St. Magdalena Church (Wietstock)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
St. Magdalena Church in Wietstock

The St. Magdalena Church in Wietstock , a district of the Altwigshagen community in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , belongs to the Leopoldshagen parish of the Pasewalk provost in the Pomeranian Evangelical Church District of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany . Until the 20th century, the Wietstock church was a branch church of the Rathebur church .

The church was built towards the end of the 16th century on a rectangular ground plan made of field stone . The corners were supported with buttresses . There are corner battlements on both gables.

The square roof tower was built in half-timbered construction around the middle of the 18th century. His octagonal pointed helmet is covered with oak shingles.

The altar barrier, pulpit altar, west gallery and stalls date from the 18th century. The stencil paintings inside were done in the 1950s.

The ringing consists of a bell from the 15th or 16th century. A second bell was melted down for armament purposes in the first half of the 20th century.

literature

  • Institute for Monument Preservation (Ed.): The architectural and art monuments in the GDR. Neubrandenburg district. Henschelverlag Art and Society, Berlin 1982, p. 438.

Web links

Commons : St. Magdalena Church  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Hans Moderow : The Protestant clergy in Pomerania from the Reformation to the present. Part 1: The district of Szczecin. Paul Niekammer, Stettin 1903, p. 17.
  2. ^ Eckhard Oberdörfer: Ostvorpommern. From the Amazon in the north to the imperial baths - a travel and reading book. Edition Temmen, Bremen 2006, ISBN 3-86108-917-3 , p. 156.
  3. Hugo Lemcke : The architectural and art monuments of the administrative district of Stettin. Book 2: The district of Anklam. Leon Saunier, Stettin 1899, pp. 256-257.

Coordinates: 53 ° 42 ′ 43.7 "  N , 13 ° 47 ′ 16.1"  E