St. Gertrauden (Magdeburg)

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North elevation
Church interior to the east
Church interior to the west
Baptismal font

The St. Gertrauden Church is a Protestant church in the Magdeburg district of Buckau . It is dedicated to Saint Gertrude von Nivelles .

architecture

The church is made of quarry stone masonry . Sandstone was used to design some details . The building takes up elements of the Gothic , but also the Romanesque . The nave consists of five bays and is covered by a gable roof. On the west side there is a four to five-story tower with a pointed spire. In the church there is a wooden structure that turns the building into a three-nave church. There is a low semicircular apse. There are three entrance portals on the west side of the building. On the south side there is an extension with a separate entrance. There is another small apse here.

history

First chapel

In 1061 a small chapel was first mentioned in a document, which was dedicated to St. Gertrude. The saint is the patron saint of weavers, many of whom were based in Buckau. In the 13th century the church was mentioned in connection with a move by nuns who originally lived at this church near Berge monastery to the Agnetenkloster .

New building from 1592

In the Schmalkaldic War Buckau and the church were completely destroyed. After initially refraining from rebuilding the church, it was rebuilt in 1592. The abbot Ulner of the Berge monastery protested against this . Archbishop Sigismund had decreed on November 30, 1562 that the income from the destroyed churches in the area should go to the monastery church as the new mother church. The monastery church received parochial rights . Despite the ongoing reconstruction, the monastery refused to surrender the original church property, which the new church needed for the maintenance of the pastor and the building. Only after a lengthy process were the goods directly belonging to the parish transferred back. The remaining goods remained with the Berge monastery.

However, the new building only existed for a short time. In the course of the siege and destruction of Magdeburg in the Thirty Years War in 1631, Buckau, the Berge monastery and the Buckau church were also destroyed.

Third new building from 1636

In 1636 a new building was carried out by Abbot Crucius. Again the church was attached to the Berge monastery. In 1717 there was another separation from the monastery.

During the time of the French occupation by Napoleon I's troops , French soldiers also moved into Buckau. Many Buckau residents left their place. The military was housed in Pastor Werner's apartment. During this time the church was badly devastated. Many wooden fixtures, even ceiling beams, had been removed and burned. On May 24, 1814, the French military withdrew. The repair work dragged on over a longer period of time. The first work should have been done as early as 1814. However, the church roof in particular was dilapidated. The church also had no tower. There was a tower substructure, but the church roof went over it. The church was renovated around 1825/1826 and a wooden tower was built for the bells. In 1830 King Friedrich Wilhelm IV gave the community a crucifix and two cast iron candlesticks. These were set up on April 9th.

Construction of the current church from 1867

With only 220 seats, the church turned out to be too small for Buckau, which was growing due to the beginning industrial development. Therefore, from 1840 plans were made to expand the church. Friedrich Wilhelm IV then gave permission for a new building. The king himself is said to have made sketches. However, due to the revolution of 1848, the plans were not implemented.

Negotiations were resumed in the 1860s. On May 27, 1867 the foundation stone was laid for the new church that still exists today. The planning was carried out from 1864 by the royal master builder Sieger. The construction manager was the royal site manager Schulze. The construction itself was carried out by the Buckau master mason CA Schmidt and the master carpenter H. Seyffert, who is also based in Buckau. The new church was consecrated in October 1869. A Rühlmann organ was installed in the same year . The windows in the apse and in the east gable were donated by the widow Wagenführ, her daughter and son-in-law, banker Ziegler, and made in a Berlin workshop. The original church existed and remained in use until the inauguration of the new building. When the demolition was carried out by master mason Schmidt, the old foundation stone was found at the eastern end of the northern front. This had a skull through which a wheel nail was driven. The pastor at the time, Friese, took the stone, but its meaning remained unclear.

Further renovation work took place in 1906/1907 and 1931. The Second World War left its mark. The five windows of the chancel and the roof were destroyed in 1945. A complete renovation took place in 1949. The church interior was redesigned.

In 1967 a road was built east of the church to bypass the so-called Buckau “bottleneck”. All of the buildings on Pfarrgasse were demolished. In 1997/1998 the tower roof and the south side of the roof were renewed. In 1999 the parishes of Buckau, Fermersleben , Salbke and Westerhüsen were merged into one parish . The four municipalities had 1,047 members in 2003, 1,274 in 2008 and 1,254 in 2010. This corresponds to a share in the population of the four districts of around 8.3%.

In 2002 the church interior was restored by the "AQB" through a job creation measure. The historical condition was restored. The “Förderverein St. Gertraudenkirche Magdeburg Buckau e. V. “On December 24th, 2003 the Christmas Vespers was celebrated again. The restored church was consecrated in 2004.

literature

  • Hans-Joachim Krenzke: Churches and monasteries in Magdeburg. City Planning Office Magdeburg, 2000.
  • City Planning Office Magdeburg (ed.): Magdeburg. Architecture and urban planning. Verlag Janos Stekovics, Halle an der Saale 2001, ISBN 3-929330-33-4 .
  • Evangelical church game Magdeburg-Südost (Ed.): 135 years of St. Gertrauden. (Festschrift)

Web links

Commons : St. Gertrauden (Magdeburg)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. community letter evangelical church game magdeburg-südost 2/2011, page 17

Coordinates: 52 ° 6 ′ 32 "  N , 11 ° 38 ′ 23.6"  E