Old Church (Coswig)
The Protestant Old Church is a hall church from the late Gothic period in Coswig in the Saxon district of Meißen . It belongs to the Evangelical Parish of Coswig in the church district of Meißen of the Evangelical Lutheran Regional Church of Saxony .
history
The richly equipped hall church with a voluminous tower was built in 1497, supported by Nickel Karras (the fief of the Meissen bishop) on his former estate Karrasburg, northwest of the church . In 1611 the church and tower were raised and the ornamental gables on the tower, the roofs, the hall ceiling, the galleries and the stalls were added. In 1735, due to lack of space, part of the west wall of the ship was broken off and the organ space was relocated to the tower floor; for the same reason, prayer rooms were added in the 18th century. In 1981 the late Gothic altar figures were stolen. In 1991 the interior was restored.
architecture
Exterior
The church is a plastered building with a three-sided end and a gable roof. The post-Gothic eaves frieze and the corner blocks date from 1611, at the same time the wide post-Gothic pointed arched windows with central posts were installed. On the pointed arched late Gothic sandstone south portal, the fittings have been preserved, on whose arch the coats of arms of those of Pöllnitz and von Karras , as well as an inscription stating the donor “Nikkel Karis” and the year 1497. On the south side there is a sandstone inscription plaque which reminds of the church elevation and the eaves height of the original structure is displayed. The sacristy is built on the north side of the choir , to the west two prayer rooms with a hipped roof adjoin the hall, and a similar prayer room can be found on the south side.
The west tower with a late Gothic portal is built on a square floor plan, has a bell storey with narrow double arched windows and is closed by a saddle roof with decorative gables, which are divided into four zones by brick and plastered pilasters and cornices and each crowned with a triangular gable .
Interior
The interior is characterized by the rich, picturesque, partly folk decoration from 1611 to the late 18th century, including a late Gothic winged altar. The coffered ceiling is painted using the lime casein technique with figures of the apostles emerging from niches. Floating angels are depicted above the altar with tapes and sheet music, above the organ angels with musical instruments; the center picture, the size of four fields, shows the resurrection of the dead. In other cassettes above the choir, the Annunciation to Mary, a coat of arms from Electoral Saxony and a diamond are shown, above the organ King David , Jephta with his warriors, an angel and God the Father on his throne. The ceiling moldings are painted with colored ornaments; gold-plated cones hang down at their crossing points. A long inscription can be seen on the cornice that runs around the wall.
The two-storey galleries are attached to the north side; the lower one goes around the nave to the west to the south side to the first window from the west. The upper gallery, which was moved to its current position in 1735, is alternately painted with marbling and cartouches on the parapet. The lower gallery was renewed in 1735 with baroque wooden supports and profiled foot and parapet beams. The parapet panels date from 1611 and were then painted with a passion cycle, which begins with the Last Supper on the south side and ends with the resurrection of Christ in the eastern part of the lower north gallery. This cycle was apparently carried out by the same master in the lime-casein technique who painted the ceiling. The iconographic program of the Passion is related in content to the resurrection in the middle of the ceiling, which is attested by apostles and angels.
The painted seats with profiled coats of arms were partially changed in the 19th century. Cabinet-like prayer rooms with floral paintings are installed in the choir. Remains of the floral and ornamental framing of the windows have been preserved from the wall painting, as well as a large overall Saxon coat of arms from 1611 on the south wall, next to it is another coat of arms above the prayer room, which is labeled GR (probably Georg Rühle). A sacrament house with an ornamental frame has been preserved on the north side of the choir . The sacristy is closed with a pointed arch barrel vault, the sacristy door in the late Gothic garb is provided with forged bands and is secured by eight locks.
Furnishing
The altar is a rare connection between the late Gothic winged altar erected around 1497 and an altar extension in Renaissance forms from 1611. The colored and gold-framed shrine and its completely open pair of wings are covered by a cornice that supports the extension. On the predella there is a depiction of the Last Supper by the painter who painted the ceiling. The shrine is decorated with carved, gilded tracery curtains and galleries; the three original carved figures Maria , Barbara and Katharina in the shrine are lost and have been replaced by replicas, as are the twelve other saints of this original fourteen helper altar arranged in groups of three in the two-zone, tracery-decorated wings . In the excerpt, a painting with the baptism of Christ can be seen between pilasters , on the crowning pedestal with lateral volutes, a pelican as a symbol .
The wooden pulpit with the year 1612 is provided on the column-supported, octagonal basket with Tuscan columns and painted representations of the evangelists.
The monumental baptism is probably of late Romanesque origin; the baptism created in 1718 was transferred to the new local church of St. Peter and Paul. In the choir there is a late Gothic crucifix from the end of the 15th century.
organ
The organ with a cupboard-like two-door prospect is a work by Gottfried Fritzsche or Tobias Weller from 1615 or 1624 with nine stops on a manual and pedal , which was presumably given its current disposition by Johann Ernst Hähnel when it was overhauled around 1735 . In 1839 an extensive repair was carried out by Friedrich Gotthelf Pfützner. During the expansion in 1735, the ceiling was raised above the prospectus. The gilded scrollwork on the upper part of the prospectus dates from 1735; the prospectus is gray and white and has blue fillings and fields with rococo cartridges, flowers and palm branches from 1760/1770. The organ was restored from 1990 to 1998 by Kristian Wegscheider according to the original arrangement. The disposition is:
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- Coupling: Pedal - Hauptwerk (continuously acting)
- Secondary register and playing aids : Stella (cimbel), tremulant.
literature
- Georg Dehio: Handbook of the German art monuments. Saxony I. District of Dresden. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-422-03043-3 , pp. 77-79.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c website of the old church Coswig , accessed on January 3, 2020.
- ^ Ulrich Dähnert: Historical organs in Saxony . 1st edition. Verlag Das Musikinstrument, Frankfurt am Main 1980, ISBN 3-920112-76-8 , p. 57-58 .
Coordinates: 51 ° 7 ′ 33.6 " N , 13 ° 34 ′ 44.8" E