Evangelical Lutheran Parish Church in Scherneck
The Evangelical Lutheran parish church of Scherneck in Scherneck , Upper Franconia , a district of Untersiemau in the Coburg district , dates from the beginning of the 18th century in its current form.
history
Scherneck was originally a branch church of the original parish of Altenbanz, around seven kilometers away . The oldest part of the church is the late Gothic church tower with a choir in the basement from the 15th century, which was probably part of a fortified church . The Reformation was introduced in the 1520s . This was followed by the first Protestant church visitation by Electoral Saxony at the end of the 1520s and on August 6, 1540 the elevation to an independent parish.
During the Thirty Years War , the church burned down in 1632. In 1651 the most necessary repairs were carried out. From 1705 to 1707 the community had the new nave built by the Coburg bricklayer and master builder family Weinlein for 860 guilders . The Coburg court painter Johannes designed the interior. In 1731 the sacristy was added. The patron saints of the church were the lords of Ziegelsdorf and Hohenstein . In 1896 the interior was redesigned in color in the neo-Gothic style. As part of an extensive renovation, the original design of the flat ceiling, galleries and choir room was restored from 1969 to 1970 .
In the middle of the 17th century until the 1830s Scherneck was the seat of an adjunct, a church sub-center in the Duchy of Coburg with the associated parishes of Großheirath , Watzendorf and Untersiemau. From 1880 the parish was merged with Untersiemau. In 1946 she got her own pastor again, two years later she became self-employed again.
Building description
The choir tower church stands on a rocky corner above the Itz . The oval churchyard is surrounded by a wall and cut off on the north-west side from the area behind by a ditch. The church has space for around 300 churchgoers.
The church tower with the 4.5 meter long and 3.9 meter wide chancel on the choir floor has a high octagonal top with four watch towers at the corners. The choir with its two rectangular windows is spanned by a rib-less cross vault. Cornices separate the three tower floors. The middle floor has window gaps and the upper window with the ogive arched bell cage serves as facade openings. The sacristy standing on the north side, 5.4 meters long and 2.6 meters wide, is spanned by a plastered flat ceiling. A monopitch roof forms the upper end .
A round arched triumphal arch connects the chancel with the 15.9 meter long and 9.2 meter wide nave . A wooden flat ceiling, divided into many fields by strips, spans the interior. The fields are painted blue and decorated with many stars. In the middle of the ceiling, as a symbol of the Trinity, the rays of divine glory break out of a triangle with the letters of the Hebrew name of God. Three axes with two rows of windows above and below or doors in the middle, separated by a protruding panel as a cornice, structure the facade on the long sides. The windows are rectangular and have ears and horizontal wall strips. The western gable side has a door with ears in the middle in the lower row and a simple rectangular window above it. At the top there are two low rectangular windows with ears. In between there is a cartridge label .
On the long sides of the nave there are three-story wooden, colored galleries with paneled balustrades, on the narrow side a two-story gallery with the organ. On the parapet of the organ gallery is an oil painting of the Ascension of Jesus, right below it on the lowest gallery is an oil painting, Aaron with the censer in the holy of holies of the temple.
Furnishing
The Moses pulpit on the southern triumphal arch pillar is dated to 1650. The wooden pulpit was painted by the Coburg court painter Johann Schuster in 1707. The pulpit is supported by a statue of Moses, which stands on an imitation of rocks and vegetation in a long-sleeved, richly folded skirt and coat. At the corners of the pulpit parapet there are carved figures depicting Christ, the four evangelists, and Peter and Paul . In the fields in between there are sayings from their writings in ancient letters. The upper end of the pulpit is an octagonal sound cover , on which there are figures of God the Father with the globe and Christ with the cross and the Holy Spirit in the form of rays. The bottom decorate the triangle in rays and the free-floating dove.
The cup-shaped, hexagonal baptismal font is dated to 1634 and comes from the previous church. There are gravestones on the outer walls, especially those of clergymen who once preached in this church.
Bells
In 1905 two bells hung in the church tower , which were cast by Ulrich in Apolda in 1888 . The third bell came from Albrecht from Coburg in 1805. It was 90 centimeters in diameter. In 1920 the community had cast a new bell with three steel bells at Schilling in Apolda . The big bell was tuned to the note f sharp, the middle bell to the note a sharp and the small bell to the tone c sharp. At the beginning of the 21st century, the bells had to be replaced because of the risk of cracking. In December 2003 the three new bells with the names Cantate, Rogate and Jubilate and the tones e 1 , g 1 and a 1 were cast at the Rudolf Perner bell foundry in Passau . The consecration of the bells followed on May 9, 2004. The old bells were placed in Wohlbach at the memorial, the small bells in Scherneck in the cemetery and the large bells in the church garden.
organ
Organ construction is documented for the period from 1673 to 1684. The organ was probably transferred to the new nave in 1706. In 1794, the Coburg organ builder Johann Caspar Haueisen rebuilt the instrument for 180 Reichstaler. The next renovation with the renewal of two registers was carried out in 1925 by Karl Graßmuck from Coburg. At that time the organ had 16 registers , a manual , a positive and a pedal . In 1969 a work was expanded and in 1971 the organ was renovated by the organ builder Otto Hoffmann from Ostheim . In 2013 the parish had the instrument, which now has seven registers, extensively repaired by master organ builder Andreas Hemmerlein from Cadolzburg . A special feature is a twin drawer in which the first and second manual are combined on one wind chest.
The case with the play cabinet dates from 1794. The organ brochure consists of five parts: three towers, between which two trapezoidal intermediate fields are arranged. Carved decor from tendrils and with leaves and flowers decorate the prospectus. The middle tower is framed on the left by a coat of arms with initials and on the right with the Saxon coat of arms with palm and laurel branches.
Parish
In addition to Scherneck, the church district includes the neighboring towns of Haarth , Meschenbach , Stöppach , Wohlbach and Ziegelsdorf.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Evangelical Lutheran Church Community Scherneck: Three texts on the history of the Scherneck church community
- ↑ a b Theodor Weißmann: Scherneck . In: Evangelical parishes in the Coburg region. Verlag der Ev.-Luth. Mission Erlangen, Erlangen 1984, ISBN 3-87214-202-X , p. 199 f.
- ^ 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. 97
- ↑ a b c Paul Lehfeldt : Architectural and Art Monuments of Thuringia, Booklet XXXII. Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Jena 1906, p. 445 f.
- ^ A b Hermann Fischer, Theodor Wohnhaas: Alte Orgeln im Coburger Land, Part II. Yearbook of the Coburg State Foundation 1970, p. 212 f.
Coordinates: 50 ° 11 ′ 53.2 ″ N , 10 ° 57 ′ 10.1 ″ E