Marienkirche, Brick Gothic hall church in Pasewalk, Germany
Marienkirche is a three-aisled hall church whose nave has seven rectangular bays and a 5/8 polygonal choir at the east end. The lower tower and parts of the west wall are fieldstone from the second half of the 13th century, while the rest was built in brick from 1325 to 1350. An octagonal chapel with a star vault adjoins the north side after the fourth bay.
A field-stone market church was first mentioned in 1178; the tower's foundation walls and parts of the west wall date from the second half of the 13th century. The three-aisled brick hall church was built from 1325 to 1350, and the tower was raised by a third storey with tracery. Imperial troops burned the tower on 7 August 1630, and it collapsed into the nave.
The building serves as the main center for the local Protestant community and displays the simple beauty typical of northern German brick churches. Its interior spaces host regular concerts and religious celebrations.
The church stands in Pasewalk's center; the forecourt was redesigned in 1999 as part of urban development funding. The tower reaches 78.5 meters, topped by a 5.2-meter finial of sphere and cross. The tower's 26.5-meter helm weighs 120 tons.
The tower collapsed in December 1984 and was blown up for safety; its rebuild ran from 1987 to 1994 around a 0.7-metre-thick concrete core. The new 26.5-metre spire, weighing 120 tonnes, does not match the earlier form. Five new bells from Rinker in Sinn, Hesse, arrived in 1993.
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