Evangelical Church (Niederroßla)
The Evangelical Lutheran , listed church Niederroßla is in Niederroßla , a district of the rural community Ilmtal-Weinstrasse in the Weimarer Land district of Thuringia . The Evangelical Lutheran parishes Mattstedt, Niederroßla, Pfiffelbach, Wersdorf and Zottelstedt are the Evangelical Lutheran congregation Johannis Niederroßla in the Evangelical Lutheran Church circle united Apolda Buttstaedt.
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A church in Niederroßla, first mentioned in 996, burned down in 1656. Today's baroque hall church , which was largely rebuilt from 1718–1723 under the direction of the ducal master builder Johann Adolf Richter from Weimar , was inaugurated in 1721.
The nave is covered with a mansard roof. The church has a laterally offset square steeple to the west, which is structured by pilasters at the corners and segmented arched windows. The lower part of the tower has small chamfered rectangular windows from the 17th century. A building activity is recorded for the year 1670. The tower is covered with curved crowns and an octagonal, slate-covered tower with an onion-shaped helmet .
The former four bells , cast by the Ulrich bell foundry in 1715, 1774 and 1777 , were melted down during World War II and replaced by three chilled cast iron bells .
In the east there is a drawn-in, short, five-sided choir with a sacristy attached to the south . The portal in the north has a cartouche with an inscription that contains the year 1723. The facilities of the interior are from the time it was built. The three-sided, two-story galleries have richly designed parapets . The nave is spanned by a wooden mirror vault that contains five medallions with paintings, framed in stucco . They show the Trinity and four prophets.
In the choir there is a pulpit altar , which is built up with arches swinging forward at the side and contains carved figures of Jesus Christ , Moses , allegories and angels. He also has paintings with the Annunciation , the Nativity, the Last Supper and the Crucifixion . On the vault of the choir, the paintings in stucco frames show the Resurrection and Ascension of Christ , supplemented by the Last Judgment . Behind the pulpit altar are the stalls with painted panels from the 17th century. Next to the choir arch are the closed church stalls, the panels of which are decorated with picture panels. These panels and those on the balustrades are taken from an older cycle of biblical stories . In the west is the ducal patronage box with a carved allegory about virtue, a coat of arms and erots with a cartouche with the monogram of Duke Ernst August I (Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach) .
The organ stands in a decorated prospect on the second floor of the western gallery . It has 21 registers , divided into 2 manuals and pedal . The instrument was built by Nikolaus Trebs in 1730, enlarged by Johann Christian Adam Gerhard in 1818 , rebuilt by Louis Witzmann in 1853, rebuilt again in 1974 by Günther Bahr and restored by Schönefeld Organ Builders in 2002 .
On this gallery there is also a portrait of Duke Ernst August I. The church furnishings also include a crucifix from the 17th century, a stone baptismal font from the early 18th century carried by putti , a classical baptismal font, and a portrait donated by Martin Luther in 1638 and various tombs and epitaphs .
The entrance to the church cemetery is flanked by two pillars with allegorical sculptures from the 18th century. On the north wall of the church there is a multi-part tomb and two other classicist tombs.
In 1971/1972 the church was restored and redesigned in color, and the church was extensively renovated in 2000–2002.
literature
- Dehio-Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, Thuringia. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-422-03095-6 .
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Coordinates: 51 ° 2 ′ 12.4 " N , 11 ° 29 ′ 11.4" E