Garrison Church (Anklam)
The Garrison Church or Holy Spirit Church is the third and smallest church building in the Anklam town center in Western Pomerania alongside the two large city churches .
The Holy Spirit Church is mentioned for the first time as early as 1272. In the style of the time it was a brick Gothic building , but burned down in 1376. After the reconstruction, the brick building was destroyed again by fire in 1659. For the Prussian garrison , the church was rebuilt in 1738 in the baroque style and from then on served as a garrison church . During the French occupation from 1806 to 1808 it was used as a field bakery .
From 1854 the building was no longer used for church purposes and was converted for residential purposes. During the Second World War , the garrison church was badly destroyed and after the war it was rebuilt with a slightly modified spire until 1955 and made into a residential building for senior citizens. After the fall of the Wall , the garrison church was restored.
It is located together with the Heilig-Geist-Stift (today city administration / town hall II) near the Peene in the city center. In the courtyard of the two buildings was a cemetery for inmates who had no money for a funeral.
literature
- Heinrich Berghaus : Land book of the Duchy of Pomerania and the Principality of Rügen. Dietze, Anklam 1865
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Coordinates: 53 ° 51 ′ 29 ″ N , 13 ° 41 ′ 16 ″ E