Waltersdorf village church (Niederer Fläming)
The Protestant village church Waltersdorf is a field stone church from the 15th century in Waltersdorf , a district of the municipality Niederer Fläming in the district of Teltow-Fläming in the state of Brandenburg . The church belongs to the parish of Zossen Fläming the Evangelical Church Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Oberlausitz . The baroque ceiling painting was created by the same artist who was also active in the village church in Niebendorf . The two churches are therefore regarded as "twin churches".
location
The village road leading from the north-east coming to the historic village green to. The church stands north-east of the Angers on a piece of land that is enclosed by a wall made of uncut and not layered field stones .
history
The building was erected in the 15th century and received a wooden barrel vault in the 17th century. In 1705, the German lawyer Johann Heinrich von Berger took over the Niebendorf manor , to which Waltersdorf also belonged as a Vorwerk . He financed most of the equipment. In the 18th century, craftsmen enlarged the windows “baroque”. In the 1960s, the parish had the building renovated. In 2011, a support association was founded, which has been campaigning for a necessary renewed renovation since then. In addition to damage in the roof area, the roofing is also in poor condition. Water penetrates the building and endangers the ceiling painting. Large-scale flaking can also be seen in the base area. In 2013, an article about the endangered structure was published in the Monumente magazine of the German Foundation for Monument Protection . The attention gained through this promoted the course of the renovation work. Work began in 2015 and dragged on into 2016 due to difficult funding conditions. The work was accompanied by archaeologists who in 2016 found a total of 34 coins made of copper and silver under the floor near the central aisle. They could be dated between 1640 and 1688. Experts suspect that the coins were hidden during a war in the 17th century.
Building description
The structure was essentially built from field stones that were neither hewn nor layered. They are partially plastered . The result was a hall church with a rectangular floor plan . On the east side there are two tall rectangular windows, the soffit of which has been partially reworked with reddish bricks . In the gable is a small and high rectangular opening. On the south side there are three segment-arched windows, underneath in the middle a priest's gate covered with quarry stones . To the west is a pointed arched gate, to the west of it a high and segmental arched window. The late medieval fittings are still present on the gate, as are the holes with which the defensive beam was anchored in earlier times. The nave has a simple gable roof . Two bells hang in the free-standing bell tower.
Furnishing
The church furnishings all date from 1754, were restored in 1962 and 1963 and are referred to in the Dehio manual as "atmospheric furnishings in rural baroque forms". This includes the altarpiece , which shows the Lord's Supper between two richly decorated columns in the predella and the crucifixion of Christ in the altarpiece . The resurrection of Jesus Christ is depicted in a medallion in the altar extract . The figure is part of the Trinity , the symbols of which are continued on the ceiling. The polygonal pulpit is based on a short, twisted column. The fields are painted with Jesus Christ and the evangelists . Above it is a sound cover with a bow crown . The entrance to the pulpit is connected to a pastor's chair. This - and an opposite - patronage chair is painted with bands and verses from the Bible and crowned with the von Berger coat of arms.
Additional features include two galleries in the west and north, the parapet fields of which are decorated with rural paintings. The wooden shallow barrel adorns a ceiling painting that Joseph Gerlach created in 1754 - many years after Bergers' death in 1732. In addition to the adoration of the lamb, it shows the Salvator Mundi in the eastern area , as well as a dove and angels. The ceiling is decorated with verses from the Revelation of John , so the angels quote verse 12 from the seventh chapter: “Amen, praise and honor and wisdom and thanks and praise and power and strength be our God for ever and ever! Amen. ”( Rev 7.12 EU ).
A special feature is the 1.20 m tall baptismal angel from the middle of the 18th century, which is attributed to the Lübbenau artist Tobias Mathias Beyermann . It hangs in its original place of hanging on a wire rope decorated with wooden balls and probably wore a laurel wreath in its outstretched arms in an earlier time . The Dehio manual praises not so much the “artistic quality of the sculptural design of the angel figure, but rather the comprehensive and completely preserved design of the historical interior as an extremely rare total work of art”. In the 19th century, artisans modified the hanging device to move the angel. This is no longer in use in the 21st century. The baptismal angel was restored in 1962 and 1963 after a worm infestation. The lower part of the right wing and parts of the feet were added.
On the west gallery stands an organ that Wilhelm Rühlmann created with a late Baroque front . The instrument was renewed in 1923, but is no longer playable in the 21st century.
See also
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 .
- Evangelical Church District Zossen-Fläming Synodal Committee for Public Relations (Ed.): Between Heaven and Earth - God's Houses in the Church District Zossen-Fläming , Laserline GmbH, Berlin, p. 180, 2019
Web links
- Entry in the monument database of the State of Brandenburg
- Waltersdorf Church , website of the Niederer Fläming community, accessed on February 10, 2019.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Needy jewelry box , bulletin of the support group Alte Kirchen Berlin-Brandenburg, accessed on December 31, 2018.
- ↑ The paintings in the village church of Waltersdorf are acutely threatened: Lob & Ehre , website of the monuments , accessed on January 1, 2019.
- ↑ Small church impresses with peasant baroque , article by Victoria Barnack, published in the Märkische Allgemeine on August 29, 2014, published on the website of the Förderkreis Alte Kirchen Berlin-Brandenburg, accessed on February 10, 2019.
- ↑ Coin find with riddles under the church , article by Victoria Barnack, published in the Märkische Allgemeine on January 4, 2017, published on the website of the Förderkreis Alte Kirchen Berlin-Brandenburg, accessed on February 10, 2019.
- ↑ Jewels of baroque art in danger , bulletin of the sponsorship group Alte Kirchen Berlin-Brandenburg, accessed on December 31, 2018.
Coordinates: 51 ° 54 '24.8 " N , 13 ° 17' 0.6" E