Sputendorf village church
The Protestant village church Sputendorf is a stone church from the 13th century in Sputendorf , a district of the municipality Stahnsdorf in the district of Potsdam-Mittelmark in the state of Brandenburg . The church belongs to the parish of Teltow-Zehlendorf the Evangelical Church Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Oberlausitz .
location
The Sputendorfer Landstraße leads into the village from the west and runs there as the Straße der Einheit in an easterly direction towards the historic village green. The church stands in the north-western area of the Angers on an area that is enclosed by a wall made of uncut field stones that are not layered .
history
The sacred building was built in the second half of the 13th century. Presumably, craftsmen first built the choir with two pointed arched windows on the north and south sides as well as a group of three windows on the east side of the wall. The middle window is raised and protrudes into the gable . It is therefore conceivable that the building should have a choir vault or a barrel ceiling . The nave was then probably built with three windows on each side. This is indicated by the different masonry design of the two components as well as existing traces in the masonry structure. The two gables, on the other hand, were built from unevenly layered and uncut stones. This suggests that they may have been plastered or boarded up.
At a time that cannot be precisely determined, tradespeople block the south portal. This work could have been done in the 16th or 17th century. In 1871, craftsmen built the west tower . During this time the windows were probably enlarged in the Baroque style . The point in time at which the nave and choir walls were raised has also not yet been determined.
In the years 1881 and 1963 the parish had the building renovated; from 1965 to 1967 the interior and the altar . In the 20th century, craftsmen downsized the west portal. From 1977 to 1979 roofers removed the zinc tower cladding and replaced it with copper . Then they renovated the roof structure and covered the roof again. In 1990 the vestibule was renovated and redesigned.
In 2017, extensive work began on the outer shell of the building. The entire roof structure with the false ceiling was renewed, the roof re-covered, the facade around the windows and the eaves renewed. At the end of 2017, the work was as good as completed, so that the Christmas service could be celebrated again.
Building description
The choir is straight and slightly drawn in. On the eastern choir wall there are three added, formerly pointed arched windows with comparatively poorly hewn arch stones. There is a circular opening in the gable. This, as well as the uneven layering of the field stones in comparison to the choir wall, suggests that the church was originally intended to be built with a barrel vault. The windows in the interior have been preserved as niches. There are two beehive-shaped windows on the north and south sides. They are supplemented by a gate on the south side. It has also been preserved as a niche in the interior and may have been stepped at an earlier point in time. It is also noticeable that the layers of the stones on the east side are much cleaner than on the north and south sides.
In the nave there are three beehive-shaped windows on the north and south sides. The surrounding field stones were often split here and are no longer layered as carefully as is the case on the eastern choir wall. At an unknown point in time, the nave and choir were raised by around half a meter using brick .
The lower storey of the west tower takes up the full width of the nave. There is a small window on the north and south walls. Access is via the rectangular west portal. Above that is an arched window, followed by another, much smaller window in the gable. The masonry there is irregular. This is followed by the boarded tower. It has two arches on the north and south sides and a round arched sound arcade on the other two sides . This is followed by the eight-fold kinked spire , which ends with a cross.
Furnishing
The pulpit altar was built around 1700. It consists of a polygonal pulpit , which is held in a light shade of blue. Gold decorated medallions are attached to the cassettes . It is flanked by two columns, the cheeks of which are richly decorated with acanthus . Above that in the acroterion is a blown gable with putti and a ray of glory. The wooden fifth was built at the beginning of the 17th century and was repainted in 1784. It is shaped like a cup with a tall lid. The organ on the west gallery dates from the first half of the 19th century.
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
- Dorfkirche Sputendorf , website of Theo Engeser and Konstanze Stehr, accessed on September 17, 2017.
Individual proof
- ↑ Stephan Laude: Christmas Eve in a newly renovated church . Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung, December 22, 2017, accessed April 6, 2020.
Coordinates: 52 ° 20 ′ 21 ″ N , 13 ° 13 ′ 11 ″ E