Winterfeld village church

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Winterfeld village church, 2015
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The Winterfeld village church is a Protestant church in the village of Winterfeld in Saxony-Anhalt, which belongs to the municipality of Apenburg-Winterfeld . The community belongs to the parish of Apenburg in the parish of Salzwedel of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany .

location

The church is located in the center of Winterfeld on the east side of the federal road 71 leading through the village . To the northeast of the church lies the Winterfeld large stone grave .

History and architecture

The church , made of field stones, was built around the year 1204 after a dendrochronological investigation. Other data already indicate the end of the 12th century. The floor plan of the choir, which is drawn into the nave, is square. A semicircular apse adjoins it on the east side . The window and door openings have largely been preserved in their original state. There are round-arched step portals on the west and north sides . The portal on the north side still has medieval door fittings . A priest gate is arranged on the north side of the choir. The fittings of this gate are still of Romanesque origin. The church windows are set high and designed as slight pointed arches .

On the west side of the ship is the high rectangular church tower. It has arched sound openings and slits of light on the narrow sides. There is a small recess below the bell storey. The tower is covered with a high gable roof . The tower is crowned by a roof turret installed in 1953 . The gables were renewed in the Gothic period .

The interior of the church is spanned by a flat ceiling. In parts of the nave there is still an original paving. An arched opening that has been preserved in its original state leads to the basement of the tower. The tower hall itself has a high barrel vault . The triumphal arch is now shaped like a clover leaf due to later work. The choir has a groin vault added later . In the choir and apse, wall paintings from the 15th century were uncovered and heavily renovated in 1936. On the left in the apse is the depiction of Gregory's mass , on the right the Virgin Mary in a mandorla between angels making music and the Last Judgment in the semi-dome. The representations in the choir show four evangelists and death crosses in the vault. Saints are depicted on the southern wall and in the apse arch . In the interstices and on the triumphal arch is found as an ornament foliage .

The furnishings of the church come mainly from the 18th century, such as a small pulpit altar with parapet paintings depicting Christ and evangelists and the parish chairs. The simply designed horseshoe gallery and the barred choir boxes also date from this time. Consisting of zinc castings made baptism is in the style of Gothic Revival design. Two small carved figures originally come from the village church of Baars . Below is a standing Virgin Mary from the second half of the 13th century. However, it is deposited. There is also a Vespers picture from the beginning of the 16th century.

In the local register of monuments , the church is registered as a monument under registration number 094 06063.

literature

Web links

Commons : Dorfkirche Winterfeld  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Andreas Cante, Dehio, Handbook of German Art Monuments, Saxony-Anhalt I, Magdeburg District , Deutscher Kunstverlag Munich Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-422-03069-7 , page 1016
  2. ↑ Horst Schölke, Silent Beauty: Romanesque field stone churches in the Altmark , dr. ziethen verlag Oschersleben 1993, ISBN 3-928703-16-1 , page 162
  3. ↑ Short question and answer Olaf Meister (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Prof. Dr. Claudia Dalbert (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Ministry of Culture March 19, 2015 Printed matter 6/3905 (KA 6/8670) List of monuments Saxony-Anhalt , page 3885

Coordinates: 52 ° 44 ′ 24.2 "  N , 11 ° 14 ′ 36.8"  E