Rottstock village church (trenches)
The Protestant village church Rottstock is a neo-Gothic sacred building in Rottstock , a district of the municipality of Gräben in the Potsdam-Mittelmark district in Brandenburg . It belongs to the Evangelical Church Community of Brück in the Elbe-Fläming parish of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany .
location
The structure is located to the west of the center of the village and to the east of federal highway 107 , which runs in a north-south direction through the western part of the district . It can be reached via the Dorfstrasse , which leads from the B 107 in an easterly direction into the village. There is no enclosure .
history
The sacred building was erected between 1900 and 1902 by the Görzk master mason Gommert . Gommert replaced a previous building from 1730, which had become dilapidated and was demolished. In 2015 the parish installed five stained glass windows by the artist Jacques Verheijen .
Building description
The building was made of reddish brick in the neo-Gothic style. The choir is straight and moved in. At about mid-height is a large circular window that is protected from damage by a grille. It shows Abel as a shepherd . On the side are two buttresses that statically stabilize the structure. The gable is also made of reddish brick. A large cross dominates the center and is set into the gable as a panel . It is complemented by a laterally attached, pointed panel.
The nave is comparatively simple. On its south side are three large, ogival windows. Due to the conspicuously positioned church tower, there are only two windows of the same design on the north side . A small sacristy with a rectangular floor plan adjoins this to the west . On its north side are two narrow, ogival windows; on the east side a segment-arched, wooden gate. The west portal has also been moved in and elaborately structured. Access is via a beehive-shaped, double-winged wooden gate, which is decorated with two arches: a pressed-segment arched arch and a pointed arched arch above it. They visually stretch the gate upwards. Above it is a circular aperture. The western gable wall of the nave takes up this formal language. There are five ogival panels, each with a further arch.
The most striking feature of the structure is the church tower. It was not designed as a west tower, but attached to the northern side of the nave. It has a square floor plan with a portal on the east side. Above each is a beehive-shaped panel, which merges into a circular panel. In the upper floor of the tower there are two coupled sound arcades with a bell from the Middle Ages .
Furnishing
The furnishings come from the time the church was built. The altar was also made of brick. Behind it hangs a crucifix . Five windows of the church date from 1947 and are a foundation of a couple from Mönchengladbach . They had brought the stained glass paintings by the artist Jacques Verheijen from Roermond in the Netherlands to the church. This was preceded by a legal dispute with the Lower Monument Protection Authority, which rejected the installation. The Upper Monument Protection Authority and the Elbe-Fläming Church District must decide by the end of 2017 whether the windows can remain in the building. There is an organ on the west gallery , which cannot be played in 2016.
literature
- Georg Dehio (arr. Gerhard Vinken et al.): Handbook of German Art Monuments - Brandenburg. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-422-03123-4 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ After the monument dispute, things get colorful. In: Märkische Allgemeine from January 8, 2016, accessed on April 17, 2017.
Coordinates: 52 ° 11 ′ 50.4 ″ N , 12 ° 21 ′ 7 ″ E