St. John's Church (Dannenberg)

St. John's Church, west facade

View from the Waldemarturm to St. Johannis

The St. Johannes Church in Dannenberg (Elbe) is the house of worship of the Protestant St. Johannis parish in Dannenberg.

history

The Gothic hall church , built on the site of a previous building from the middle of the 12th century, dates back to around 1385. In 1569 a royal crypt was added. Around 1600 an extension was added to the east of the church and the lower tower was given its current appearance. From 1605 until his death in 1653, Johannes Schultz was organist at St. Johannis Church.

Fires and other destruction required regular restorations. The last major catastrophe for church construction was the collapse of the east choir in 1812 , which had previously reached into Marschtorstrasse and was replaced by a straight wall after the destruction.

In the course of the renovation of the church foundations in 1960, the 17th century galleries on both sides of the church were also removed. The 73 meter high church tower was re-covered in 1988/89. Since then it has been a nesting place for barn owls and kestrels . The tower clock from 1895 (manufacturer: Weule in Bockenem in the Harz Mountains) has had a renovated clockwork since 2006.

Furnishing

Grave slab from Gretke, St. Johannis Church, Dannenberg

The altarpiece was located before the year 1866 in the now-defunct Chapel of St. George's Hospital of Dannenberg, from there in the Split Auer came cemetery chapel. From there it was moved to St. John's Church in 1958. On the left is Moses with the snake, on the right the crucifixion of Christ and in the center the resurrection of Christ.
The font was made in the 1960s. He shows John the Baptist . The Lamb alludes to Christ.

Winged altar in St. Johannis, Dannenberg, around 1450

The winged altar , a triptych created in the middle of the 15th century , depicts the Passion story on eleven panels . From left to right: Jesus prays in the garden of Gethsemane , he is arrested, sentenced to death by Pilate , tortured, he carries his cross, is crucified, buried and is in the realm of the dead. Resurrection, ascension and Pentecost follow. The pictures of the predella below these picture panels show the prophets of the Old Testament: Isaiah , Ezekiel , Daniel , Hosea , Joel , Amos , and Obadja .
The altar cross is provided with five rock crystals reminding of the five wounds of Christ.
The four altar candlesticks show the twelve apostles
The Christmas picture is in the right aisle of the church. This oil painting is a copy by the painter Bartolomeo Biscaino from Genoa .
The world circle chandelier from 1991 symbolizes with the cross in the middle of the globe that Jesus Christ holds the world together.
The grave stone of Gretke, late 16th century, is very well preserved. On the other hand, Anna-Sophie's is badly damaged. The city in the background of its grave slab may represent Dannenberg.
The chandelier dates from the end of the 18th century.
The organ , built by Karl Schuke, Berlin from 1970 to 1974 , has 29 registers, two manuals and a total of 2005 pipes.

Two of the four bells were cast around 1300, a third in 1539 by Jan van den Gheyn in Mechelen. The fourth and largest bell was made in Hamburg in 1624 and bears the inscription "ANNO 1624 GOS MICH MEISTER NVESEL IN HAMBURG"