Church of St. Nikolai (Schelfkirche) Schwerin

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St. Nikolai Church Schwerin; View from the south.

The Church of St. Nikolai Schwerin, also called the Schelfkirche , is a baroque brick church in the Schelfstadt district of Schwerin in the form of a central building from the early 18th century. It is one of the few baroque brick churches in northern Germany and the first large post-Reformation church in Mecklenburg.

View of the city of Schwerin with the Schelfkirche in 1640 (detail).

The shelf church belongs to the Evangelical Lutheran parish of St. Nikolai Schwerin in the Wismar Propstei, Mecklenburg parish of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany .

Building history

Today's St. Nikolai Church had several previous buildings.

The earliest evidence of a church or chapel on the shelf comes from 1217 and is in a document that names a clergyman from St. Nikolai.

Floor plan of the Church of St. Nikolai (Schelfkirche) Schwerin

Count Heinrich I von Schwerin donated a new church in 1228, probably as thanks for the victory over the Danes in the battle of Bornhöved . This late Romanesque church was consecrated in 1238 at the latest.

Altar painting by Gaston Lenthe (from 1858)

The findings of a more recent building survey reveal evidence of a Gothic hall church with a polygonal choir closure. The late Romanesque church was probably converted into a Gothic hall church between 1300 and 1320 and a polygonal, vaulted choir was added, the window openings being enlarged and adapted to the Gothic taste. The nave was only equipped with a flat wooden ceiling.

In the 16th century the St. Nikolai Church fell into disrepair. In 1586 there was a makeshift renovation. In the 17th century it became a branch church of the Schwerin Cathedral.

In 1621 the church building received a new tower. But soon after (1626) the tower and the church roof had to be repaired again because a storm caused parts of the bell tower to fall onto the roof. In 1670 a broken bell, the belfry and the roof of the church had to be replaced. To finance this work, Duke Christian Ludwig I ordered a collection to raise the necessary funds.

On December 8, 1703, a hurricane caused the steeple to fall on the church and severely damaged it. Due to the overall condition of the building, reconstruction was not an option. The church was canceled.

At the behest of Duke Friedrich Wilhelm, the foundation stone of today's Schelfkirche was laid on May 15, 1708 according to plans by "Engineer Captain" Jacob Reutz († October 13, 1710). This date was chosen deliberately, as it was Sophia Day, the name day of the Duke's wife, Sophie Charlotte.

After Reutz's death, the architect, architectural theorist , mathematician and theologian Leonhard Christoph Sturm took over the management of the construction work.

The inauguration took place on September 24th, 1713. The program of the church is carved in stone above the main portal, it reads: “ANNO 1711 OUR SENSITIVE STATE FATHER AND HERTZOG FRIEDRICH WILHELM HAVE GOD'S HOUSE OF GOD TO HONOR HIS SUBJECTS OF GOD. PUT HIS BODY TO CALM ”. Accordingly, this house is in honor of God, intended for worship and the burial of Mecklenburg dukes.

The church of St. Nikolai has a length of 33.00 m and a width of 27.80 m (dimensions of the exterior masonry) in the current shape of the building. The height of the church to the middle of the church tower button (also called the tower ball ) is 52.2 m.

The more recent history begins in 1754 with a ten-point declaration by Prince Christian Ludwig II.

Declaration by Duke Christian Ludwig II , dated August 14, 1754.  

We Christian Ludwig [II.]

Portrait of Duke Friedrich Wilhelm, the founder of the Church of St. Nikolai Schwerin.

hereby announce, in accordance with the intention of our late brother Friedrich Wilhelm, the separation of the New Town Shelf Church and the parish of St. Nikolai from the cathedral , after it was already carried out in political matters.

1. We decree for ourselves and our descendants that with our own parish (and parish) constitution, 2 own preachers are appointed for St. Nikolai as soon as possible.

2. So that these churches, which are not provided with their own financial contribution, may have a secure reason for their subsistence, we want to equip them with 2000 Reichstalers per position in such a way that they can be securely invested as interestable capital on land and the interest used for the good of the church should be.

