Gutskirche Vollenschier
The Gutskirche Vollenschier is the Protestant church of the former Gut Vollenschier , a place in Saxony-Anhalt that is now part of the Stendal district of Wittenmoor . The community belongs to the parish of Neuendorf Monastery in the parish of Salzwedel of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany .
location
The listed building, built in the neo-Gothic style, is located a little away from the estate on the edge of the old estate park, surrounded by tall trees. Other manor buildings worth mentioning are Schloss Vollenschier and the Vollenschier manor . The overall appearance of the beautifully situated church is atypical for the rural Altmark .
Architecture and history
The heavily structured church was built between 1875 and 1877 by Conrad Wilhelm Hase . The client was the secret government councilor August Henning von Kröcher . During the construction, certain special wishes of the client had to be taken into account. So a seat was required for the rule near the choir, which should be hidden from the view of the people. In addition, seating for the inspector and administrator as well as an organ and boys' choir were expected.
The brick-built church has a cross-shaped floor plan and is richly decorated with decorative elements. Pointed ornamental gables, all-round friezes and a richly designed buttress determine the external appearance of the church. There are also small extensions. The cross shape results from the tower, transept , central nave and apse . There are three-lane pointed arch windows on the nave. The windows at the choir have two lanes. The floor of the apse on the east side is raised compared to the central nave. The church tower rises up on the west side with its polygonal stairwells. The church is covered with a slate-covered high hipped roof . The sacristy is on the north side. The bricks used for the construction came from a brickworks operated near Vollenschier.
The interior of the church is spanned by a ribbed vault. The polygonal tower room contains the organ gallery. The original furnishings from the construction period, which also go back to Hase, are still completely in place. For example the neo-Gothic organ front , the carved altarpiece with crucifix and the wooden pulpit decorated with reliefs of the four evangelists, but also the glass windows with ornaments and figurative representations. The symbols of the evangelists can be seen in the top window of the choir. The church stalls and the wrought iron chandelier also date from this time. There is also a singers' gallery, which is located above sloping beam heads that are carved into dragon heads. The dome of the baptismal font rests on three-quarter columns, which stand on reclining lions.
The interior of the church is 18.7 m long and 12.2 m wide. The central nave is 6.2 m wide while the two side aisles are each 3 m wide. The height of the central nave to the keystone is 9.5 m. The transepts are slightly lower at 9.2 m. The aisles are only 4.9 m high, with the floor about 0.5 m above the floor of the central nave. The church has 121 seats plus the nine seats for the pastor's family in the north aisle and the seats for lordship, inspector and administrator in the south aisle. The seating for the lordship has a separate entrance and its own vestibule, which is accessible from the east.
The church is surrounded by a cemetery. The brick cemetery portal, which was built into the cemetery wall and designed by Hase between 1876 and 1878, is impressive with its small-scale canopy architecture . Above the entrance is the coat of arms of the von Kröcher family .
The construction costs, without interior fittings, amounted to 30,000 marks . The church was inaugurated in 1878. In 1962 the building received a lightning protection system. After the roof had already been repaired repeatedly, the roof was repaired again in 1978 and the roof area changed.
On October 4, 2000, a support association with 17 founding members was founded for the church .
literature
- Dehio-Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, Saxony-Anhalt I: Administrative region of Magdeburg. Deutscher Kunstverlag , Munich / Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-422-03069-7 , pp. 959 f.
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Coordinates: 52 ° 32 ′ 2.9 " N , 11 ° 39 ′ 41.8" E