Letzin Church

Letzin Church (north side)

The Letzin Church is a church building in the Letzin district in the Gnevkow community in the Mecklenburg Lake District . It belongs to the Hohenmocker parish of the Demmin provost in the Pomeranian parish of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany .

history

In the 13th century the Reinfeld Monastery had larger possessions in Letzin. In 1339 Duke Barnim III. in the dispute between the knight Hermann von Heydebreck auf Klempenow and the monastery over the right of patronage . After the introduction of the Reformation and the abolition of the monasteries in the Duchy of Pomerania , the Letzin church became a subsidiary church of Golchen . The church patronage belonged to the sovereign. Letzin has been part of the Hohenmocker parish since 1997.

building

East end with window and arched niche

The building was built in the 15th century from field stone with brick elements and later plastered. It has a semicircular east end with a window on the southeast side. In a round arch niche outside at the east end there was probably a figure of a saint.

The south portal is framed with brick. In the ogival portal there is a segment-arched door. Larger windows were installed around 1800. Remains of older brick frames can be seen. The surrounding plaster frieze was interrupted several times during the window modifications.

In the ledge of the window in the east end, a large-format field stone protrudes inward. Under this is a now walled-up, rounded-arched sacrament niche.

The 30 meter high square west tower is boarded up. It was built at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries. When the tower was renovated in 2008, a slight incline was retained.

Furnishing

The furnishings are predominantly classical , but not uniform. The pulpit altar is dated around 1883. Patronage and church stalls as well as the west gallery date from the second half of the 18th century.

The bell is dated 1620. It was restored in 2010 and received an electric bell system in 2016.

The organ was built by Barnim Grüneberg in Stettin in 1886 . It has 6 registers with a manual and a pedal and was extensively restored in 1997 by Rainer Wolter .

literature

• Institute for Monument Preservation (Ed.): The architectural and art monuments in the GDR. Neubrandenburg district. Henschelverlag Art and Society, Berlin 1982, p. 27.

Web links

Commons : Kirche Letzin  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Literature about the Church of Letzin in the state bibliography MV
• Letzin village church. Village churches in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, accessed on December 31, 2019 . 
• Last. Hohenmocker rectory, accessed on March 24, 2017 . 
• Letzin Church. Heimat Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, accessed on December 31, 2019 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Evangelical Church Community Hohenmocker. Retrieved March 24, 2017 . 
2. ^ Heinrich Berghaus : Land book of the Duchy of Pomerania and the Principality of Rügen. Part 2, Vol. 1, Dietze, Anklam 1865, p. 74 ( Google Books ).
3. ↑ Information on the organ organ database (Dutch, German)

Coordinates: 53 ° 46 ′ 56.5 ″  N , 13 ° 12 ′ 18.3 ″  E