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Dorfkirche Wernitz

Beschreibung

Almost typical for the village churches of the Altmark is the external appearance of the Wernitz village church – a half-timbered chapel with a bell-cot. Unique, however, is the slate-clad west side of the house of worship. The building was erected in 1827 on the foundations of the Romanesque fieldstone church that had burned down a year earlier. The most valuable inventory is a late Gothic altar from 1510. Its central part shows a crucifixion group. It is of equally high sacred art as the figures of Saint Catherine and Saint Barbara on the wings of the altar and the painted Annunciation on the outside. It once belonged in St. Nikolai in Gardelegen and only found its home in Wernitz in 1991. Also interesting is the organ portative from the end of the 19th century, created in the Voigt Stendal organ building company. Its religious historical significance stems from the fact that Bartholomaeus Rieseberg, a student of Luther and initiator of the Reformation in the Altmark, held a preacher's position in Wernitz.