Trinity Church (Holzhausen)

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Holzhausen Church

The Dreifaltigkeitskirche is the Protestant village church of Holzhausen in the Thuringian Ilm district . It belongs to the parish Ichtershausen-Holzhausen in the parish of Arnstadt-Ilmenau of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany .

history

Interior panorama
Pulpit altar
Gravestone from 1572

The church, built around 1480, was called St. Wigbert Church until the Reformation . Pointed arched window elements on the tower and nave refer to this time. In the 16th and 17th centuries the church was rebuilt several times, e.g. B. 1646 to eliminate the effects of the war. In the second half of the 18th century it was redesigned in the Rococo style . The galleries that still exist today were added to the church in 1788, as did the organ from 1798.

The galleries ran in two storeys around the rear of the pulpit. The pulpit altar also dates from the 18th century . It is similar to those of the churches in Sülzenbrücken and Haarhausen . As in these two places, the symbol of the Holy Trinity crowns it .

The tower was raised in 1818, provided with a hood and is 39 m high. The churchyard wall shows signs of former strength. Wrought iron grave crosses from the 17th and 18th centuries are partly still in their original location, but also at collection points. In addition to the grave crosses, there are several tombs from the Empire period . Inside the church, grave slabs from 1566 and 1572 are attached to the north and south sides, which are supposed to stand for two ladies from the Wachsenburg. One was damaged in 1818 when a rectangular classicist window was installed.

By 1970 the steeple showed large holes and the roof was damaged. With the free efforts of many citizens and with the support of sponsors, the tower was scaffolded in 1974, the church roof was re-covered in 1975 and the church was repossessed at Pentecost 1977.

The church contains several baptismal fonts : one from the 18th century is carried by an angel. Another was used for years as a flower pot in the cemetery until it was placed in the western part of the church, next to a gravestone with a very old coat of arms embedded in the floor. A third is not clearly identified as a font. It stands in the lower tower chamber, half of which is underground. When the church was still a chapel, baptisms are said to have been carried out here on the baptismal font, which is set into the wall, using the baptismal water flowing in from the outside.

Furnishing

The Hesse organ

The organ was built in 1798 by the organ builder Johann Michael Hesse from Dachwig . The instrument has been affected by water damage. It has 19 stops on two manuals and a pedal . The actions are mechanical.

  • Hauptwerk Cd 3 : Bordun 8 ', Hohlflöte 8', Viola di Gamba 8 ', Principal 4', Night Horn 4 ', Quinta 3', Octave 2 ', Mixtur IV
  • Oberwerk Cd 3 : Quintatön 8 ', Stillgedackt 8', Flauto Traverso 8 ', Principal 4', Flauto Dolce 4 ', Octave 2', Sesquialtera II
  • Pedal Cc 1 : sub-bass 16 ', violon-bass 16', octave-bass 8 ', trombone 16'
  • Coupling : OW / HW, HW / P
  • Secondary register: tremulant

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ JGA Galletti : History and description of the Duchy of Gotha. Gotha 1780, p. 322.
  2. ↑ Dirk Koch: Village churches around the three equals. TGI Trachtengruppe Ingersleben, 2006, pp. 12–18.
  3. ↑ Information on the organ , accessed on February 27, 2020

Coordinates: 50 ° 51 '9.6 "  N , 10 ° 52' 58.3"  E