Marienkirche (Waren)

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St. Mary's Church
St. Marienkirche seen from the Müritz
View from the city harbor
Look at the choir

The Marienkirche in Waren (Müritz) , the Niege Kerk , is a Protestant parish church in the historic town center of Waren (Müritz) in the Mecklenburg Lake District in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania . It is located in the east of the old town. The so-called New Town arose around them. The church belongs to the Propstei Neustrelitz, Mecklenburg parish of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany .

Chronicle and description

The parish church of St. Marien is a rectangular, single-nave brick building . It was created from the remains of the castle chapel of the now defunct castle belonging to the Lords of Werle and built at the highest point of the city . The rectangular stone choir and sacristy from the beginning of the 13th century in Romanesque style have been preserved. This part of the church is the oldest surviving structure in the city of Waren. At the beginning of the 14th century this chapel was adapted to the needs of the growing city. A Gothic three- nave nave was added to the choir .

During the Thirty Years War in 1637, the ceiling collapsed after a major fire and the church burned down. The building remained in ruins for over 100 years before it was given a new roof in 1739. A fundamental reconstruction took place in 1790–1792 according to the plans of the court architect Johann Joachim Busch in the classical style. The three-aisled hall church was converted into a single-aisled hall church by removing the vaulted pillars. The external appearance remained unchanged. On August 26, 1792, the church was consecrated again. Seven years later, the steep tower dome with a lantern in the late Baroque style was built on the remains of the medieval tower. Triangular gables were placed on the west and east sides. Above it came the spire with an octagonal shaft and a slim, dome-like helmet . At the top there is a small lantern with a dome-shaped hood. This is crowned by a wind vane in the shape of a swan. The church tower has had a viewing platform at a height of 45 meters since 1995, which can be reached by a 176-step staircase. The entire tower is 54 meters high.

During the Wars of Liberation , the church was used as a straw and hay store. Another renovation took place only after the end of the war. The baptismal stand was added in 1817 and the organ in 1819. In 1884 the interior was redesigned in the neo-Gothic style. The tower was also rebuilt between 1894 and 1898 under master builder Georg Daniel so that it could accommodate the bell chair and bells. These were supplemented three years later with the help of a foundation from Duke Friedrich Franz II . On July 6, 1901, the first church service and the consecration of the new bells took place.

For acoustic reasons, the pulpit was moved from the choir to its current location in 1909. Furthermore, the crucifixion group for the choir room was purchased and the choir arch was decorated in color with a mural.

As early as 1917, during the First World War , the bells were confiscated and melted down. They were replaced by today's bell in 1922.

These are the three steel bells from the foundry Ulrich & Weule (Apolda & Bockenem) located in the tower , which are tuned to the tones “F sharp”, “A” and “C sharp”. The diameter of the bells is 1.39 meters for the largest bell with a mass of 1100 kg, for the middle bell 1.14 meters for 600 kg and for the small bell 0.90 meters for 350 kg. The inscriptions on the bells (sorted according to size) read:

  1. "Our time is as hard as steel"
  2. "Inexpressibly difficult the suffering of the people"
  3. "God, give us your mercy"

In 1963 the new painting z. B. painted over the mural by Fritz Greve . This has since been uncovered and is waiting to be restored. From 1993 to 1995 extensive renovation work was carried out throughout the church. Since then, the church can also be illuminated at night. This was followed by the modernization of the bell system, the renovation of the pillars on the south side (1996–1997) and the renovation of the north pillars in 2000. In 2001, the east gable was renovated and the interior of the gallery area was repainted. In 2003 the south portal and the roof on the south side were renovated.

Interior

The altar
The Schmidt organ

The interior is mostly simply painted white and designed in a classical style. There are galleries on three sides in the nave. The church hall ceiling is a hanging construction made of wood and has the shape of a mirror vault.

  • Altar: originally designed as a pulpit altar
  • Two prayer chairs on the south and north walls of the choir with classical ornament; once with a picture of St. Mary's Church for the pastor's family and once with the city arms for the city magistrate
  • Crucifixion group , as a Tyrolean wood carving from larch wood by Ferdinand Demetz from Ortisei in Val Gardena. It shows next to the crucified Christ, his standing mother Mary and the apostle John . Mary Magdalene kneels praying at the trunk of the cross with the ointment vessel.
  • Pulpit from 1792
  • Pewter baptismal bowl with wrought iron baptismal stand; made in 1817 by August Nies from Waren
  • Painting from around 1530 depicting Christ being deposed from the cross . It was made by an unknown Italian artist and found badly damaged in the Federow church and restored by the sexton Schütt. It has been in the church since 1975.
  • Organ: It was built by Johann Jochen Michel Schmidt from Malchin between 1818 and 1820. It has 912 pipes spread over 15 registers . It was restored in 1995. The console and the console were reconstructed.
  • Triumphal arch wall painting Ascension of Christ on the choir by Fritz Greve from 1913; It shows the Ascension of Christ . When the church was redesigned in 1963, this painting was painted over for theological reasons and was hidden under three layers of paint. The inscription in gold letters "See, I am with you every day until the end of the world" ( Mt. 28, 20) can be read again since it was exposed in 2000. The complete painting has been visible again since 2013.

literature

  • Georg Dehio : Handbook of German Art Monuments - Mecklenburg ; Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich and Berlin, 1980
  • Marianne Mehling (ed.): Knaurs Kulturführer Mecklenburg-Vorpommern , Droemer Knaur, Munich, 1991, ISBN 3-426-26490-0

Web links

Commons : Marienkirche, Waren  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Website of the Evangelical Lutheran Church District Mecklenburg and the Pomeranian Evangelical Church District in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany

Coordinates: 53 ° 30 ′ 50.9 "  N , 12 ° 41 ′ 27.3"  E