Trinity Church (Burgau)

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The church
inside view
organ
Bells
Roof construction

The Evangelical Trinity Church is in the Burgau district of the city of Jena in Thuringia . It belongs to the pastoral care district Jena-Süd of the church district Jena in the provost district Gera-Weimar of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany .

location

The church in Burgau is located south of the city center of Jena, west of the Saale and centrally located in the former village.

history

The church in Burgau was named as a daughter church of Lobeda for the year 1330 in a document . Likewise one refers to the affiliation to the parish of Lobeda.

Today's church was designed in Baroque style at the beginning of the 18th century, using medieval remains of the previous building . Friedrich von Cospoth was the builder of this church . Construction began in 1701. After the owner's sudden death, his wife continued construction and in 1703 it was consecrated . Since then, the church has been called the Holy Trinity , as evidenced by inscriptions on the church walls.

To the church

The nave is 9 meters wide and 16 meters long. The rectangle of the choir carries the square church tower above it . A tail dome with a lantern follows . The tower clock comes from JF Weule .

Inside

Inside there are three-sided wooden galleries with strong columns and Corinthian capitals . The gallery parapet is divided by cornices and pillars. The lower mezzanine floor was widened on the west side in 1800 to incorporate the organ . On the north wall is the coat of arms of the Cospoth family. He was buried here in 1701 and then buried under the altar in a crypt .

Furnishing

  • a font from 1798
  • a late baroque pulpit altar with columns and carved figures - Moses and John the Baptist and floral carving - the risen Christ
  • Christening angel once kneeling now hanging
  • two late baroque tombstones - Pastor Michael Zeidler and his wife
  • Epitaph for Friedrich von Cospoth, patronage and builder of the church

Other construction work

  • 1968 New roofing and new roof shape
  • 1992 tower hood removed
  • Tower hood repaired and applied

Web links

Commons : Dreifaltigkeitskirche  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ev.-Luth. Church districts Jena , website of the EKM.
  2. ^ Burgau Church ( memento of October 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on August 5, 2013

Coordinates: 50 ° 53 ′ 48.6 "  N , 11 ° 35 ′ 34.8"  E