St. Mary's Church (Penzlin)
The town church of St. Mary and St. Nicholas Penzlin (referred to as closing Nikolai Church) is a hall church of bricks in Penzlin in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern . The church building is a three-aisled nave with four bays and a square west tower with side halls and a portal vestibule.
The parish is part of the church region Stavenhagen in the Propstei Neustrelitz, parish Mecklenburg of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany . The parish of Penzlin-Groß Lukow was created in 2010 through the union of the parishes of Penzlin and Groß Lukow.
Building description and building history
The church in Penzlin was first mentioned in 1273. The current building dates from the 14th century, the early Gothic south chapel probably from the 13th century. From the year 1414 the noble family of Maltzahn appeared in Penzlin. On 16./18. In July 1501 the Mecklenburg dukes enfeoffed Bernd II von Maltzan with rule over the place and castle Penzlin. In this function, the family also took over the patronage of the church.
After a fire in 1725, the tower was torn down to the ridge height of the nave. The theologian Erhard Johann August Wüstney (1791-1854) was active in the parish from 1817 to 1837 as a pastor. From 1877 to 1878 the church was extensively restored by Georg Daniel . In addition, a choir bay was added on the east side. In the west, instead of the preserved tower substructure with a bell storey, a tower protruding over the roof was rebuilt. The interior alterations, including the furnishings, were considerable. So the entire seating was replaced. In the naves, the wooden baroque cove ceilings were massively vaulted, and massive built-in galleries were built into the aisles . The patronage family von Maltzahn was also the client for the renovation.
The east gable of the nave has ended in a pinnacle-like wall attachment since 1877 . Here is a gable rider with a bell . There are several arched sound openings on the upper floor of the church tower. In 1864 the church received a clock that had to be wound mechanically every day until 1985. After that, it was switched to an electric elevator.
Facility
Almost all of the interior was replaced during the restoration between 1877 and 1878. The stalls and the pulpit are in the historicizing neo-Gothic style. The altarpiece comes from the Neustrelitz painter Georg Kannengießer and shows the crucified Christ.
organ
The first organ was built in 1781 by CF Simon from Altstrelitz . In 1929 Julius Jaiser from Stralsund built a new movement with a pneumatic action on the cone shutter into the case . It was his only new organ known today. In 1994 the organ was completely overhauled by Ulrich Fahlberg , defective pipes replaced, cleaned and re-voiced . Another restoration by Christian Scheffler took place in 2017 .
The organ has two manuals , a pedal and 801 pipes . The smallest of them measures 20 cm with a pipe base, the largest is 5.5 meters tall. The disposition is
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- Coupling : Pedal coupler: I / P, II / P; Manual coupling II / I; Super octave coupler I, II-I
- Playing aids : piano, mezzoforte, forte, hand register off
Bells
The church has four bells . The oldest bell still in existence dates from 1735. It was cast by the Penzlin bell caster JC Altrichter under the patronage of Baron Otto Julius Maltzahn.
The former largest bell was cast by Johann Christian Meyer in Neustrelitz in 1791 under the patronage of Baron Joseph von Maltzahn . The smaller middle bell was cast by Valentin Schultz zu Rostock in 1820 . These two bells were removed and melted down during World War II. In 1961 this was replaced by three steel bells. There is a bell on the gable of the east gable . There are several arched sound openings on the upper floor of the church tower.
The bells strike the time every quarter of an hour. The hour is also rung every full hour - up to twelve times at noon and at midnight.
Crypt chapel
The southern extension of the church served as a burial chapel for the von Maltzan family until 2009. The lower crypt , which can be visited, is located under the extension . A cast iron grating closes the crypt.
There are two rooms above the crypt. The windows that were walled up until then were opened and have lead glazing. The back room was designed as a small chapel in which smaller services or devotions are carried out. The mural Resurrection by the painter Reinhard Graefe has been in this room since 2001 .
The two epitaphs for Jürgen (Georg) Maltzan Freiherr zu Wartenberg and Penzlin (1501–1562) and Georg II. Freiherr zu Wartenberg and Penzlin (1526–1569) are also placed in the back room .
In the front room, the von Maltzan family set up the epitaph for Joachim von Maltzan Freiherr zu Wartenberg and Penzlin (1491–1556) in 2011 . The construction of the roof structure can be seen through the open ceiling.
literature
- Friedrich Schlie : Art and history monuments of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Volume 5: The district court districts of Teterow, Malchin, Stavenhagen, Penzlin, Waren, Malchow and Röbel. 1902, p. 228 ff. (Digitized version)
Web links
- Literature about St. Marien Church (Penzlin) in the state bibliography MV
- www.kirchengemeinde-penzlin.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Church regions
- ^ Georg Lisch : Joachim Maltzan, the first baron of his line, a biographical sketch . In: Yearbooks of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology. Volume 20 (1855), pp. 3-78, Schwerin, at: Digital Library Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
- ↑ a b c Friedrich Schlie : Art and history monuments of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Volume 5: The district court districts of Teterow, Malchin, Stavenhagen, Penzlin, Waren, Malchow and Röbel. 1902, p. 228 ff. (Digitized version) .
- ↑ Church tour
- ↑ Concert for the re-inauguration 2017 Youtube
- ^ Organ in Penzlin Orgelmuseum Malchow, with history, photos and disposition
- ↑ www.kirchengemeinde-penzlin.de
Coordinates: 53 ° 30 '18 " N , 13 ° 5' 19.7" E