3. For the maintenance of the two future preachers, our guards , including the respective garrison of the city, so all officers and men of the church and parish of St. Nikolai should belong. In connection with this, the fixed confessional money should be given to both preachers in equal parts. Likewise, both preachers are to receive an equal share in the garrison preacher's salary of 260 thalers previously paid from the ducal treasury. In addition, she is to receive every 9 strands of firewood and the remainder for 200 Reichstalers from the fixed salary of the church ars .

4. In future, the rent for chairs in the Nikolaikirche should be the same as in the cathedral = a glass chair 1 Reichstaler / year, a simple chair ½ Reichstaler / year.

5. In order to improve the existence of the Arar, as in the cathedral, burials should take place in some places in the Nikolaikirche: brick burial 1 person wide = 30 Reichstaler, for collective burial of the same width = 10 Reichstaler, for each removal of the latter = 10 Luebian marks , for opening = 10 Reichstaler to improve the Arare only for 5 years.

6. Apart from this, on all Sundays and feast days in Nikolai and in the cathedral two bell bags should be collected, for which two respected / established citizens should be chosen as jurats [ELDERS] by our officials and the church provisional and taken into oath.

7. In addition, Nikolai and their ars are released from all obligations towards the cathedral, whereby the cathedral employees have received compensation from us for losses associated with this changeover.

8. Likewise, all residents of the Neustadt should be dependent on baptisms, public announcements, weddings, funerals, for requests and thanks, for other priestly official acts, to do what was previously customary for the cathedral.

9. For the time being, a quantity of 60 Reichstalers should suffice for the two Nikolai preacher's apartments. The amounts will be expanded later.

10. Ultimately, the two Nikolai preachers may not be restricted in their official activities.

Given at our Schwerin fortress, announced in the cathedral and St. Nikolai as well as the offices.

August 14, 1754      Christian Ludwig

Explanation: 1 Reichstaler had a fine silver content of 16.7 grams. Today a kilo bar of fine silver costs around 445 euros net. After conversion, such a Reichstaler would have a purchasing power of around 7.43 euros today. Here is a comparison: Around 1850 the weekly cost of a 5 person household was 3½ thalers.

Part of the interior glazing of the windows in the tower room in front of the royal box
Portraits: Philipp Melanchthon (left) and Martin Luther (right)

“During the archaeological rescue and documentation measure, which took place parallel to the drying of the wall around the choir of St. Nikolai or Schelfkirche in 2012, six buttresses of the Gothic predecessor building from around 1300 were discovered. Secondarily built or in the rubble around the church, there were bricks from a Romanesque predecessor building, which can perhaps be dated to the middle of the 13th century. "

Church furnishings

“The newer furnishing of the church, now carried out in the spirit of the builder of the church, the engineer-captain Reutz, has been influenced by an opinion of Dr Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II in 1853 . Friedr. Lisch gave the occasion in which he demanded the complete removal of the wooden colonnade structure from Sturm.

On April 6th, the internal renovation began under the direction of the master builder Voss and the master builder (later Baurathes) Krüger, and on October 24th, 1858, the inauguration by the superintendent Dr. Karsten instead. The carpenter Richter the Elder may be named here as employees for the execution of the altar. J., for the pulpit the master carpenter Christiansen and for the sculpting work on both the sculptor Petters ; also in the grand ducal gallery the master carpenters Möhrer and the sculptor Scholinus as well as the carpenters Scheft and Vaal for the church chairs. "

The organ comes from Friedrich Friese III , the baptismal font and the altarpiece on the theme of the Ascension of Christ were created by Gaston Lenthe , the windows with paintings are by Ernst Gillmeister . The tower clock from 1863 is the oldest public clock in the city. It was still hand-raised daily until 2005. The organ was redesigned by Marcus Runge in 1932 and returned to its original condition from 1858 in 1993.

“During the redesign in 1858, new windows were also used. They were created by the glass painter Ernst Gillmeister (* 1817; † 1887). Instead of the original two-lane windows, he created three-lane windows and 30 fields with alternating grisaille ornamentation . The 19th century panes were badly damaged, which is why all 20 windows were renewed between 1983 and 1990 based on the first glazing with antique glass. From the few undamaged panes from the 19th century, interior glazing of the windows in the tower area in front of the royal box was made. "

The interior walls of the church were designed in 1964 using color cuts based on the first painting. No original findings could be determined for the ceiling painting. Restoration work was carried out on the exterior facade between 1983 and 1990.

