Beucha mountain church

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Beucha mountain church above the Kirchbruch lake (2006)

The Bergkirche Beucha is an originally Romanesque sacred building of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saxony on the Kirchberg of Beucha , a district of the municipality of Brandis in the Saxon district of Leipzig , built in the 13th century and expanded in 1848 . The church is a listed building .

The Beucha church quarry , above which the Beucha mountain church towers, was designed by the Academy for Geosciences and Geotechnologies e. V. awarded the title “ National Geotope ” in September 2019 - the award is valid for ten years. The Kirchbruch Beucha is the third national geotope in the Geopark Porphyrland .

location

The church stands on the 147 meter high Beuchaer Kirchberg, which towers over the surroundings by more than 20 meters so that it can be seen from afar. Because of its altitude, it is - like the similarly located churches in Panitzsch and Thekla - commonly referred to as one of the "Three High Priests" in the Leipzig area.

The Beuchaer Kirchberg consists of granite porphyry that has been quarried here since the 15th century. The excessive mining since the last quarter of the 19th century has resulted in the church now standing on a mountain spur surrounded on three sides by a 3.5 hectare lake, as the breach, which was abandoned in 1958, has filled with water. This delightful location made it one of the most photographed churches in the Leipzig region.

The way up to the church leads through an octagonal, four-storey tower: the former Beucha water tower, which now serves as an inlet structure to the churchyard.

description

The Church of the Southwest (2011)

architecture

The church building essentially consists of three components, the nave in the west, the tower adjoining it to the east and the following sacristy . The nave with a gable roof has five window axes with high arched windows. A small entrance hall with stair access is in front of its west gable with two windows. The massive tower, receding towards the width of the nave, with small windows and a hipped roof in east-west direction with two weather vanes, is connected to the nave via a large arch. While the nave has a flat ceiling, there are cross vaults in the tower hall and the sacristy, which is even narrower than the tower . The gable of the sacristy has a wooden installation. To the north, the sacristy is followed by the small morgue.

Through the arrangement of the tower to the east above the choir, now the tower hall, which Beuchaer Church to one choir tower churches .

  • The nave

  • The pulpit altar

Furnishing

The interior of the church is kept relatively simple. The smooth white of the walls contrasts with the gray-green furniture. A three-sided gallery has gold-edged fields with ornaments and sayings as decoration.

The pulpit altar is in the opening between the nave and the tower hall. There is a crucifix behind the altar table, to which two steps lead. Above it rises, slightly protruding, the pulpit with a round sound cover . The side parts of the altar, which is decorated with sparse gold jewelry, show ears of wheat and vines above their windows. Due to the arrangement of the altar, the tower hall only serves to accommodate the stairs to the pulpit.

The baptismal font , a lectern and the Easter candle are in the chancel .

organ

The organ

Between 1790 and 1792 Johann Gottlob Trampeli (1742–1812) repaired the existing pedal-less organ work and expanded it. In 1847/1748 Wilhelm Hellermann from Lauchstädt overtook the work of his predecessor. In 1929 the organ was in such condition that the organist Karl Hoyer (1891–1936) described it as a "ruin".

In 1931 Alfred Schmeisser (1878–1957) built the Kreutzbach organ from the Martin Luther Church in Markkleeberg - Gautzsch from 1863 into the Hellermann case . In 1945 the organ was damaged by bombs and removed. Schmeisser rebuilt the organ in 1954, but the layout was changed. Because of major damage to the structure, the pipework was brought to safety in the sacristy in 1989.

In 2005, the restorer Ernst restored the organ case, and in 2006 organ builder Georg Wünning (* 1948) from Großolbersdorf reinstalled the organ. On April 16, 2006 the Schmeisser organ sounded again after a forced break of 17 years.

The arrangement of the organ from 1954 is:

I Manual C–
1. Pommer 16 ′
2. Principal 8th'
3. Gemshorn 8th'
4th flute 4 ′
5. octave 4 ′
6th octave 2 ′
7th Cornett III
8th. Mixture III
II Manual C–
9. Dumped 8th'
10. Principal 4 ′
11. Forest flute 2 ′
12. Pointed fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
13. Sif flute 1'
14th Third flute 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
15th Zimbel III
Pedal C–
16. Sub bass 16 ′
17th Principal bass 8th'
18th cello 8th'
19th Chorale flute 4 ′
  • Coupling : I / II manual coupling, pedal coupling

Bells

The ringing consists of three bronze bells: the oldest with the tone as ′ +3 comes from the 15th century by an unknown foundry, the large one with the tone g ′ -3, cast by Georg Schesler in Leipzig in 1646, as well the small one with the tone c ″ +13, cast in 2008 in the art and bell foundry Lauchhammer .

history

Between 1000 and 1200 there was a Slavic cult site on the Kirchberg before the region was evangelized. The original fortified church was first mentioned in a document in 1280, today's sacristy is considered the oldest part of the church. The red tendril painting in the tower dates from this time.

