Holzendorf Church (Groß Miltzow)
The Evangelical Church Holzendorf is a Gothic hall church in Holzendorf , a district of the community Groß Miltzow in the Mecklenburg Lake District in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania . The church belongs to the provost Neustrelitz in the parish of Mecklenburg of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany .
location
The main road leading from the north to the south in the village. From the west the Schulstraße crosses , which leads out of the village as Kirchstraße in an easterly direction. The church stands north of this street on a slightly elevated piece of land, which is enclosed with a wall made of uncut and non-layered field stones and a fence erected on top .
history
Dendrochronological studies showed that the wood for the sacred building was felled in 1306 and 1307. It can therefore be assumed that the church was built at the beginning of the 14th century. The parish itself states on a plaque on the building that it was built at the beginning of the 15th century, but gives the 13th century as the date of origin for the west wall. It is therefore conceivable that there was a previous building from the 13th century that was rebuilt or extended. It is certain that a sacristy was added on the north side at this time . In the middle of the 18th century, craftsmen built a church tower . Between 1995 and 1996 the parish renovated the building and settled in the western yoke and under the west gallery a winter church set up, which is also used as a community center.
Building description
The building was essentially made of reddish brick on a circumferential base made of hewn and layered field stones. The choir is not indented and polygonal. Its corners are supported by buttresses arranged on the side , which extend almost to the height of the eaves . There is a large pointed arch window in each of the three fields.
On the north side of the nave , at the level of the choir, there is a sacristy , which has been optically integrated into the building by means of a roof . In the east wall in the area of the gable there is a small and high rectangular opening. Repair work can be seen there, in which the masonry was supplemented by field stone. The north wall of the sacristy is closed, but field stones were also added here at a later date. The entrance is from the west via a pressed segment arched gate. Above it is another gate in the gable. On the remaining north wall there are three more pointed arched windows and two buttresses. Investigations showed that the structure should originally be four bays long. In the area of the church tower , these are supplemented by two small, high-rectangular windows that were attached below the other openings. There is also an extension on the south side. It probably dates from the beginning of the 16th century, has a rectangular floor plan and can be entered from the south. Above it is a gable made of half-timbering . At an earlier time, there was an opening on the east side of the extension, which was blocked with masonry stones and a few field stones. Parts of it are plastered. The west side of the extension is similar. Below the tower window are also two small, tall rectangular windows.
The west wall is massive with a large, triple-stepped pointed arch portal. It has a striking, ornamental relief made of terracotta panels on its upper wall . To the south of this is a small wooden gate in a protruding extension. The west tower rises from the simple gable roof . It was also built from half-timbering, the compartment made of reddish bricks. The mighty buttresses arranged at the corners of the structure suggest that a different construction was originally planned. In the lower area there are two small, high rectangular sound arcades on each side . Above it is an octagonal half-timbered tower that merges into the baroque tower dome with a pointed spire. It ends with a tower ball and weather vane.
Furnishing
The altarpiece dates from around 1730 and consists of a classic Lutheran sequence. It shows the Lord's Supper in the predella and a plastic representation of the crucifixion of Christ in the altar panel . The main motif is accompanied by Fides and Caritas as well as two marbled columns. Above is the Entombment in a painting , above in the pediment Christ triumphant . The donors had their coats of arms affixed to the side. The pulpit is in the forms of the late Renaissance and was created in the second half of the 17th century. Above is a sound cover with a figure of Moses .
The other church furnishings include a wrought-iron grille with an alliance coat of arms from 1721, which originally separated the access to the crypt from the rest of the church. A wooden epitaph commemorates Ulrich Otto von Dewitz, who died in 1723. It shows the church patron with a sample of nobility , flags and trophies. Above is a canopy on which further coats of arms, as well as an angel with a trumpet and other allegorical figures are depicted. A total of twelve paintings are attached to the west gallery depicting psalms and sayings of prophets. They were probably made at the beginning of the 18th century. Fittings from the 15th century have been preserved on the southern portal. The interior is flat covered.
literature
- Georg Dehio (edited by Hans-Christian Feldmann et al.): Handbook of German Art Monuments - Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Deutscher Kunstverlag, Berlin / Munich, 2016, ISBN 978-3-422-03128-9 .
Web links
- Literature about the church Holzendorf (Groß Miltzow) in the state bibliography MV
- Dorfkirche Holzendorf (community Groß Miltzow) , website Dorfkirchen in MV, accessed on August 13, 2019.
Coordinates: 53 ° 32 '9.5 " N , 13 ° 34" 44.4 " E