Sieversdorf village church (Jacobsdorf)
The village church in Sieversdorf (Oder-Spree district) is a medieval stone church. It is located on a section of the Jakobsweg , the pilgrimage route leads from Frankfurt (Oder) via Sieversdorf to Müncheberg .
The associated parish belongs to the parish Falkenhagen in the parish of Oderland-Spree of the Evangelical Church Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia .
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It was probably built at the beginning of the 13th century, as it was built from hewn granite blocks. It consists of a nave with a semicircular apse , a west tower set in front of the entire width and a pointed arch west portal.
On the south wall on the organ loft there are remains of an early medieval wall painting , which was created at the end of the 14th century. The pictures show Adam and Eve after their expulsion from Paradise, Eve with a cradle and spindle and Adam who tills the field. Exposed in the 1950s, only this piece was restored, although the entire church was believed to have been painted.
After the Thirty Years' War the upper part of the tower was renewed, as the weather vane with the year 1683 shows.
On the north side there is a baroque half-timbered extension, which allowed entry to the patronage box. This fell victim to renovation work in the 1950s and the entrance was walled up.
A special feature to be mentioned is an underground corridor, which led from the manor house to this porch, in order to give the von Strantz family access to their family crypt , which is located below the church .
Various alterations were made in the 17th century, the windows were adapted to the baroque taste of the time and the organ loft was installed; today's Sauer organ dates from 1891 and has five registers in the manual and one register in the pedal , it is not the height of the former organ which only reminds of the raising of the ceiling above the organ.
On the walls there is a coat of arms epitaph with the ancestral table of Friedrich von Strantz (1601–1671) and his wife Lucretia von Wulffen (1626–1712), a commemorative plaque with the paintings of the patronage couple Ludolf Ehrentreich von Strantz (1660–1723) and his wife Elisabeth Charlotte von Strantz, b. von Birckholz (1675-1718). Above them the Cronos (Angel of Death), often referred to as the Grim Reaper, to remind of the finiteness of earthly existence. The paintings are a copy donated by the von Strantz family in 2005, as the originals were stolen in 1993. A plaque commemorating Adolf Friedrich von Strantz (1657–1672) is also missing.
Under Carl Friedrich Ferdinand Leopold Karbe, the church was renovated (stalls, built-in pulpit , neo-Gothic redesign of the altar ) and the family monuments. On October 2, 1859, Superintendent General Dr. Book the church rededicated.
The color scheme of the chancel with a starry sky corresponds to a restoration analysis and was demonstrably present until the end of the 19th century.
The carved altar, which is particularly significant in terms of art history, can be found here. This altar was added from another church and consists of parts of different periods and styles. The twelve Catholic figures of saints in the side wings are dated to around 1400 - 1425, the originally holy virgins were carved into apostles during the Reformation and beards were added to them. The predella and substructure were added during the 2005 restoration. After the renovation in the 19th century, the old altar could no longer be restored, today only the altar center painting on the south wall reminds of it.
The members of the Karbe family can be found in a special burial place on the north side of the church.
Adam and Eve after being driven out of paradise
Altarpiece of the original altar
The 12 saints of the subsequently added carved altar
Burial place for those of Karbe
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Coordinates: 52 ° 22 ′ 44.6 " N , 14 ° 22 ′ 22.6" E