Church of Prützen

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Church of Prützen

The Prützen Church is a church building in the Prützen district of the Gnevkow community in the Mecklenburg Lake District , Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania . It belongs to the parish Altenhagen - Gültz in the provost Demmin the church district Pomerania of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany .

history

A church in Prützen already existed in the 16th century, as was the Seltzer Church , a subsidiary church of the Validz Church , as can be seen from the records of the church visit carried out in 1577. It belonged to 1754 to the Official Klempenow, then went Prützen in exchange Gnewezow and the noble share Kaslin to the hereditary marshal Axel Albrecht von Maltzahn . He settled ten farmers and had the church rebuilt.

Buildings and equipment

East gable

Today's church was built in 1758 (according to Berthold Schmidt as early as 1754) on a rectangular brick floor plan . There are three segment-arched windows in each of the side walls, and another in the east gable. The windows are divided into four parts by a strong central cross. In the eastern roof gable there are two segment-arched hatches closed by wooden doors.

The western half-timbered roof tower has a square floor plan and a pyramid roof .

The pulpit altar dates from the first half of the 18th century. The stalls and west gallery also date from the 18th century.

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 Prützen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ev. Parishes Altenhagen and Validz. Retrieved April 8, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Hans Moderow : The Protestant clergy in Pomerania from the Reformation to the present. Part I: The administrative district of Szczecin. Paul Niekammer, Stettin 1903, p. 544.
  3. ↑ a b Berthold Schmidt : History of the family of Maltzan and Maltzahn. 2nd section, 3rd volume: From the 17th to 19th centuries. Schleiz 1920, p. 186.

Coordinates: 53 ° 46  '27.7 " N , 13 ° 9' 40.7"  E