Lichtensee village church
The Dorfkirche Lichtensee is a listed church building in Lichtensee , a district of the municipality of Wülknitz in the Saxon district of Meißen .
The church, which was built in 1898 using parts of a previous medieval building that once existed here, can be found in the center of the village with an adjoining cemetery .
Building and Church History
A first church was mentioned in a document for Lichtensee in 1284. A demonstrably had Lichtensee 1495 Bishop interest rate by a cord to the bishop in Meissen pay. The church was a branch church of Nieska around 1500 , but was assigned to the church in Streumen after the Reformation .
In 1608 the first stone church tower was built. This probably replaced a previously existing wooden building. The church suffered severe damage in the period of the Thirty Years' War that followed shortly thereafter . In 1642 a fire destroyed the church roof, which could be repaired in 1653.
At the end of the 19th century the nave and choir of the church were demolished. To the west of the municipality of Lichtensee, the Zeithain military training area was built in 1873 and gradually expanded until the end of the 19th century . The town of Gohrisch , about three kilometers to the north-west, was bought up and relocated in the course of this. Most of the town's residents now lived in Lichtensee and the neighboring community of Heidehäuser . In addition, the church in Lichtensee now had to meet the requirements of a garrison church . Using parts of the church tower from the 17th century, a new church was built in Lichtensee.
Building description
Previous construction
Cross and longitudinal section of the old church
Floor plan of the old church
The predecessor of today's church was a hall church with a rectangular nave and a rectangular choir with a three-sided east end. Both structural areas were covered with a cross vault without separation.
The tower, nave and choir were joined together in a broken line. The year 1609 could be found above the door of the southern entrance under the tower, as well as above the door to the spiral staircase in the northern area of the tower. In addition, sandstone slabs with the coat of arms of the von Pflugk family could be found in the tower itself .
The church was equipped, among other things, with a medieval winged altar , which was considered to be in very good condition around 1840. There were three paintings in the center shrine of the gilded altar . The wings were split in two. There were two figures of different saints here. At the beginning of the 20th century, however, the altar had already disappeared.
There was also a pulpit with paintings of the four evangelists in the parapet. In the front there was another painting that depicted heaven and hell below .
Today's church
The church in Lichtensee today was built in 1898, incorporating part of the old church. The architect Theodor Quentin from Pirna-Copitz was responsible for the plans for the structure, which was erected on a cross-shaped floor plan . The nave and the choir of the old building had been demolished the year before.
The church is a plastered hall building with a 5/8 east end, which is located on a rubble stone plinth. To the west of the nave is a square church tower with an octagonal dome , which was also erected in 1898. The tower was raised by about four meters during the work.
The interior of the Lichtensee church is characterized by three single-storey galleries drawn between the pillars and a wooden ceiling, which consists of two hollow barrel vaults that cross each other and rests on four pillars. The choir, which has a ridge vault, was set off by a triumphal arch .
The church is equipped with an altar that has neo-renaissance forms. Inside is a painting that is a copy of Titian's Sacra Conversazione . The original painting is in the Dresden Old Masters Gallery . There is also a sandstone baptismal font from the 17th century decorated with reliefs. The reliefs represent the baptism of Christ and the blessing of the children .
The pulpit can be found on the south side. A small Martin Luther sculpture can be found on the north side .
organ
The predecessor building of the Lichtensee village church already had an organ . The date October 21, 1691 was carved into the woodwork of the organ loft, which had been painted with Bible verses since 1727 . The organ itself came "from the organ maker from Grimma ". In 1794 the church got a new organ, which came from the Torgau organ builder Flemming and cost 200 thalers. The older organ was brought to Nauwalde , where there was originally a half-timbered church , which was completely destroyed by fire in 1902 after a lightning strike .
The organ in the church today dates from 1858. The instrument was built on one of the galleries by the Saxon master organ builder Gottlob Heinrich Nagel (1805–1883) from Großenhain . It has 12 registers , which are divided between two manuals and a pedal . The action is mechanical, the wind chests designed as sliding chests. The originally single-manual organ was rebuilt and expanded in 1898, and the second manual was added.
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- Coupling : I / P
Dunning and remembrance
The church in Lichtensee is surrounded by a cemetery. As early as 1710, the Saxon chamberlain and satellite captain Hans Sigismund Pflugk , who was seated on Strehla , had a churchyard wall built. The main gate leading through the wall had his coat of arms and initials . The cemetery originally testified to the prosperity of the local innkeepers. Around 1840 some of the corresponding monuments existed in Lichtensee, but at the turn of the century, according to the Saxon art historian Cornelius Gurlitt, they had already disappeared.
Immediately at the church is a memorial to the fallen in the form of a stele, bordered by an ornamental grille on a base . Flower bowls can be seen on both sides of the stele. The memorial commemorates the villagers of the community of Lichtensee who died in the First World War .
Literature (selection)
- Cornelius Gurlitt : Official Authority Grossenhain (Land) . Dresden 1914, p. 151-155 .
Web links
Wikipedia: Dorfkirche Lichtensee - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- Internet presence of the parish Zeithain
- The Lichtensee village church on the homepage of the church district Meißen-Großenhain
- Data sheet of the Nagel-Organ in Lichtensee on the homepage of the church district Meißen-Großenhain (PDF file)
Notes and individual references
- ↑ List of monuments of the State of Saxony , accessed on September 24, 2017.
- ↑ a b c d e The village church Lichtensee on the homepage of the church district Meißen-Großenhain , accessed on September 24, 2017.
- ↑ Entry Lichtensee in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony , accessed on September 24, 2017.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Cornelius Gurlitt: Amtshauptmannschaft Grossenhain (Land) . Dresden 1914, p. 151-155 .
- ↑ Internet presence of the Zeithain Military History Association , accessed on October 1, 2017.
- ↑ a b c d e Georg Dehio: Handbook of German art monuments - Saxony I . 2nd Edition. 1996, ISBN 978-3-422-03043-5 , pp. 529 .
- ↑ Cornelius Gurlitt: Amtshauptmannschaft Grossenhain (country) . Dresden 1914, p. 188-190 .
- ↑ Data sheet of the Nagel organ in Lichtensee (PDF file) on the homepage of the church district Meißen-Großenhain, accessed on September 24, 2017.
- ↑ Online project Memorial Memorials , accessed on September 24, 2017
Coordinates: 51 ° 22 ′ 51.1 ″ N , 13 ° 22 ′ 32.3 ″ E