City Church Kröpelin
The evangelical town church Kröpelin is a listed church building in Kröpelin in the district of Rostock ( Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania ). It stands on a small hill behind the market square. The Protestant parish belongs to the Rostock provost in the Mecklenburg parish of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany .
History and architecture
The construction of the first brick church with a two-bay choir and a sacristy on the north side began around 1270. The wider three-bay nave was built at the beginning of the 14th century. The massive west tower stands on a transverse rectangular floor plan; its base was built in the 15th century. The south porch of the choir and the sacristy were heavily modified in the 18th century. The south vestibule is equipped with rich crenellated gables . The walls and the tracery of the pointed arch windows and the southern side portal were renewed during the renovation from 1861 to 1862. The upper floor of the tower and the helmet were rebuilt from 1882 to 1883 according to a design by the architects A. Oppermann and H. Tischbein.
The brick-built ship stands on a field stone base . The walls are divided by buttresses . In the middle yoke there is a return portal with glazed walls on each side. The priest's gate on the south side is richly structured, the robed columns are set, the archivolts are decorated with lily flowers and leaf capitals. The choir is made of field stone up to the height of the windowsill.
In the interior, rib vaults from the late 13th century rest over circular services. The round arches above the rectangular pillars are glazed, as is the triumphal arch . Deep niches are set into the side walls, the southern one closes in the shape of a clover. There are simple wooden galleries on both side walls .
At the end of the 18th century, the remains of wall paintings from the second half of the 14th century were uncovered and restored in 1901. Later, the representation of St. Christopher was whitewashed and uncovered again when the interior was repainted in 1948.
Furnishing
One of the oldest objects in the church is a carved tombstone for a clergyman from the 14th century.
In 1419 the bronze bell was cast. It bears the inscription O rex glorie christe veni cum pace amen. (German: "O King of Honor, Christ, come with peace. Amen."). The bronze baptismal font was cast in 1508 by Andreas Ribe from Rostock. The bell-shaped kettle stands on three feet. It is decorated with ornamental ribbons, a crucifix and heraldic reliefs and bears the circumferential inscription anno domini MV VIII in the passionis domini fontis opus eximium per me fecit andreas riwen + dominus nicolaus quast. rex glorie jhesu christe veni cum pacem. Amen.
Remnants of medieval painting with a motif of the three kings and Mary were uncovered on the north side of the choir in 2005. The Christopherus mural on the right behind the altar dates back to the 15th century, but has been painted over, changed and expanded many times since then. So the church in the background was added in 1899 and the extension to the wall to the left of the altar took place in 2005.
The brass chandelier with twelve arms was donated on May 23, 1705 by the Rostock coppersmith master Badtensch and his wife. The church houses some notable sacred objects, such as two goblets and paten from the 18th century, made of gilded silver. One silver box is from 1749, the two silver wine bottles were made in 1795.
The baroque pulpit dates from 1786, is kept simple, basket and staircase are divided by pilasters . During restoration work, the sound cover attachment was removed in 1948 and the original paintings on the cassettes were replaced by new paintings by the painter Mierow, as restoration was not possible.
The neo-Gothic altar wall was made in 1857 and features a crucifixion painting by Gaston Lenthe . The painting was stolen in 1988, but the municipality got it back in 1990. However, since it had been folded in the meantime, it was severely damaged and could not initially be shown in the altar again. A restoration was only possible in 2004 thanks to a larger individual donation and support from community members. The costs amounted to 7,600 euros.
organ
The parapet of the organ gallery is richly structured, it was probably built in the second half of the 19th century. Friedrich Wilhelm Winzer created the organ in 1845. It has 14 registers , which are divided between two manuals and a pedal, and a total of 820 pipes. The six-axis prospectus is designed in a neo-Gothic style with pegs , rosettes and ogival carvings. The organ has the following disposition :
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altar
Baptismal font
pulpit
Tombstone
chandelier
Fresco on the north side of the choir
Altar with image of St. Christopher
organ
Other use
The church is also used for cultural events and lectures such as B. the German-Israeli culture days and Advent concerts used.
literature
- Georg Dehio , edited by Hans-Christian Feldmann, Gerd Baier, Dietlinde Brugmann, Antje Heling, Barbara Rimpel: Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler. Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania . Deutscher Kunstverlag , Munich / Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-422-03081-6 .
- Ernst Bahr, Bernhart Jähning, Klaus Conrad, Antjekathrin Großmann, Ralf Koehler, Sabine Kühne-Kaiser, Roderich Schmidt and others: Handbook of the historical sites of Germany. Volume 12: Mecklenburg / Pomerania. Alfred Kröner Verlag, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-520-31501-7 .
- Gerd Baier, Horst Ende , Brigitte Oltmans, General Editor Heinrich Trost: The architectural and art monuments in the Mecklenburg coastal region with the cities of Rostock and Wismar. Henschel Verlag, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-362-00523-3 .
Web links
- Literature about the town church Kröpelin in the state bibliography Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
- Description on the website of the Mecklenburg cultural portal
Individual evidence
- ^ Website of the Protestant Church in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
- ↑ Gerd Baier, Horst Ende, Brigitte Oltmans, general editor Heinrich Trost: The architectural and art monuments in the Mecklenburg coastal region with the cities of Rostock and Wismar. Henschel Verlag, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-362-00523-3 , p. 275.
- ^ Heinrich Otten: The church building in the Archdiocese of Paderborn 1930 to 1975 . Bonifatius Verlag, Paderborn 2009, ISBN 978-3-89710-403-7 , p. 276.
- ↑ orgelmuseum-malchow.de: Organ in Kröpelin , seen July 27, 2013.
- ^ German-Israeli culture days in Kröpelin.
Coordinates: 54 ° 4 ′ 18.3 ″ N , 11 ° 47 ′ 42.6 ″ E