In 1429 the Hussites burned down the village and church; both were rebuilt. A small nave was added to the tower towards the west.

The Beucha Church before the expansion (around 1840)

1529 was the year of the Reformation in Beucha - the year is therefore on one of the two weather vanes. This year Zweenfurth became a branch church of Beucha. At the time of the Battle of Nations in 1813, the Kirchberg served as a lookout, but Cossacks also completely robbed the parish and stole the sacrament implements.

Towards the middle of the 19th century, efforts were made to demolish the church in order to expand the quarry. It is thanks to Eduard Stephani (1787–1856), who had been pastor of Beucha and the branch church in Zweenfurth since 1811, that the church was preserved. Again and again he successfully resisted offers to buy the Kirchberg from the parish. Instead, the nave was torn down in 1847/1848 and today's larger one was built. The year 1848 on the second weather vane is a reminder of this. At the same time the pulpit altar was installed.

In 1945 the church roof and organ were badly damaged in a bomb attack. A makeshift repair was carried out from 1946 to 1947. In 1989 the church had to be closed because of dilapidation. After that there was extensive repair work until 1997. The design around 1900 was used as the basis for the color and interior design. On Reformation Day 1997, the Beucha mountain church was inaugurated again with great public participation.

Parish

With effect from January 1, 2020, the Evangelical Lutheran parishes of Borsdorf- Zweenfurth, Gerichshain - Althen and Panitzsch (since January 1, 2020: United Evangelical Lutheran Church Congregation Parthenaue-Borsdorf), the Evangelical Lutheran St. Nicholas Parish of Machern and the Evangelical Lutheran Parish Püchau-Bennewitz (since January 1, 2020: United Evangelical Lutheran Parish Machern-Püchau-Bennewitz), the Evangelical Lutheran Parish Brandis - Polenz and the Evangelical Lutheran Parish Beucha-Albrechtshain in the parish of Leipziger Land Sister church relationship established. The Evangelical Lutheran Parish of Parthenaue-Borsdorf is responsible for the joint pastoral offices and the employing parish in accordance with the Parish Structure Act (Section 2, Paragraph 3).

Pastor since 1529

  • 1529 - Rösler, Thomas
  • 1534 - Braun, Konrad
  • 1540 - Helmet, Leonhard
  • 1540 - 1541 Klinger, Georg
  • 1541 - Götsching, Johann
  • 1542 - Reuber, Blasius
  • 1544 - Hennig, Jacob
  • 1557 - Heyer, Peter
  • 1571 - Moßdorf, Kaspar
  • 1581 - Brenner, Samuel
  • 1600 - Weingart, Christoph
  • 1638 - Simon, Conrad
  • 1663 - Braun, Johann
  • 1686 - Simon, Konrad Michael
  • 1700 - Claudius, Christoph
  • 1726 - Flacht, Georg Andreas
  • 1748 - Albanus, Johann Lebrecht
  • 1781 - Nitzsch, Carl Ludwig
  • 1785 - Stephani, Friedrich Gottlob
  • 1811 - Stephani, Eduard
  • 1856 - Brand, Alexander Gottlieb
  • 1882 - Grundmann, Hermann Eduard
  • 1909 - Jakobi, Adolf
  • 1927 - Rennicke, Ludwig * Walter
  • 1948 - Richter, Karl * Konrad
  • 1961 - Lappe, Herwarth
  • 1973 - Scholz, Helmut
  • 1981 - Zacher, Christina

