Evangelische Kirche Wiblingwerde, Nachrodt-Wiblingwerde
Facts and practical information
The Evangelical Reformed Church of St. John in Wiblingwerde is a listed church building in Nachrodt-Wiblingwerde, a municipality in the Märkischer Kreis district.
The small, two-bay hall church stands on an almost square ground plan. The choir with apse is rectangular, the west tower is square. The building dates back to the middle of the 13th century. It was first mentioned in 1316 in the Liber valoris. The interior is squat like a chapel. Heavy round pillars support the dome-like groined vaults in the choir and nave. The side aisles, which end in small wall apses, are vaulted with ridge vaults. The extension of the side aisles and the connecting opening to the adjacent tower hall date from the 20th century. During renovations in 1914, wall and ceiling paintings in the apse were uncovered. They were not restored because of the poor condition of the plaster, but repainted. Unusual here is the synoptic symbolic representation of the two cities of Rome and Constantinople This gave rise to speculation in the congregation that this fresco might therefore have been painted at the time of the Fourth Crusade and the establishment here in connection with it of the Latin Empire together with Latin patriarchs, when the Oriental Schism of 1054 was temporarily rendered obsolete because during this period Constantinople was also once again associated with the entirety of the Roman Catholic faith.
In 1968, the baptismal font dating from before the church was built, possibly even from Frankish times, which had served as a horse trough in Herlsen since the Reformation, was returned to the church.
Evangelische Kirche Wiblingwerde – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)
Nearby attractions include: Burg Altena, Dechenhöhle, Hohenhof, Elsey Abbey.