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Crivitz Town Church

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    October 3, 2017

    The church is considered a landmark of the place and dominates with the high church roof and the tower, the cityscape.

    From the first church in Crivitz no remains are detectable. Preserved foundations in the sacristy probably belong to a successor. The current building was probably built in brick at the end of the 14th century. Maintaining the ground plan, it has undergone many changes over the centuries. The church received its final image today after the tower and roof had been rebuilt after the city fire in 1660. To the hall church of three yokes, a low chancel adjoins the middle of the nave in the east, it closes polygon, to the north is the sacristy with ribbed vault. In the interior, the main and side aisles are separated by octagonal pillars in late Gothic style. The bright choir room is dominated by a vaulted vault from the 15th century. The renewal of the color version was based on a medieval model. In the 19th century, the interior was redesigned according to the taste of the time, while the built-in imitation vault plaster cleaning experienced in 1998 a renewal. Also in the 19th century, a three-sided wooden gallery was installed, the central aisle was removed. From the tower room you can reach the belfry via a staircase. During renovations at the beginning of the 21st century, it was noted that in the Renaissance period the entire interior was decorated with ornamental jewelery and figurative. The restoration is still going on.

    Source and further information:
    de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadtkirche_Crivitz

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      May 4, 2021

      As the oldest building in Crivitz, the town church of Crivitz is a symbol of the town.

      With its tower and the high nave, the church dominates the cityscape in an impressive way. The place name Crivitz is of Wendish origin and means 'place at the curvature', which indicates the geographical location of the first settlement east of a moated castle on Lake Crivitz. In 1251 Crivitz is mentioned for the first time in a document from the Schwerin cathedral chapter. 1302 already speaks of a city (oppidum). Nothing is left of the founding building of the town church. Whether remains of the foundations that can be seen in the sacristy have anything to do with the original building can only be guessed at.

      Building history: The existing brick building was probably built at the end of the 14th century and underwent many changes inside and out, but the floor plan was retained. The town fire of 1660 had a particularly drastic effect on the church, which destroyed 66 houses in the town, the school, the two preachers' houses (south of the church) and the roof of the church and the tower. During the reconstruction, the church received its current appearance.

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