In April / May 2014, the restorer Vollrat Dreyer (Wittenförden) restored the paintings of Philipp Melanchthon and Martin Luther from 1847 by Gaston Lenthe (see images on the right).

Church bells

The history of the triple bell of St. Nikolai Church is very eventful. Both the large and the small bells , both cast in the Rostock workshop of Otto Gerhard Meier in 1751, were melted down for the benefit of the armaments industry during the First World War . Only the old St. Nicholas bell, cast around 1517, was spared.

1925 was parish thanks to donate joyful Christians to have collected new bronze bells pour enough money and it rang again soon the full three bells.

But history was to repeat itself. In 1942 the two 17-year-old bronze bells were taken out of the belfry . This time as a so-called material donation for the armaments industry of the Second World War . It was not until 1959 that the church's three-ring bells were replaced by chilled iron bells . There was a lack of money and material for bronze ones.

These cast iron bells showed severe signs of corrosion over the following years and they had to be replaced. Werner Schneider from Bad Laasphe made the necessary designs for the new bells to be cast in 2014.

In 2015 - in the meantime the financing of new bronze bells was secured by the parish's own funds and endowments - the two bells were cast on April 17th in the Bachert bell foundry in Karlsruhe using the traditional clay molding process. The solemn consecration by Pastor Burkhardt Ebel took place on June 14, 2015; it was hung in the bell tower the next day.

The table below shows the technical details of the bells.

Casting year Diameter
(mm) 		Weight
(kg) 		Chime Inscriptions Bell caster
around 1517 850 450 a 1 + 9 "+ Baptizando + mihi + noun + nicolai + dabatur + Chaterine + mihi + noun + perdulce + dicatur +" Hinrick van Kampen

Note: This bell was already used in the previous building.

2015 1226 1121 e 1 + 7 Upper inscription: “+ GOD IS OUR CONFIDENCE AND STRENGTH AND A HELP IN THE GREAT NEEDS THAT AFFECTED US / PS. 46/2 + "

Lower inscription: “+ ELP GOT DES IK BEGINNE DAT IT ENEN GHUDEN ENDE WINNE / DESTROYED IN THE WAR AD 1917 + REPLACED AD 1926 + AGAIN DESTROYED IN THE WAR AD 1942 + REPLACED FROM IRON IN 1959 + NEWLY ESTABLISHED AD 2014 + FOUNDED BY DRZKE “|

Bachert Company, Karlsruhe
2015 1039 725 g 1 + 9 Upper inscription: "+ HONOR TO GOD ON HEIGHT AND PEACE ON EARTH / LUKE 2/14 +"

Lower inscription: "+ RE-MOLDED AD 1751 + DESTROYED IN THE WAR AD 1917 + REPLACED IN AD 1926 + AGAIN DESTROYED IN THE WAR AD 1942 + REPLACED IN IRON 1959 + REWORKED AD 2014 + DONATED BY DR. GÜNTER PINZKE +" |

Bachert Company, Karlsruhe

The bell bronze is a mixture of 78% copper, 22% tin, 1% foreign components (so-called bell bronze 78/22 / 1-2 with max. 1% lead).

  • Description of the first bells of the St. Nikolai Church (Schelfkirche) Schwerin

  • Left: St. Nicholas bell; right: new large bronze bell

  • View of the bell tower of St. Nikolai Church: on the left in February 2014; right in January 2016

  • View of the St. Nicholas bell cast in 1517 on January 19, 2016

  • The new complete triple bell of the Church of St. Nikolai (Schelfkirche) Schwerin

  • Provisional chime

organ

View of the royal box and the Friese organ.

The positive organ , which had already been acquired before 1705 for the forerunner chapel of the church , which was then still known as the “Neustädter Kirche”, was retained by the parish after the church was rebuilt. However, it was badly damaged by a lightning strike in the church tower in 1717. It was only possible to use it again after 1719, after the instrument had been repaired by the organ builder Reinerus Caspary from Altona.

