St. Mary's Church (Sörup)
The St. Marien Church in Sörup is the church in the municipality of Sörup (in fishing ) in the Schleswig-Flensburg district in Schleswig-Holstein . It is located in the center of the village, surrounded by the Kirchanger .
It is considered to be one of the most important churches in Schleswig and was a model for numerous other church buildings in fishing .
The St. Marien Church is the oldest building in Sörup and is used today by the Evangelical Lutheran parish of Sörup for services.
history
The St. Marien Church in Sörup was built at the end of the 12th century (the year 1132 is often mentioned). The building owner of the church was most likely the Danish king who, as Duke of Schleswig and landlord in Sörup, had the church built as a patronage church - presumably by craftsmen who had previously worked on the construction of the Schleswig Cathedral . In the first phase of construction, the apse, the choir and the nave were built. The nave itself was extended in the same style a few years later. The tower was built around 1500, with the original western portal being moved to the western tower wall. The tower hood was added around 1600. In 1710 the roof turret was added to the choir. Around 1830 the extension (at the entrance) was built on the south side.
In addition to its function as a place of worship, the church originally also had the function of a fortified church . a. the small windows in the north wall, which have been preserved in their original state - the windows on the south wall were enlarged to their present size in the 18th century.
building
The single-aisled hall church, approx. 40 m long and approx. 15 m wide, was built almost entirely from granite blocks (hewn field stones ) - red brick was only used below the tower dome and in the eastern roof ridges of the church nave and choir .
To the west of the nave is the tower, about a third of which was built into the nave, as well as a choir and the semicircular apse to the east . On the southern side of the nave there is an annex that serves as an entrance.
The nave, the choir and the apse were built in the Romanesque style, while the tower, built later, has Gothic style elements. On the north side the nave has three small windows arranged quite high up, on the south side the nave has four large windows. The choir has a window on each side; the apse itself has no windows and is decorated with a relief showing five round arches supported by columns.
The church has a 57 meter high tower that protrudes from the roof of the nave. This has a square floor plan and is closed off by a pointed tower dome covered with lead . The nave and choir are covered by a two-part saddle roof, the apse has a roof divided into seven segments. The choir is crowned by a roof turret.
There are portals on the north and west sides of the tower. The portal in the tower is flanked by two columns. In the tympanum above the door there is a relief showing Christ handing over the key to the kingdom of heaven to Peter and the gospel (represented as a scroll ) to Paul . The portal on the north side is flanked by two round and one square column. In the tympanum there is also, but much simpler and coarser than in the west portal, a relief showing Christ handing over the key to the kingdom of heaven to Peter and the gospel to Paul. At the foot of the right column there is a relief of a face and a relief that possibly shows Samson with the lion ( Ri 14.6 EU ).
- Portals
West portal
Tympanum of the west portal
North portal
Tympanum of the north portal
Detail view of the decorations (Samson with the lion) on the north portal
Furnishing
The St. Mary's Church has a rich interior. The Romanesque baptismal font made of Gotland limestone was made around 1200. A stonemason, Calcarius , who worked on Gotland and who also created the baptism in the church in Eckernförde-Borby , is named as its creator . The bowl shows scenes from the life of Jesus in reliefs : the three wise men on horseback and adoring before the baby Jesus, the murder of children in Bethlehem and King Herod , as well as Jesus' capture in the garden of Getsemane and his crucifixion. The base shows the apostles Peter and Paul as corner figures as the foundations of the Christian church as well as two monsters as symbols for the devil who was overcome in baptism . Other symbolic animals, including a pelican with a goblet and a dragon, can be found in the intermediate fields.
- Baptismal font and holy water font
Adoration of the baby Jesus by the three kings
Crucifixion on the cup and dragons on the pedestal
Child murder in Bethlehem
Holy water font
A holy water font also dates from the 13th century . The triumphal cross in the chancel is dated to the 14th century. Two figures, Mary and John , are now placed next to the baptismal font. The renaissance altar donated by Wulf Jürgen von Ahlefeldt in 1603 is on the other hand in the museum in Flensburg.
The baroque pulpit dates from 1663 and is attributed to the Eckernförde carver Hans Gudewerth the Younger . The basket shows pictorial representations of the creed ( fall , crucifixion of Jesus, resurrection, Pentecost) between herms . There is an hourglass on the pulpit parapet , with the help of which the pastor and congregation could keep an eye on the remaining sermon time.
The pictures of the gallery, which was drawn in in 1768 and extended in 1909, show scenes from the life of Jesus.
literature
- Georg Dehio : Handbook of the German art monuments . Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein . 3rd revised and updated edition, Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-422-03120-3 , pp. 903–904
- Art topography Schleswig-Holstein. Neumünster 1982.
- Johannes Hugo Koch: Schleswig-Holstein. DuMont Art Guide, Cologne 1983.
- 875 years of St. Mary's Church in Sörup (1132-2007). 2007.
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Coordinates: 54 ° 42 ′ 54.7 " N , 9 ° 40 ′ 7" E