St. Briccius (Magdeburg)
The Protestant St. Briccius Church is located in the southwest of the Magdeburg district of Cracau .
history
The church consists of the transverse rectangular west tower from the Romanesque period and the nave, which is much lower than the tower but has the same width and ends on three sides towards the east. The tower has a flat hipped roof , while the nave is covered with a pointed gable roof.
The current church was built after the previous building from the 12th century was destroyed during the Thirty Years War . The reconstruction took place on a slightly more northern location and was completed on July 9, 1661 with the consecration. As in the case of the first church built by Dutch settlers, the patron saint was St. Briccius .
Building
In the new building, an existing fortified tower from the 12th century was included, which was converted into a church tower. It was built from rubble stones from the Plötzky quarries, with the side edges made of sandstone. Its quality as a defensive tower can still be recognized today by the high access hatches. The bell storey is provided with double-arched sound windows all around. The western tower portal that exists today was only installed in 1907.
The nave, built as a simple hall structure, was also built up from rubble stones. The north and south sides are each provided with four arched windows. During the Second World War , the south side was badly damaged by bombs. The interior, now whitewashed, has a flat wooden ceiling and the windows are in deep niches. A gallery is attached to the west side , the remains of a formerly horseshoe-shaped gallery.
The pulpit altar was created in the second half of the 17th century and is decorated with Corinthian columns .
The wooden, hexagonal baptismal font dates from the Baroque period and is decorated with winged angel heads. In 2006 a long forgotten baptismal bowl returned to the church. The sacred object, made of brass and marked with the inscription “The Church of Cracau 1794”, probably had to be handed over to a non-ferrous metal collection point during the First World War . However, it was not melted down, but ended up in the hands of a private collector. After almost a century, his descendants returned the bowl to the parish.
In 1960 a new organ was installed, which was covered with the old, early classical prospect .
The church grounds are surrounded by a quarry stone wall in the west and north . During the construction of the north side, fifteen stone grave crosses from the 14th and 15th centuries were embedded. North of the church is the Cracau war memorial, erected in 1922 .
Web links
Evangelical Church in Central Germany : Magdeburg Cathedral | St. Ambrose | St. Briccius | St. Eustachius and Agathe | Saint Egidius | St. George | St. Gertraud | St. Gertrauden | Hope Church | Ida Hubbe pen | St. John the Baptist | Kreuzkirche | St. Laurence | Martin Gallus Church | St. Nicolai | St. Pauli | St. Petri (Beyendorf) | Church of the Pfeiffer Foundations (Samariterkirche) | Reformation Church | St. Sebastian (Lemsdorf) | St. Sophie | St. Stephani | St. Stephen | St. Thomas | Wallon Church
Diocese of Magdeburg : Cathedral of St. Sebastian | St. Adalbert | St. Agnes | St. Andrew | St. Joseph | Magdalenenkapelle | St. Mary Help | St. Mary's | St. Marienstift Chapel | St. Mechthild | St. Norbert | St. Petri
New Apostolic Church Central Germany : New Apostolic Church Magdeburg-Süd | New Apostolic Church Magdeburg-Neustadt
Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church : St. Johann Baptist
Former churches: Alexius Chapel | German Reformed Church | French Reformed Church | Holy Spirit Church | St. Jakobi | St. Catherine's | Luther Church | Mauritius Monastery | St. Martin | St. Martini | Ortisei-and-Levin
Coordinates: 52 ° 7 ′ 0 ″ N , 11 ° 39 ′ 34.7 ″ E