A new organ appropriate to the church building was not built until 1755. The two-manual work had 18  registers . There are still figurative remains of its opulent baroque case.

“This time Friedrich Friese III (1827–1896) delivered the work, again with two manuals with 18  registers . The most important parts of this organ are still preserved today. The prospectus from 1858 follows a design by master builder Theodor Krüger (1811–1885), who worked a lot with Friese. The Grand Duke gave the parts of the Schmidt organ that were still usable to the parish in Wittenförden. They did their service there from 1860 to 1936.

The Friese organ underwent several, sometimes larger, modifications: in 1886 by Friese himself, in 1932 by Marcus Runge and in 1966 by the Sauer company (Frankfurt / Oder) . In 1917 the prospectus pipes for the war armor were confiscated; they could only be replaced in the 1920s. In 1921 an electric wind motor replaced the bellows stepper . Runge's rebuilding was radical, the entire interior technology was "modernized" to pneumatic technology, but all the sound material was retained. This made it possible to reconstruct the state of the friezes from 1858 in 1994 using the craftsmanship techniques and materials that are typical of the 19th century and the “romantic” organ. This work, which required special knowledge and care, was carried out by Christian Scheffler . Today the organ has 21 registers and once again offers the powerful, but also round-colored, always clear frieze sound. "

The organ was consecrated to the praise of God on the second Advent of 1994 (December 4th) by Pastor Matthias Fleischer. (see also here).

The instrument with slider chests with mechanical play and register contracture has the following disposition :

I main work C – f 3
1. Drone 16 ′
2. Principal 8th'
3. Reed flute 8th'
4th Viola da gamba 8th'
5. Octave 4 ′
6th Pointed flute 4 ′
7th Octave 2 ′
8th. Mixture IV
9. Trumpet 8th'
II Oberwerk C – f 3
10. Dumped 8th'
11. Salicional 8th'
12. Violin principal 4 ′
13. Flûte octaviante 4 ′
14th Nasat 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
15th Octave 2 ′
Pedal C – d 1
16th violon 16 ′
17. Sub bass 16 ′
18. Octavbass 8th'
19th violon 8th'
20. Bass flute 8th'
21st trumpet 16 ′

Explanation: The registers have different pitches, whereby the pitch is traditionally indicated by the so-called foot pitch (symbol 'behind the number). 1 foot is about 30 cm. A register in the normal position is called an 8 'register, since the largest pipe here is 2.40 m, i.e. 8', long. A 16 'pipe is twice as long and sounds an octave lower, a 4' pipe sounds an octave higher than the 8 'register, etc.

History of the organ prospectus

No details are available for the organ installed in 1713. After just a few years (1754) it was classified as in need of repair and the Rostock organ builder Paul Schmidt was commissioned to build a new organ.

On November 13, 1755, the new, partially gilded organ was checked by the court composer Hertel, the cathedral organist Petersen and the "newly appointed organist" Klemm and found to be in conformity with the contract. A good 100 years later, Schmidt's organ was in need of an overhaul. As part of the fundamental renovation of the church carried out in the 1850s under the direction of the church builder Theodor Krüger, a new organ was also installed. The Grand Duke had the old one repaired and donated it to the newly built church in Wittenförden .

In October 1857 Theodor Krüger and the organ builder Friedrich Friese III signed a contract for the construction of a new organ for the Schelfkirche. The design and execution of the organ prospectus was the responsibility of Kruger, who had angels , putti , garlands and consoles used as decorative elements , which differ in material and style. The four standing angels created for the Krüger organ front in the 1850s fit into the structure.

In the level above, three of the four angel putti may have been taken over by Paul Schmidt's organ, completed in 1755. The fourth is from the beginning of the 18th century and was probably attached to the altar before. This shows Theodor Krüger's concept of adopting individual pieces from the furnishings designed by Leonhard Christoph Sturm in 1713 when redesigning the interior of the church. On the upper floor, next to the lunette-like end, there are two putti that were originally located above the side boxes of the princely choir from 1713. The allegorical figures Gloria and Fides, seated to the right and left of the coat of arms, and the fire pots also come from there and from the time of Sturm .

