Trinity Church (Weißenbrunn in front of the forest)
The Evangelical-Lutheran Trinity Church in Weißenbrunn vorm Wald in Upper Franconia , a district of Rödental in the Coburg district , dates from 1754 in its current form.
history
The first church in Weißenbrunn, probably a castle chapel, is dated to the year 1264. A pastor was first mentioned in 1270. The church was initially a separate church of the Counts von Wildberg. In 1285 the Sonnefeld monastery received the right of patronage. A successor building was probably built according to the year 1483 in a pillar. The tower to the west followed in 1508.
In 1634 the church, like the whole village, was burned down by the troops of General Guillaume de Lamboy during the Thirty Years' War . The damage to the church building was probably poorly repaired. In 1714 the community decided to build a new building. In the years 1752 to 1754, with the support of Duke Franz Josias , she finally had a new building erected south of the preserved tower according to plans by the Coburg master mason Brückner. Brückner had designed the similarly designed Trinity Church in Unterlauter ten years earlier . During the construction of the nave , the church courtyard wall had to be moved a small amount for the south side with the main entrance. The new building cost 4,400 guilders . In 1866 the church tower was raised with an octagonal floor and a pointed helmet.
The church was renovated in 1977/8.
description
The parish church, arranged in a north-south direction, stands in the center of the village on a small hill and is surrounded on three sides by a churchyard wall with a large gate. Long The interior of 19.5 meters and 10.9 meters wide nave which is modeled on the Markgraf style built Saalkirche has 400 places and is spanned by a flat ceiling. It is characterized by the pulpit altar in front of the tower wall and two-story, circumferential galleries on wooden columns. On both sides of the pulpit there have been two colored plaster figures of the apostles Peter and Paul in niches on the left and right since 1900 . The ceilings and galleries are colored.
The facade of the nave has 3: 5 window axes . The long, regularly arranged windows and the doors on the three sides in the middle under the shorter windows are flat-arched and have a protruding keystone . A plaque with a Latin inscription relating to the construction of 1753 and 1754 is embedded above the western door. The door on the south side is framed by Ionic pilasters , which together with a center console support a cranked entablature. Above it is a broken flat arched gable, which encloses inclined signs with the name of Duke Franz Josias and the diamond-shaped wreath coat of arms as well as a crown over the signs. In addition, a base cornice and Doric pilasters at the corners of the building structure the square structure.
The late medieval tower is divided into four storeys by three cornices and an upper cornice. The 4.2 meter long and 4.1 meter wide base storey spans a flat ceiling. The room is divided into the sacristy and a stairwell by a wall . The east side of the basement has a bricked-up pointed arch opening with a flat arched window. Broken cornices are probably the traces of a steep roof from an earlier extension.
On the west side there is a rectangular door in what used to be an ogival wall opening. Above it is a plaque with a building inscription, protected by a small edging profile, followed by a small arched window and light gaps on the next two floors. On the north side there is a flat arch window in an earlier round arch and on the 3rd floor there is a light gap with a tail arch.
On the fourth floor, in front of the bell chamber, there are large two-part pointed arched windows with tracery on three sides . The upper end, which is more recent in construction, is an octagonal, windowless attachment followed by a pointed octagonal helmet.
organ
In 1679, after the gallery had been rebuilt, a positive was erected. In 1709 the Coburg organ builder Johann Albrecht built a new organ for 200 guilders . In 1758/59 the Coburg organ builder Wolfgang Daum built an organ with 19 stops on two manuals and a pedal in the new nave on the lower gallery . Repairs are documented for 1798 and 1822. In 1824 Friedrich Wilhelm Holland from Schmiedefeld am Rennsteig carried out an extensive main repair for around 500 guilders. In 1912 Steinmeyer from Oettingen set up a new work with 19 stops on two manuals and pedal.
The five-part organ prospectus has a two-story central section, which is framed by protruding pedal towers. The original organ case and the prospectus from 1759 were changed and redesigned during the renovation in 1912. The play cabinet was replaced by an expanded pneumatic play table. Lightly carved shell decor with gilded latticework forms the veil and ears.
local community
In addition to Weißenbrunn, the parish also includes the neighboring towns of Fischbach , Fornbach , Mittelberg , Schönstädt and Waltersdorf . The Thuringian villages of Almerswind , Emstadt , Roth and Truckendorf were also part of it. Due to the inner-German border , these were parished out to Schalkau after 1945 . In addition, Neukirchen belonged to the parish from 1754 to 1948.
Individual evidence
- ^ Richard Teufel : Architectural and art monuments in the district of Coburg . E. Riemann'sche Hofbuchhandlung, Coburg 1956, p. 164 f
- ^ Lothar Hofmann: Monuments Region Coburg - Neustadt - Sonneberg: Places of contemplation and prayer. Historical sacred buildings. A guide through the churches in the districts of Coburg and Sonneberg . Verlag Gerätemuseum des Coburger Land, Ahorn 2007, ISBN 3-930531-04-6 , p. 80
- ↑ a b Ernst Mewes: Weissenbrunn . In: Evangelical parishes in the Coburg region. Verlag der Ev.-Luth. Mission Erlangen, Erlangen 1984, ISBN 3-87214-202-X , p. 149 f
- ^ A b Paul Lehfeldt : Architectural and Art Monuments of Thuringia, Booklet XXXII, Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Landrathsamt Coburg, District Court District Coburg. Jena 1906, p. 468 f
- ^ Hermann Fischer , Theodor Wohnhaas : Alte Orgeln im Coburger Land, Part II. Yearbook of the Coburg State Foundation 1971, p. 124 f
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Coordinates: 50 ° 21 '19.8 " N , 11 ° 0' 36.8" E