St. John's Church (Zirkow)

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St. John's Church in Zirkow

The St. Johannes Church in Zirkow on the island of Rügen is a church building from the 15th century .

history

View of the altar

A church in Zirkow was first mentioned in a document in 1313; it is the predecessor of today's church, which was built in the first half of the 15th century; the year 1417 is carved into a vaulted cap, together with the name Bartholomäus Blome, possibly the master craftsman.

In 1906 the church was repaired. In 2007, the sound doors on the tower were renewed and the church tower was secured and grouted on the outside.

description

Patronage Lodge
graveyard

The brick- built, tile-roofed church has a three-bay nave and a two-bay choir ; it stands on a base made of field stones. The church tower has a slender, octagonal spire that is covered with wooden shingles.

Furnishing

The church is equipped with a pulpit altar , confessionals and a baptismal angel from the first half of the 18th century. The neo-Gothic font dates from 1912. The late-Gothic vault paintings were uncovered in 1949.

organ

The organ of the St. Johannis Church was made either around 1859 or in 1888 by Friedrich Albert Mehmel or his son Paul Mehmel. It has nine registers . The prospectus is neo-Gothic in shape. According to Sebastian Warmsiedler, the remaining fragments of the case of a previous instrument from the 18th century probably served as the wing doors of a Gothic organ.

The following disposition comes from Sebastian Wamsiedler:

I Manual
Principal 8th'
Dumped 8th'
octave 4 ′
Hollow flute 4 ′
Progr.- Harm. II-III 1'
II manual
Flauto traverso 8th'
Viola d'amour 8th'
flute 4 ′
pedal
Sub bass 16 ′
Principal bass 8th'
  • Coupling : II / I, I / P.
  • 10 registers.
  • Wind chest : sliding chest.
  • Game table (s) :
    • Play closet.
    • 2 manuals.
    • Pedal.
    • Register pulls.
  • Action :
    • Sound treatment: mechanical.
    • Register action. Mechanically.

Peal

There are two bells in the tower : a bronze bell from 1469 and a steel bell from 1919, whereby the steel bell may no longer be rung. In 2007 a new ringing system for the bronze bell was installed.

Other equipment

  • Pulpit altar from the first half of the 18th century
  • Confessionals to the left and right of the pulpit altar from the Swedish period
  • floating baptismal angel, this one was lowered for baptism
  • old church cemetery with about 60 weathered grave sites
  • behind the church there is a memorial stone for those who fell in the First World War
  • Brass chandelier from 1630

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 Stralsund parish of the Pomeranian Evangelical Church .

Web links

Commons : Saint John Church (Zirkow)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ www.kirche-in-binz.de www.kirche-in-binz.de
  2. ↑ www.wamsiedler.de (PDF; 18 kB)
  3. ↑ www.wamsiedler.de (PDF)

Coordinates: 54 ° 23 ′ 16.2 ″  N , 13 ° 32 ′ 22.5 ″  E