Village church Woltersdorf (Biederitz)
The village church of Woltersdorf is the Protestant church in Woltersdorf ( Saxony-Anhalt ).
history
The place Biederitz belonged to the city of Magdeburg until the 17th century . A chapel also belonged to this place. The donation of possessions and the tithe by Otto the Great to the monks of the Moritzkloster is documented, including the tithe of the "Parish Biederitz". When Norbert von Xanten became archbishop of Magdeburg in 1126, he founded numerous monasteries in his diocese, so in 1129 the monastery of Our Dear Women was converted into a Premonstratensian monastery . The collegiate monastery Woltersdorf and the parish “St. Pankratius ”in Körbelitz .
With the Reformation and the associated change of denomination , the community became Protestant. Today the place ecclesiastically belongs to the Ev. Parish in Lostau .
description
The original church building dates from the 12th century and was apparently laid out as a fortified church . It is a late Romanesque hall building made of field stones with a square choir and a semicircular apse . It was not until 1730 that a square tower was added to the western front, which was given a curved dome that ended with a lantern. In the 1920s, the tower was given a simple tent roof.
The interior of the church surprises with its diverse furnishings from the 18th century, such as the elaborately carved pulpit, a multi-part altar and ceiling paintings.
The oldest inventory item is the late Romanesque baptismal font.
A bronze bell is from 1665 and is decorated with the coat of arms of the von Lossow family .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Parish Vicarie Heilig Kreuz Biederitz on the pages of the Roman Catholic Parish of St. Augustinus Magdeburg, accessed on January 27, 2017
- ^ Website of the Elbe-Fläming Church District on the Ev. Church in Central Germany, accessed January 27, 2017
Coordinates: 52 ° 9 ′ 22.5 ″ N , 11 ° 46 ′ 21.8 ″ E