Saint Nikolai Church (Richtenberg)

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The St. Nikolai Church in Richtenberg
Gable of the choir of the church
West portal in the tower of the church

The Sankt-Nikolai-Kirche Richtenberg is a 13th century church building in the town of Richtenberg in Western Pomerania .

Building history

The parish church under the patronage of St. Nicholas of Myra was built on the highest point of the city, south of the large market square. The square choir is from a building made of field stones and bricks in the middle of the 13th century . At the beginning of the 15th century the nave and the western church tower were built. The upper floor of the tower was added later. The pyramid roof was last renewed in 1995.

Exterior

The choir has two pointed arch windows in the north and south and three in the east. In the gable of the choir, three arched panels are incorporated into the lower row of panels, and a cross into the upper one.

The nave was built as a three- bay stepped hall made of brick and has three-part windows with triangular connections.

inner space

The choir has an eight-ribbed domical vault with a large ring-shaped keystone . The nave has a rib vault on octagonal pillars and has a late Gothic painting that was heavily renewed in 1913/1914.

Furnishing

The church's furnishings include a baroque pulpit , which was made in Lübeck around 1725 , altar barriers from the end of the 18th century, and the remains of a stone baptism with a crucifixion relief. The barrier on the east side of the pulpit staircase comes from Elias Keßler's workshop and was made in 1727.

organ

The organ with a neo-Gothic prospect was made by Friedrich Albert Mehmel (Stralsund) in 1861 and repaired in 2002. The instrument has 18 stops on two manuals and a pedal (mechanical slider chests with double bellows ).

I main work C – f 3
1. Drone 16 ′
2. Principal 8th'
3. Hollow flute 8th'
4th Viola di gamba 8th'
5. Gedact 8th'
6th Octave 4 ′
7th recorder 4 ′
8th. Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
9. Octave 2 ′
10. Mixture III 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
II subsidiary work C – f 3
11. Darling Gedact 8th'
12. Aeoline 8th'
13. Flauto amabile 4 ′
14th Swiss pipe 2 ′
Pedal C – f 1
15th Sub bass 16 ′
16. Violin 16 ′
17th Principal bass 8th'
18th Choral bass 4 ′
  • Coupling : manual coupling, pedal coupling,

The epitaphs also include a plaque from the church mayor Christoffer Dehne, who died in 1630. Grave slabs are set in front of the altar, for example that of Mayor H. Sunnemann, who died in 1491, and his wife. At the triumphal arch are Peter and Paul represented.

Peal

The three bells of the church were made from sound steel in 1926.

local community

The Protestant parish has been part of the Stralsund Propstei in the Pomeranian Evangelical Church District of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany since 2012 . Before that she belonged to the Demmin parish of the Pomeranian Evangelical Church .

literature

  • Dehio . Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1980, pages 310-311

Web links

Commons : Sankt-Nikolai-Kirche (Richtenberg)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information on the Mehmel organ

Coordinates: 54 ° 11 '59.3 "  N , 12 ° 53' 9.7"  E