St. Marien (Neuruppin)
| St. Mary's Church of Culture | |
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| place | Neuruppin |
| architect |
Philipp François Berson Carl Ludwig Engel |
| Construction year | 1801-1806 |
| Floor space | 57 × 19 m² |
| Coordinates | 52 ° 55 '34.2 " N , 12 ° 48' 29.4" E |
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| Dedicated church building | |
The parish church of Sankt Marien is a de- dedicated church in Neuruppin , Ostprignitz-Ruppin district , Brandenburg . It has been used for concerts, conferences, banquets and the like since 2001 under the name of the cultural church or event center Sankt Marien .
history
Medieval predecessor church
The old Marienkirche was located diagonally from west to east on the church square south of the old market. According to contemporary representations, it was a five-aisled, Gothic hall church with a three-bay nave and a two-bay, clearly delimited choir . The nave was decorated with rich friezes made of tracery and supported by buttresses . On the south side of the choir, the one roof skylights decorated, was a chapel cultivation . Two towers in different designs were presented to the building in the west. The top of the north tower was a towering helmet with four small corner turrets. On the other hand, there was a hipped roof with a ridge turret on the south tower . Images of the Marienkirche can be seen on a copper engraving by Caspar Merian , as well as on the adjacent painting by Neuruppin and Wuthenow .
The construction of the church was probably started in the middle of the 13th century. In 1498 the church was repaired and expanded. A short time later the choir was completed. The medieval spiers had to be renewed several times over the centuries. After a resolution of 1754, the double tower complex, which was in danger of collapsing, was replaced by a new, baroque tower. In addition to the church bell, there was also the fire bell of the city of Neuruppin, which was used in the event of fire and danger.
The church burned down in the great fire on August 26, 1787, along with around two thirds of the city's buildings. An eyewitness described her fate as follows:
“Hundreds and more houses had caught fire in different streets at the same time, the large, magnificent church tower with the beautiful church, which after 600 years remained an admirable monument of the bold Gothic design, steamed like a mountain that wants to spit fire, and in some For minutes she stood there like a terrible mountain of fire. The small dome gave off a multicolored fire until in a few hours the whole building collapsed with a horrific roar. "
Classicist new building
After the fire, Prussia set up a local "Retablissements Commission" to plan and carry out the reconstruction of Neuruppin. The new parish church was built from 1801 to 1806 at the old location, but now aligned with the rectangular street grid. The building in the classicism style stands out due to the presented, compact tower construction with a vaulted hood and lantern. It has an entrance portal flanked by two Ionic pilasters , the same portals are arranged on the narrow sides. The building is 57 m long and 19 m wide. The architects, the director of the Oberbaudepartement in Berlin, Philipp François Berson (for the exterior design) and his employees August Wilhelm Clemens and Carl Ludwig Engel (for the interior design) designed a transverse church . The pulpit tantar flanked by Ionic columns stands in the middle and opposite the main entrance. The interior is also determined by a two-story wooden gallery, on which a wooden hollow vault sits in the central nave . The galleries can be easily reached by wide stairs in all four corners.
A special feature of the history of building technology is the arched plank roof over the nave that has been preserved from the time it was built ; it is one of the largest surviving examples of this wooden roof construction in Germany. The tower hood and inside the wooden barrel vault are also made of plank construction.
The Church in the 20th and 21st Centuries
During the time of National Socialism, the pastor of the German Christians , Falkenberg, as well as representatives of the Confessing Church , Pastor Bittkau and Superintendent Schlaeger, preached in the parish church of St. Marien . Bishop Otto Dibelius was prevented from giving a lecture on the church struggle on November 19, 1934 after the police had evacuated the hall because of attempts by his opponents to interfere.
On May 1, 1945, white flags on the tower parapet (as well as on the monastery church of St. Trinity ) signaled the surrender of the city without a fight to the advancing Soviet army , which Neuruppin had previously asked to surrender.
The parish church served the Protestant parish Neuruppin as a place of worship and is owned by the latter or its legal successor, the Evangelical general parish of Ruppin. In 1970 it was closed due to the risk of collapse. The parish decided to use the monastery church as a place of worship instead. In 1991 the church was secured and expanded into a cultural event location until 2002, jointly sponsored by the parish and the municipality.
Furnishing
The following reliefs are located above the entrances: Above the main portal Moses with the tablets of the Law , above the southern gable entrance John the Baptist , above the northern gable entrance Jesus and his disciples at the Lord's Supper .
The organ dates from 1938 and has 72 registers . It is not complete and therefore unplayable.
literature
- Rudolf Bellin: The "Great Ruppin Fire" 150 years ago on August 26, 1787 - a description based on contemporary sources . In: Märkische Zeitung . Volume 110, No. 194 , August 21, 1937.
- Jörg Ulrich Kunzendorf: The town church St. Marien zu Neuruppin . In: Yearbook for Berlin-Brandenburg Church History . tape 55 , 1985, pp. 157-179 .
- Katja Feurich-Seidel, Sigrid Brandt: St. Marien in Neuruppin . Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft , Worms 2006, ISBN 3-88462-228-5 .
Web links
- Operator's homepage
- Information on the homepage of the city of Neuruppin
- Evangelical parish church Sankt Marien. In: Photo archive Photo Marburg. Retrieved March 6, 2020 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Mario Alexander Zadow: Karl Friedrich Schinkel - A son of the late Enlightenment . Edition Axel Menges, Stuttgart / London 2001, ISBN 3-932565-23-1 .
- ↑ Rüsch 1997, p. 193.
- ↑ Rüsch 1997, p. 192 ff.
- ↑ a b Neuruppin parish church council (ed.): The parish church of St. Marien zu Neuruppin - its destruction 200 years ago and its new building . Neuruppin December 15, 1986.