St. John's Church (Sassnitz)
The St. John's Church in Sassnitz on the island of Rügen is a church building from the 19th century .
history
In 1867 the first service took place in the so-called forest church. This was a place in the forest, equipped with an altar made of earth and lawn benches in a semicircle around it.
In 1880, construction of the church began according to plans by Adolf Gerstenberg . The church was completed in 1883 and consecrated on July 24th of that year. It was consecrated to John the Baptist . In 1886 the church received two bells . In 1903 a cemetery was created. In the same year the Resurrection Chapel was built. During the First World War, the bells were melted down for war purposes; In 1924 the church received a new bell, and soon another one too.
After three years of restoration, the church was consecrated again on July 9, 1962. During this restoration, angels, candlesticks, pictures and wall decorations were removed in favor of a modern sobriety. In 1991 the church was completely renovated. The old candlesticks were also recreated, the pictures restored, the clock and bell motor repaired and a church heating system installed. In the Thorvaldsen workshop in Copenhagen , the angel, which was removed in the 1960s, was rebuilt and fixed in the church for the festival of St. John's in 2002 .
description
St. John's Church is a neo-Gothic, single-nave brick building with a 33-meter-high octagonal church tower attached to the side. It stands on a hill between Sassnitz and Crampas on Stubbenkammerstraße.
Furnishing
The church has a crucifix and a magnificent Bible based on the Hildesheim missal .
organ
The organ of the church was made in 1899 by the Berlin company Dinse ; During the First World War, the tin prospect pipes were melted down. The instrument was repaired in 1993 by the organ building and restoration workshop Rainer Wolter . The register cabinet drawer has 13 registers on two manuals and a pedal. The actions are pneumatic.
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- Coupling : II / I, I / P
- Fixed combinations : mf, f
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 . The church building is also used by the Catholic community for church services.
Individual evidence
Web links
- Literature about St. Johannis Church (Sassnitz) in the state bibliography MV
- www.kirchenkreis-stralsund.de
- sassnitz-ruegen.de
Coordinates: 54 ° 31 '9.6 " N , 13 ° 38' 58.2" E