Johanneskirche (Neukalen)

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Parish Church of St. John

The Neukalener Johanneskirche is a church of the parish Neukalen-Schorrentin in the Mecklenburg Lake District . The community, to which the village church Schorrentin is also assigned, belongs to the Rostock provost in the Mecklenburg parish of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany (Northern Church) .

Building description

The church is a single-nave Gothic brick building that was built in the first half of the 15th century. The nave is 40 meters long and 13 meters wide and is closed off to the east by a three-sided choir closure. The flat ceiling extends over the choir and nave without interruption . On the south side and the two adjoining parts of the eastern end there is a four-leaf frieze. Late Gothic panels can be found on the tower, which has a steep helmet with four pointed gables. An inscription on the tower states that it was built in 1439.

Interior

The altar and pulpit are carvings from the Renaissance period . The altar was made in 1610. It is almost as wide and as high as the east side of the church. The figures Adam and Eve have been taken from an older, Gothic triptych , a predella with three paintings was added. These show Gethsemane , the Lord's Supper and the Carrying of the Cross. There are also figures of the Twelve Apostles , under each of which are sections of the apostolic creed in Low German . The pulpit was made in the 17th century. A pietà from the 15th century is also preserved.

Johanniskirche Neukalen with baroque organ by David Baumann

organ

The Baumann organ was built from 1739 to 1742 and is one of the oldest organs in Mecklenburg. After several modifications it now has 15 stops on two manuals and a pedal and was restored in 2003 by Schuke Orgelbau . The disposition is:

I main work CD – c 3
Drone 16 ′
Principal 8th'
Gedact 8th'
Octava 4 ′
Great Octava 2 ′
Mixture IV
II Hinterwerk CD – c 3
Gedact 8th'
Flute dous 4 ′
Fifth 3 ′
Octava 2 ′
Sexta 2 ′
Scharff III
Vox humana 8th'
Pedal CD – c 1
Sub-bass 16 ′
Principal bass 8th'

Web links and sources

Commons : Johanneskirche  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Gerd Baier, Horst Ende, Brigitte Oltmanns, Wolfgang Rechlin: The architectural and art monuments in the GDR. Neubrandenburg district. Henschelverlag Art and Society, Berlin 1982, pp. 145–146.
  2. ↑ Information about the organ on orgbase.nl. Retrieved November 8, 2019 .

Coordinates: 53 ° 49 ′ 22.2 "  N , 12 ° 47 ′ 26.1"  E