Manor Church

A Gutskirche ( Gutskapelle ) or Patronatskirche is under the church patron of Gutsherrn properties, often in local proximity to the farm location village church .

It was the responsibility of the patron to preserve the church building; on the other hand, he was able to dispose of certain benefits flowing to the church in his favor; he had the privilege of being mentioned by name in general church prayer and the establishment of a patronage box or private chapel. In the event of death, he was entitled to a special church bell and a family crypt within the manor church.

Well-known Gutskirchen are u. a .:

• Gutskapelle Bergen , Saxony-Anhalt
• Gutskapelle St. Antonius , North Rhine-Westphalia
• Gutskirche Gauern , district of Greiz, Thuringia
• Gutskapelle Niedergandern , Lower Saxony
• Gutskapelle Pöthen , ruin in Saxony-Anhalt
• Reuden Manor Chapel , Oberspreewald-Lausitz district, Brandenburg
• Saathain Manor Church , Brandenburg
• Gutskirche Schönfeld , Stendal district, Saxony-Anhalt
• Schulzendorf village church , Dahme-Spreewald district, Brandenburg
• Gutskapelle Seedorf , Saxony-Anhalt
• Gutskirche Vollenschier , Saxony-Anhalt
• Gutskirche Welle , Stendal, Saxony-Anhalt
• Gutskirche Melkof , Melkof, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

literature

• "Patron" in: General German Real Encyclopedia for the Educated Estates, Volume 8, FA Brockhaus Verlag Leipzig, 1835