Wolfshagen Church (Uckermark)
The Wolfshagen Church is a neo-Gothic church building in the Wolfshagen district of the Uckerland community in the Uckermark district in Brandenburg . The church is used by the parish belonging to the Hetzdorf parish in the Pasewalk provost of the Pomeranian parish of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany for services.
history
In Wolfshagen, at the location of today's hereditary burial, there has been a half-timbered church since the 18th century. On behalf of the Prussian general and owner of Wolfshagen, Count Herrmann von Schwerin (1776–1858), who financed the construction himself, construction of a new church began in 1854. The inauguration took place on July 20, 1858 . Hermann von Schwerin died a little later. Since the Evangelical Church in Prussia did not take over the building, it remained in the possession of the von Schwerin family . When it was expropriated as part of the land reform in 1945, the building became public property . Today the building belongs to the community of Uckerland, which uses it as a registry office and for concerts.
From 1989 to 2005 the church was restored. She has had a heater since 2006.
building
The church was built as a plastered building over a cross-shaped floor plan. The six-axis south side of the nave is structured by buttresses with gables and panels on the front, located between the ogival windows. On the north side there is an extension with a pointed arched portal instead of the two middle windows. The western front of the transverse rectangular western tower substructure is emphasized by a pointed arched portal with tracery and eyelashes between buttresses and a rose window above . On both sides of the west portal there are tracery canopies under which the sandstone figures of Martin Luther and Johannes Calvin are placed. The octagonal tower top has a tall pointed helmet.
The corners of the nave, west tower and annex are emphasized by buttresses with pinnacles . Under the eaves, on the west tower under the tracery parapet, there is a circumferential pointed arch frieze with nuns' heads .
Furnishing
The simple furnishings mostly come from the construction period and have not been changed much since then. This includes the coffered ceiling , the church stalls and the organ gallery . A painting on the east wall behind the altar simulates the spatial depth of an apse . To either side of it are two consoles that carry evangelist figures. The four evangelists Johannes, Lukas, Markus and Matthäus were made by sculptor Gustav Willgohs in 1859 . A medieval tombstone for two women from the von Blanckenburg family , who died in 1332 and 1364 respectively, is set into the wall.
In the color-glazed windows there are ornamental stencil paintings from the construction period as well as the coats of arms of the donor families.
The ringing consists of a bell that was cast by Urban Schober in 1605.
Until 2008 there was no organ in the church. In 2007 the organ made by Wilhelm Schwarz & Sohn in 1896 was acquired from the St. Leodegar church in Bad Bellingen and installed in 2008. In the 1970s, which was playing table organ from Fischer & Krämer renewed and electric-pneumatic tracker action built.
literature
- Institute for Monument Preservation (Ed.): The architectural and art monuments in the GDR. Neubrandenburg district. Henschelverlag Art and Society, Berlin 1982, p. 366.
Individual evidence
- ^ Village church in Wolfshagen. In: Uckermark churches from A – Z. Retrieved May 9, 2013 .
- ↑ a b Wolfshagen Church. Uckerland municipality, accessed May 9, 2013 .
Web links
- Information about the church in Wolfshagen on the Uckermark-Kirchen homepage
- Information about the organ
Coordinates: 53 ° 26 '30.1 " N , 13 ° 39' 28.3" E