“The material of the individual elements is particularly remarkable: While the majority of the decorative elements (the six upper putti and the garlands ) are made of linden wood, the foliage decoration of the two side towers is made of plaster and the four lower putti are made of paper mache or paper mache "Ludwigsluster Carton". "

History of the Schelffriedhof

Site plan of the Church of St. Nikolai (called "Neustädter Kirche" at the time) 1705

The square around St. Nikolai Church has always served as a cemetery. The dead of the "shelves" were buried there. The wealthy were buried in the cathedral cemetery until the 18th century.

The area, which was still surrounded by a wall in the Middle Ages and is popularly known as the “God's Acres of the Schwerin Shelf”, presented an unworthy image in the early 18th century. The cemetery wall had crumbled completely decades earlier. In a memorandum of provisor of Schelfkirche, Lehmdecker, the superintendent Schumann from December 14, 1722 that the cemetery rather see a "[...] Viehtrift and a wagon trail as a graveyard-like" was cited. “Even dung wagons drove over it, and you could often see 12-16 wagons of the farmers in the square, their horses being fed here. It was particularly painful for the provisional that, in view of these conditions, the wealthy preferred to bury their dead in the cathedral cemetery, and that as a result the Schelfkirche lost considerable income ”

This admission soon proved successful. The construction of a new cemetery wall was started, paid for with funds from church collections dedicated to this purpose (243 Reichstaler up to 1729. The remaining funds were borrowed from the cathedral church). The work was carried out by master craftsman Hans Jürgen Niclas.

Due to the rapidly increasing population of the Schelfstadt (in the middle of the 18th century there were already more than 2000 souls), the square was too small in relation to the size of the population, even with the assumption that the cemetery extended further to the east than today's square around the Church. “[...] The lack of space was particularly noticeable because the church was also a garrison church and the corpses of the soldiers and their families were buried in the Schelffriedhof. In 1754, therefore, a mandate was issued that the corpses had to be buried in the order in which they were buried, so that the purchase of family funerals was not permitted. In addition, they helped themselves by always burying three (!) Corpses on top of each other. ”According to an ordinance of Duke Friedrich from 1771, all Schwerin cemeteries were relocated in front of the city (now the new Schelffriedhof in front of Werdertor , today's park at the intersection Werderstrasse / Knaudtstrasse ).

The old cemetery around the Schelfkirche became a promenade square. But conditions were unclean on this too. It was reported that various shelf town dwellers led their cattle (pigs and cows) across this square. Their “leftovers” caused very unpleasant smells. To change this state, led to the now ruling the Provisor Jakob Ulrich Wilcke in 1793 I. Duke Friedrich Franz to turn. In the following year at the latest, the unbearable conditions were eliminated. The promenade square was now very popular. In 1802 three more new benches were bought, which at that time cost the considerable amount of 36 thalers and 12 shillings .

In 2016, the condition of the old cemetery area is not appropriate to the value of this historical cultural heritage. According to a message from the Schwerin city administration, the nationwide introduction of the so-called recycling bin is planned by 2019. With this, the large waste containers that are now spoiling the area will also disappear.

Princely Crypt

View into the princely crypt of the Schelfkirche (after the renovation / restoration was completed in 2013)
List of the buried

Until the death of Duchess Ulrike Sophie in 1813, the church also served as the burial place of the ducal family. The bodies of twelve adults and five children rest in the crypt, including Duke Friedrich Wilhelm , Sophie Luise Königin in Prussia (born Duchess of Mecklenburg), and Duke Christian Ludwig II. During the renovation of the church in 1858, the so-called princely crypt was not adequately ventilated Be careful, an air shaft was walled up, which allowed dry rot and the coffins to be badly damaged.

