Neuenkirchen Church (near Anklam)
The Protestant Church of Neuenkirchen is a stone church from the 13th century in Neuenkirchen (near Anklam) in the district of Vorpommern-Greifswald . It belongs to the parish of Spantekow in the Pasewalk provost in the Pomeranian Evangelical Church District of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany .
location
The village road leads from the north-west in a south-east direction through the village. In the historical center, the church stands on an area that is enclosed by a wall made of uncut and only slightly layered field stones .
history
There are different details about the exact construction date of the church: In 1300 Rolf (Rudolf) and Johannes von Neuenkirchen renounced church patronage in favor of the Stolpe Monastery . Thus, a building must have already existed in the place. On the other hand, according to the Dehio manual , the church was only built in the second half of the 13th century; possibly on a previous building. In the Middle Ages parish church , after the Reformation was introduced in Pomerania in 1582, it became the daughter church of Old Teterin . In 1770 the church, possibly damaged or destroyed during the Seven Years' War , was rebuilt by the village blacksmith at his own expense, which is why he was granted ownership of the building. In 1858 a restoration took place in which the church received the roof turret and modified window openings.
Building description
The structure was built largely from uncut field stones that were not layered. Above it, craftsmen applied a plaster that is no longer flat in the 21st century and thus partially reveals a view of the wall structure. The choir is straight and has not moved in. On the east side are two large ogival windows, the window surrounds are accented with a bright, slightly lower drawn plaster. The corners of the choir are highlighted by plastered pilaster strips . The gable of brick is through seven staggered orifice divided.
The nave has a rectangular floor plan and was built largely symmetrically. On the north side there are three pointed arched windows coupled in pairs. They take on the shape of the choir window. On the south side are two of these pairs of windows and a centrally located portal through which the building can be entered. The walls on the portal and the windows are profiled by chamfers and round bars.
The west wall is straight and has no openings. Repair work made of reddish brick can be seen at the corners. The west gable is also staggered with panels into which two rectangular sound arcades and a centrally arranged, wooden door are let. Above it is an octagonal ridge turret with a blunt tent roof that ends with a cross.
Furnishing
The church furnishings are neo-Gothic . In front of the altar is a double grave slab for Johannes Lughe and his wife, which is dated after 1383. The deceased are shown as incised drawings, the man with long curly hair, the woman with a cap and bonnet, under Gothic canopies. A sign with a house brand in the form of a two-armed anchor is shown between their feet. A verse from the Gospel of John is quoted on the eastern wall of the choir : “I am the way and the truth and the / life. Nobody comes to the Father / except through me ”( Jn 14.6 EU ).
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. 227-228.
- 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
Individual evidence
- ^ Parish office Spantekow. Retrieved August 18, 2017 .
- ^ Heinrich Berghaus : Land book of the Duchy of Pomerania and the Principality of Rügen. First volume, W. Dietze, Anklam 1865, pp. 339–340 ( Google Books )
Coordinates: 53 ° 47 ′ 56.4 " N , 13 ° 34 ′ 19.7" E