St. Vitus (Rätzlingen)
The Evangelical Lutheran St. Vitus Church in Rätzlingen in the Lüneburg Heath is a church from the 19th century.
history
The exact founding of the St. Vitus Church in Rätzlingen is not dated, but Lutheran preachers have been active in Rätzlingen since 1569, and later pastors. The St. Vitus Church in Rätzlingen was designed by Friedrich August Ludwig Hellner and built between 1838 and 1840. It was inaugurated on November 8, 1840.
Description of the church
The church building stands on a field stone base and presents itself as an undivided brick building with a gable roof and a tower on the east side. As is typical of classicist buildings, the building has a clear design language. The longitudinal axis of the church is not oriented towards the east, as was the case especially in the Middle Ages. Instead, the altar and pulpit are located on the west side of the building. The entrance with portal and inscription plaque is on the east side. Above, just below the tower, is the church clock. The entrance to the sacristy is on the west wall. The long sides of the churches are dominated by large arched windows in the gallery . The bright interior, which is structured by the surrounding gallery, is also designed in a classicist manner. Since the renovation in 2008, it is back in the original condition designed by Hellner. On the west side, the gallery, which rests on Doric columns , is interrupted by a semicircular niche for the pulpit and altar . Originally today's church was equipped with a picture altar typical of Hellner. After the carved dating back to 1514, derived from the previous building and the school of medieval wood carver and painter Benedikt Dreyer , was rediscovered in the 1920s in the attic of the church is assigned, it was headed by the restorer Friedrich bogeyman rebuilt . The sculptures of Vitus , George with the dragon , Dionysius and Anna selbdritt as well as the apostles were given their places in the niches and side wings of the altar in the course of the restoration.
local community
In addition to Rätzlingen with the main church, the parish of Rätzlingen includes the villages of Hanstedt II , Riestedt and Stöcken with their chapels as well as the villages of Rassau and Schlieckau . Since 1998 Rätzlingen has been a parish with a ¾ pastorate. Rätzlingen belongs to the southeast region of the church district Uelzen .
Others
In the Rätzlinger coat of arms you can see a single-tower church.
Web links
- The St. Vitus Church on the website of the church district Uelzen
Coordinates: 52 ° 58 ′ 33.4 " N , 10 ° 40 ′ 22.5" E