Explanations of the photos from the royal crypt on the right:

  • Left photo: Children's coffin in front: stillborn prince (May 11, 1777), next to it: Louise (February 10 to June 12, 1730), daughter of Christian Ludwig II of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Gustave Caroline of Mecklenburg-Strelitz; lower coffin: Christine Wilhelmine zu Hessen-Homburg (1653–1722); upper coffin: Friedrich zu Mecklenburg (1638–1688)
  • Middle photo: Upper front coffin: Christian Ludwig II of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1683–1756); rear coffin: Sophie Charlotte zu Hessen-Cassel (1678–1749)
  • Right photo: upper coffin: Sophie Luise Königin in Prussia, Duchess of Mecklenburg (1685–1735); lower coffin: Marie Catharine zu Braunschweig-Danneberg (1616–1665); Detail of a brocade-clad coffin on the left edge of the picture: Gustave Caroline zu Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1694–1748)

The archaeological rescue and documentation work in the royal crypt began in 2006 thanks to financial support from the Ostdeutsche Sparkassenstiftung, the Sparkasse Mecklenburg-Schwerin Foundation and the State Office for Culture and Monument Preservation. The coffins, the buried, their clothing and the gifts in the Coffins were examined in a laboratory at the State Office for Culture and Monument Preservation, analyzed and returned to a dignified condition. A newly installed air conditioning system ensures that the humidity always remains below 70 percent, thus preventing the formation of mold. All of this very complex work was completed in September 2013. The installation of a glass door enables visitors to the church to look into the burial place.

Church records

There is no tradition of religious services in the first half of the 18th century. A note in the church book that “in the year of Christ 1732 ... by order of his now ruling high prince. Durchl. [Your Highness] Mr. Hertz. [Duke] Carl Leopold's Shelf God Service “started, but indicates that they took place at least very rarely before. In 1733 , Carl Leopold gave the church two gold-plated silver goblets to promote worship .

Due to the increased number of inhabitants and the insufficient pastoral care of the residents of the Neustadt, which gave rise to complaints, Christian Ludwig II decreed in 1754 that the shelf church community should be made independent and the cathedral church in the old town separated. In August 1755, the pastors Roehr from Danzig and Bennin from Meyenburg were appointed preachers at the St. Nicolai Church. Only since then have church activities been more or less regularly documented. The first church book of the garrison preacher had been "sloppily put aside" and thus lost for posterity, and Pastors Roehr and Bennin confirmed their successors, Pastor Blanckmeister, "much inadequate" with regard to their church bookkeeping. Blanckmeister tried to close this gap, but only a few parishioners had baptisms, weddings and deaths added, so that only individual notes date back to 1741.

Church registers have become an important historical source today, because until 1875 only civil status data were recorded in them. Even after the establishment of the state registry offices on 1 January 1876, their associated civil register the parishes led the church register on their communities.

Pastors

Until 1755 the church of St. Nikolai (shelf church) was co-administered by the cathedral as a filia . Three preachers are mentioned as examples:

  • Joachim Mankmuß, was sub-principal of a school in 1589 and was appointed by the cathedral chapter

appointed shelf preacher.

  • Nicolaus Lindenberg from Perleberg; † 1609. 1564 theological bachelor's degree in Rostock, 1573 master's degree ; 1576–1606 preacher in Schwerin Cathedral; Preacher at the Schelfkirche for 30 years
  • Andreas Senst from Wesenberg; † 2 June 1631. 1602-1624 3. preacher ; 1624–1631 2nd cathedral preacher; then appointed shelf preacher for life

In 1755 the pastoral care of the garrison of the city of Schwerin was assigned to the church of St. Nikolai (shelf church). The garrison preacher was Joh. Georg Richter from Gotha from 1732 and then from 1753 Joh. Heinrich Bacher from Hamburg.

The list of the names of the clergy in the Church of St. Nikolai (Schelfkirche) includes 35 names to date. The information on the first to third parishes are taken from the publications of Willgeroth and the archives of the parish .

