Schulzendorf village church
The Protestant village church Schulzendorf is a neo-Gothic hall church in Schulzendorf , a municipality in the Dahme-Spreewald district in the state of Brandenburg . The church belongs to the Protestant parish of Neukoelln the Evangelical Church Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Oberlausitz .
location
The church is located in the western part of the district . It is part of a listed ensemble consisting of manor complex with manor house and park, administrator's residence and two servant houses.
history
Around the middle of the 19th century, the parish thought about converting the previous building - a stone church . However, the building inspector Klein from Königs Wusterhausen , who was called in as an expert in 1862 , pointed out that the structure of the small church was in a comparatively poor condition. A year later, under the preparation of the Royal Building Inspector a. D. Schindler from Berlin started work on a new building. The Friends' Association of the Church suspects that the work of Friedrich August Stüler was influenced. The church was then built in two years under the direction of the court chamber building officer Niermann. This was handed over on October 31, 1866 by the general superintendent Hoffmann, who also consecrated the church . Some of the church furnishings were taken over from the previous building, including a wooden epitaph for Friedrich von Pfuel , who died in 1673. Niermann used the broken field stones to repair the cemetery wall. Leftover stones were sold for four pfennigs each. Two years after the consecration of the church, the Royal Court Chamber granted permission to purchase an organ , which Wilhelm Remler then commissioned to build it in 1869. In 1895, master Gustav Collier from Zehlendorf cast the big bell over. In 1902 the baptismal angel came to the Märkisches Museum in Berlin . In 1905 the craftsmen Josef Schmidt and Gottlob Berker reconstructed the dormer windows. Despite the work, the parish wanted the church to be upgraded. In 1912, craftsmen therefore added an apse to the choir and built a sacristy . In the chancel, craftsmen installed three large, colored windows. There was also a new altar , a fifth and a pulpit . While the costs for this equipment were borne by the court chamber, the community as a foundation continued to receive a sacrament jug, a baptismal font and a baptismal bowl. The painting was done by Ferdinand Busch , the glass paintings were by Carl Busch .
During the First World War , the parish had to hand over the big bell in 1917 as part of a metal donation by the German people ; she got lost. In 1925 the church patronage went to the Prussian state. A year later, a replacement for the big bell was cast in the bell foundry in Apolda and inaugurated in 1927. However, she suffered the same fate in World War II and had to be given up again. Only the small bell from 1707 remained. The effects of the war damaged the church in 1943 and 1944, which then had to be temporarily closed.
After the end of the war, the parish began to rebuild in 1951 and 1952. The altar windows were glazed two years later and in a simple diamond pattern. With the increasing urban sprawl of Schulzendorf, the demand for church services also fell. With the Kreuzkirche , a new sacred building was built, so that in 1979 the last church service was celebrated in the old church at Christmas . Then the church closed and the church district used the building as a material store. 1986 craftsmen removed the organ and moved it to the Kreuzkirche; two years later the epitaph for those von Pfuel came to the village church in Waltersdorf . In 1995 the monument protection authority placed the ensemble under protection. In 1999 a support association was founded, which has been committed to the restoration of the patronage church and the village green ever since.
Building description
The structure was essentially built from reddish brick . The choir is strongly drawn in and has a five-eighth ending . In the end of the choir as well as in the adjacent fields there is a large, ogival window. Above it, craftsmen made a frieze that was open downwards from masonry stones .
This is followed by the nave to the west . It has a rectangular outline and two large, ogival windows with tracery on the north and south sides. To the west is another, much smaller and raised pointed arch window. The east wall is windowless; however, the gable is decorated with rich panels . In the middle is a large ox-eye ; a cross above. The existing frieze in the choir continues on the eaves of the ship. To the west there is a dormer on each side in the otherwise simple saddle roof .
The main access is from the west through a small extension. There is an ogival gate. On each side of the ship's walls is a cross made of brick. A richly decorated gable gable also rises above it. At the transition from the nave to the roof is a surrounding frieze made of crosses.
Furnishing
The church furnishings mainly originate from the major renovation in 1912. In addition, however, craftsmen brought two brass candlesticks from the previous building from 1585, a gold-plated silver chalice and a paten (both from 1658) and a wooden epitaph reminiscent of Friedrich von Pfuel who lived from 1605 to 1673. Additional features include a silver oblate box from 1677, two coats of arms from 1694 and a single-hand clock that Gottfried Kayser created in 1716, which is comparatively rare among these builders . The baptism of 1702 has been moved to the Märkisches Museum in Berlin.
The organ has a neo-Gothic prospect and has five stops , a manual and a pedal . In the tower hangs a bell that Johann Jacob Schultz cast in 1707.
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 .
Web links
- Entry in the monument database of the State of Brandenburg
- Patronate Church, website of the Association for the Restoration of the Oatronate Church and the Dorfanger e. V., accessed June 2, 2019.
Coordinates: 52 ° 21 ′ 35 " N , 13 ° 34 ′ 23.3" E