St. Marien (Ziethen near Anklam)
The Protestant Church of St. Marien is a stone church from the 13th century in Ziethen in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district . The parish of Ziethen belongs to the Demmin provost in the Pomeranian Evangelical Church District of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany . Until 2012 she belonged to the Greifswald parish of the Pomeranian Evangelical Church .
location
The federal highway 109 runs through Ziethen coming from the northwest in a southeast direction through the town. Approximately in the middle of the historic center of the village, the church is on a slightly elevated area south of the main road, which is enclosed with a wall of hewn and thinly layered field stones .
history
The consecration of the sacred building has been handed down from 1257. The western tower was added to the building in the 15th century ; the upper floors were added at a later date . In 1830 the choir collapsed and was canceled. 1937 joined church equipping almost completely.
Building description
The structure was built from field stones that were neatly hewn and layered in layers. So far there are no documents about the original form of the choir . On the east side of the nave , the pointed arch triumphal arch has been preserved, which has been blocked. In the stepped gable with pinnacles above is a small, segment-arched opening.
On the southern wall of the nave are two groups with three coupled lancet windows , the middle one of which is elevated. The reveals were made with reddish bricks, some of which are plastered . Below the eastern group is a small, beehive-shaped gate. The north side has a similar structure, but instead of the small gate there is a clogged, pointed arch-shaped priest gate in which an epitaph has been placed. Between the two groups of windows is a sacristy with a rectangular floor plan and a curved gable. The sacristy and nave have a simple saddle roof .
The church tower is based on a base made of uncut and not layered field stones. It has a square floor plan and has moved in. Access is from the west via a five-step portal made of reddish brick. The upper two floors are easily drawn in and also plastered. In the lower area of the tower floor there are three segment-arch-shaped openings, some of which are designed as panels , above, two sound arcades on the north and south sides and one each on the west side. The tower ends with a pyramid roof with copper covering and a cross.
Furnishing
The flat-roofed nave probably originally had a vault . A triumphal arch, part of the former choir, frames the altar niche . The interior was completely rebuilt in 1937 according to plans by the architect Ostermeyer from Stettin . The stone altar, pulpit and gallery as well as the coats of arms of the noble patronage families Owstin , Buggenhagen , Hertell , Schwerin and Lepel in the windows date from this time .
A large goblet-shaped baptismal font made of Gotland limestone and decorated with mythical creatures from the first middle of the 13th century is the oldest piece of equipment in the church. The former altarpiece from 1860 is a copy of Antonio da Correggio's Adoration of the Shepherds . The 19th century stalls were changed during the renovation in 1937.
The organ was built in 1849 by Friedrich Nerlich from Stralsund . In 1937 the organ and the prospectus were revised. The ringing consists of a bell that was cast by Benedictus Hein in 1587. It has the strike note f sharp .
literature
- Jana Olschewski: Ziethen, ev. Church of St. Mary . In: From the Greifswalder Bodden to the Peene. Open Churches II. Thomas Helms, Schwerin 2005, ISBN 3-935749-50-3 , p. 55.
- Georg Dehio (edited by Hans-Christian Feldmann et al.): Handbook of German Art Monuments - Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Deutscher Kunstverlag, Berlin / Munich, 2016, ISBN 978-3-422-03128-9 .
- Eckhard Oberdörfer: Ostvorpommern , Edition Temmen, Bremen, 2006, ISBN 3-86108-917-3 .
Web links
- Literature about St. Marien (Ziethen bei Anklam) in the state bibliography MV
- Ziethen, Protestant Church of St. Marien. In: 166 Open Churches. Pomeranian Evangelical Church, archived from the original on October 13, 2010 ; Retrieved August 21, 2011 .
- Ziethen, St. Marien Church. In: Churches in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Retrieved August 16, 2011 .
Coordinates: 53 ° 53 ′ 9.9 " N , 13 ° 40 ′ 33.4" E