City church Wesenberg

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St. Mary's Church in Wesenberg

The St. Marien Church is the town church of Wesenberg (Mecklenburg) . It is located in a slightly elevated position southwest of the market square. The parish of Wesenberg belongs to the Neustrelitz Propstei, Mecklenburg parish of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany .

The construction

The oldest parts are the single-nave choir and the tower, which were built from ashlar masonry around 1300. The nave was added around the end of the 14th or beginning of the 15th century. It is a stepped hall with a ribbed vault , the central nave of which was narrower than the choir. At the end of the 15th century the choir was given a star vault . A two-story brick porch was also added to the south side.

Furnishing

  • Pulpit, from 1711 with figures of the apostles from the end of the 16th century
  • Lectern, from 1686
  • Crucifix (carved), from 1736
  • Brass bowl depicting the fall of man, from 1663
  • Choir stalls with arcade decoration from the beginning of the 17th century
  • Epitaph , from 1698

organ

The organ was built by Johann Michael Röder in 1717 for the church in Dorotheenstadt, Berlin, and did not reach Wesenberg until 1833. In 1890 and 1907 the instrument was rearranged and equipped with a second (pneumatic) manual. In 2000 the instrument was restored by the organ builder Kristian Wegscheider. It is the oldest organ in Berlin by Johann Michael Röder.

Manuals C, D, E – c 3
1. Principal 8th'
2. Dumped 8th'
3. Octave 4 ′
4th Reed flute 4 ′
5. Fifth 3 ′
6th Super octave 2 ′
7th Super-fifth 1 1 ⁄ 2  ′
8th. Sedecima 1'
9. Sesquialter II
10. Mixture III
11. Cimbel II
12. Trumpet ( from c 0 ) 8th'
Pedal C, D – d 1
13. Sub-bass 16 ′
14th Principal bass 8th'
15th Octave bass 4 ′
16. Pedal mixture IV
17th Pedal cornet II
18th Trombone bass 16 ′
19th Trumpet bass 8th'

literature

  • Georg Dehio : Handbook of German Art Monuments - The districts of Neubrandenburg, Rostock, Schwerin. Berlin 1980.

Web links

Commons : Stadtkirche Wesenberg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Website of the Evangelical Lutheran Church District Mecklenburg and the Pomeranian Evangelical Church District in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany
  2. ↑ Information on the Röder organ

Coordinates: 53 ° 16 ′ 53 ″  N , 12 ° 58 ′ 10 ″  E