Trinity Church (Zeulenroda)

View from the direction of Kirchstrasse

The Dreieinigkeitskirche ( listen ^{? / I} ) is the Evangelical Lutheran town church of Zeulenroda , a district of Zeulenroda-Triebes in the district of Greiz in eastern Thuringia . It is named after the Holy Trinity and is one of the few classical sacred buildings in Thuringia.

history

prehistory

Since the early days of Zeulenroda, a church was built on the site of today's church. The first documented predecessor church was destroyed in the last years of the Thirty Years War around 1645. It was not replaced by a new building until 1695. It was a small baroque church. In 1706 the church was severely damaged in a city fire, with the entire church archive being burned. A lightning strike damaged the church again in 1744, before it was completely destroyed in the town fire in 1790.

Construction of the church in 1820

Since the city of Zeulenroda was completely impoverished and a little later the Napoleonic Wars broke out, no new church could initially be built. The new church, which was built according to the design by Christian Heinrich Schopper , was inaugurated in 1820 . It is a classicist hall church, but the tower is located above the chancel in the east and not above the entrance in the west, which is usually the rule for a church in East Thuringia. The construction costs were around 20,000 thalers.

Minor renovation work in the 20th century

In 1903 the interior was renewed, whereby the paintings were changed according to the taste of the time. The tower button was gilded in 1911. In 1984 the galleries were renovated.

Comprehensive renovation after 1990

On October 19, 1989, the first People's Thursday took place in the church , which initiated the demonstrations against the GDR regime in Zeulenroda .

In 1990 the church had to be closed due to heavy infestation with real dry rot . The tower was secured in 1991/1992. In 1993/1994 the roof was renewed and in 1996 the renovation work began on the tower, which was ended with the installation of the new tower hood in 1999. The renovation of the interior began in 2004, including the purchase of new church stalls in historical style. The renovation work was completed in 2005 with a new paint job, so that the completely renovated church could be inaugurated again on August 21, 2005 after almost ten years of construction.

Furnishing

Indoor

The altar painting from 1822 shows the entombment of Christ and is by Ehregott Grünler . In 2005, the Altenburg painter Tilman Kuhrt created a modern fresco that depicts the twelve apostles and scenes from the New Testament in life-size and pastel tones . Among the figures shown on the fresco is the local entrepreneur Hans B. Bauerfeind , who supported the renovation of the church with 500,000 euros.

Outdoor area

Commemorative stela Peaceful Revolution 1989/90 (detail) in Zeulenroda in front of the Trinity Church, erected in October 2009

In front of the Dreieinigkeitskirche a memorial stone has been commemorating the Peaceful Revolution in 1989 in the GDR since October 2009 .

organ

Church organ

In 1821 the organ of the organ builder Friedrich Wilhelm Trampeli from Adorf was used. It was replaced in 1925 by a new building with 42 stops , three manuals and a pedal from Gebr. Jehmlich (Dresden) with a pneumatic action mechanism and a cone chest. The case was completely rebuilt in the style of the previous organ by a Zeulenroda furniture company. The disposition was slightly changed during the general overhaul in 2005.

Today's disposition:

I main work C – a 3 Drone 16 ′ Principal 8th' Hollow flute 8th' Viol 8th' octave 4 ′ Gemshorn 4 ′ Fifth 2 2/3 ' octave 2 ′ * 3-way cornett Mixture 4-fold Trumpet 8th'

II Oberwerk C – a 3 Salicional 16 ′ Flute principal 8th' Concert flute 8th' Hover Flute 8th' Salicional 8th' Covered 8th' Principal 4 ′ Flute d'Amore 4 ′ octave 2 ′ 3-fold mixture * oboe 8th'

III Swell C – a 3 Dumped 16 ′ Violin principal 8th' Transverse flute 8th' Quintatön 8th' Dumped 8th' Aeoline 8th' Vox Coelestis 8th' octave 4 ′ * Reed flute 4 ′ Piccolo 2 ′ Harmonia Aetherea 3-fold Clarinet 8th'

Pedal C – f 1 Pedestal 32 ′ * Sub bass 16 ′ Dacked bass 16 ′ Dulcian bass 16 ′ Violon bass 16 ′ Principal bass 8th' violoncello 8th' trombone 16 ′

* veränderte Register

I. Manual Rauschpfeife 2f divided into 2 'and 2 2/3 with the omission of Dolce 8'

II. Manual mixture 3f with omission of Fugara 8 '

III. Manual octave 4 'omitting viola 4'

Pedal base 32 'acoustic with omission of Gedacktbass 16' (transmission)

Bells

In 1870 the church was fitted with four new bronze bells, which remained in the church until the First World War, but were then melted down. They were replaced in 1920 by three cast steel bells weighing 3.25 tons, 1.45 tons and 0.85 tons.

literature

• Brief outline of the history of the Trinity Church in Zeulenroda. Information sheet from the parish.

Web links

Commons : Dreieinigkeitskirche Zeulenroda  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Church homepage
• Information about the organ

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mario Brück, Thomas Stölzel, Lothar Schnitzler and Peter Steinkirchner: Bauerfeind: Stramme Bandagen from Thuringia. In: Wirtschaftswoche . November 13, 2009. Retrieved October 28, 2018 . 

Coordinates: 50 ° 38 ′ 50 ″  N , 11 ° 58 ′ 53 ″  E