Coudray Church (Rastenberg)

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The Protestant Coudray Church is in the town of Rastenberg in the Sömmerda district in Thuringia .

history

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The parcel names Kapellenberg, Mönchsacker and Mönchsborn refer to former places of worship in the vicinity of Rastenberg. There was a castle chapel on the Raspenburg .

The Kilian's Church at the cemetery was used until 1537 . The monastery church of St. Mary is said to have stood near the current church . After the Reformation , the Marienkirche became the town church .

It burned out in 1636 as a result of warlike influences. In 1657 a follow-up building was built, which in 1824 fell victim to a city ​​fire .

The church, whose foundation stone was laid on May 8, 1825 was based on plans by Clemens Wenceslaus Coudray in classical style with sandstones built of Rastenberg and on December 14, 1826 consecrated . Coudray was in exchange with Wilhelm von Humboldt , Georg Moller , Friedrich Hess, Friedrich Weinbrenner and Karl Friedrich Schinkel and is described as an "important mediator between the French Empire, Durand's arched style and German classicism" .

The church, designed by Coudray himself, is related to the 50th anniversary of the reign of Grand Duke Karl-August of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach. During the planning phase, the senior consistory in Weimar insisted against the Rastenbergers that the building should be carried out consistently and from the ground up according to the plans of the grand ducal building authority, so that it “will be passed on to the descendants as a permanent memorial to the forthcoming government cheers of the esteemed sovereign.” The Rastenberg church was of particular importance to Coudray. Schneemann quotes the chief building director: "New churches were built in Zikra and Tannroda, but I received the more important church building in Rastenberg after the fire, which largely destroyed this town."

Three bells from Apolda were purchased in 1826. On September 13th they moved into Rastenberg. The weights of the bells are 29 quintals of clay D, 14 quintals of clay F sharp, 8 quintals of clay A. Around 1000 thalers were used to make them, including the bell cage. During the 2nd World War the bells were removed and brought to the bell camp in Hamburg for war purposes. However, they were not destroyed and miraculously recovered in 1950 and hung up in the church. The following texts can be read on it. The big bell on the wreath bears the inscription: “Holy, Holy, Holy is God the Lord of hosts.” The inscription reads “Anno 1824, March 23rd, a fire broke out at ½ 9 o'clock in the evening, causing not only 42 houses, but also 3 schools, church, tower and we were robbed of the flames and were put in ashes. But with God's help, all three of us poured again in 1826 and made by the Uligen in Apolda ” . The middle one has the inscription at the top: “Everything that Othem praise the Lord!” And the inscription: “Poured in 1826 by the Uligen in Apolda.” Below : “Oh God, let our bell sound serve to bite every time.” The little one leads the inscription: "God bless and receive Rastenberg" , the inscription like the middle one, underneath it says: "We call the people together, help God, just not to fire flames."

The organ was created in 1827 by Johann Friedrich Schulze from Paulinzella . The important organ theorist Prof. Johann Gottlob Töpfer from Weimar influenced the development process of the organ and approved it. His enthusiastic acceptance report dates from October 4, 1827. The instrument was inaugurated on September 23, the 15th Sunday after Trinity. The design for the organ prospect comes from the architect of the church himself, so that it fits in impressively with Coudray's design idea for the church. Georg Dehio described the prospectus in his handbook of German art monuments as "one of the most beautiful classicist organ prospectuses in Thuringia." During World War I, the original prospectus pipes were melted down. The organ work is nevertheless characterized by a very high degree of preservation.

In 1900, 1927, 1936 and 1983–1985, more extensive changes to the walls and furnishings took place.

The church is a listed building . It is one of the largest sacred buildings in the area.

Web links

Commons : City Church of Our Dear Women (Rastenberg)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ City of Rastenberg (ed.): In memory of the 100th anniversary of the consecration of the church in Rastenberg . Rastenberg 1926, p. 5 f .
  2. ^ Archives of the parish of Rastenberg, Sig. 836, Chronik der Stadt Rastenberg , 1825–1980, p. 4.
  3. ^ Rolf Bothe: On the importance of the architect Coudray with special consideration of the church in Rastenberg, statement in connection with the church restoration . Breitenbach a. H. 2015, p. 2 .
  4. ↑ Kreisarchiv Sömmerda, Sig. 1591 (digitized version): Reconstruction of the church and tower building in Rastenberg, which burned down on March 23, 1824, 1824–1827, p. 24ff.
  5. ↑ Walter Schneemann: CW Coudray, Goethes Baumeister, Diss. Dr.-Ing.Th. Dresden . 1941, p. 217 .
  6. ^ City of Rastenberg: In memory of the 100th anniversary of the consecration of the church in Rastenberg . Rastenberg 1926, p. 12 f .
  7. ↑ Kreisarchiv Sömmerda, Sig. 2699 (digitized version), chronicle of the city of Rastenberg by Pastor FA Junkelmann from 1860, transcribed in 1928, p. 89f.
  8. ↑ Kreisarchiv Sömmerda, Sig. 1667 (digitized version), tuning of the new organ, 1815–1827, p. 73ff.
  9. ^ Archives of the parish of Rastenberg, Sig. 836, Chronik der Stadt Rastenberg, 1825–1980, p. 6.
  10. ^ Rolf Bothe: Coudray's Church in Rastenberg . In: Heimatverein Rastenberg (ed.): So that the community of Rastenberg ... can really enjoy the excellent that the organ offers, On the restoration of the Schulze organ in the Coudray church in Rastenberg, series of the Heimatverein Rastenberg No. 2 with the Coudray Church Organ Funding Association, Rastenberg . 2011, p. 126 .
  11. ^ Georg Dehio: Handbook of German Art Monuments . 2nd Edition. Thuringia / Munich / Berlin 2003, p. 982 .
  12. ↑ Pictures at https://www.kirchspielrastenberg.de/kirchen-und-geb%C3%A4ude/rastenberg/

Coordinates: 51 ° 10 ′ 33.1 ″  N , 11 ° 25 ′ 8.3 ″  E