Großstöbnitz village church

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The church

The Evangelical-Lutheran village church Großstöbnitz is in the district Großstöbnitz of the city of Schmölln in the district of Altenburger Land in Thuringia .

History and architecture

The church , which dates back to a Romanesque complex, was known for years for its leaning tower , which was built as a choir tower on the Romanesque choir rectangle from around 1200. The choir was redesigned in the late Gothic style and given a five-eighth closure . The wide nave , which was lengthened in 1706 and last restored in 1949, also dates from this period . Like the choir rectangle, the nave is closed off by a coffered ceiling from 1661. A ribbed vault is drawn in at the end of the choir. The church clock has no numbers, but shows the motto TIME IS GRACE in letters . Arched windows from the first half of the 16th century can be seen on the upper floor of the tower . During a restoration in 1985/1986, the tower end was rebuilt. In 1886 the church was regotified. The furnishings date from the second half of the 17th century. The organ is a work by Hermann Kopp from 1886 with eight stops on two manuals and a pedal .

literature

  • Georg Dehio: Handbook of the German art monuments. Thuringia. 1st edition. Deutscher Kunstverlag Munich / Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-422-03050-6 , p. 546.

Web links

Commons : Church Großstöbnitz  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Information on the Großstöbnitz village church on the pages on the cycle path on the Via Regia. Accessed February 1, 2020 .
  2. Information about the organ on orgbase.nl. Retrieved March 27, 2020 .

Coordinates: 50 ° 55 ′ 19.4 ″  N , 12 ° 23 ′ 20 ″  E