Schönfelde village church
The Evangelical village church Schönfelde is a field stone church from the late 13th century in Schönfelde , a district of the Steinhöfel community in the Oder-Spree district in the state of Brandenburg . The church belongs to the parish of Oderland-Spree of the Evangelical Church Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Oberlausitz .
location
The Eggersdorfer road branches off to the east by the Federal Road 168 and runs as a central link road in an easterly direction through the town. From here the village road branches off to the north and thus spans the central village green of the street green village . On this property, the church stands in a church cemetery , which is enclosed with a wall made of uncut and not layered field stones .
history
The Dehio manual speaks of a building in the late 13th century, while the Brandenburg State Office for Monument Preservation and State Archaeological Museum (BLDAM) puts the building in the second half of the 13th century. Schönfelde was first mentioned in a document in 1288, so that the church was probably built or under construction at that time. The parish specifies the late 13th / early 14th century as the construction time. The BLDAM mentions further renovations in 1686 and 1715, without going any further. In the 18th century, the parish expanded the structure with a roof tower, had a vestibule built on the north side and enlarged the windows “ baroque ”. In 1966 the altar and the interior of the church were restored. In the 21st century, the church regularly hosts events and concerts.
Building description
The structure was essentially built from field stones, which were relatively well carved and mostly layered. The east wall of the choir is straight. There the remains of a group of three windows can be seen, of which the middle one is excessive and clogged. The two remaining windows are enlarged in Baroque style, with the one to the south being built a little higher. In the gable is an ogival double panel .
The nave has a rectangular floor plan. On the north side, in the eastern area, there is initially a large, ogival window, the walls of which are made of reddish brick. A small, rectangular half-timbered extension follows to the west . It has a simple gable roof that is sloped to the north . Next to it is another, much smaller and ogival window. Repair work can also be seen there. There are three large lancet windows on the south side. A clogged priest gate can be seen between the middle and the east window . In the western area there is a lower, much smaller window, which also shows repair work. In the area of the wall crown , repair work made of reddish brick can be seen all around, some of which was plastered. The ship also has a simple gable roof.
The western wall of the ship is closed except for a pointed arched gate. The arch stones are hewn there; the portal is stepped twice. It could be from the time the church was built. The square church tower , which is plastered over, rises above it . There is a rectangular opening on the west side. Above is the bell storey with a rectangular sound arcade on each of the three accessible sides. The tower ends with a pyramid roof , tower ball and weather vane .
Furnishing
The baroque pulpit altar dates from the beginning of the 18th century. It consists of two pillars decorated with acanthus cheeks . A polygonal pulpit from 1619 is incorporated in the center. Between the corner pillars there are carved figures in the shellfish that show Jesus Christ and the evangelists . Above it is an octagonal sound cover . The wooden Fünte was also created around 1619. It is kept in a white shade and decorated with floral ornaments. Other church furnishings include a baroque crucifix from the first half of the 18th century. In the north wall of the nave is a late Gothic, segment-arched sacrament niche with an iron lattice door from the 17th century. The organ has been lost since the end of the Second World War . The parish has separated the gallery with a glass wall in order to use the resulting space for parish work.
There were originally three bells in the tower. They had a diameter of 85, 70 and 60 cm and were cast in Kleinwelka in Bautzen around 1875 . In 2018 there is only one bell with a diameter of 70 cm. It was created in 1935 in the bell foundry in Apolda .
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 .
- Flyer: Little guide through the Schönfelde church , without date, p. 2
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Coordinates: 52 ° 27 '43.8 " N , 14 ° 3' 3.3" E