St. Laurentius (Schönberg)

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St. Lawrence from the upper pond seen from
St. Laurence from the southwest

St. Laurentius (completely: St. Laurentius and Katharina ) is the town church of Schönberg (Mecklenburg) . The church, under the patronage of Saints Laurence of Rome and Catherine of Alexandria, has a brick Gothic core . Since the Reformation it has been the parish church of a parish of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Mecklenburg ; Since 2012 it has been part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany .

Building history

A church already existed in Schönberg in 1235. After the place became the residence of the bishops of Ratzeburg under Bishop Markward von Jesowe , the church was expanded in the second quarter of the 14th century (after 1324) using older components. The originally rectangular chancel received an extended 5/8 apse , the originally single-nave main room became a three-aisled, four- bay stepped hall . While the choir room was originally vaulted, there are no vaulting approaches in the main nave. The massive west tower was added in the early 16th century. On April 7, 1601, the church burned down due to a large fire that had started in a forge and was then redesigned. In 1829 the tower was damaged by a lightning strike; it was given its present form in 1831 by the master builder F. Lohmeier with four flat triangular gables, a slightly curved pyramidal roof and a final platform with a lantern . Thorough repairs were carried out between 1846 and 1848. The west side of the tower received a new cladding and the interior received the beam coffered ceiling that can still be seen today. The church was restored from 1987 to 1991. Parts of the painting from the early 17th century were uncovered and the passage to the sacristy was reopened.

Furnishing

Sanctuary (2005)

The bronze baptismal font has been preserved from the pre-Reformation furnishings . According to its inscription, it was cast in 1357 by Gerhard Kranemann , who worked as a caster in Lübeck from 1351 to 1381 together with his father or brother Hinrich . The actually bell-shaped basin is supported by three kneeling angel figures; On its wall, in two rows, one above the other, there are figures of saints, in particular the church patrons Laurentius and Katharina, but also the baptism and crucifixion of Christ, Christ with the instruments of passion and a coat of arms.

The altar comes from the reconstruction after the fire in 1601. It was donated in 1616 by the then Prince-Bishop August I. (Braunschweig-Lüneburg) . The structure of the altar and the carvings (donor coat of arms, angels with the tools of the Passion, Peter and Paul) are largely preserved; on the main floor, the original carvings were exchanged for paintings in the 19th century; in the center was a picture of Christ painted by Grand Duchess Marie von Mecklenburg-Strelitz in 1847 ; framed by the depictions of the four evangelists , which were made in 1894 by Adelheid Soest based on a template by Guerciono in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister in Dresden .

The pulpit with sound cover dates from the middle of the 19th century and is connected to the south nave gallery.

From the memorial images and epitaphs in the church is the most important, the Renaissance - Epitaph of 1599 deceased pen Captain Christoph von Stralendorff and his wife Ilse, born from Moltke . It shows a representation of the Trinity over the two coats of arms of the couple, surrounded by the eight coats of arms of their ancestors, on the male side Stralendorf (f), Plessen, Zühlow and Lützow, on the female side Moltke, Halberstadt, Hahn and Hahn.

Stained glass

A crucifixion from the beginning of the 17th century has been preserved in the south-east window of the chancel; the central window behind the altar shows a resurrection of Christ; it was made in 1911 by the Ferdinand Müller glass painting company in Quedlinburg .

organ

View of the organ

→ Main article: Organ of St. Laurentius (Schönberg)

The church has the largest organ still preserved today by the Wismar organ builder Friedrich Wilhelm Winzer (1811–1886). It was inaugurated in 1847.

Bells

In the tower are located since 2019 four bronze - bells :

  1. Pulse bell 1601 cast by Gerdt and Claus Bincke, Wismar. Weight approx. 2800 kg, tone B °
  2. Glory bell, cast in 1728 by Lorenz Strahlborn, Lübeck. Weight approx. 1700 kg, tone: d1
  3. Peace Bell 2019 cast by Simon Laudy, Finsterwolde. Weight approx. 780 kg, tone: g1
  4. Prayer bell 2019 poured publicly on the church square in Schönberg by Simon Laudy. Weight approx. 430 kg, tone: b1

Churchyard

In the churchyard, north of the church, there is a 2.10 meter high medieval atonement stone , which was erected in 1410 by his son Vikke Karlow for Hermann Karlow, who was slain here. On the front is a crucifix with a man praying in front of it, on the back an inscription and Karlow's coat of arms (a bear with a collar).

A Luther memorial can also be found in the churchyard . The obelisk of granite with a multi-stepped base, on the front a medallion with a relief Luther of Albert Manthe was built 1,883th

In front of the southwestern window of the church there is a monumental granite cross as a memorial for those who died in the First World War. In the chancel of the church there are 34 plaques with 220 names of the fallen,

  • Atonement Cross from 1410, obverse

  • Atonement cross, reverse side

  • Luther monument

local community

View of the chancel with the church choir (2008)

→ Main article: Schönberger Musiksommer

The parish of Schönberg belongs to the Wismar Propstei, Mecklenburg parish of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany . It includes 20 surrounding villages and a total of 1,300 parishioners. In addition to the church and the historical pastorate, the community has a modernized community center and a sexton's house and rectory; it maintains a Diakonie welfare station and the Protestant kindergarten. The church is open regularly. The community has become particularly well-known for its focus on church music and the Schönberger Musiksommer .

Pastors

Church musician

literature

  • Georg Krüger (edit.): Art and history monuments of the Free State of Mecklenburg-Strelitz , Volume II: Das Land Ratzeburg , Neubrandenburg 1934; Reprint Schwerin: Stock & Stein 1994 ISBN 3-910179-28-2 , pp. 183-203
  • The architectural and art monuments in the Mecklenburg coastal region with the cities of Rostock and Wismar. Edited by Heinrich Trost, edited by Gerd Baier u. a., Berlin: Henschel 1990 ISBN 3-362-00523-3 , pp. 77-80

Web links

Commons : St. Laurentius  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Heidemarie Frimodig: Schoenberg in Ratzeburger country: a reader. BoD - Books on Demand 2003 ISBN 9783831149285 , p. 133
  2. ↑ Information on the community

Coordinates: 53 ° 50 ′ 42 "  N , 10 ° 56 ′ 0.3"  E