celebrated, although still without pews.

Building history

The construction of the Perlin church is very likely in the middle of the 13th century, because the Perlin parish already existed in 1222. Only in 1435 can we read anything about the Perlin church again when the patronage rights were granted to the von Lützow men. The carved wooden figure on the altar was saved from the devastation of the church in the Thirty Years' War . Of the art treasures from pre-Reformation times, only the altar decorations donated by von Lützow with the figure of Mary with the baby Jesus and the twelve apostles remained . The demolished preacher's chair was burned.

Burial chapel built in 1823, 2009

Around 1730 the wooden bell tower burned down. In 1734 there was an extension to store the funeral implements, which was demolished in 1947. There were also some renovations inside the church. In 1823 Friedrich Werner Graf von Bassewitz had a funeral chapel built for his youngest daughter, which is still used as a morgue today. In 1840–1841 the pastor Heinrich Alexander Seidel from Goldberg carried out a comprehensive renovation of the church.

In 1841 the new three-story rectory behind the church was completed. Heinrich Seidel was born in it in 1842 as the son of the pastor and later poet and designer.

Renovation work began again in 1891 under Pastor Wilhelm Radloff, which was only completed by his successor, Pastor August Wiegand, in 1892. The church was painted according to the model of the Wittenburg church . The red brick building was imitated on the vault ribs, the lower walls and window reveals. The ceilings and vaults were bluish. This work was carried out by the Wittenburg master painter Troßiner. The occasion was the marriage of Comtesse Alexandrine von Bassewitz to Colonel Ulrich von Witzendorff.

In December 1912, the floor in front of the altar at the entrance to the von Lützow crypt collapsed.

When the church was devastated by Russian soldiers in December 1945, the coffins of the deceased von Lützow were also torn open in the crypt. After documentation by the monument preservation staff, the crypt was walled up in November 1992. Extensive renovation work was carried out between 1991 and 1995. In 1991 the church roof was re-covered with tiles and in 1992 the carpentry repaired the bell cage. This was followed by the renovation of the exterior masonry and the interior of the church. ABM forces removed the wild growth in the cemetery and restored the paths.

Exterior

East gable, 2009

The towerless field stone building with a flat-roofed nave and saddle roof has a retracted, vaulted square choir. The half-timbering in the eastern gable triangle was made with masonry bricks in a decorative decorative bond. Under the masonry basket arch in the three-part pointed arch window in the leaded cabinet windows are the Christian symbols of a dove, an anchor and the crown.

The brick west gable was designed with five long pointed arches at the end of the 19th century. The door with the brick pointed arch was installed during the renovation in 1840–1841. In 1996 a new oak door was made with the old restored door fittings.

Interior

The interior of the church is kept simple. After a fire in 1734, the nave was given a flat ceiling; in contrast to the choir, which has a dome-shaped vault on rectangular ribbon ribs and a slightly pointed triumphal arch.

Through several renovations, the appearance of the interior of the church has also changed. On the west side is the glazed gallery, which is used as a winter church. The former altarpiece Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane was made in 1893 by the painter Friedrich Böttcher from Hamburg based on a drawing by Professor Hoffmann. A wrought-iron chandelier hangs in the nave.

Altar, pulpit and baptism

During the Thirty Years' War the old altar donated by the von Lützow men still stood . In 1855, the patron Friedrich Werner Graf von Bassewitz donated a new baptismal font. In the base you can find the Bassewitz coat of arms and the year 1855. It was restored in 1997. The lord of Groß Weltzin, Heinrich Bock, donated a new altarpiece carved from oak. The old altar was demolished on November 6, 1893 and the new one consecrated on November 12, 1893.

The altar from 1948 with the simple beam cross and the pulpit were removed and replaced in 1996 by a brick altar table with an oak top and a lectern, which now serves as a pulpit. The former triumphal cross from 1649 from the Pokrenter church stands on the altar table . The back is painted with the crucified Christ and angels.

organ

With donations from the parish in 1868, the patron Rudolph Graf von Bassewitz and the pastor Carl Johann Wilhelm Türk had an organ built by the Hagenower organ builder Johann Heinrich Runge . After lowering the gallery, the organ was consecrated on November 7th, 1868. Various repairs were made in 1927. At the end of 1945 the organ was badly damaged by Russian soldiers and the torn out organ pipes were crushed. In October 1977 the parish bought a harmonium to replace it.

