Frankenstein village church
The Evangelical village church Frankenstein is a Romanesque, baroque hall church in the Frankenstein district of Oederan in the district of Central Saxony in Saxony . It belongs to the parish association Oederan-Frankenstein-Kirchbach in the parish of Marienberg of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saxony and is best known for its well-preserved organ by Gottfried Silbermann and Johann Daniel Silbermann .
History and architecture
The Frankenstein village church is essentially a Romanesque hall church, which is effectively located on the slope and was restored after a fire in 1632. The church was given its current appearance during a redesign between 1747 and 1751 by Johann Gottlieb Ohndorff ; the top of the tower was not built until 1821. A fundamental renovation of the exterior and interior was carried out in 1994-97, with remains of Romanesque walls on the west wall of the nave and the remains of a late Gothic pointed arch window in the choir were uncovered.
The church is a plastered quarry stone building with dividing elements made of sandstone and porphyry , the choir is provided with a three-eighth end and buttresses. A massive west tower with a slate bell storey and a curved hood , which was renewed after the fire in 1882/83, accentuates the building. There are extensions on the north and east sides and a box on the south side. The flat-roofed interior is characterized by the high quality late baroque furnishings. The room is surrounded on three sides by galleries with two storeys on the north and south sides. On the north and south sides of the choir there are two-storey, glazed manorial boxes for the von Schönberg family , which are convex on the upper storey.
Furnishing
The main work of the furnishings is a late Baroque pulpit altar with side passages for the Last Supper, which was created by Johann Gottfried Stecher in the years 1748–52 after a donation from Friedrich August von Schönberg . The original color scheme in white and gold with blue-gray and red shadows was over-colored around 1920. The altar shows a curved pulpit as well as a round arched gable with a flame vase, tablets of the law , a book and a chalice on the sturdy beams supported by pilasters . On the side are two angels with the tools of the Passion and a halo at the end, angels praying on the volutes . A small font with the year 1594 was discovered during restoration work in the masonry and is now under the organ gallery.
A glorious epitaph made of sandstone Adam Friedrich von Schoenberg († 1707) and Auguste Schoenberg shows portrait medallions of the two deceased, framed by full plastic personifications of faith, love and hope on a heavy base with more than 30 arms of the lineage and an inscription field.
organ
The organ with a prospectus in strong rocaille shapes is a work by Gottfried Silbermann from 1753 with 13 stops on a manual and pedal . It was completed after Silbermann's death by his nephew Johann Daniel Silbermann. The original tuning in the concert pitch of the time is unusual . Repairs by Adam Gottfried Oehme in 1775 and by Johann Christian Knöbel in 1808 are recorded. After fire damage in 1882, the organ was repaired by Friedrich August Schubert and new front pipes were added. In 1895 the instrument was further revised by Guido Hermann Schäf . In 1934 the Jehmlich brothers added a register that was removed again by the Rühle company during a conservation restoration in 1997/1998 . The disposition is:
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- Remarks
- Pitch: currently a 1 = 412.5 Hz
- Tuning : currently system-free taking into account the pipe lengths found
- Wind pressure: 80 mm water column
Peal
The ringing consists of four chilled cast iron bells , the bell frame and the bell yokes are made of steel or cast iron. Below is a data overview of the bell:
| No. | Casting date | Caster | material | diameter | Dimensions | Chime |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1967 | Bell foundry Schilling & Lattermann | Chilled iron | 1435 mm | 1310 kg | f ′ |
| 2 | 1967 | Bell foundry Schilling & Lattermann | Chilled iron | 1185 mm | 760 kg | as ′ |
| 3 | 1967 | Bell foundry Schilling & Lattermann | Chilled iron | 1055 mm | 530 kg | b ′ |
| 4th | 1967 | Bell foundry Schilling & Lattermann | Chilled iron | 880 mm | 300 kg | of" |
Surroundings
The three-sided rectory forms a well-balanced ensemble with the church . The stately rectory was built after the fire in the previous building in 1692 and features two plastered half-timbered floors with a gable roof. This includes a back building and a barn with a half-timbered upper floor from 1723.
literature
- Georg Dehio : Handbook of the German art monuments. Saxony II. The administrative districts of Leipzig and Chemnitz. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-422-03048-4 , pp. 248–249.
- Rainer Thümmel : Bells in Saxony . Sound between heaven and earth. Ed .: Evangelical Regional Church Office of Saxony . 2nd, updated and supplemented edition. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2015, ISBN 978-3-374-02871-9 , p. 296 (With a foreword by Jochen Bohl and photographs by Klaus-Peter Meißner}).
Web links
- Website of the parishes of Oederan-Frankenstein-Kirchbach
- Frankenstein organ from 1753 on the website of the Gottfried Silbermann Society
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information on the website of the municipality. Retrieved August 7, 2018 .
- ↑ Frank-Harald Greß , Michael Lange: Die Orgeln Gottfried Silbermanns (= publications of the Society of Organ Friends. No. 177). 2nd Edition. Sandstein-Verlag, Dresden 2001, ISBN 3-930382-50-4 , pp. 120-122.
- ^ A b Rainer Thümmel : Bells in Saxony . Sound between heaven and earth. Ed .: Evangelical Regional Church Office of Saxony . 2nd, updated and supplemented edition. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2015, ISBN 978-3-374-02871-9 , pp. 296 (With a foreword by Jochen Bohl and photographs by Klaus-Peter Meißner).
Coordinates: 50 ° 54 ′ 5.9 ″ N , 13 ° 12 ′ 43.7 ″ E