Stolzenhain village church (Schönewalde)

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Stolzenhain village church

The Protestant village church Stolzenhain is a listed church building in Stolzenhain , a district of the small town Schönewalde in the southern Brandenburg district of Elbe-Elster .

In the field stone church , first mentioned in the 13th century, there is a valuable late Gothic painting by the Westphalian painter Derick Baegert, which is one of the most important works of the 15th century in Westphalian painting. Immediately adjacent to the church to the south is the former parish homestead with a historic half-timbered stable .

Today the church belongs to the Evangelical Parish Schönewalde in the parish of Bad Liebenwerda of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany .

Building description and history

The field stone hall building with a short nave dates from around 1300. The nave with a gable roof has a narrower long rectangular choir , which is also provided with a gable roof. There are two pointed arch portals on the south side of the church and a sacristy annex on the north side .

The western tower with a half-timbered tower and octagonal bell storey was erected in 1753 and 1754. Here is a bronze bell created by Andreas Bacher in 1556 .

The building is located in the middle of a former cemetery.

Equipment (selection)

altar

The church has a Dutch- influenced winged altar . It was created by the Westphalian painter Derick Baegert in the last quarter of the 15th century. In the middle picture of the reredos the picture Saint Luke paints the Madonna can be seen, of which there is another version as panel painting in the Westphalian State Museum in Münster . On the left picture you can see John writing , on the right St. Joseph as a carpenter . Today it is one of the most important works of the 15th century in Westphalian painting. The church's pulpit, decorated with flat carvings in the parapet , dates from 1541.

The organ dates from 1876 and was created by the Merseburg organ builder Friedrich Gerhardt . It has a mechanical drawer , a manual and 9 registers .

Sacred furnishings

  • Sandstone font
  • Brass baptismal bowl with a relief of the Fall from the 17th century
  • Chalice of tin from the Lindaer church.
  • Pewter communion chalice from 1692
  • Inside silver-plated brass baptismal jug from 1865

Tombs

  • Baroque tombstone from 1756 with puto and chalice (location: south choir wall, outside)
  • Baroque laurel-framed double tombstone from the second half of the 18th century with lowered horns of plenty on a sarcophagus-like base (location: southern choir wall, outside)

Rectory

Stables of the parish homestead

The two-story parsonage, which is adjacent to the church, has a parish homestead with a half-timbered stable, which is now also a listed building. Both buildings were built in the middle of the 19th century. The barn is currently the only half-timbered building of its type in the region. Inside there are various barn areas, clay floors and a wooden beam ceiling .

literature

  • Georg Dehio : Handbook of the German art monuments - Brandenburg . 2nd Edition. 2012, ISBN 978-3-422-03123-4 , pp. 1079 .
  • Sybille Gramlich / Irmelin Küttner: Elbe-Elster district part 1: The city of Herzberg / Elster and the offices of Falkenberg / Uebigau, Herzberg, Schlieben and Schönewalde , pp. 321-324, ISBN 978-3-88462-152-3 .

Web links

Commons : Dorfkirche (Stolzenhain bei Schönewalde)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Notes and individual references

  1. ↑ a b Database of the Brandenburg State Office for the Preservation of Monuments and the State Archaeological Museum ( memento from December 9, 2017 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on September 25, 2016.
  2. ↑ Internet presence of the Protestant parish Schönewalde , accessed on September 28, 2016
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Sybille Gramlich / Irmelin Küttner: District Elbe-Elster Part 1: The city of Herzberg / Elster and the offices of Falkenberg / Uebigau, Herzberg, Schlieben and Schönewalde , pp. 321-324, ISBN 978 -3-88462-152-3
  4. ^ A b Georg Dehio: Handbook of German Art Monuments - Brandenburg . 2nd Edition. 2012, ISBN 978-3-422-03123-4 , pp. 1079 .
  5. ↑ Saint Luke paints the Madonna on the homepage of the Cologne Cultural Heritage , accessed on September 28, 2016
  6. ↑ Cultural Office of the Elbe-Elster district, Bad Liebenwerda district museum, Sparkasse Elbe-Elster (ed.): Orgellandschaft Elbe-Elster . Herzberg / Elster 2005, p. 63 .
  7. ↑ 1850

Coordinates: 51 ° 50 ′ 37.8 "  N , 13 ° 9 ′ 32.8"  E