Evangelical Lutheran branch church in Beuerfeld

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The Evangelical Lutheran Church Beuerfeld branch in Upper Franconia Beuerfeld , a district of Meeder in Coburg , dates in its present form from the year 1824th

Evangelical Lutheran branch church in Beuerfeld

history

The age of the church is unclear. In essence, it probably comes from the 17th century. The oldest year 1625 is on the font . Damage during the Thirty Years' War must have required extensive restoration in the 18th century. An inscription "IMLST17-IEBGM85" at the top of the southern front near the western corner indicates construction work at that time. The church was given its present form in 1824 when a half-timbered building for the organ gallery was added to the side of the altar. A renovation at a cost of over 600,000 German marks took place in 1981/82.

Beuerfeld has always been part of the Meeder parish. Until the 20th century, the Meederer pastor was in Beuerfeld two days a year, namely on February 24th and September 21st, the days of the apostles Matthias and Matthew .

description

Organ, pulpit and altar
Ceiling picture

The small hall building , originally surrounded by a wall, stands in the middle of the village, parallel to the community road from Unterlauter to Meeder. It is the smallest church in the district of the Evangelical Lutheran deanery in Coburg . It has space for around 90 people.

The older, western part of the church, used as an altar and parish room, is 9.7 meters long and 6.5 meters wide. On the south side there is a round arched window with a double fluted profile and a flat arched window. The north side has a younger flat arch window, the west side a flat arched entrance door and two windows of the same design. The interior has a single-storey gallery on three sides . It is spanned by a flat wooden ceiling with fields divided by strips. In the middle there is a painted crown and beneath it, in shields with rococo borders, the diamond- shaped wreath coat of arms and the letter E.

The younger, eastern part is 3.4 meters long and houses the sacristy and the organ gallery. It has ordinary rectangular windows on the north, east and south sides.

The west on the hipped gable roof arranged octagonal roof skylights is verschiefert and has arched windows as sound holes and a dome. Below the southern dial there is again the diamond wreath coat of arms and the letter E.

The wooden pulpit stands on the south pillar of the old east wall. The octagonal, cup-shaped font bears the year 1625 and is made of sandstone. A restoration was carried out according to the inscription on the basin in 1848 by JP Scheler. With the exception of the wooden button, the octagonal lid with enclosed arched panels also dates from 1625.

organ

In 1824 Johann Samuel Hofmann from Neustadt built the organ in the chancel with eight stops on a manual and pedal . It was Hofmann's first independent organ building. The instrument cost 210 Franconian guilders and two men board and lodging during the installation. The box-shaped organ case has a four-part prospectus with two rectangular side panels and a two-part center panel , the center lisene of which is crowned by a vase. Above the pipe ends there is a sawn-out, frieze-like band with two counter-meandering circles. The substructure with the play cabinet has a manual with black lower keys and each has five lateral stops.

Web links

Commons : Evangelical Lutheran Filialkirche Beuerfeld  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Richard Teufel : Architectural and art monuments in the district of Coburg . E. Riemann'sche Hofbuchhandlung, Coburg 1956, p. 44.
  2. ^ A b Karl Eberhard Sperl: Beuerfeld . In: Eckhart Kollmer (ed.): Evangelical parishes in the Coburg region . Verlag der Ev - Luth. Mission Erlangen, Erlangen 1984, ISBN 3-87214-202-X , p. 121.
  3. ^ 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. 63.
  4. ↑ a b c Paul Lehfeldt : Architectural and Art Monuments of Thuringia, Booklet XXXII. Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Jena 1906, p. 402.
  5. ^ Hermann Fischer, Theodor Wohnhaas: Alte Orgeln im Coburger Land, Part I. Yearbook of the Coburg State Foundation 1970, p. 186.

Coordinates: 50 ° 18 ′ 25 ″  N , 10 ° 57 ′ 16 ″  E