Village church Blumberg, Medieval church in Blumberg, Brandenburg, Germany
The village church of Blumberg is an early Gothic fieldstone church built in the second half of the 13th century, with a long recessed rectangular choir and a tall west tower. Since the early 16th century, three round pillars have divided the nave into two aisles under cross-ribbed vaults. The tower's brick gables and saddle roof date from 1937, and a broad pointed-arch brick south portal was added in the 15th century.
Construction began in the second half of the 13th century as a simple single-nave church. In the early 1500s the building was enlarged and reshaped with the addition of side aisles.
The church is one of the open churches of the region, so the interior can be seen outside service times. The vault ribs of the nave rest on consoles carved as male busts, identifiable as apostles by their attributes and attributed to a Berlin workshop around 1520. In the choir the consoles take the form of animal heads and masks, and the round keystones carry reliefs of sun and moon.
The church belongs to the open churches network, so the interior can generally be viewed outside service times. The south portal, framed in brick in the 15th century, and the west portal from the 1878/81 restoration both lead into the two-aisled hall; the organ now stands in front of the former patronage lodge.
Fragments of a wall painting showing Saint Mark were discovered in the western choir vault during 1957 restoration work. These rare remains still show traces of their original colors and outlines.
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