St. Barbara Church (Eschdorf)
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The Evangelical Lutheran St. Barbara Church is located in Eschdorf , a district of the Schönfeld-Weißig district of the Saxon capital Dresden . The church and its furnishings , the cemetery with the cemetery wall, the rectory and other associated buildings are listed. The church is dedicated to St. Barbara of Nicomedia .
history
The Eschdorf Church was first mentioned in writing in 1346. Due to some architectural features (for example pointed arches typical of the 13th century ), historians assume that the church already existed around 1225. The Barbara Altar was donated to the church in 1348 and has been known as St. Barbara's Church ever since. In 1524 a new choir was built. The church developed into an important place of pilgrimage in the region. St. Barbara's Church has been Protestant since the Reformation in 1539 . The coats of arms of the noble families Kiesewetter and Nostitz can be found on the baptismal font, donated in 1591 . The rectory next to the church was built in 1820. The current church building was built in 1886 in the neo-Romanesque style . The architect was Christian Friedrich Arnold , part of the construction costs were taken over by Gottlieb Traugott Bienert , an entrepreneur born in Eschdorf. At the end of the 1950s the church building and in 1987 the church tower were renewed.
graveyard
The Eschdorf cemetery, which is a listed building along with the cemetery wall, was expanded to its present size in 1888. Some historical tombs have been preserved, such as the graves of Gottlieb Traugott Bienert's parents .
Say about the treasure in the church in Eschdorf
A legend tells of a hidden treasure in the Eschdorf church. The legend tells that a member of the Kiesewetter family is buried in a crypt and was buried with a treasure. However, this treasure may only be salvaged if the church needs to be rebuilt, either due to decay or an accident. The treasure should then be raised and the building of the church financed through it.
inner space
Furnishing
Most of the interior of the church dates from the renovation in the late 1880s; the Barbara altar, the sandstone baptismal font and the choir are older. The nave and the side galleries are furnished with simple church pews. The wooden ceiling is divided into fields and painted. The windows of the chancel show images of Jesus Christ , Moses and John the Baptist .
In 1958 and 1959 the church was extensively refurbished, lighting and bells were electrified . Further renovations in and on the church took place in the 1990s.
organ
The Eschdorf organ was built in 1838 by Christian Gottfried Herbrig and his son Wilhelm Leberecht Herbrig . The organ prospectus was designed by the architect Gottfried Semper , who was working in Dresden at the time , and the two angel figures on the organ front were created by the sculptor Ernst Rietschel .
When the church was rebuilt in 1884/86, the instrument was dismantled, overhauled and re-installed by Julius Jahn . Several of the tin prospect pipes were lost during the First World War . Together with two complete registers and a new pedal keyboard , the missing prospect pipes were replaced in 1952; instead of tin, zinc was used as the material for the pipes. A Radebeul workshop for organ instruments again extensively restored the Eschdorf organ in 1987.
The instrument has the following disposition :
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The St. Barbara Church is a station on Herbrig-Orgelstraße , a project of the Stolpen cultural workshop , along the course of which the remaining instruments of the Herbrig organ builder can be found.
Rectory
The rectory was built next to the church in 1820. It is a two-story building. The upper floor is a timber frame construction that was boarded up. The roof is designed in the form of a hipped roof . The facade facing the courtyard was clad with slate at the beginning of the 20th century .
Local museum
Since the renovation work was completed in 1996, there has been a small local history museum in the attic of the church building, also known as the museum in the attic . The subject of the exhibition is the history of Eschdorf and the surrounding area; the museum's exhibits include, for example, historical everyday objects, furniture, photographs and documents. In addition, pictures by the painter Willy Tag (1886–1980), who lived and worked in Eschdorf, are exhibited.
Others
The former servants' house next to the church is now used as a hiking quarter and hostel. In addition to overnight accommodation in the former servants' quarters, there are sports and playgrounds and a small open-air stage.
literature
- The inspections: Pirna, Altenberg and Dippoldiswalda . In: Saxony's Church Gallery . tape 4 . Verlag Herrmann Schmidt, Dresden 1840 ( digitized version ).
- Ephorie Pirna . In: Georg Buchwald (ed.): New Saxon Church Gallery . Arwed Strauch publishing house, Leipzig 1904 ( digitized version ).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Thematic city map cultural monuments. State capital Dresden, accessed on June 18, 2014 .
- ↑ a b c Eschdorf Church. dresdner-stadtteile.de, accessed on June 18, 2014 .
- ↑ a b Schönfeld-Weißig: Rossendorf, Eschdorf, Schullwitz. Dr. Uwe Miersch, Cultural Studies Dresden, archived from the original on August 1, 2012 ; accessed on January 10, 2015 .
- ^ Johann Georg Theodor Grasse : The treasure trove of the Kingdom of Saxony . tape 1 . Dresden 1874, p. CXLVI146 ( online ).
- ↑ Neue Sächsische Kirchengalerie, Sp. 707ff.
- ↑ a b c The organ in the St. Barbara Church in Eschdorf. Kulturwerkstatt Stolpen e. V., accessed on June 18, 2014 .
- ↑ Neue Sächsische Kirchengalerie, Sp. 723ff.
- ^ Wandering quarters, servants' house in Dresden-Eschdorf. Evangelical houses, accessed February 14, 2016 .
Coordinates: 51 ° 2 ′ 11.6 ″ N , 13 ° 56 ′ 26.6 ″ E