Ruins of the church in Trzęsacz

The church ruin of Hoff (Polish Trzęsacz ) is an attraction on the Pomeranian Baltic coast.

The church, built in the second half of the 15th century, was used for a long time as a place of worship for the obvious good. First, she had a wooden tower built in 1650, but this destroyed in 1760 by lightning, and in 1818 he was quite demolished.

When it was built, the church was about two kilometers away from the coast. But more and more sapped the lake on the cliff and approached the house of God. So arranged at the cathedral chapter and district administrator in 1771, the cemetery beach upward by half stop and make further burials in a new place. This was done but not until 40 years later.

1772 emerged the first safety concerns for the church itself and Pastor Bahnemann and community leaders sent a letter to Frederick the Great. They report that the church no more than ten paces from the shore, she was " so are forced to cancel those in Kurtzem and can be built up again in another place, whether it is equal to one of the oldest and finest buildings in Pomerania. "Your request to a nationwide collection but rejected by the King.

It took another 102 years until the church suffered her fate. Large storms in 1843, 1853 and 1855 meant that the distance between the abyss of over 20 meters high steep bank and the church was only a few feet. The called for in the following year Senior Government Heegewaldt stated a sum of 22,000 dollars for a stone rampart and ordered the Greifenberger District to close the church in the coming year. The local lords of the manor began, however, contrary to the official opinion of the application of a Faschinenwerkes, which should reinforce the church. Long disputes between property rule, the parish council and the parish priest came to nothing and in August 1874 last service was held. 1885, the roof was taken off auctioning the masonry. The church facilities came mainly in the Camminer Cathedral Museum ( today we can order a magnificent late medieval triptych admire ), and some pieces went to the Museum of Decorative Arts Berlin. Peter A figure came out of the church of his time in private ownership; they could be purchased in 2012 with a donation of Pomeranian team by the Pomeranian State Museum.

1900 the first crash occurred on the northwest corner of 1901 was followed by the entire north wall. Gradually disappeared ever larger parts in depth. But often beschriene end of Hoffer church has not come to this day. Since 2004, Prevent Massive shelters further slipping of the Church. Part of the south wall with three arches still stands.

Lionel Feininger and the Church

For the painter Lyonel Feininger, the ruins of Hoff was a very special subject. From Feininger, who spent many summers on the Baltic Sea and the ruins visited several times, originating about 30 drawings, watercolors and paintings. Long after his expulsion to the U.S., he worked on the ruins of hope, because in America, " ... there was nothing that could be compared with it ... "