Apostle Church (Leipzig-Großzschocher)
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The Apostle Church is located in the south-west of Leipzig in the Großzschocher district .
history
The oldest verifiable document states that the Romanesque choir tower church is said to have already stood in 1217 after the landlord Ritter von Krolewitz had given the emerging Christian community a piece of land to build the church. Since 1327 the sermons have been given in German. From 1406 to around 1517 (the beginning of the Reformation ) there was also a court chapel; the parish was considered to be extremely responsible for the foundation at that time, as Großzschocher was one of the largest villages in the area. In 1450 the Romanesque apse was extended by a one- bay choir head in the form of a hexagon closed on three sides, and in 1516 separate net vaults were built for the choir and choir head . In 1592 the parsonage and 22 adjacent courtyards burned down , and all church documents were destroyed. Records of baptisms, weddings and deaths have been in the archive since 1597.
The Thirty Years' War brought the parish a period of suffering, the rectory and school were destroyed. In 1650 the church received a clock with an hour strike. In 1679 an organ was installed , in 1694 a gable cross, and finally in 1696 a new altar , a pulpit and a baptismal stand . This was followed by the Patronage Lodge in 1703/04 . In 1713/14 the nave was extended. The current rectory was completely rebuilt in 1767/68.
Until the peace agreement in 1763, the Seven Years' War brought misery again to the community. Due to the creeping non-functionality of the original organ from 1679, a new one was installed in 1787. The cannonball that was struck through the roof of the church on October 18, 1813 was found again in 1859 and walled in over the entrance door of the rectory.
In the years 1851 and 1874 the church was completely renovated. In 1893 the cemetery chapel and mortuary were built.
Another renovation took place in 1904/08.
With the neo-baroque renovation of the west facade of the church, 2 niches were created, but it was not until 1926 that the two seated figures Peter and Paul by Johannes Hartmann were placed . It was only given the name "Apostle Church" on April 30, 1950.
With the year 1950 until today appearing lived Gemeindebrief again.
The Apostle Church houses elements of the Romanesque, Baroque , Gothic and Late Renaissance as well as Neo-Baroque and Art Nouveau .
The church has belonged to the Evangelical Lutheran denomination since 1544 .
literature
- Heinrich Engelbert Schwartze: Historical gleanings on which stories of the city of Leipzig, especially the surrounding area and landscape ... (1744) Pro Leipzig, Leipzig 2006.
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Coordinates: 51 ° 18 ′ 1.3 ″ N , 12 ° 19 ′ 43.1 ″ E