Wessin village church
The Wessin village church is a brick-Gothic stone church in Wessin , a current district of the town of Crivitz in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania .
history
Since 1230 Wessin belonged to the Land of Warnow. Around 1250, Pribislaw von Parchim-Richenberg had the borders with the County of Schwerin secured along the Teufelsbach. When building churches in Wessin at the end of the 13th century, great importance was attached to the ability to defend itself. The loopholes in the massive church tower still bear witness to this today.
Wessin was first mentioned as a village on May 31, 1391. Rudolf and Johann von Mecklenburg pledge Curd von Restorff Bede in Wessin and the highest court in Wessin and Radepohl. At that time there was already the parish of Wessin and the field stone church is said to have already stood.
In 1337, the Knights of Mallin still owned the neighboring village of Radepohl, but for almost 300 years the von Restorff families also owned the Radepohl estate in addition to the Bede, the highest court and the church loan from Wessin. In 1487 Cord von Restorff was based on Radepohl and in 1586 a Curt von Restorff on Wessin.
It was not until the middle of the 17th century that the owners of the farm outside the church with the associated church patronage changed frequently . From 1670 these included von Wenkstern , von Passow and 1688 von Sperling . The Thirty Years War (1618–1648) did not affect the fortified church, but in 1644 Colonel Hunnich's Swedish troops, after the monastery villages of Mestlin and Ruest , plundered and ruined Wessin. After these years, the church patronage was the responsibility of Lieutenant Colonel Klaus Christoph von Koss on Radepohl and Wessin.
From 1682 to 1690 there were various legal disputes between the von Koss and Magnus Friedrich von Barner auf Bülow about the Wessiner church patronage, as documented by the case files of the Reich Chamber of Commerce. The von Barner even claimed that one of their ancestors had received permission to build a church from the Pope in Rome. In 1709 the von Sperling from Wessin still held the church patronage, in 1723 it passed to the von Passow and at the end of the 18th century it finally fell to the von Barner auf Bülow. In 1742 Sophia von Passow from Radepohl went to the Dobbertin Monastery as a conventual . In 1847 there were complaints by the Wessiner preacher against the church patron Willrath from Wessin and Heinrich Driver from Radepohl because of constant insults during the sermons. From 1793 to 1909 the owner changed eight more times.
From 1908 the Wessiner church was administered from the Kladrum village church .
Building history
Exterior
The small church, built from field and brick in irregular mixed masonry, is a flat-roofed hall building. The three-sided choir was provided with stepped buttresses. The low, longitudinally rectangular west tower, pushed out of the axis, gives off a defensive appearance with its very narrow and elongated openings on both sides. On the field stone tower with its east and west half-timbered gables, the gable roof is covered with plain tiles. The new roofing took place before 1995 with the old roof tiles of the Crivitz church.
The west portal was changed in the 18th century. The old door jamb above the connecting door between the tower and the church has been preserved. On the north and south side of the nave there is only one pressed, pointed arched window with iron bars that closes off the eaves. In contrast, the choir wall has four pointed arched windows. The windows were all changed during the last renovation. On the south side of the choir there is a portal walled with field stones with a pointed arch, which was probably the entrance to the former sacristy. On the north side is an opening walled up with a round arch, which is said to have been an entrance to a grave vault.
After the patronage was canceled, only a few repairs were carried out on the Wessiner village church from 1919 onwards. As the damage increased and the ceiling collapsed in parts, the church had to be closed in 1982 for security reasons. It then fell into ruin.
Thanks to the efforts of the villagers and the small parish, the church was able to be secured, renovated and used again from 1995 onwards from 1990–1995.
Interior
The interior is spanned by a flat, plastered wooden ceiling and is painted with a surrounding band of vine leaves. During the renovations carried out in the 18th century, the older wall paintings were destroyed by the plaster applied. The new painting was therefore also referred to as a tasteless type of room painting . Remains of Bible verses can be seen on today's imitation of the wall. The wall and ceiling paintings were carried out in 1995 by the restorer Andres Weiß from Teschvitz on Rügen. Nothing has been preserved from the old church furnishings. The wood- carved coats of arms of the church patrons have also been lost. The existing neo-Gothic furnishings are probably from the second half of the 19th century.
Pulpit and altar
The pulpit and the altar are plain and simple. The altarpiece shows Jesus with the disciples of Emmaus.
organ
A harmonium has been located on the west gallery without an organ since 1891 .
The concrete font is a modern ingredient.
Bells
Three bronze bells hung in the tower. The big one from 1722 was cast by the bell founder Michael Begun. The second and the smallest were cast in 1578 by the Parchim bell caster David (th) Foute (ge) ch. Two bells were melted down in the world wars. The Reich Office for Metals had one of them picked up on February 13, 1943 and melted down in Hamburg. Today only the middle bronze bell with a diameter of 0.88 meters, cast in 1578, hangs in the bell cage.
The inscription reads: “I RVFE ZV HOREN GADS WORD CLEAR WITH MINN KLAN DIC CHRISTIAN FOCUS - HOR GOD'S WORD SO FAR YOU LOVED THE BASSON DUE TO COM VND FOLLOW ME NA FROLICH TV HORN AM JVNGDTEN ME TACHEGEUT 1578 DAVITH FECITEGEUT 1578. "
Parish
The Wessiner and Bülower churches belong to the parish of Kladrum. The parishes of Kladrum, Mestlin and Techentin with their nine village churches belong to the Parchim provost in the Mecklenburg parish of the North Church . The pastorate is in Mestlin. Today there are monthly services in the Wessiner church.
