St. Margareta (Völpke)
St. Margareta is the Protestant church in the village of Völpke in Saxony-Anhalt .
The parish belongs to the parish Hötensleben in the parish of Egeln of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany . The church is located in the center of the village on Mittelstrasse. It is named after Margaret of Antioch .
Architecture and history
A pastor in Völpke is first mentioned in 1240. The church has been under the Marienborn Monastery since 1268 . This was converted into a Lutheran monastery in 1573 ; The first Protestant pastor, Johannes Voigt, officiated in Völpke from 1550 to around 1576. In 1732 the patronage for 200 thalers went to the monastery of Our Lady in Magdeburg. In 1758 the parish bought an organ .
The old village church, it was at least the second at this point, was vaulted inside by a wooden barrel ceiling. In 1706 a new tower was built. The church and tower were so dilapidated around 1780 that people were afraid to enter. In 1783 the bells in the tower could no longer be rung. The reason for the dilapidation was probably the difficult soil conditions on the building site. Therefore, the old church was torn down on Good Friday 1785 and the current baroque hall church was built between 1786 and 1790 . On March 6, 1785, the last service was celebrated in the old church. The design for the new building came from Magdeburg's construction manager Jean Daniel Scabell (* 1753). Scabell also took over the construction management. The construction work was carried out by the master carpenter Ernst and the master mason Körner from Magdeburg. In addition, the stonemason Schneider from Badeleben was active. The foundation stone was laid on August 23, 1786 on the south side of the church. After the building materials were ready on site in 1786, the king asked for the building to begin. Probably due to the difficult building ground, the walls were only a few feet high in 1787. In order to ensure stability on the problematic subsurface, a grate made of 120 oak piles was installed under the foundation . The church was inaugurated on November 30, 1788. Until then, the services had been held in a shed owned by the free farmer Müller. The tower flag and button were put up on April 3, 1789. The church was not finally completed until 1790. The building inspection took place on October 10, 1790 by the master builder Bein. The monastery of Our Dear Women raised 1,427 thalers for the construction costs. In addition, a collection was approved by the king , but it only brought in 124 thalers and 23 groschen.
The church tower, which was newly built on the west side, was incorporated into the nave. In the basement, the church tower reaches the width of the nave, above it rises with a square floor plan and is closed off by a curved hood. The eastern end of the choir is designed as a 3/8 end.
Around 1800 there were clear cracks in the tower. On the south side, a widening crack reached from the ground to the sound hole. It was discussed whether it would be necessary to demolish the tower or whether structural support would be sufficient. Ultimately, it was decided to build buttresses. From July 1, 1805, large buttresses were erected on the outside of the tower and the cracks smeared. In 1825 cracks appeared on the walls of the nave, which by 1829 had worsened to such an extent that it was feared that the east gable, in particular, would collapse. In 1829, four more, also very massive supporting pillars were added to the outside of the choir. Initially, seven pillars were even planned. In fact, the pillars made it possible to permanently secure the stability of the church. Even today, the outer pillars have a significant impact on the appearance of the church.
Interior
The interior of the nave is spanned by a flat ceiling. The altar , the wooden pulpit and the church stalls date from the construction period. The baptism made of sandstone dates from the end of the 19th century. In 1934 the interior was restored. The galleries on the long sides, which originally extended up to the height of the altar , were shortened and have since ended in front of the choir. The other one in the church organ was in 1934 by the Brunswick company Gebrüder Littkowsky created. It replaced an organ that was inaugurated on October 15, 1869.
Originally the church was richly decorated in the Baroque style , but had to be abandoned due to heavy sponge infestation. The western gallery was vaulted in the middle. The galleries, resting on posts, had ribbed parapets and were painted pale olive green with bolus-red , ivory-colored and sea-green trimmings . The baroque furnishings are recorded in a painting by the Schönebeck painter Eduard Krügermann from 1921. The church windows are glazed in diamond shape and have colored borders.
Bells
There were two old bells in the church. While the smaller of the two was made without decorations, there was a reference to the year 1695 on the larger one. On the upper edge was the Latin inscription Deo et Hominibus inservio ( German : God and the people I serve ) 1695 Conradus Dencken, Pastor . At the bottom it read: Hans Fincken. Andreas Jacobs. Cast me Johann Greten in Magdeburg . In 1902 the community acquired three new bells cast by the Leipzig company G. A. Jauck . After the old bells had been rung again and then removed, the new bells were inaugurated at Pentecost 1902 with a festive service. However, during the First World War , two of the new bells were melted down again for armament purposes. After they were replaced in 1929 by two bells from the Apolda- based bell foundry Schilling und Söhne , the two new bells were melted down again in World War II .
In the local register of monuments , the church is listed as a historical building under registration number 094 55943 .
literature
- Ute Bednarz. In: Dehio, Handbook of German Art Monuments , Saxony-Anhalt I, Magdeburg administrative district . German art publisher. Munich / Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-422-03069-7 , p. 918.
- State Office for the Preservation of Monuments and Archeology of Saxony-Anhalt (publisher): List of monuments in Saxony-Anhalt. Volume 15: Sabine Meinel: Borde district. Volume 1: Altkreis Oschersleben. Imhof, Petersberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86568-119-5 , p. 112 f.
Web links
- Evangelical Church “St. Margarethen “Völpke on gemeinde-voelpke.de
- Evangelical parish "St. Margarethen “Völpke on kirchspiel-hoetensleben.de
- Homepage of the parish
Individual evidence
- ^ Johann David Scabell , grandfather of Ludwig Scabell . Wolfgang Zur: The founder of the Berlin professional fire brigade - Ludwig Carl Scabell (1811–1885) . In: Berlin monthly magazine ( Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein ) . Issue 2, 1997, ISSN 0944-5560 , p. 71-76 ( luise-berlin.de ).
- ↑ a b c Evangelical parish “St. Margarethen “Völpke on kirchspiel-hoetensleben.de
- ↑ Short question and answer Olaf Meister (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Prof. Dr. Claudia Dalbert (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Ministry of Culture March 19, 2015 Printed matter 6/3905 (KA 6/8670) List of monuments Saxony-Anhalt , page 493.
Coordinates: 52 ° 8 ′ 18.7 " N , 11 ° 5 ′ 54.5" E