Loewitz Church
The Löwitz Church is a church building in the Löwitz district of the Ducherow municipality in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district . It belongs to the parish of Ducherow in the Pasewalk provost of the Pomeranian Evangelical Church District of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany .
history
The Löwitzer church was a branch church of the Rathebur church until 1560 , then it was subordinate to the Putzar church and finally came back to the Rathebur church in 1716. Margarethe von Krassow, widow of the governor Klaus von Schwerin (1567-1612), had the Löwitzer church built from scratch in 1620.
In 1990 the copper roofing of the tower was renewed. Necessary renovation work on the tower and the interior has not yet been completed.
Buildings and equipment
The hall church is a rectangular, plastered building made of field stone . There is a buttress at the northeast corner . The simple brick tower on the west gable was built at the end of the 19th century. He wears a gable roof .
The interior is flat. The pulpit altar dates from the 18th century, from oak crafted Renaissance pulpit from the 17th century. In the fields of the pulpit there are paintings depicting biblical prophets and evangelists. Instead of the evangelist Mark there is a coat of arms of the von Schwerin family. The altar enclosure and the preacher's stalls with bars probably date from the 18th century .
The ringing consists of a bell cast by F. Schünemann in Demmin in 1841 .
graveyard
The cemetery is surrounded by a brick churchyard wall that was built in the last third of the 19th century. Between the pillars there are wide plastered fields with ornamental panels in which the diamond is shown as the coat of arms of the von Schwerin family. Along with the wall, a funeral chapel was built diagonally into the wall in the northwest corner of the cemetery . This is designed as a plastered brick building with stone-visible architectural elements. A round arch is located above the arched portal on the cemetery side of the gable frieze on consoles.
To the east of the church is the monumental burial place of the von Schwerin-Löwitz family directly on the cemetery wall. It was built from 1890 to 1910 on behalf of Hans von Schwerin-Löwitz . The grave complex is a pedestal that can be reached via four wide steps, on which the grave slabs for Hans von Schwerin-Löwitz and his wife Marie, née von Gerstenberg, are located. The podium, open to the west, is surrounded by a three-sided wall bench. The bench is closed off by two arms, each with a relief of a kneeling angel. A statue of the blessing Jesus Christ after Bertel Thorvaldsen stands in a round arch niche . Behind the figure's head there is a large round window with stained glass. On both sides of the niche there are blinding columns, each with a relief of a pen. In the triangular gable above the niche there is a plaque with the Christ monogram . To the side of the gable are two vases.
After the fall of the Wall, the grave slabs of the destroyed hereditary burial were fetched from Sophienhof and placed in the tomb.
literature
- Institute for Monument Preservation (Ed.): The architectural and art monuments in the GDR. Neubrandenburg district. Henschelverlag Art and Society, Berlin 1982, p. 63.
- Jana Olschewski: Löwitz, ev. Church . In: From the large ditch to the Oder. Open churches III. Thomas Helms Verlag Schwerin 2005, ISBN 3-935749-51-1 , p. 12.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ev. Parish of Ducherow. Retrieved February 24, 2013 .
- ^ Gabriel Anrep : Svenska adelns Ättar-Taflor. Verlag PA Norstedt & Söner, Stockholm, 1862, vol. 3, p. 687 ( Google books ).
- ^ Heinrich Berghaus : Land book of the Duchy of Pomerania and the Principality of Rügen . Vol. 1, W. Dietze, Anklam-Berlin 1865, p. 328 ( Google books ).
Coordinates: 53 ° 42 ′ 57.2 " N , 13 ° 43 ′ 26.6" E