Elmenhorst Church

This article describes the church in Elmenhorst in Western Pomerania. For the church of Elmenhorst in Klützer Winkel (district of Northwest Mecklenburg) see Elmenhorst village church (Kalkhorst)

Church in Elmenhorst, view from the churchyard

Church in Elmenhorst, view from the street

The Elmenhorst Church is a church building in the West Pomeranian municipality of Elmenhorst . It dates from the 13th century.

description

The field stone hall was built in the second half of the 13th century. Subsequently, in the 15th century, a sacristy in the south and a polygonal choir made of brick were added. The wooden church tower dates from the 17th century.

The gable, window and portal walls were bricked with brick, the windows are triangular.

All parts of the room have a ribbed vault inside . During a restoration in 2003, the previous painting from 1933 was restored. Individual areas of the medieval color scheme were exposed with tendrils and baroque wall paintings.

Furnishing

Sights include the altarpiece from 1730 with winding columns, acanthus carvings and paintings (Last Supper, Nativity (19th century) and Christ in Gethsemane), crowned by a carved figure of Christ. The baroque pulpit from 1723 shows paintings of the Savior and the Evangelists and on the back wall Moses, Aaron, Joshua, Samson, David and Elias.

The bowl of the baptismal font was made from Gotland limestone in the 14th century; The base and shaft are more recent. You can also see an epitaph by Ulrich Kisow († 1687).

organ

The organ is on the west gallery from the first half of the 19th century ; it was made in 1870 by Friedrich Albert Mehmel (Stralsund). The prospectus is neo-Gothic. The organ was renovated in 1999 by Rainer Wolter . The fundamentally arranged instrument has 9 registers on two manuals and a pedal . The actions are mechanical.

I main work C – f 3 1. Principal 8th' 2. Dumped 8th' 3. Octave 4 ′ 4th Progressive harmonica II-III

II Hinterwerk C – f 3 5. Flauto amabile 8th' 6th Salicional 8th' 7th Flauto dolce 4 ′

Pedal C – d 1 8th. Sub bass 16 ′ 9. Dacked bass 8th'

• Coupling : manual coupling, pedal coupling

Peal

The three bells were made of steel in 1927.

local community

The Evangelical Parish Office in Elmenhorst has been part of the Stralsund Propstei in the Pomeranian Evangelical Church District of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany since 2012 . Before that she belonged to the Demmin parish of the Pomeranian Evangelical Church .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Information on the organ

Web links

Commons : Church in Elmenhorst (Vorpommern)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature about Elmenhorst Church in the state bibliography MV
• Church district Pomerania

Coordinates: 54 ° 13 '0.4 "  N , 13 ° 3' 49.7"  E