St. Mary's Church (Grimmen)
The town church of St. Marien is an early Gothic hall church in the town center of Grimmen near the Grimmer town hall .
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Construction of the hall in the Middle Ages
In the Book of the Dead of New Camp , a pastor with the name in 1270 Helmrich mentioned, referred to there as first minister Grimmen. It must therefore be assumed that there was already a church or a chapel in Grimmen at this time. The construction of the early Gothic St. Mary's Church began around 1275. It is also passed down that the knight Arnold von Grimmen preached together with the people priest Conrad on July 12, 1278 in a hall church "on the hill". As the core of the city church, a hall was created as a brick building on a field stone base . Modifications and additions followed over the centuries. The three-aisled hall of five bays has strong rectangular cross vaults in the central nave and square cross vaults in the two side aisles. The vaults are supported by octagonal pillars with graceful base profiles made of glazed stones. The outer walls are supported by small buttresses, with the corner pillars sloping. The Gothic windows are three and two-part.
The original straight east end of the hall resembled that of the Greifswald Marienkirche ("Dicke Marie").
The church was first mentioned by name in a document from 1326: The widow of Witzlaw III. , Agnes, donated four Hufen land for the benefit of the church. The church altar was financed with the fourth hoof.
Hall choir
In the 15th century, the brick- vaulted hall choir was added in a second construction phase with a gallery on the east side. The inner choir has a yoke and a five-eighths ending . The walkway has smooth walls, with the buttresses located inside and thus forming high wall niches. The gallery is made up of eight parts and vaulted. In 1436, Duke Barnim VIII founded the "Barnim Chapel" named after him. A sacristy extension with two bays is located on the north side of the choir. It was built together with the Moritzkapelle (also called Mauritiuskapelle) and the Agneskapelle in a third construction phase. In 1559 this extension was already dilapidated and was demolished in 1846.
Tower and west side
Around the same time, the square tower with its tower hall was added to the west side. The tower has four storeys and is decorated with a dazzling ornament at the top. The Gothic west portal is three-fold, created as a bundle of round bars made of glazed and unglazed, profiled bricks. With the tower, the low side halls were created on the tower with a blind gable on the west side.
In the church tower are the church bells, a rare treasure in Pomerania. A bell expert enthuses: “ We don't know that there is another four-part chime in Pomerania .” The high quality of the sound of the bells is appreciated. They probably date from 1458. The disposition is: d 'e' gis 'h'.
Moritz Chapel
The Moritz or Mauritius chapel on the north side has two small yokes and a four-sided end, whereby the buttresses are again on the outside. First mentioned in 1438, it was bought by Albrecht Wakenitz for 500 guilders in 1615 and served the Wackenitz family , later von der Lancken-Wakenitz, as a hereditary burial until 1945. Even today it is the last resting place for 15 family members. There are two large angel figures in the entrance area of the chapel. This anteroom is now a place of remembrance for the victims of the wars.
Interior
- The richly carved baroque pulpit from 1707 with the depiction of the four evangelists , the angels' heads and the lush foliage as ornaments is remarkable .
- The early Gothic baptismal font made of sand-lime stone has round-arched panels.
- The council stalls with their carved cheeks (animals, flowers, coats of arms) are from 1590. There are also remaining stalls from 1622 and guild stalls from 1586 with carved cheeks with craft motifs.
- There are also several portraits of pastors from the 18th and 19th centuries on the walls. Century and various grave monuments from the 15th to 19th centuries.
Outdoor area
Large trees frame the St. Mary's Church, the outside area of which was otherwise simply planted with lawn.
Renewals
From 1976 to 1977 the interior of the church was renovated. The late medieval wall paintings were discovered and restored. The roof could be re-covered in 1986. Although the organ was to be re-equipped in 1982, the ceremonial inauguration of the renewed organ could only take place after the fall of the Wall, on September 27, 1992. Since, according to the structural investigations, the outer structure - especially the church tower and church tower hall - was questionable, a renovation from urban development funds was started in 1992 and completed in 1993.
In 1994 the church received a sound system that had to meet the room acoustic conditions. The ventilation system was also expanded. In 1996 the church windows could then be renovated. The “outer skin” was also renovated piece by piece during this time. " In the years 1990 to 2000 " - wrote one parishioner - " the parish and the building received more help and support than in the previous 60 years ."
literature
- Norbert Buske , Sabine Bock : The Marienkirche in Grimmen and the churches and chapels belonging to the parish in Kaschow, Klevenow and Stoltenhagen . Thomas Helms Verlag, Schwerin 2012, ISBN 978-3-940207-85-2 .
- Norbert Buske , Haik Thomas Porada and Wolfgang Schmidt (eds.): The Marienkirche in Grimmen and their community. Contributions to the church history of a Pomeranian city . Verlag Ludwig, Kiel 2015. ISBN 978-3-86935-261-9 .
- Georg Dehio : Handbook of the German art monuments - Mecklenburg . Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich and Berlin, 1980.
swell
- ↑ a b c Erhard Grohmann: The construction of the church in Grimmen , notice in the St. Marien Church in Grimmen
- ↑ Kurt Griwahn in Grimmen - 10 years urban renewal ; Page 37, Hg: BIG-Städtebau, 2001
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Coordinates: 54 ° 6 ′ 47.1 ″ N , 13 ° 2 ′ 29.3 ″ E