St. George's Chapel (Słupsk)

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The St. George's Chapel in Slupsk

The St. George's Chapel ( Polish Kaplica św. Jerzego ) in Słupsk ( German  Stolp ) is a small octagonal brick building from the late Gothic period from the 15th century. It is one of the four polygonal church buildings in Pomerania .

location

The St. George's Chapel stands on today's Plac bł. Bronisława Kostkowskiego on the former Schloßstraße , the arterial road to Miastko (Rummelsburg) via Kobylnica (Kublitz) .

St. George's Chapel in 2009 behind blossoming trees on Bronisław Kostkowski Square

building

The St. George's Church in Stolp at that time was a building erected in 1492, which was one of almost 70 St. George / St. Jürgen Hospital Churches built in Pomerania in the 14th and 15th centuries . Georgenhospitäler were downright leper houses for people who suffered from the infectious disease introduced in the early 13th century. Like the Gertraudenkapelle in Koszalin (Köslin) , the Stolper Georgskapelle was built in an octagonal construction, unlike the other two Pomeranian churches, namely the St. Gertrud Church in Darłowo (Rügenwalde) and the Gertrudenkapelle in Wolgast , which were built in twelve corners .

Originally, the George Chapel was built on the road leading to Stettin , outside the city walls and without a cemetery. After the introduction of the Reformation , the chapel was unused from 1525 to 1610. In 1610, the first Protestant service was celebrated in it. After a fire in 1681, it was rebuilt in 1689. At that time, the baroque spire with a lantern , which is still preserved today, was put on.

In 1913 the chapel was demolished due to road construction work and rebuilt in its current location ( called Lämmerhügel at the time ). In the white plastered chapel there is now an art gallery of the artists' club at the cultural center in Słupsk.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Fritz R. Barran, City Atlas Pommern , Leer, 1993², pp. 116–117.
  2. ↑ Hellmuth Heyden , Church History of Pomerania , 2 volumes, Cologne-Braunsfeld, 1957, here: Volume 1, p. 172.
  3. ↑ Rita Scheller, Pommersche Gertraudenkapellen , in: Pommersche Heimatkirche , supplement for Die Pommersche Zeitung V / 2013, volume 63, p. 15.

literature

  • Karl-Heinz Pagel , The district of Stolp in Pomerania. Evidence of his German past , Lübeck, 1989.

Web links

Commons : St. George's Chapel (Słupsk)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 54 ° 28 '  N , 17 ° 2'  E