St. Jürgen Church (Starkow)

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The St. Jürgen Church Starkow is a village church from the 13th century in the Starkow district of the Western Pomeranian municipality of Velgast .

The chancel of the village church in Starkow
Gable view of the St. Jürgen Church in Starkow
The village church in Starkow

history

The construction of the church under the patronage of St. George began in the first half of the 13th century. The nave was built around 1250 . Around 1300 the choir was given a five-sided end and large, ogival windows.

Around 1820 the church was in danger of collapsing. However, it was secured with supporting arches and anchors. For aesthetic reasons, decorated anchors were chosen that do not apply the necessary tension. Cracks that appeared later in the vault and in the walls were filled and new securing with anchors was planned. The implementation of the project is currently failing due to a lack of financial resources.

The lowering of the walls could be stopped by means of a drainage system.

The basilica is one of the earliest brick churches Vorpommern by the German Foundation for Monument Protection classified as "Building of country significance."

Pastors

(Sources: Biederstedt 1818 and others)

  • 1367-13 ?? Symon by Lewin
  • (unknown)
  • Joh. Meyer
  • (unknown)
  • 15 ?? Johann Wiedemann (Protestant)
  • 15 ?? Johann Timmermann
  • 15 ?? - 156? Wolfgang de Heide (also: Wolfgangus de Heida) (Protestant), mentioned 1553 and 1560
  • 156? –156? NN Ludolph
  • 1566–1604 Johann Max "the heroic one" (also: Johannes Maxius), born 1519 Kenß (village near Franzburg), pastor in Kenß 1551–1565, in Synod Barth 1560, pastor in Starkow from 1566 (until 1569 also Velgast). Ashes buried in front of the altar of the church, inscription: “Disse Stein und Entreffnisse öret Ern Johann Maxen and sinen Erv-en. Anno 1604 the 14th of April is self-de-lap H. Johann Max in Jar 85 sine Olders, and 53 sine preaching office, sine Frawe Margaretha Campers is self-de-lap in anno 1605 the 16 Aprilis eres Olders 76 Iar. "
  • 1602–1629 Joachim Schröder, died 1629.
  • 1629–1637 largely unoccupied, war damage
  • 1634-163? Volkmann "the meek", "the persistent"
  • 1637–1657 Hermann Hindersmann
  • 1659–1685 Johann Eveler, from Silesia
  • 1687–1737 Kasper Daniel Luplow, son-in-law of J. Eveler
  • 173? –1744 Theodor Nikolaus Volkmann, died 1744
  • 1745–1779 Johann Erichson "the rigor"
  • 1780–1804 Georg Christian Scheer, born 1749 Leba
  • 1805-183? Johann Jakob Nizze, born in 1766 Güstrow, died in 1832 Starkow
  • 1830–1852 Gottlieb Palleske
  • 1852-1857 AGF Dalmer
  • 1857–18xx MCW Hardrat (term of office until after 1864)

location

The church is on the banks of the Barthe . A listed parish garden extends along the north side of the cemetery surrounding the church . A support association restored the flower ground floor, the pleasure garden and the part of the landscape with orchards based on the historical model of “the diverse pastorate gardens of the 18th century”.

Exterior

The three-nave and three-bay , from brick built basilica has a vault height of 12.58 meters, making it unusually large for a village church of a small town.

The plastered gable side of the towerless church is decorated with patterns. A pointed arch frieze with unglazed and glazed shaped bricks extends under the eaves .

Furnishing

The oldest piece is a made of Scandinavian marble existing font with Romanesque features.

Remains of paintings are visible under the interior plaster, such as a Baroque depiction of Christophorus in one of the north window niches. Its renovation was planned for 2008.

organ

The exceptionally large organ was made around 1860 by the Stralsund organ builder Friedrich Albert Mehmel . The instrument with its very basic tones has 17  registers on two manuals and a pedal and has an original gold application by the Barther painter Douzette. Not playable since around 1970, it was restored from 2004 to 2009 for 140,000 euros, including funds from the EU's LEADER4 fund, and officially re-inaugurated on May 2, 2010 with a concert.

I main work C–
1. Drone 16 ′
2. Principal 8th'
3. Viola da gamba 8th'
4th Gedact 8th'
5. Hollow flute 8th'
6th Octave 4 ′
7th Reed flute 4 ′
8th. Octave 2 ′
9. Mixture III
II upper structure C–
10. Salicional 8th'
11. Lovely Gedact 8th'
12. Flute traverso 8th'
13. Flute dolce 4 ′
Pedal C–
14th Sub-bass 16 ′
15th Violon 16 ′
16. Principal bass 8th'
17th violoncello 8th'
  • Coupling : manual coupling, pedal coupling

local community

The Evangelical parish of Starkow and Velgast 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 Stralsund parish of the Pomeranian Evangelical Church .

Web links

Commons : St. Jürgen Church (Starkow)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Biederstedt, DH: Contributions to the history of the churches and preachers in Neuvorpomern, I. Part; Greifswald 1818.
  2. ^ Neuling, H .: Silesia's older churches and ecclesiastical foundations, J. Max & Comp., 1884, p. 67.
  3. ↑ Kulturhistorisches Museum Stralsund: Greifswald-Stralsunder Yearbook, Volume 5, H. Böhlaus, 1965, p. 197.
  4. ↑ Baltic Studies, Volume 96, 2010, p. 64.
  5. ↑ Mager, F .: History of farming and soil culture in the state of Mecklenburg, Akademie-Verlag 1955, p. 139.
  6. ↑ Oeffentlicher Anzeiger October 17, 1832, supplement to: Official Journal of the Royal Government of Stralsund.
  7. ↑ a b Provincial Handbook for New Western Pomerania and the Principality of Rügen, Stralsund, 1863
  8. ↑ Article: Secret tips for parks & gardens: Starkow - Geistliche Selbstversorger , In: Monuments , edition 4/2020, p. 14.
  9. ↑ Information on the Mehmel organ

Coordinates: 54 ° 16 ′ 30.7 ″  N , 12 ° 45 ′ 4.9 ″  E