The ecclesiastical law on the occupation of pastoral posts (Pfarrstellenbesetzunggesetz - PfStBG) of 10 January 2014 applies to the filling of pastoral posts today .

present

In addition to church services and official acts, the parish offers guided tours and concerts, including those of the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Festival .

literature

  • Collective of authors: Festschrift “300 Years of the Schelfkirche 1713–2013” Editor: Evangelical Lutheran Church Community St. Nikolai Schwerin 2014, 72 pages
  • Author collective: Inauguration of the reconstructed Friese organ in the Schelfkirche in Schwerin . Publisher: Parish Council of the Parish of St. Nikolai (Schelf) zu Schwerin, 1994, 37 pages
  • Rudolf Conrades: St. Nikolai in Schwerin. The first church on the shelf, a merchant's church from before the city was founded? Thomas Helms Verlag Schwerin 2005, ISBN 978-3-935749-59-6
  • Verena Friedrich: Schwerin St. Nikolai , Peda-Kunstführer No. 95/1994, Kunstverlag-Peda, Passau 1994, ISBN 3-930102-03-X
  • Edgar Jakobs: Something about the shelf church. In: Monthly Issues for Mecklenburg. Schwerin , Vol. 14 (1938), 165, pp. 397-398. ( Digitized ; PDF; 506 kB).
  • Tilo Schöfbeck: Schwerin, Schelfkirche St. Nikolai. Architectural history report . Unpublished opinion from March 31, 2013
  • Leonhard Christoph Sturm : Architectural Covering of Protestant Small Churches Figure and Furnishings / Placed to a serene person over a certain Casu / And given as an often occurring thing for common use in print / With associated cracks. Schiller, Hamburg 1712 ( digitized version , Bavarian State Library ).
  • Friedrich Walter: Our regional clergy from 1810 to 1888: biographical sketches of all Mecklenburg-Schwerin clergy . Self-published, Penzlin 1889, pages 283-285. on-line
  • Gustav Willgeroth: The Mecklenburg-Schwerin Parishes since the Thirty Years' War. With notes on past pastors since the Reformation . Second volume. Wismar 1925, self-published by the author, pages 1063-1069. Digitized
  • Dieter Zander : The Schwerin Schelfstadt - On the urban development of the baroque Neustadt , Schwerin series, Schweriner Volkszeitung printing house, 1984, section 6.
  • Horst Ende: Churches in Schwerin and the surrounding area . Evangelische Verlagsanstalt GmbH, Berlin 1989, ISBN 3-374-00840-2 .
  • Karl Schmaltz : The church buildings in Mecklenburg. Verlag Friedrich Bahn, Schwerin 1927, 96 pages.
  • Bernd Franck: The building history of the Schelfkirche in Schwerin and the activity of its builder Jacob Reutz from 1700-1710 in Mecklenburg . Dissertation, TU Berlin, 1951, 196 pages.

