Wiepke village church
The village church Wiepke is in the style of Romanesque built Protestant church in Wiepke in Saxony-Anhalt .
architecture
The late Romanesque building made of field stones was built in the 12th century as a single-nave hall building on a hill. The relatively short nave has a flat roof. The choir is square, without an apse . Located on the west side of a cross-tower, which is slightly set back in the bell storey and a gable roof with roof skylights is crowned.
history
Around 1600 the church was significantly destroyed in a fire. The new building of the bell storey of the tower made it necessary. A little later the roof turret was placed on the gable roof. The groin vault of the choir was also destroyed by the fire. In 1602 it was replaced by a wooden coffered ceiling richly painted with geometric shapes .
Around 1750 the church was redesigned according to the taste of the baroque . The narrow Romanesque arched windows in the choir and nave were enlarged. Today they are designed in the classicism style with plaster reveal and plaster tape below the eaves. The entrance was moved to the north side of the tower. Originally, the nave and tower were also connected by two arcades in the shape of a round arch that rested on a common central column. On the north side there is still a priest gate, which has been preserved in its original design. Also on this side a walled up arched portal can be seen in the side of the ship.
In 1842 a baroque organ was purchased, which was probably previously in the Isenschnibbe manor church. Around 1900, the two windows on the east wall were given new lead glazing . One picture shows Moses with the 10 commandments, the other one shows Christ after the resurrection.
After 1990 an extensive renovation and restoration of the church took place.
The Wiepke village church is a stop on the Romanesque Road .
Interior
The organ loft and the early Gothic baptismal font in the form of a cup have been preserved from the medieval furnishings . In the tower there is a bronze bell with three-tone ribs from the 16th century. The late classical altarpiece in the church dates from 1840. After it was dismantled in the 1950s, it was put back up in 2001 after its restoration.
literature
- Marion Schmidt: On the Romanesque Road. Schmidt-Buch-Verlag Wernigerode 1993, various editions, ISBN 3-928977-20-2 , page 34
- Horst Scholke: Silent Beauty - Romanesque field stone churches in the Altmark. Dr. Ziethen Verlag Oschersleben 1993, ISBN 3-928703-16-1 , page 162
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Coordinates: 52 ° 35 ′ 58.5 ″ N , 11 ° 20 ′ 0.4 ″ E