Pastors
Names and years indicate the verifiable mention as pastor.
- 1572– Johann vom Berge
- –1598 Martin Behrens (Berens)
- 1598– Heinrich Süllstorf
- 1616–1620 Johann Schliemann
- 1620–1650 Ulrich Senst (Senstius)
- 1682–1722 Andreas Schwieger.
- 1724–1736 Christoph Johann Dolge from Goldberg .
- 1745–1750 Gotthard Georg Studemund from Lübz , from 1758 pastor in the Dobbertin monastery .
- 1751–1757 Detlev Böttger, then in Neukalen .
- 1758–1770 Joachim Wilhelm Heller, then in Gorlosen .
- 1770–1771 Clamer Julius Werkamp
- 1771–1784 Johann Ernst Christoph Müller, then in Parchim .
- 1785–1794 Johann Joachim Christoph Metelmann, then in Prestin .
- 1795–1810 Johann Friedrich Schachschneider, died in 1812 of nerve fever.
- 1827–1838 Friedrich Joachim Johann August Schütze, then Krakow am See .
- 1839–1848 Theodor Joachim Wilhelm Mecklenburg, then Zapel.
- 1849–1866 Albert Wilhelm Kindler, from 1835 pastor in Kladrum , also in Bülow , 1866 councilor.
- 1866–1871 Friedrich Jacob Tönnies Nicolaus Möller, 1884 in Groß Trebbow .
- 1871–1882 Adolph Christoph Johann Joachim Gabriel Schulz, then Friedrichshagen.
- 1883–1903 Johannes Carl Ferdinand Peter Albrecht, previously assistant preacher in Parchim.
- 1904–1907 Heinrich August Hermann Louis Adolf Weißenborn, then in Badendiek.
- 1908– Friedrich Wilhelm Julius Conrad Köhler, co-administered as pastor in Kladrum .
- 1950–1952 Willi Paape, as a parish assistant.
- 1974–1976 Hans-Joachim Heyde, previously a seminary.
See also
literature
- Friedrich Schlie : The art and history monuments of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, III. Volume: the district court districts of Hagenow, Wittenburg, Boizenburg, Lübenheen, Dömitz, Grabow, Ludwigslust, Neustadt, Crivitz, Brüel, Warin, Neubuckow, Kröpelin and Doberan. Schwerin 1899, reprint 1993 Schwerin, ISBN 3-910179-14-2 , pp. 360-362.
- Horst Ende : The monuments of the Schwerin district. Schwerin 1985, p. 24.
- Horst Ende: Churches in Schwerin and the surrounding area. Berlin 1989, p. 194.
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Printed sources
- Mecklenburg record book (MUB)
- Mecklenburg Yearbooks (MJB)
Unprinted sources
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State Main Archive Schwerin (LHAS)
- LHAS 5.12-3 / 1 Mecklenburg-Schwerin Ministry of the Interior. Rural community of Wessin 1910–1950.
- LHAS 5.12-4 / 3 Ministry of Agriculture, Domains and Forests, Dept. Settlement Office.
- LHAS 5.12-7 / 1 Mecklenburg-Schwerin Ministry for Education, Art, Spiritual and Medical Matters. No. 4611 Knightly School in Wessin 1866–19320, No. 7657 Employment income of the parish of Wessin 1906–1922, No. 8712 The parish of Wessin 1924–1925.
- LHAS 9.1-1 Reich Chamber Court . Trial files 1495-1806, no. 861.
- State Church Archives Schwerin (LKAS)
- LKAS, OKR Schwerin, Dept. 4, 007, 010, 021, 023, 024, 026.
- LKAS, OKR Schwerin, Personalia and Exams, K049, P001.
- LKAS, OKR Schwerin, Kladrum parish archive No. 045, Wessin cemetery 1948–1988.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ MUB XXII. (1907) No. 12303.
- ↑ Landeskirchliches Archiv Schwerin, Specialia, Section 4, No. 007.
- ↑ Konrad Peßner: Mr. I love the place of your house ... Mecklenburgische Kirchenzeitung August 27, 1995.
- ↑ Burghard Keuthe: church was a ruin. SVZ January 6, 1996.
- ↑ Restoration concept from June 29, 1994.
- ↑ State Church Archives Schwerin, Specialia, Dept. 4, No. 026.
- ↑ Parchim Church District, Mestlin.
- ↑ Gustav Willgeroth : The Mecklenburg-Schwerin Parishes since the Thirty Years' War. Wismar 1925.
- ^ Friedrich Schlie: The estate and church village Wessin. 1899, p. 361.
- ↑ Appointed as patron of the church by Lieutenant Colonel von Koss on Radepohl.
- ↑ LKAS, OKR Schwerin, Personalia and Examina, p. 193.
- ^ LKAS, OKR Schwerin, Personalia and Examina, M 056.
- ↑ LKAS, OKR Schwerin, Personalia and Exams, K 049
- ↑ LKAS, OKR Schwerin, Personalia and Examina, M 125.
- ↑ LKAS, OKR Schwerin, Personalia and Examina, p. 210.
- ↑ LKAS, OKR Schwerin, Personalia and Examina, A 023.
- ^ LKAS, OKR Schwerin, Personalia and Examina, P 001.
- ^ LKAS, OKR Schwerin, Personalia and Examina, H 189.
Coordinates: 53 ° 34 ′ 35.9 " N , 11 ° 44 ′ 20.8" E