Varia

Grave and memorial site at the mountain church for 3 generations of Stephani: grandfather, father (both pastors of Beucha) and son Eduard Stephani
  • Designs from the painter Erich Gruner from 1919 have survived that show the Beucha mountain church with an interior painting of the church designed by Gruner. However, the project did not materialize.
  • Near the church entrance, a grave commemorates three generations of Stephani who are connected to the mountain church: Pastor Friedrich Gotthold Stephani (1760–1811) studied at the University of Leipzig from 1779, received a master's degree and worked as a pastor in Beucha from 1785 to 1811. His son Eduard Stephani (1787-1856) was a prince's student in Grimma from 1800 to 1805 , studied at the University of Leipzig from 1805, obtained his master's degree in 1818, became a catechist in Leipzig St. Petri in 1810 and was his successor from 1811 to 1856 Father in Beucha. His two sons are Martin Eduard Stephani (1817–1885), Vice Mayor of Leipzig and also buried at the Bergkirche, and Ludolf Stephani (1816–1887), classical archaeologist .

literature

  • Ev.-Luth. Parishes of Brandis-Polenz and Beucha-Albrechtshain (editor): The churches of Brandis, Polenz, Beucha, Albrechtshain. 22 pages with color illustrations, format 21 cm × 10 cm, 1st edition (4,000 copies), Brandis 2018, without ISBN
  • Lutz Heydick: The Leipzig painter Erich Gruner (1881-1966) - his Kleinsteinberger summer and pictures . Sax-Verlag, Beucha and Markkleeberg 2017, ISBN 978-3-86729-210-8 (88 pages, A5 format).

Web links

Commons : Bergkirche Beucha  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List of cultural monuments in Brandis (ID 08974960)
  2. ↑ Award: Kirchbruch Beucha becomes third national geotope in Geopark Porphyrland. geopark-porphyrland.de, online portal, September 10, 2019. Retrieved September 11, 2019 .
  3. ↑ https://www.lvz.de/Region/Wurzen/Beuchaer-Kirchbruch-in-die-Liste-Nationaler-Geotope-aufnahm - accessed on September 11, 2019
  4. ↑ a b The Beucha mountain church - one of the "three high priests" in the Leipziger Land. In: Saxony blogger. Retrieved September 19, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Beucha water tower. In: architecture-blicklicht. Retrieved September 19, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Cornelius Gurlitt : Beucha. In:  Descriptive representation of the older architectural and art monuments of the Kingdom of Saxony. 19. Issue: Amtshauptmannschaft Grimma (1st half) . CC Meinhold, Dresden 1897, p. 17.
  7. ↑ The organ of the Beucha mountain church. Retrieved September 20, 2017 .
  8. ↑ according to the information board in the church, recorded on September 17, 2017
  9. ^ Rainer Thümmel: Bells in Saxony. Sound between heaven and earth. 2nd Edition. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2015, ISBN 978-3-374-02871-9 , pp. 275 .
  10. ↑ He was the father of Ludolf Stephani (1816–1887, classical archaeologist ), and Martin Eduard Stephani (1817–1885, politician, vice mayor and honorary citizen of Leipzig).
  11. ↑ Beucha mountain church. In: That's how Saxon works. Retrieved September 20, 2017 .
  12. ↑ 23 houses of worship in the Leipzig district ... In: LVZ, Region Grimma, June 29, 2017. Accessed on September 20, 2017 .
  13. ↑ Beucha mountain church. Retrieved September 20, 2017 .
  14. ↑ https://www.evlks.de/fileadmin/userfiles/EVLKS_engagiert/B._Landeskirche/Amtsblatt/Amtsblatt-2019-18.pdf , page 5, accessed on January 13, 2020
  15. ↑ https://pfarrerbuch.de/sachsen/stelle/393 , accessed on May 10, 2020
  16. ↑ Flyer from Sax-Verlag from 2017 with information on the book "The Leipzig painter Erich Gruner - His Kleinsteinberger Summer and Pictures" by Lutz Heydick
  17. ^ Lutz Heydick: The Leipzig painter Erich Gruner (1881-1966) - his Kleinsteinberg summer and pictures . Sax-Verlag, Beucha and Markkleeberg 2017, ISBN 978-3-86729-210-8 , pp. 88, format A5 .
  18. Jump up ↑ Ines Alekowa: The mystery surrounds the fresco in the Beucha mountain church - the chancel of the Beucha mountain church shines white. But 100 years ago it was to receive a fresco, designed by the Leipzig artist Erich Gruner. It is a piece of forgotten local history. Leipziger Volkszeitung , online portal, September 25, 2019. Retrieved September 27, 2019 .

Coordinates: 51 ° 19 ′ 26.7 ″  N , 12 ° 33 ′ 58.9 ″  E