Trinity Church (Zossen)
The Evangelical Trinity Church is a baroque cross church in Zossen , a town in the Teltow-Fläming district in the state of Brandenburg . It is a town church , consecrated to the Holy Trinity and belongs to the parish Zossen-Wünsdorf of the Evangelical Church District Zossen-Fläming of the Evangelical Church Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia .
location
The building stands in the city center on Kirchplatz , which is accessed from the northwest through Kirchstrasse , from the northeast through the street An der Wache , from the southeast through the street Am Marktplatz and from the southwest through Berliner Strasse .
history
In the Middle Ages, Zossen was the headquarters of the small Zossen domain named after her . It is therefore likely that there must have been a sacred building at this time . A secured tradition of a half-timbered church but exists only from the year 1649. In this predecessor built the church in the years 1734-1739 the parish church. The architect was Christoph Gottlieb Hedemann , who was responsible for the construction together with the royal building inspector Erdmann . The foundation stone was laid on May 24, 1734. Half of the costs for the construction were paid by the parish and the Prussian administration . Friedrich Wilhelm I provided the wood free of charge. The consecration took place on November 20, 1735 in the presence of the superintendent Johann Ernst Ribbach . In 1873 the structure was badly damaged in a fire. The damage was repaired by craftsmen, who took the opportunity to implement some changes requested by the parish in the interior: For example, they built a roof-shaped wooden ceiling in the main room and renewed the gallery . The tower could be restored by 1876. In 1960 the organ builder Hans-Joachim Schuke from Potsdam built an organ that was inaugurated on May 15, 1960. In 1968 the parish had the facade of the building renovated. In 1980 the interior was restored, and in 1997 the outer shell was repaired again. In 2015 the church had to be closed for half a year because the wood preservative DDT, which was frequently used in the GDR , was found. The renovation was used to install new lighting and to paint and re-cover the tower.
Building description
The building has a relatively rare floor plan for the region, as it was built as a cross- hall church . In this construction, the church tower is in front of the central axis of the south-western long side of the plastered nave . On the opposite side is a sacristy . The ship has three small arched windows on the north and south side in the lower area with high arched windows above. This created the possibility of installing a circumferential gallery in the interior. The gaps on the facade are decorated with wide strips of plaster. The nave has a hipped roof .
The church tower has a square floor plan. Craftsmen have applied ashlar plaster on the lower floor . A simple gate takes up the neo-baroque design language, as do two small arched windows on the tower sides with a panel above . A first cornice follows at the height of the eaves of the nave . Above it are three windows on each side; the corners of the tower are decorated with pilaster strips . Above another cornice is the tower floor with sound arcades and an eight-sided helmet , which ends with a tower ball and cross.
Furnishing
The pulpit , the altar and the octagonal fifth , like the gallery, date from the time the church was built. They are kept comparatively simple and decorated in baroque style. On the north-eastern long side of the nave, between Ionic pilasters, there is a pulpit wall in gray and white tones with a curved pulpit and a sound cover . A verse from the Gospel according to Luke is painted around the ensemble : “Do not be afraid! Behold, I proclaim you great joy, which will be for all people ”( Lk 2,10 EU ). The Schuke organ from 1960 has 2000 pipes, two manuals and 25 registers .
literature
- Georg Dehio (arr. 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
- Dreifaltigkeitskirche Zossen , website of the church district Zossen-Fläming, accessed on March 7, 2017.
Coordinates: 52 ° 12 ′ 58.2 " N , 13 ° 26 ′ 53.8" E