Today's organ (I / - / 3), built around 1977 by W. Sauer ORGÈLBAU from Frankfurt / Oder , came from the Holy Spirit Church in Wismar in 2009 .

Bell and belfry

Bell in the wooden belfry, 2009

The church had a tall wooden belfry , similar to the one at Parum church . During the time of Pastor Joachim Friedrich Schmalz, the bell tower burned down between 1730 and 1734. In revenge, the pastor's servant had set fire to the thatched farm building and the tower caught fire. The two old bells in the tower burst. In 1735, the Lübeck bell caster Lorenz Strahlborn had two new bells cast from their metal, but they remained unpaid for years. Both bells, the large one with a diameter of 1.19 meters and the small one with a diameter of 0.90 meters, bear the names and coats of arms of those of von Lützow and von Ditten. Elisabeth Margarethe Sophie von Lützow, née von Ditten, was the patroness of the Perlin church when the bells were cast . On the bells, next to the names of the bell founder Laurentius Strahlborn, the pastor D. Joachim Frideric Schmaltz, the year 1735 and the alliance coat of arms, there is also the saying: Latin SANCTA SIT TRINITAS BENEDIKTA SEMPER ( The Holy Trinity is always praised ). The larger bell still bore the slogan: I PEOPLE TO THE CHURCH. DO NOT COME IN YOURSELF, ALSO ALL WHO HEAR ME BE BLISSED . Both bells hung in a new, low wooden frame as a belfry on the west side of the church.

During the Second World War, they were removed for armament purposes and brought to Hamburg. The little bell came back after the war. The wooden belfry was completely renewed in 1992.

Pastors

Names and years indicate the verifiable mention as pastor.

  • 1541 - 1577 Jacob Lütke ... has been a papist up to now, but wants to improve.
  • 1577 - 1588 Caspar Colowius.
  • 1588 - 1601 Martin Dörner, appointed as parton by the von Lützow's.
  • 1601 - 1633 Martin Dörner, son of the previous Dörner.
  • 1633 - 1667 Martin Dörner, grandson of the first Dörner.
  • 1668 - 1701 Joachim Dörner, son of the predecessor.
  • 1702 - 1748 Joachim Friedrich Schmalz from Mölln.
  • 1750 - 1769 Johann Christoph Schulz, probably from Güstrow .
  • 1771 - 1798 Ernst Siegfried Martinssen from Grabow .
  • 1799 - 1839 Daniel Christian Merian from Brudersdorf.
  • 1839 - 1851 Heinrich Alexander Seidel from Goldberg , father of the engineer and writer Heinrich Seidel.
  • 1852 - 1862 Heinrich Gottlieb Hermann Romberg from Neukloster .
  • 1862 - 1873 Carl Johann Wilhelm Türk from Güstrow, then Zahrensdorf - Tempzin.
  • 1874 - 1891 Wilhelm Anton August Radloff from Brunn.
  • 1891 - 1902 August Friedrich Carl Peter Wiegand from Schwerin , then Plau am See. 1890 still missionary to Jews in Stanislaus / Galicia.
  • 1902 - 1934 Albrecht Johann Friedrich Beyer from Schwerin.
  • 1939 - 1945 Dr. Walter Model, left the parish on his own in 1945, retired in 1947.
  • 1945 - 1947 Friedrich Böttger from Parum, vacancy representation.
  • 1947 - 1955 W. Harms from Parum, vacancy representation.
  • 1955 - 1956 Traugott Ohse from Döbbersen , vacancy representation.
  • 1956 - 1967 Peter Voss from Parum, vacancy representation.
  • 1978 - 1971 Drephal from Parum, vacancy representation.
  • 1971 - 1874 Winfrid Wegener from Pokrent after merging with the Pokrent parish.
  • 1974 - 1976 Hanna Lübbert from Gadebusch, vacancy representation.
  • 1976 - 1984 Gerhard Strube.
  • 1984 - 1986 Hanna Lübbert from Gadebusch, vacancy representation.
  • 1986 - 0000Michael Blumenschein from Pokrent.

local community

In addition to Perlin and Pokrent, Lützow, Renzow, Neuendorf, Kaeselow, Alt Pokrent and Alt Steinbeck also belong to the Pokrent parish. In 1945 Perlin was an independent parish, from 1945 vacant. Managed by Parum from 1964 to 1971 . From 1973 declaration on the dormant pastorate and from 1976 united with the parish of Pokkrent.

