Church Square (Ruhland)
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 Church square, south view |
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| Basic data | |
| place | Ruhland |
| Newly designed | 1996/97 |
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| use | |
| User groups | Pedestrian traffic , bicycle traffic , car traffic |
| Space design | Granite pavement, granite borders as a border |
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| Square area | approx. 2690 m² (including church) |
The Kirchplatz is a square in the old town center of the small town of Ruhland in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district in the south of Brandenburg . There are architectural monuments on the side of the small square. In the center is the listed Protestant church, in the rectory is the office of the Protestant parish Ruhland.
Location and layout
The church square is on the west side of Kirchgasse with a short connection to Markt and Bahnhofstrasse , where there is another connection to the market and Brauhausplatz . On the east side there are further exits to Bahnhofstrasse and Hospitalstrasse belonging to the square . Bahnhofstrasse from the market in the west to the listed building at Bahnhofstrasse 25 / corner of Brauhausplatz in the east has been converted into a pedestrian zone . At the level of the church there is the Germania monument in a small green area between Bahnhofstrasse and Kirchplatz.
history
The history of the square is closely related to the history of the church. Until the current cemetery was established, the dead were buried in the churchyard and high-ranking, respected citizens and clergy in the church itself. Remnants of cemetery walls were found east and west of the church square. The current shape of the square and the surrounding buildings come from the reconstruction after the last great city fire of 1768.
Protestant church
The church had several previous buildings, most recently from the 15th century. This was also destroyed in a fire in 1768. 1772–1774 the church was rebuilt and renewed according to plans by Samuel Locke , with walls (especially the sacristy) and foundations included. In 1991 the church was renovated. Inside there is a baptismal font from 1710. In 2005/6 the foundation of the church tower was stabilized with concrete injection.
Schools on the church square
School buildings or classrooms were mentioned chronically on the occasion of the city fires in 1548, 1624, 1661 and 1768. In 1744 a girls' school was set up next to the existing cantor school. In 1776, after a fire in the town, “the new school, the current cantor's council” was built on the church square. This “required a total of 836 Tlr.23Gr. 9Pfg. ". In 1840, pastor Fürbringer set up the elementary school up to the 3rd grade, classrooms were in the cantorate (and others in the "Spittel" (hospital)). In 1870 there was a boys 'class (10-14 year olds) in the cantorat under the direction of Cantor Endemann, "the beginners class was on the church square next to today's Clausnitzer inn" (and a girls' class "in the old town hall" (now Lindenplatzschule) under teacher Ackermann) .
Bismarck monument
The 2 ½ m high monument made of sandstone opposite the upper parish was inaugurated on April 1, 1895 and was dedicated to Otto von Bismarck on his 80th birthday by the Ruhland Heimatverein; an oak tree was planted next to it. The monument was dismantled in 1945 and is recorded in the local list of monuments , the oak is still standing.
Germania monument
In 1875 the so-called Germania monument was built and inaugurated on the Brauhausplatz to commemorate the citizens of Ruhland who fell in the wars of 1866 and 1870/71. In 1939 the monument was moved to its current location between Kirchplatz and Bahnhofstraße for traffic reasons.
Younger story
In 1996/97 the church square was redesigned as part of the redevelopment area "Ruhlander Stadtkern" .
Architectural monuments
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Evangelical town church
The church had several previous buildings, most recently from the 15th century. This was also destroyed in a fire in 1768. 1772–1774 the church was rebuilt and renewed according to plans by Samuel Locke . In 1991 the church was renovated. Inside there is a baptismal font from 1710. In 2005/6 the foundation of the church tower was stabilized with concrete injection. The building is recorded in the local monument register under registration number 09120217 .
Oak on the site of the former Bismarck monument
The 2 ½ m high sandstone Bismarck monument opposite the upper parish from 1895 no longer exists, but it is recorded in the local list of monuments. The former Bismarck oak planted next to it is still standing, has developed well and is on the local list of memorial trees .
Bahnhofstrasse 1
The building on the south-west corner of the square was built after the fire in 1768 and expanded or renovated in 1880. It is 2-storey, 5 and 2-axle with a crooked hip roof facing the square and Bahnhofstrasse (horizontal roof truss). The basement in the east has a barrel vault, and there is an alcove-like room on the upper floor. It served as a residential and church service house, before 1900 a subdiaconate / lower parish (also chaplain of the Guteborn castle chapel) and a girls' school. The building is recorded in the local monument register under registration number 09120321 .
Germania monument
Since 1939 the Germania memorial has stood in a small green area between Bahnhofstrasse and Kirchplatz. The monument is listed in the local monument register under registration number 09120359 .
Courtyard building from Berliner Strasse 16
The building on the north-west corner of the square was built around 1770 with plastered brickwork and has a gable roof with a single roof structure and an upper arbor gallery. The basement is massive, the upper floor with half-timbering. The building is listed in the local monument register under registration number 09120368 , but is in the state list under Berliner Straße 17.
Rectory at Kirchplatz 2
The building on the northwest corner of the square was built from bricks around 1700 at the earliest. The building is two-story, 5-axis with a half-hip roof (lying roof structure, eaves facing the square). Under the eastern part is a barrel vaulted cellar. The building is recorded in the local monument register under registration number 09120318 . Used as a rectory, now a parish office, formerly a diaconate and subdiaconate.
Web links
Sources and individual references
- ↑ a b c Information board for the renovation
- ↑ a b c d e chronicle of the city Ruhland 1317-1997 , Ruhland 1995-1997, in the context of ABM emerged
- ^ A b Georg Dehio : Handbook of German Art Monuments - Brandenburg . 2nd Edition. 2012, ISBN 978-3-422-03123-4 , pp. 997 to 998 .
- ↑ a b wooden baptismal font in the sacristy according to an invoice in the files of the Protestant parish Ruhland
- ↑ Kornelia Noack: Church tower is safe again In: Lausitzer Rundschau , Senftenberg edition, November 10, 2006, accessed on January 15, 2018
- ↑ Horst Bormann: The Elster Chronicle still knows. . . Ruhland 100 years ago: Bismark oak and Bismarck monument in: Official Journal Amt Ruhland , edition 6/1995, p. 8
- ^ Elster-Chronik , April 1895 edition and June 1895 edition
- ↑ Kornelia Noack: Church tower is safe again In: Lausitzer Rundschau , Senftenberg edition, November 10, 2006, accessed on January 15, 2018
- ↑ Entry in the monument database of the state of Brandenburg: Stadtkirche Ruhland
- ↑ Entry in the monument database of the State of Brandenburg: Bahnhofstrasse 1 Ruhland
- ↑ Online project Fallen Memorials , accessed on January 14, 2018
- ↑ Entry in the monument database of the state of Brandenburg: Germania monument Ruhland
- ↑ Entry in the monument database of the State of Brandenburg: Berliner Straße 17 Ruhland
- ↑ Entry in the monument database of the state of Brandenburg: Bahnhofstrasse 25 Ruhland
Coordinates: 51 ° 27 '31.8 " N , 13 ° 52' 1.9" E