Frauenkirche (Mühlberg / Elbe)

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The parish church "Our dear women" (2008).
The parish church "Our dear women" (2008).

The Protestant parish church "Our dear women" is a church building in the small town of Mühlberg / Elbe in the Elbe-Elster district in southern Brandenburg . The church, built in the 13th century , can be found not far from the Elbe in the center of the village between Neustädter Markt and the school square. The building is as a stationary image formative monument in the local memorial directory listed below the detection number 09,135,442th

Building description and history

The origins of the Mühlberg parish church go back to the 13th century, although the original church was probably destroyed in 1430 by passing Hussites . At the end of the 15th century , the reconstruction of the church began, giving it its present form. Hans Birke von der Duba († 1520), under whose rule the city of Mühlberg was at that time, had great merits . Among other things, he had the stones used for the reconstruction from his Klingenhain quarry delivered free of charge. Hans Birke von der Duba and his wife Agnes († 1527) were buried in the church. The new building, which took place in three stages from 1487, lasted until 1525. Just ten years later, however, the building burned down again, which in turn made new construction and expansion work necessary. These were completed by 1537. This also resulted in the square north extension. The church received an extensive restoration from 1900 to 1901.

The church in Mühlberger Neustadt is an elongated hall building made of field and brick built in the 13th century with a three-sided east end. In the west of the ship there is a three-story, slightly retracted tower. The octagonal turret on the tower with a lantern and a hood dates from 1691. The pointed arched portal in the west of the building was built in the 15th century. The coat of arms of Hans Birke von der Duba can be found in the top of the head . Another roof turret can be found on the choir of the church. In terms of construction, however, it is dated to the year 1537.

During the restoration between 1900 and 1901, the buttresses, which are visible all around, were added to the building and two flat chapels were built on the north side. The windows in the choir and nave were also changed.

Equipment (selection)

The altar in the Mühlberger Frauenkirche (around 1910)

The interior of the church is characterized by a wooden ceiling and a horseshoe gallery. The sacristy in the northern extension has a groin vault. From here the former council box of the church can be reached via an external staircase.

A winged altar can be found in the church, which is probably of Upper Saxony origin. The altar, with an inscription dating from 1578, was donated by a Mühlberg councilor. With the so-called Göding altar, there has been another altar in the church on the south choir wall since 1997. The Gothic work of art, inscribed in 1569 by the Dresden court painter Heinrich Göding (1531–1606), a student of Lucas Cranach , from Braunschweig , was originally in the Mühlberg monastery church and was donated by his heirs in memory of the Mühlberg administrator Ernst Valentin Fuchs . In addition to depictions of the Lord's Supper and events from the Old and New Testaments, there are donor depictions of Fuchs and his wife on the altar.

Other pieces of equipment include a wooden pulpit from the first half of the 17th century, a sandstone baptism (inscription 1500), the choir stalls created by the carpenter Hildebrand in the middle of the 16th century and two late Gothic monumental crucifixes.

organ

The Mühlberger Frauenkirche has a long organ history. Already in 1560 an instrument by the Eilenburg organ builder Simon Zenker was installed in the church . In 1734 it was followed by an organ made by the Wermsdorf organ builder Johann Ernst Hähnel (1697–1777). In 1957 the Dresden organ building company Gebrüder Jehmlich finally built the organ that is in the church today.

The instrument has a mechanical slide drawer and 28 stops on three manuals .

Tombs and memorials

In the church there is an aedicula - epitaph , which shows a nobleman kneeling in front of a crucifix († 1576). The tomb for Sophie Elisabeth Klingner († 1739) can also be found here. On the outer wall of the north side there is also a figure tombstone from the early 17th century.

  • Historical views

  • Mühlberg harbor with the church in the background (1906)

  • Mühlberg harbor with the church in the background (1908)

  • Mühlberg Town Hall and Church (1928)

Literature (selection)

  • Georg Dehio: Handbook of the German art monuments - Brandenburg . 2nd Edition. 2012, ISBN 978-3-422-03123-4 , pp. 707 .
  • Cultural Office of the Elbe-Elster District, Bad Liebenwerda District Museum, Sparkasse Elbe-Elster (publisher): Elbe-Elster organ landscape . Herzberg / Elster 2005, p. 48-49 .
  • The Neustädter Church in Mühlberg . In: The Black Magpie . No. 132 , 1910 (free local history supplement to the Liebenwerdaer Kreisblatt ).

Web links

Commons : City parish church "Our dear women" (Mühlberg / Elbe)  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Notes and individual references

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Database of the Brandenburg State Office for the Preservation of Monuments and the State Archaeological Museum ( Memento of the original dated December 9, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on November 21, 2018. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / bldam-brandenburg.de
  2. ↑ a b Maximillian Lorenz: Mühlberg and his greatest benefactor, knight Hans Hans Birke vd Duba . In: The Black Magpie . No. 10 , 1905 (free local history supplement to the Liebenwerdaer Kreisblatt ).
  3. ↑ a b The Neustädter Church in Mühlberg . In: The Black Magpie . No. 132 , 1910 (free local history supplement to the Liebenwerdaer Kreisblatt ).
  4. ↑ a b c d e f g h Georg Dehio: Handbook of German Art Monuments - Brandenburg . 2nd Edition. 2012, ISBN 978-3-422-03123-4 , pp. 707 .
  5. ↑ The parish church "Our dear women" on the homepage of the Evangelical parish area Mühlberg / Elbe and Koßdorf , accessed on November 21, 2017
  6. ^ Maximillian Lorenz: The altarpiece of the monastery church in Mühlberg . In: The Black Magpie . No. 551 , 1938 (free local history supplement to the Liebenwerdaer Kreisblatt ).
  7. ↑ Cultural Office of the Elbe-Elster district, Bad Liebenwerda district museum, Sparkasse Elbe-Elster (ed.): Orgellandschaft Elbe-Elster . Herzberg / Elster 2005, p. 48-49 .

Coordinates: 51 ° 25 ′ 55.3 "  N , 13 ° 12 ′ 52.3"  E