Medow Church
The Medow Church is a listed church building in Medow in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district . It belongs to the parish Liepen -Medow- Stolpe in the Provostei Pasewalk in the parish of Pomerania of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany .
In essence, the elongated, originally late Gothic of brick built hall church from the 15th century. Until the introduction of the Reformation and the subsequent secularization of monastery property in Pomerania , the Medower Church belonged to Stolpe Monastery . During a renovation in 1695, the nave was extended to the south like a side aisle. Around 1900 the church was remodeled in the neo-Gothic style and received the massive west tower, the south porch and new windows at that time. The church was extended to the west by a half-timbered extension by around a quarter of its length. In the lower part of the east wall a holy water font and the cup of a medieval baptismal font are walled in. The originally three pointed-arched gable windows, of which the middle one was wider than the other two, are arranged in two longer pointed-arched niches between two buttresses standing across corners .
The stepped west portal on the tower is in a wall template. To the north and south there are tower halls. The bell storey is separated by a plaster band and has paired round-arched sound openings. The tower has a tall, curved dome with an open lantern and a pointed helmet.
The interior of the church has a flat ceiling. The stalls and galleries date from the 18th century. Under the gallery there is a hall of honor for those who died in the wars of the 19th and 20th centuries.
The baroque pulpit altar with rich carvings such as acanthus leaves , angel heads and four free plastic figures was made around 1700. The organ with a neo-Gothic prospect comes from the workshop of PB Voelkner from Dünnow .
In the windows there are ten cabinet panes from the 16th century, eight of them with biblical scenes and two with coats of arms, which were originally used as votive offerings in the Stolpe Monastery.
The two church bells from the 15th century were also previously in Stolpe.
literature
- Institute for Monument Preservation (Ed.): The architectural and art monuments in the GDR. Neubrandenburg district. Henschelverlag Art and Society, Berlin 1982, p. 64.
- Hugo Lemcke : The architectural and art monuments of the administrative district of Stettin. Book 2: The district of Anklam. Leon Saunier, Stettin 1899, pp. 224–226.
Web links
- Literature about the Church of Medow in the state bibliography MV
- Medow, Protestant Church. Retrieved October 31, 2012 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ev. Parish of Liepen-Medow-Stolpe. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved October 30, 2012 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 53 ° 50 ′ 25.5 ″ N , 13 ° 31 ′ 51.7 ″ E