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Printed sources

Unprinted sources

  • State Main Archive Schwerin (LHAS)
    • LHAS 2.12-3 / 5 Church Visits No. 355.
    • LHAS 3.2-3 / 1 Dobbertin State Monastery No. 1311.
  • State Church Archives Schwerin (LKAS)
    • OKR Schwerin, Parish registers Perlin 1668-1899
    • OKR Schwerin, personnel and exams.
    • OKR Schwerin, Specialia Dept. 2. Groß Brütz No. 002, parish of the village of Klein Weltzin from Perlin to Groß Brütz.
    • OKR Schwerin, Specialia Dept. 3. Perlin No. 524, independent parish until 1945.
    • OKR Schwerin, State Superintendent of Schwerin, Specialia old, No. 435, Patronage Perlin 1654-1937.
    • OKR Schwerin, parish archive Groß Brütz, No. 32/2 elections for preachers 1747-1788.
    • OKR Schwerin, Wittenburg parish archive, No. 036 Perlin visit book 1652-1655.
    • Mecklenburg-Schwerin Ministry of Finance, Building Construction Dept., Perlin patronage building files, buildings on religious buildings 1879-1926.
    • OKR Schwerin, parish archive Pokrent, protocols and other old writings, concerning the parish office and the Perlin church.

literature

  • Friedrich Schlie : The art and history monuments of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin . III. Volume: The district court districts of Hagenow, Wittenburg, Boizenburg, Lübenheen, Dömitz, Grabow, Ludwigslust, Neustadt, Crivitz, Brüel, Warin, Neubukow, Kröpelin and Doberan . Schwerin 1899, (reprint 1992) ISBN 3-910179-14-2 , pp. 74-76.
  • Georg Dehio : Handbook of German Art Monuments Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Munich, Berlin 2000, pp. 497–498. ISBN 3-422-03081-6
  • ZEBI eV, START eV: Village and town churches in the Wismar-Schwerin parish. Bremen, Rostock 2001, ISBN 3-86108-753-7 , p. 195.
  • Karin Uhlig: Perlin. A village in Mecklenburg with a long history. Perlin 2002, pp. 94-121.
  • Horst end . Christian Molzen, Horst Stutz: Churches in Northwest Mecklenburg. Grevesmühlen 2005, p. 80.

Web links

Commons : Dorfkirche Perlin  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ MUB I. (1863) No. 280.
  2. ↑ MUB IX. (1875), No. 6277, MUB X. (1877) No. 6760.
  3. ↑ LHAS 2.12-3 / 5 Church Visits No. 355
  4. ↑ LHAS 3.2-3 / 1 Landeskloster Dobbertin 3.4.1 No. 1311 Appointment of Count von Bassewitz on Perlin as provisional.
  5. ↑ KAS Specialia Dept. 2. Groß Brütz, No. 002.
  6. ↑ LHAS 2.12-3 / 5 Church Visitaions No. 355, 356.
  7. ↑ Mecklenburg-Schwerin Ministry of Finance, Building Construction Dept., Patronatsbauakten Perlin No. 1–10.
  8. ↑ Buildings on ecclesiastical buildings, Perlin 1879–1926
  9. ↑ LKA, Specialia old, Perlin No. 435, organ.
  10. ^ Gustav Willgeroth : The Mecklenburg-Schwerin Parish since the Thirty Years' War. Wismar 1925.
  11. ↑ Friedrich Schlie: The church village Perlin. III. Volume 1899, pp. 74-76.
  12. ^ Friedrich Lisch: Caspar Calovius and Andreas Mylius genealogy of the dukes of Mecklenburg. In: MJB 18 (1853) p. 154.
  13. ^ Friedrich Lisch: Duke Carl Leopold and the clergy. In: MJB 39 (1874) p. 61.
  14. ↑ LKAS, OKR Schwerin, Personalia and Examina, T 56.
  15. ↑ LKAS, OKR Schwerin, Personalia and Examina, W 108.
  16. ^ LKAS, OKR Schwerin, Personalia and Exams, M 119.

Coordinates: 53 ° 35 ′ 9.6 "  N , 11 ° 10 ′ 20.2"  E