St. Luke's Church (Ranies)

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Saint Luke Church, 2017
Saint Luke Church, 2006

The St. Lukas Church is the Protestant church of the village of Ranies in Saxony-Anhalt , which belongs to the town of Schönebeck (Elbe) .

It belongs to the parish of Gommern & Pretzien in the Elbe-Fläming parish of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany . The St. Lukas Church is located in the center of the village on Dorfstrasse. To the southeast of the church is the local war memorial.

Architecture and history

The hall church was built on a rectangular floor plan in half-timbered construction. It goes back to the 13th century and was built on a Slavic rampart . Today's building was essentially built during the Thirty Years War in the 17th century. The church tower, built on a square base, is crowned by a lantern from the beginning of the 17th century and rises above the bricked west side of the church. The framework of the tower is provided at the corners with the half-timbered figure of the Wild Man . To the east of the church there is a sacristy that was probably added in the 17th century . In the sacristy there is a baroque painting from the second half of the 17th century showing the resurrection of Jesus Christ .

According to an inscription plaque on the north side, the fixtures and the rich painting of the church date from the year 1629 (has been renovated and painted in the most delicate way ). The interior of the church is spanned by a low, rectangular coffered ceiling, on which scenes from the Old and New Testaments and fields with fittings alternate. The drawing and colors show a baroque influence. Later paintings were made in 1798. In 1956 the church was restored. Another extensive restoration took place from 2011.

The pulpit altar made of wood was created by combining a retable and a pulpit basket, probably in connection with the construction of the sacristy. The depiction of the Last Supper on the predella comes from the original reredos . It was preserved in 1979. Narrow panel paintings are arranged on the pulpit above. They show Timor dei, Constantia, Veritas and Sapientia. There are also paintings with trumpet angels on the side. The pulpit clock was restored in 1980.

The font with its hexagonal basin is dated to 1610. It rests on a slender column that is covered with fittings. The basin is decorated with reliefs of evangelists and two coats of arms. In terms of design, the reliefs are similar to those on the altarpiece of the upper church in Burg .

In the south-eastern part of the church there is a 14th-century Gothic sacrament house made from a one-meter-high oak trunk with roughly worked wrought-iron fittings. A late-Gothic carved figure depicting the seated Mother of God is remarkable. It dates from the middle of the 15th century and sits in a triangular, tracery- shaped case hanging next to the pulpit .

The elders stalls are of baroque origin and have dorsals decorated with archangels, virtues and simple ornaments. To the left of the altar is the so-called abbess chair, which is supposed to come from the Plötzky monastery . It is a baroque Protestant confessional . Its back wall is crowned with a painting depicting the crucifixion. Originally it was an extract from the altarpiece. To the right of the altar is the judge's or jury's chair. He is also said to have originally belonged to the Plötzky Monastery.

On the west side the church has a horseshoe gallery . The gallery, which dates back to the Baroque era, was rebuilt several times by installing the organ and adding a singing gallery . According to a written dating, such a change took place in 1798. On the side of the gallery, the fall of man is pictured. One painting comes from a cycle of apostles and shows Christ Salvator . The organ comes from the Neuhaldensleber organ builder August Troch . The organ brochure painted on the parapet is considered a curiosity . The background to this painting is the fact that the actual organ can only be seen to a small extent from the church hall.

In the local register of monuments , the church is listed as an architectural monument under registration number 094 60924 .

literature

  • Ute Bednarz, Birthe Rüdiger: Handbook of German art monuments . Volume: Saxony-Anhalt I, Magdeburg administrative region. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-422-03069-7 , p. 768.
  • Hans-Joachim Geffert: Architectural monuments in the Schönebeck district. Schönebeck (Elbe) 1988, p. 91.
  • Günter Kraatz, Fritz Heiber, Heinz Schmächle: The cultural and natural monuments of the Schönebeck district. Schönebeck (Elbe) 1967, p. 42.

Web links

Commons : St. Luke's Church (Ranies)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans-Joachim Geffert: Architectural monuments in the Schönebeck district. Schönebeck (Elbe) 1988, p. 91.
  2. ↑ Kathleen Radunsky-Neumann: New shine for the Ranies church: "We preserve instead of retouching. In: Volksstimme. June 29, 2012.
  3. ^ A b Günter Kraatz, Fritz Heiber, Heinz Schmächle: The cultural and natural monuments of the Schönebeck district. Schönebeck (Elbe) 1967, p. 42.
  4. ^ Ute Bednarz / Birthe Rüdiger in Dehio, Handbook of German Art Monuments , Saxony-Anhalt I, Magdeburg administrative district. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-422-03069-7 , p. 768.
  5. ↑ Short question and answer Olaf Meister (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Prof. Dr. Claudia Dalbert (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Ministry of Culture March 19, 2015 Printed matter 6/3905 (KA 6/8670) List of monuments Saxony-Anhalt. P. 3782 ( landtag.sachsen-anhalt.de ).

Coordinates: 52 ° 1 '3.4 "  N , 11 ° 49" 38.8 "  E