Web links

Commons : Schelfkirche  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information on the community
  2. ↑ St. Nicholas is the patron saint of sailors, traveling traders and children. He was a "fashion saint" especially in the 12th and 13th centuries, so that there are simple village churches, town churches, mendicant churches, mining churches as well as merchant churches that are consecrated to St. Nicholas. Nikolaus patronage exists both at churches in almost all German, Baltic and Russian port and Hanseatic cities as well as in the inland in former merchant quarters (see also here: List of Nikolaikirchen ).
  3. ↑ Rudolf Conrades has given very detailed in his book ( St. Nikolai in Schwerin - The first church on the shelf, a merchant's church from the time the city was founded ? , published by Thomas Helms Verlag Schwerin, 2005, ISBN 3-935749-59-7 ) describes the history of the settlement of the shelves and the construction of the church
  4. ↑ The Schelfe was a swamp area overgrown with a lot of reeds (hence the name). The part of the shelf closest to the city up to today's Ziegenmarkt was called the small, the part further away from the city and beyond Werderstrasse was called the large shelf.
  5. ^ "Mecklenburgisches Urkundenbuch" , Certificate No. 235 ([...] "Testes hii aderant clerici: [...] Arnoldus sacerdos sancti Nicolai, ..." means translated: [...] These witnesses were clergy: [...] Priest Arnold von St. Nikolaus , ...) See here: File: Urkunde-235-adJ-1217.jpg .
  6. ^ Friedrich Schlie: Art and History Monuments of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Volume II, Schwerin, 1898, page 524. Printing and distribution by the Bärensprungschen Hofbuchdruckerei, commission agent KF Köhler, Leipzig. 
  7. ^ Bernhard Hederich: Schwerin Chronicle. Rostock, 1598.
  8. ↑ Tilo Schöfbeck: architectural history reports, Schwerin, Schelfkirche St. Nicholas, 2013
  9. ↑ Rudolf Conrades: St. Nikolai in Schwerin - The first church on the shelf, a merchant's church from the time the city was founded? . Thomas Helms Verlag Schwerin, 2005, page 6.
  10. ↑ Bernd Franck: The building history of the Schelfkirche zu Schwerin and the activity of its builder Jacob Reutz from 1700–1710 in Mecklenburg. Berlin, Techn. Univ., Diss. July 24, 1951. Link to this data set: http://d-nb.info/480825270
  11. ↑ For decades, as can be seen from the official state calendar , the official name of this church was “Neustädter Kirche” (see here: File: 1778, -Seite-56.jpg and here: File: 1850.-Seite-159.jpg ).
  12. ↑ Measurements by Dipl.-Ing. Sven Dattke from April 1st and 8th, 2016; see also the PDF "Height determination church St. Nikolai (Schelfkirche) Schwerin" under Commons: Schelfkirche
  13. ↑ 1 "thread" of firewood of 4 × 8 × 8 "feet" (1 foot = 0.291 m) = approx. 6.3 m³ (cubic meters). So 9 threads of firewood = 56.7 m³ (cubic meters) of wood.
  14. ↑ http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Geld_und_Kaufkraft_ab_1803
  15. ↑ Cathrin Schäfer: Report on the results of the archaeological excavation around the choir of the Schelfkirche in Schwerin. Schwerin, 2012, page 25
  16. ↑ North German Correspondent No. 250 of October 25, 1858: “The Nikolai Church in Schwerin. About history and restoration. The inauguration on October 24, 1858 ”.
  17. ↑ Schwerin St. Nikolai , Peda-Kunstführer No. 95/1994, pp. 20-22
  18. ↑ PEDA-KUNSTführer No. 759/2009, page 26/27.
  19. ↑ http://www.bachert-glocken.de/
  20. ↑ http://www.bachert-glocken.de/bronzeglocken.html
  21. ^ "New bells for Schweriner Schelfkirche", NDR Nordmagazin June 16, 2015 ( Memento from June 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) on YouTube
  22. ↑ Max Reinhard Jaehn: Organs in the shelf church . December 2012 to February 2013.
  23. ↑ orgelwerkstatt.de
  24. ↑ Max Reinhard Jaehn: Friezes. North German Organs in Five Generations , Volume 1. Schwerin 2014, pp. 415–433.
  25. ↑ http://ikonografie.antonprock.at/engel-putti.htm
  26. ↑ Festschrift 300 Years of the Schelfkirche 1713–2013 , page 70.
  27. ↑ Klauspeter Kirschke: To the organ prospectus . December 2012 to February 2013.
  28. ↑ Mecklenburgische Zeitung of March 15, 1908.
  29. ↑ Mecklenburgische Zeitung of March 15, 1908.
  30. ↑ State Church Archives Schwerin, OKR, Specialia Schwerin St. Nikolai No. 80.
  31. ↑ Schweriner People's Newspaper of February 8, 2016, page 9.
  32. ↑ See Regina Ströbl: Wolgast - Schwerin - Mirow: The three great ducal tombs in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. in: Ohlsdorf - Journal for Mourning Culture 2009 ( digitized version )
  33. ↑ Festschrift 300 Years of the Schelfkirche 1713–2013 , page 66.
  34. ^ Gustav Willgeroth: The Mecklenburg-Schwerin Parishes since the Thirty Years' War. With notes on past pastors since the Reformation . Second volume. Wismar, 1925. Self-published by the author. Page 1063-1064.
  35. ^ Gustav Willgeroth: The Mecklenburg parishes . Supplementary volume. Wismar, 1937. Self-published by Willgeroth's heirs. Pages 51 and 78
  36. ^ Gustav Willgeroth: The Mecklenburg-Schwerin Parishes since the Thirty Years' War. With notes on past pastors since the Reformation . Second volume. Wismar, 1925. Self-published by the author. Page 1063-1067.
  37. ↑ http://www.kirchenrecht-nordkirche.de/kabl/28734.pdf

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