Kreuzkirche (Königs Wusterhausen)
Coordinates: 52 ° 18 ′ 0 ″ N , 13 ° 37 ′ 34 ″ E
The Kreuzkirche is a Protestant church in the Brandenburg town of Königs Wusterhausen .
history
Before the church was built
Ecclesiastically, what was then Wendisch Wusterhausen belongs to the diocese of Brandenburg. With the Reformation the relationship between Mater and branch church changed : Wusterhausen became Mater, Hoherlehme the first branch church. There were four churches in the parish until 1690 : Deutsch Wusterhausen with its own pastor, Hoherlehme, Niederlehme (with Zernsdorf ) and Königs Wusterhausen (with Senzig and Zeesen ).
Construction at the end of the 17th century
Until 1693, a wooden church stood at the current location of the cruciform church. With the collapse of the old church in today's Niederlehme district , Elector Friedrich III. the order to build a large patronage church in Königs Wusterhausen in place of the wooden church. In 1697 the new church was built as a rectangular, plastered brick hall on the eastern edge of the old village green as a replacement for the wooden churches in Wusterhausen, Niederlehme and Hoherlehme. Two crypts were dug under the church for princely servants and wealthy residents. In the still wooden tower hung two chimes and two clock bells. A bronze bell was made by Friedrich III. donated. In addition to a bell, the church records are still preserved today. During the renovation, the congregation was allowed to hold the service in Königs Wusterhausen Castle .
18th century
In 1706, Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm donated the sacrament implements to the church. Two years later, King Friedrich I donated an organ that was placed on the site of the royal box. Organ experts accept the north German master organ builder Arp Schnitger as the builder . During this time, the interior of the church was painted and the church grounds were fenced off. The Brandenburg coat of arms on the parapet and the eagle on the ceiling are particularly striking . On November 3, 1718, the building of a church was recommended as a model example in a royal decree. In 1719 the parish in Deutsch Wusterhausen was incorporated into the local parish. In 1745 the church got the altar table and a pulpit that has since been lost. They were made of gilded oak and came from the workshop of the sculptor Charles King, who worked at the royal court . Before they came to Königs Wusterhausen, they belonged to the Oranienburg Palace Chapel . From 1757 to 1758 the church was expanded to include a new building with four bays and arched openings. The vault under the women's squares is filled in or walled up.
19th century
In 1812 the community of Schenkendorf is parish. From 1821 to 1822, the Kreuzkirche underwent extensive expansion for the second time. The wooden tower on the side was replaced by a new octagonal one based on a design by Friedrich Albert Eytelwein . The windows of the nave were renewed with rounded arches with bulging edges. Pulpit , galleries and the gallery stairs with curved board docks were built in. A sacristy was added to the east gable and the door and stairs to the vault were removed. In 1889 the inauguration of the third extension took place, which includes the transept and choir extension based on the neo-Romanesque design language of 1822 and gives the church its current appearance and name. The vaults under the chancel were opened for the installation of a heating system.
20th century
In 1912 the new Dinse organ was built while maintaining the baroque prospectus. During the First World War , all but one of the bells were melted down. The bells were not replaced by new ones until 1925. The general overhaul of the organ by the Wendt & Heise company took place in 1931, when the instrument was rearranged. In 1932 the interior of the church was repainted with the restoration of the Prussian eagle on the ceiling above the organ.
During the Second World War , the bells were melted down again except for one. On January 27, 1944, an air mine hitting the church square covered the church roof and destroyed all the windows. Until the provisional repair, the services took place in the rooms of the New Apostolic Congregation. From April 1945 the church served as a hospital . From 1948 to 1949 the picture windows of the chancel were designed and executed by Charles Crodel (Halle). In 1951 the church got its full bells again. In 1964 the windows of the nave are renewed. In 1970, during the last major renovation, the roof was re-covered and the exterior plaster and interior painting were renewed. In 1997 the masonry was drained and the outer skin was renovated. In 2003 a new heating system was installed.
In 2008 the interior of the church took place and from 2005 to 2010 a new organ in the style of Arp Schnitger was designed and built by the Ahrend company . It is one of the few instruments of the north German organ tradition in Brandenburg.
Parishes
- 1693: Königs Wusterhausen, Niederlehme and Hoherlehme were merged
- 1719: Deutsch Wusterhausen was parish
- 1812: Schenkendorf became parish
- 1900: Hoherlehme became independent again
- 1908: Niederlehme became independent again
- 1955: Senzig / Zernsdorf became independent
- 1957: Zeesen / Schenkendorf became independent
Today the parishes of Deutsch Wusterhausen, Schenkendorf and Zeesen are also looked after by the local pastor.
Web links
- Entry in the monument database of the State of Brandenburg
- Evangelical community in Königs Wusterhausen with photos of the organ.
Individual evidence
- ↑ private homepage ( memento of the original from July 1, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; Retrieved May 26, 2010.
- ↑ Teltow-Fläming Tourist Association, accessed on May 26, 2010.
- ↑ a b c City of Königs Wusterhausen, ( Memento of the original from September 17, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 26, 2010.
- ^ H. Büttner, I. Schröder, C. Stepansky: Art monuments of the Berlin / GDR and Potsdam districts ; Photo Book, Vol. 4. University of Michigan, 1987, p. 121.
- ↑ Marina Flügge: Glass painting in Brandenburg from the Middle Ages to the 20th century (Worms 1998), p. 154 f.
- ^ History of the evangelical community of Königs Wusterhausen; Retrieved May 26, 2010.
- ^ Cultural alliance of the Königs Wusterhausen region e. V. (Ed.): To the glory of God To the joy of people. Festschrift for the inauguration of the new organ of the Kreuzkirche , Königs Wusterhausen 2010
- ↑ Evangelical Sprengel at the Evangelical Community of Königs Wusterhausen; Retrieved May 26, 2010.
