Monstab village church

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Monstab village church
View from the east
Cemetery portal

The Protestant village church Monstab (also: St. Trinitatis ) is a late Gothic hall church in Monstab in the Altenburger Land district in Thuringia . It belongs to the parish of Rositz in the Altenburger Land parish of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany .

History and architecture

A folk legend tells of an eternal light in a church in Monstab in 1445, so at least one predecessor of the existing church can be assumed. Today's village church is a late Gothic hall church with a mighty west tower, square at the bottom, octagonal at the top and a polygonal east end. It is surrounded by a cemetery with a surrounding wall and gate with the year 1607. The main parts of the church from the years 1497–1520 are axially aligned and of the same width, the construction process can be read from inscriptions. To the south are the vestibule from 1511 and a sacristy from the same period. After a fire in 1599, a comprehensive restoration was carried out until 1611. The staggered volute gable probably dates from 1607 from this construction project. A baroque dome with a lantern forms the end of the tower, in the east the building is accentuated by a roof turret. The church was renovated several times in the 19th century; another restoration was carried out in 1992. The restoration of the church is funded by the German Foundation for Monument Protection . All rooms are closed with vaults, in the choir there are star vaults , in the nave there are mesh vaults with the dates 1519 and 1520, similar to the village church in Treben .

Furnishing

The interior is bordered on three sides by a gallery, which, like the pulpit and the baptismal font, was redecorated between 1838 and 1840. A finely designed, three-part altar retable from the beginning of the 16th century shows the figures of Saints Christopher and Catherine as well as a holy bishop in the central shrine . The Passion of Christ is depicted on the painted wings, the Annunciation to Mary on the predella . A late Gothic, later possibly revised Vespers picture and a portrait of Luther from 1610 form the further equipment. Several grave slabs from the 17th / 18th centuries Century are also preserved.

organ

The organ was made by Christian Friedrich Poppe the Elder in 1810. It was repaired in 1853 by Karl Ernst Poppe. An electric fan was installed later. Further changes are not known. The disposition is:

I main work C – d 3
Principal 8th'
Drone 16 ′
Viola da gamba 8th'
Cornet III D
Pointed flute 8th'
Flute 8th'
Hollow flute 4 ′
Octava 4 ′
Quinta 3 ′
Octava 2 ′
Mixture V 2 ′
II Oberwerk C – d 3
Principal 8th'
Principal-discant D. 8th'
Lovelydacked 8th'
Flauto travers 8th'
Salicional 8th'
Flageolet 1'
Mixture III
Reed flute 8th'
Pedal C – c 1
Trombones bass 16 ′
Principal bass 8th'
Sub bass 16 ′
Violon bass 16 ′

literature

  • Handbook of German Art Monuments. Thuringia. 1st edition. Deutscher Kunstverlag Munich / Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-422-03050-6 , p. 828.

Web links

Commons : Dorfkirche Monstab  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Reproduction of the folk tale. Accessed March 31, 2020 .
  2. ^ Ulrich Dähnert: Historical organs in Saxony . 1st edition. Verlag Das Musikinstrument, Frankfurt am Main 1980, ISBN 3-920112-76-8 , p. 206-207 .

Coordinates: 50 ° 59 ′ 32.3 "  N , 12 ° 20 ′ 57.5"  E