Stolpe village church
The village church of Stolpe was built around 1250. It is one of the oldest churches in the Mark Brandenburg and was last completely restored between 1994 and 2004.
Geographical location
The village of Stolpe (near Berlin ) has been incorporated into the town of Hohen Neuendorf in the Oberhavel district since October 26, 2003 . The church stands in the middle of the village, which lies between the towns of Hennigsdorf and Hohen Neuendorf and can be reached via junction 2b - Stolpe of the federal motorway 111 ( Berliner Ring - Berlin-Reinickendorf ).
Building description
The village church of Stolpe is a simple field stone building , on which the tower, which is architecturally plastered in soft, light yellow, is particularly striking. An old, Gothic church portal is the entrance between the tower and the nave . Until 1821 the church had only one wooden tower in which the bells were hung.
In 1822, the then church patron, Baron Anton Werner von Pannwitz, had the wooden tower replaced by the new stone tower attached to the church. Above its curved, copper-clad tower dome, a star with a ball and crown can be seen on the top, which were gold-plated in 1999. The star is a sign for Christ, the ball points to the world, and the crown represents the Prussian crown with the inscription “ Friedrich Wilhelm III. “As a symbol of secular power and an expression of the ties between the patron family and the Prussian royal family.
On the south wall of the church there is a walled-up portal, the so-called “priest portal”, which was closed after the Reformation . It once served as a separate entrance for the clergy, who, according to the Reformation understanding, should enter the church together with the community.
Furnishing
- Three windows indicate the Trinity of God (Trinity). The right window contains two coats of arms from 1649. They are foundations on the occasion of the wedding of Hedwich von Schlaberndorf and Georg von Haken.
- The altar, which, like the baptism and the pulpit, dates from the early 19th century, is a simple, brick block with altar barriers in front of it. Its back wall, framed by two columns, contains a copy of the Last Supper painting by Leonardo da Vinci . A cross protrudes from the gable, under which the eye of God is depicted in a halo. The biblical Christ word “I am the way, the truth and the life; no one comes to the Father except through me ”( John 14 : 6) and the biblical words of Jesus' last supper,“ And as they were eating, he said, Truly I say to you, one of you will betray me ”( Matt . 26, 21–22) frame it.
- The wooden baptism has a pewter baptismal font with a baptismal jug. A baroque baptismal angel hovers over the baptism as a sign of God's closeness. It was found and restored in the mid-1990s.
- The pulpit was originally connected to the sacristy and stood on a higher foot. In 1972, the current state was restored when the old chairs were also replaced.
- On the south wall there is a relief from the workshop of Karl Friedrich Schinkel . It is on loan from the St. Nikolai Church in Potsdam .
- Opposite is the former patron s lodge , the place of the manor. Today it contains a small historical collection. In the gable, which is supported by two twisted half-columns, the Bible verse from Psalm 26 : 8 can be read: "Lord, I love the place of your house and the place where your honor dwells" - a visible confession of those who rise there seated in the box. The gold-plated crucifix lay unused in a storage room in the Berlin-Buch hospital for many years until it found a worthy place here. On the other side of the box hangs a copy of The Interest Dime by the Italian painter Titian .
- The brass chandelier is a more recent foundation. The previous wooden ceiling was replaced in 1972 by one made of concrete.
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- The organ was built in 1859 by the instrument maker Ferdinand Lange from Berlin, the prospect pipes were supplied by Carl August Buchholz . In 1917 the prospect pipes probably had to be handed in for war purposes and were later replaced by zinc pipes. Otherwise the organ is original and has 8 stops with a manual and pedal .
Bells
Two bells from 1534 and 1652 have been preserved, and another had to be given in for military purposes during World War II . In 1954, however, it was replaced by a new one bearing the inscription "Those who drive the Spirit of God are God's children" ( Rom. 8:14).
Parish
The villages of Glienicke and Schönfließ used to belong to the parish of Stolpe in the ecclesiastical province of Brandenburg of the Evangelical Church of the Old Prussian Union . Today Hohen Neuendorf and Stolpe form a common parish with headquarters in Hohen Neuendorf. Pastor Renate Vogel acted as the last Stolper clergyman.
The parish Hohen Neuendorf-Stolpe belongs to the parish north-east in the Berlin district of the Evangelical Church Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia .
The simple yet handsome and impressive village church of Stolpe is now a popular place for church services and for church services "in the course of life" such as baptism, confirmation, marriage and funerals (in the churchyard surrounding the church). A particular specialty in Stolpe's calendar of events are the church concerts and evening music with a high artistic and spiritual quality, which are known far beyond the village.
literature
- Renate Vogel: Stolpe village church, Hohen Neuendorf , undated (2005)
- City administration Hohen Neuendorf: Stolpe village church , Hohen Neuendorf, 2009
- Hans-Joachim Beeskow : The churches in the Evangelical Church District Berlin North-East. Heimat-Verlag, Lübben 2010, ISBN 978-3-929600-39-1
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stolpe in 400 years. History of the church district Berlin-Land II. From Superintendent i. R. Ferdinand Beier. With an appendix by Pastor Lic. Cool. Ed. Synod of the Church District, 1936, p. 84 ff.
- ^ Stolpe parish archives, quoted in Ferdinand Lange . In: Uwe Pape, Wolfram Hackel, Christhard Kirchner (Eds.): Lexicon of North German Organ Builders. Volume 4. Berlin, Brandenburg and the surrounding area . Pape Verlag, Berlin 2017. S. 329f.
- ↑ Hohen Neuendorf city administration: Stolpe village church, Hohen Neuendorf, 2009
Coordinates: 52 ° 39 ′ 38.4 " N , 13 ° 15 ′ 36.7" E