Evangelical Lutheran Church Eichenberg
The Evangelical Lutheran Church Eichenberg in Eichenberg , a municipality in the Hildburghausen district ( Thuringia ), dates back to the beginning of the 14th century. The listed building received its present appearance in the 18th century.
history
The oldest mention of a chapel or church in Eichenberg, located in the parish of the mother church in Leutersdorf , dates back to 1349. It is a document from Bishop Albrecht von Würzburg , in which the installation of a baptismal font is reported. The lower part of the church tower can be assigned to the beginning of the 14th century. The nave dates from the 17th century. As part of extensive repair work at the end of the 18th century, the windows were raised, eight dormers and a second gallery were installed. In the 1990s and 2000s, the roof beams of the nave were renovated, the tower roof was re-covered and a drainage system was laid around the church building. Eichenberg belonged to the Lengfeld parish until 1904 . Thereafter, the parish of Bischofrod was responsible, which has been administered by the parish of St. Kilian since 2002 .
layout
The choir tower church stands on a hill in a cemetery that was laid out around 1800 and characterizes the townscape. Its origin was probably a fortified church. The church facade consists of exposed sandstone walls, the upper part of the church tower is slate . The chancel is located in the basement of the church tower. It is spanned by a cross vault with chamfered ribs that rest on pyramid-shaped consoles and have a keystone with a rose. A Gothic sacrament niche from the 15th century is on the northern side. The triumphal arch between the chancel and the nave has the shape of a pressed pointed arch. It was closed with a glass door for a winter church in the 1980s. The gallery in the nave is supported by four round columns made of oak.
Furnishing
The first organ with a simply structured, classicist prospect was built in 1800. It was the work of the Schmiedefeld organ builder Heinrich Schmidt. In 1892 the organ builder Kühn from Schmiedefeld built a new organ with thirteen registers, two manuals and a pedal , while retaining the old prospectus . It is no longer playable.
In the church tower there are two hard-cast iron bells that were cast by the Ulrich & Weule bell foundry in 1920 and consecrated on February 6, 1921. They replaced two bronze bells that were melted down during the First World War in 1917 . The larger bell bears the inscriptions "To the honor of God" and "Dedicated by the rural community Eichenberg 1920".
literature
- Joachim Neubert, Günter Stammberger, Bernhard Grossmann, Martin Hoffmann: The churches in the district Hildburghausen ... none other than the house of God - the gate of heaven ... . Verlag Frankenschwelle, Hildburghausen 2006, ISBN 3-86180-174-4 , p. 61.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cultural development concept for the model region of the Hildburghausen and Sonneberg districts . October 2014, p. 13 ( pdf ).
Coordinates: 50 ° 32 ′ 45.9 ″ N , 10 ° 39 ′ 28.1 ″ E