Selchow village church (Storkow)
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The Protestant village church Selchow is a neo-Romanesque hall church from the 19th century in Selchow , a district of Storkow (Mark) in the Oder-Spree district in the state of Brandenburg . It was created according to plans by Friedrich August Stüler . The church belongs to the Evangelical Church of Storkower land in the parish of Oderland-Spree of the Evangelical Church Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Oberlausitz .
location
Selchower Straße runs through the village in a north-south direction. It branches out in the middle of the village and surrounds a historic village green . On it stands the building that is not fenced in .
history
On October 3rd, 1860, a fire destroyed the previous building, so the parish wanted a new building. This was in the years 1865 and 1866, designed by Friedrich August Stüler in Romanesque Revival built forms and on October 3, 1866 inaugurated . The cost was 15,000 thalers. There was also a patronage box for the Löschebrand estate. Inside there is a window with a Star of David , which was subsequently installed at the instigation of the Paul Mankiewitz family . During the Second World War , the structure was damaged and the spire had to be removed. The church has been restored and renovated several times. During the work between 1959 and 1962, however, the craftsmen did not repair the damage thoroughly, so that another repair was necessary. At the end of the 1990s, an extensive interior renovation took place. Another restoration took place between 1994 and 1996. The new church consecration took place on July 11, 1999.
Building description
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The choir is drawn in, semicircular and consists - like the rest of the building - of brownish brick . The slim shape is emphasized by pilaster strips , which continue from the lower plinth to the roof. In the fields that were created in this way, there is a cornice in the upper area , followed by three coupled round arches and a frieze . The fighters of the arches are reinforced and emphasize their shape. At the side are two barrel-shaped extensions with small arched windows and a gate on the north and south sides.
The gable of the adjoining nave is also decorated with a frieze and a circular window in its center. The sides at the level of the eaves are adorned with a pinnacle , the gable itself is decorated with a cross on the roof ridge . The nave is dominated on its south side by the large and rectangular patron s box. It extends over two floors and can be entered from the south through an arched door. Above a surrounding cornice is a large and circular window. The remaining wall is clearly structured: On the lower floor there is a small, arched window on the west and east side with a double-stepped wall. Above the cornice is a large, domed window with tracery . The upper surfaces are also structured with pilaster strips and decorated with a frieze at the transition to the eaves. The north wall of the nave consists of five similar window combinations. On the western wall of the ship, two pegs were again attached to the corners.
The retracted and square west tower - analogous to the choir - is supplemented by two extensions, which, however, are square. The structure can be entered through a large gate, which are also reinforced on the fighters. Above this is a medallion in the pointed gable showing Jesus Christ . In the middle tower floor there are two arched windows on each accessible side; the corners are emphasized with pilaster strips. The tower floor is in turn separated by a cornice, continues the pilasters and has two coupled sound arcades with a tower clock above. The pyramid roof ends with a cross.
Furnishing
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On the occasion of the renovation work in 1963, the pastor at the time decided to replace the "unsightly" altarpiece with a commission from the graphic artist and painter Renate Niethammer , who was living in the community at the time. It took up the Christ call from the Gospel according to Matthew as a motif : “Come to me, all of you who are laborious and burdened; I want to refresh you. ”( Mt 11.28 EU )). By 1965 the artist created a triptych that shows Jesus in the middle part surrounded by people seeking help. The side pictures show people who are sick and on the run; a bone man in the picture on the left plays a dance of death . The works of art, originally made as an altarpiece, now hang on the north inner wall of the nave. In the choir there is a white altar, the cassettes of which are decorated with golden-brown paint; thereon a simple wooden cross instead of an altarpiece . The choir is painted in blue, with a surrounding white band at the height of the dome creating the transition to the nave.
This is kept in white color, as is the patronage box, which is separated from the rest of the church with a simple wooden box. The viewer will also find a similar partition on the western gallery . Below is a winter church with a simple organ .
The first of the two bells had to be given in 1917 as part of a metal donation by the German people and was lost. It was replaced in 1929; but in 1942 the parish had to ring a bell again. The remaining one was damaged in World War II and cracked. After it was re-poured, it could be hung up again in 1954. On November 28, 2001, a second model was added.
literature
- Gerhard Vinken et al. (Edit.): Dehio-Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, Brandenburg. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-422-03123-4 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Information from the 2008 district calendar , on display in the church, June 2017.
- ↑ Information board from Erich Oehring: The Selchower Church and its bells , June 20, 2002, set up south of the church, June 2017.
Coordinates: 52 ° 12 '48.7 " N , 13 ° 52' 24.8" E