St. Nikolai Church (Altefähr)
The village church of St. Nikolai in Altefähr on Rügen is also known as St. Nikolaus zur Ferry because of its location at the former ferry terminal . It is located on the Strelasund directly opposite the city of Stralsund and is considered an old seafarers' church, which is also indicated by the patron saint St. Nicholas . The brick church, the oldest parts of which date from the 15th century, is decorated inside with precious wall paintings from the 15th century as well as with numerous ship models.
history
In 1325, a chapel in the town of Altefähr, which was built around 1220, was first mentioned in a document as capella opposita civitati stralsund . However, no remains of this building have survived. The ferry that connected Rügen with the mainland until the Rügen dam was built has moored in Altefähr since the 13th century .
The oldest parts of today's church building were erected in the second half of the 15th century. First the rectangular choir was built , then the nave and finally the tower. The church is made of bricks ; In the basement of the tower and in the north wall of the sacristy , however, noticeably large boulders were also built . The walls of the nave and choir are supported on the outside by comparatively slim buttresses .
At the end of the 17th century the church was painted and in 1692 the tower was changed with rows of panels. A carved inscription refers to a renovation in 1737, and on this occasion the nave was probably given its current barrel vault , while in the choir only the existing flat ceiling was renewed. At the same time, the church was given a gable roof in the shape it still has today. After the upper third of the tower collapsed in 1803, the tower was renewed. Another extensive renovation of the church took place in 1912/13. Both the boarded framework of the upper floor of the tower and the spire were renewed. During this renovation, the medieval wall paintings were discovered for the first time, but were immediately whitewashed again. In the meantime, however, the wall paintings have been exposed again. The church is used today by the parish of St. Nikolai Altefähr.
architecture
The entrance to the church on the west side of the building leads through the tower hall of the three-story tower into the nave. Above the two brick lower floors of the tower, which was built on a square floor plan, there is a boarded half-timbered construction on which the octagonal tower spire sits. Four pointed arch windows on the south side and three in the north divide the side walls of the nave, which is vaulted with a barrel vault. The narrower choir has two windows to the south and one window to the north and ends with a flat ceiling at the top. The sacristy is added to the northern transition between the choir and nave, which grants access to the pulpit in the northeast corner of the nave and into the choir. Both gable fronts are decorated with pointed arches, which, however, are hidden on the west side by the tower. A post-medieval chapel on the north side of the nave.
Furnishing
The interior was painted at the time the church was built; In 1674 a new painting by Sewald Bärstenbütter followed. The medieval wall paintings on the north wall show the adoration of the Magi . The coats of arms shown can be identified as the coats of arms of the three wise men with the help of the Herald von Geldern's book of coats of arms. The rest of the painting program has not yet been identified.
On the west side, the gallery dominates the church, on which the organ with its neo-Gothic prospect is located. The current gallery dates from the 19th century and was repainted in 1913, but contains elements of an older previous construction. Two parts of a gallery parapet from the second half of the 17th century, which have a round-arched field division, have been preserved. There is a painting from the 17th century , possibly originally used as an altarpiece . It represents the entombment of Christ. The picture of Abundantia in an aedicular frame dates back to the beginning of the 17th century . In the choir are confessionals obtained from the 1700's, which also have received as well as the choir in 1913 a new livery.
The oldest piece of equipment is the fifth made of Swedish limestone, which dates from the 14th century. The four ship models on display are particularly striking, including the first ferry, the paddle steamer Altefähr I (1855–95) and the last ferry, the diesel cutter Altefähr II .
The pine altarpiece by Michael Müller from Stralsund dates from 1746 and shows a reversed copy of a depiction of the Last Supper by Rubens . The altarpiece is framed by columns and figures as well as ornamental tendrils. The pediment of the altar shows the eye of God in a halo, above it stands the risen Christ together with two angels. The altar grilles were built at the same time. The delicate pine pulpit from 1667/74 shows the four evangelists on the four fields on the outside of the basket . The square sound cover was created at the same time as the pulpit, the crowning was probably made in 1740 by the artist of the altarpiece.
The wooden crucifix in the church is dated to the beginning of the 15th century and originally comes from the Bessin chapel . Also noteworthy are two relief groups of a carved altar from around 1500, which depict the visitation of Mary and the flight to Egypt .
The church has a bronze bell made by H. Thurmann from Stralsund in 1595 with a capital inscription and coin prints. Two grave slabs made of limestone are also noteworthy. The older one with a coat of arms reminds of Henning von Bohlen, who died in 1566, the younger one, with an inscription, of a Burmester who died in 1580.
organ
The organ was built in 1913 by the organ builder Barnim Grüneberg from Stettin, using the case and part of the pipework of the previous organ from 1840. The cone-store instrument has 11 stops on two manuals and a pedal. The playing and stop actions are pneumatic.
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local community
The Protestant parish has been part of the Stralsund Propstei in the Pomeranian Evangelical Church District of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany since 2012 . Before that she belonged to the Stralsund parish of the Pomeranian Evangelical Church .
See also: List of churches on Rügen
Individual evidence
- ↑ The coats of arms of the Magi ( Memento from June 14, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ More information about the organ (PDF file; 18 kB)
literature
- Dehio, Handbook of German Art Monuments Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , Deutscher Kunstverlag Munich Berlin, 2000, ISBN 3-422-03081-6 , page 3 f.
Web links
- Literature about St. Nikolai Church (Altefähr) in the state bibliography MV
- Website of the parish of St. Nikolai Altefähr
Coordinates: 54 ° 19 ′ 48 ″ N , 13 ° 7 ′ 31 ″ E