Walow village church

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Walow village church

The village church is a listed church building in Walow , a municipality in the Mecklenburg Lake District ( Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania ).

History and architecture

Mausoleum of the Flotow family with a little tower next to the church

A branch church of Grüssow was already in the 13th century in Walow, it was mentioned in a document in 1541. For what reason and when it fell into disrepair is not known.

The current building was built in half-timbered construction in 1845 and plastered in more recent times. The walls are divided by pointed arch windows with ornamental lead glazing and the entrance portal . On the walls there is a frieze with bright crosses. The church stands in the middle of a cemetery surrounded by a stone wall. It was extensively renovated in the 1980s and completely reconstructed from 2000 to 2002. The simple interior is covered with a flat wooden and board ceiling. The boarded-up, slate-roofed roof tower is crowned with a bell-shaped hood that merges into a weather vane from 1845.

Next to the church is the listed mausoleum of the Flotow family with a pinnacle tower and stepped panels.

Furnishing

  • The baptismal font is a galvanoplastic replica of a Hohenzollern baptismal bowl.
  • The two bells were cast by C. Oberg from Wismar in 1894.
  • The rest of the equipment is kept simple.

local community

Walow was always a branch of the parish church in Grüssow. Today it belongs with the church in Grüssow and the churches Satow , Lexow and Zislow to the affiliated parish Grüssow / Satow of the provost Neustrelitz in the parish of Mecklenburg of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany .

literature

  • Friedrich Schlie : The art and historical monuments of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Volume 5, Schwerin 1902, pp. 436-437.
  • Churches in the Mecklenburg Lake District, southern Müritz region , with illustrations by Werner Schinko, publisher IG of the Mecklenburg Lake District Church leaders, Beyer printing company in Röbel.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information on the community

Coordinates: 53 ° 25 ′ 19 ″  N , 12 ° 27 ′ 57.9 ″  E