Radewege village church
The village church Radewege is a hall church and is located in the center of today's district Radewege in the municipality of Beetzsee . It has no patronage .
Building
Building history
The Beetzseedorf Radewege was first mentioned in a document in 1335. The main construction phase of today's Gothic village church should begin around 1400. The church was damaged in a fire in 1607 and rebuilt by 1608. In 1756 the church tower was expanded. In 1756 an onion-shaped tower hood was added to the tower. Other publications speak of a renovation of the church tower, probably in 1770. Further repairs are described for the years 1831 and 1888. In 1894/1895 the interior of the church in Radewege was extensively redesigned. The management of this construction project lay with the then building officer Tiedemann. As part of this renovation, the organ , the church stalls , the gallery and a colored choir window were built in their current form. After a lightning strike and fire on May 4, 1973, the tower hood was severely damaged and had to be removed because of the risk of falling. The tower was then given a simple flat tent roof .
Construction dimension
The Radeweg village church has an east-west length of 15.6 meters. The width is 8.6 meters. The east-west orientation is not ideal. The building deviates from the ideal line to the northeast or southwest by between six and eight degrees. The bricks that were used in the construction of the church have a relatively uniform dimension of 29 to 30 centimeters long by 13.5 to 14 centimeters wide by 9 to 9.5 centimeters high.
Exterior fittings
The church with west tower , nave and choir was made of red bricks and field stones combined with lime mortar . The choir has three outer walls and is thus half a hexagon in plan . In the east and south-east walls of the choir there is a three-part pointed arch window with simple tracery . In the east window there is a colored lead glazing , which depicts Christ in the center, the Apostle Peter on the right and Paul on the left . The other stained glass windows of the church consist of blue edges and a colorless center composed of rhombuses. In the northeast wall of the choir there is a screen instead of a window .
The nave has two windows on the south side that are the same size as those of the choir. To the left of this window, a walled-up south portal can be seen in a triple facing (two pointed arches , one segment arch ). There are three pointed arched windows in the north wall of the nave, but one can see that they were subsequently incorporated into the structure in their current form. You can see a higher walled pointed arch above the middle window and a higher walled segment arch above the right window.
The church roof extends continuously from the ship to over the portal. Seen from the side or from the east, the impression arises that the church tower is an oversized roof turret . The edges of the hip above the choir and the ridge of the roof form a point over which a weathercock and cross have been placed. Under the eaves you can see an only slightly profiled and simple eaves cornice . The roof is covered with red beaver tails . The roof construction is dated to the late 15th century.
The church tower, which is rectangular in plan, has the width of the nave in the lower area. Over the roof it tapers to about half the diameter. On the south side there is a small door that provides access to the bell cage. This has two branching iron fittings . The upper part of the staircase to the belfry has a narrow window facing south. To the north there is a small rectangular window under a pointed arch. The west portal is a step portal with two or three steps. Instead of a pointed arch, a large segmental arch is found here, which, after the two-fold gradation, accommodates a small segmented arched and double-winged wooden door, the doorway itself forms the third step of the portal, and a pointed arched window above it. The door leaves are fitted with iron fittings similar to those used for access to the belfry. The sound openings in the bell tower are also segment-arched. To the west and east there are two openings each, and to the south and north there is one opening for the bell to strike. Over the western openings there is a white and blue tower clock with gold numerals and hands. On the other sides, instead of the clock, openings in the masonry can be seen. The flat tent roof was put on after 1973 after the existing tower hood was damaged as a result of a lightning strike.
Polygonal choir
Blinds on the south side
Church window
Weathercock and cross
Church tower and west portal
Door to the belfry
Tower hood model
Interior
In the interior of the aisle church you will find a classic brick ribbed vault and services . The ribbed vault is accompanied by colorfully painted decorations. At the transition from the ship to the choir is on the north side of the interior of a wooden Renaissance - pulpit that dates from the 16th century to the second half. An artfully protruding sacrament niche was incorporated directly next to this pulpit . Above this stands a wooden, colored Madonna and Child. The original is currently being restored in the Brandenburg Cathedral Museum. Instead, a copy was made for the time of the restoration. Around the sacrament niche, the north-east wall of the choir was decorated with painted foliage . Below are two ogival niches. In the center of the choir is the altar, above which the colored choir windows are impressive.
The organ according to plans by the master organ builder Carl Eduard Gesell was built in the years 1894 and 1895 on the newly built west gallery. This is a so-called slider chest organ . After Gesell's death in 1894, the construction work was carried out by his company successor, Alexander Schuke . The organ bears the work name Opus 1. The church stalls and the colored choir window also date from the time the gallery and organ were built.
The interior of the west tower is connected to the nave by a large arch. The ascent to the belfry is via the small outer door on the south side, first via a narrow brick spiral staircase. The individual levels of the chair can then be reached via wooden ladders. The village church has two bronze bells. The larger one has a diameter of 90 centimeters and was cast by Joachim Jendrich in 1587. Their weight is around 450 kilograms. The smaller bell has a diameter of 75 centimeters and a weight of around 250 kilograms. This was cast in 1462. In the neck of the smaller bell there is an inscription dedicated to the Virgin Mary . Based on this inscription and the sculpture of the Virgin Mary above the sacrament niche in the choir, it is assumed that the church was a St. Mary's before the Reformation.
Interior of the church
Ribbed vault
Service and vault
Sacrament niche
Colored choir window
Schuke organ
Church grounds
The church is located in the center of Radeweg on Dorfstrasse. The churchyard is no longer used as a cemetery today. On the property in front of the west portal there is a model of the tower hood, which, according to an information board, should be restored and installed after a successful fundraising campaign.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Evangelical village church Radewege . Accessed January 6, 2014
- ↑ a b brochure Kirchendach eV , Förderkreis Dorfkirche Radewege
- ^ History, disposition and sound examples of the organ at Organindex . Accessed September 3, 2019
Coordinates: 52 ° 28 ′ 46.44 " N , 12 ° 34 ′ 26.6" E