Friedenskirche Bienstädt

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The Peace Church

The Protestant Church of Peace Bienstädt is located in the municipality of Bienstädt in the Gotha district in Thuringia .

history

Reformation in Bienstädt

The oldest witness of the Reformation in the village is the visitation file from 1533, in which the old rights and properties of the church and school were recorded and largely confirmed again.

Previous construction

The previous building of today's church was consecrated to John, although the correct assignment to the apostle or John the Baptist cannot be proven. The Johanneskirche is described as follows around 1758:

“ The church is an old building, and it is doubtful that it was built in the papacy. The small windows are also evidence of this, which is why they are very dark, especially because no window has been installed on the midnight side. To avoid such darkness, since the roof was turned down a few years ago, 4 roof windows were put on, but they do not give much light. It also had no more than an entrance downstairs to the church, but another one was broken into through the tower, as if knocked over the door, A. 1713. Also at the beginning it only had one upward church which this proves that the bottom two were painted in 1689 and adorned with biblical histories ... But on the upper-up-church, after midnight, which is also ground, is 1700. On the midday side, one has also been built over, which but is not ground at all. ... The tower is not built into the church, but attached to it, and has a long top, so covered with slate, but the church is covered with double ox tongues. There are 2 bells on the tower. The big one weighs 7 to 8 cents and is attached to it: as Johann Michael Salzmann pastor, Hans Ruge and Hanß Nothlich court-scoop, Hanß Heinrich schlöffel altar. and Simon Wilhelm Heimbürge, this bell was cast by Paulus Seger in Gotha in 1706. The other or smaller one weighs 5 - 6 centners, has the inscription Als Friedrich der III. ruled in the country and Goeringen to the parish office in Bienstedt, Dünckel and Langegericht-Schöppe was, poured me into Gotha Paul Hahn in the 1741st year. In addition to these bells, there is also the clock with a Perpendickel, but the striking bell hangs on the outside of the tower and is a weather roof above it. The organ is a small Werkgen, but good, and 1705. by the organ maker in Arnstadt Herr Weißen, before 130 thlr. has been set, holds 18 moves. ... On the baptismal font an old copper basin was covered with tin on the inside, but now a completely tin one, together with a hand source, ... 1753 ... is venerated. "' The church ... is massive up to the roof, 66 shoes long, 24 shoes wide and covered with tiles and lies open all around. The ringing or striking of the bell with approaching mornings is not common there. The noon and evening bells, as well as the church in general, the schoolboys of the upper class do. '"

modification

The old church was dilapidated at the beginning of the 19th century. Destruction by Napoleon's troops is not on record. The dilapidated pre-Reformation St. John's Church was rebuilt between 1811 (laying of the foundation stone) and 1814 (inauguration). During the reconstruction it was given the auspicious name Friedenskirche . The parish renewed the nave with natural stones in the style of the peasant baroque , only the tower remained from the late Gothic previous church. From the records of the laying of the foundation stone on June 20, 1811, we learn that the congregation had set up a prayer room in the tavern in the meantime. In the sermon Pastor Sieffarth said: “Lord! Bless and protect the place ... and keep you and all of us peace. ” Until 1814, the inhabitants of Bienstädt were severely hit several times by military campaigns, billeting and looting. In view of this experience, after three years of construction, the church was consecrated in 1814 under the name Friedenskirche . The tower of the Johanneskirche was left standing and included in the new building. Multiple looting and war burdens in the turmoil of the Napoleonic wars delayed construction progress considerably. From 1802 to 1917 three bells rang, the largest of which carried the inscription "God bless and preserve Bienstädt". Together with the two large bells, 103 organ pipes and the 75 kg copper lightning rod had to be delivered for war purposes in 1917. Because the organ pipes have not yet been replaced, the organ cannot be used. A small electronic organ provides musical support for the faithful. In September 1978 the clock bell crashed and broke into 18 pieces on the floor. Only the smallest bell remained. Today it is used to ring the bell and strike the hour. The interior of the church was renewed in 1991, the church roof was renovated in 2008, the central projection on the cemetery side in 2009 and the tower entrance and door in 2015.

Current state

The church was built with natural stones and in the peasant baroque style. Impacts from the Second World War can still be seen in the facade . The interior of the church was restored in 1991. The church roof was re-covered in 2008. New windows came into the dormers . In 2009 the central projection on the cemetery side was restored.

The parish archive, which dates back to 1715, was processed in 2014 and will be made accessible for historical research in the future.

Since 2012 the parish has belonged to the Friemar parish in the parish association “Fahner Land” in the Gotha parish of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany .

Pastor since the Reformation

  1. Heinrich Roth, 1582–1606, further Hospitalpf. Erfurt
  2. Melchior Mengewein, since 1602 school servant in Döllstädt , 1606 - March 1618 Pf. In Bienstädt , further Pf. In Wechmar.
  3. Mag. Georg Knüpfel, until. Conrector to Ohrdruff - 1641. †
  4. Lorenz Seuberlich, until. to horse life - 1673. †
  5. Joh. Paul Vogler, adjunct since 1671, Pf .: 1673–1691. further pastor in Illeben .
  6. Joh. Justinus Hofmann - 1693. w. Pf. In Burgtonna .
  7. Joh. Heinrich Frömmichen - 1696. resigned.
  8. Joh. Michael Salzmann, until Pf. Zu Trügleben - 1714. †
  9. Peter Wolf, until. Pf. To Laucha - 1720. †
  10. Joh. Heinrich Lange - 1734. w. Pf. In Cobstädt .
  11. M. Christian Aug. Ludwig, until Afternoon sermon in Geneva - 1741. w. Pf. And adjunct. in Goldbach .
  12. Georg Melchior Göring, from Gotha , bish. Collaboration. of the superint. Büchners zu Waltershausen - 1764. †
  13. Joh. Friedrich Hochgesang, bish. Court Collaborator - 1778. w. Pf. And Superintendent in Tonna .
  14. Joh. Friedr. Georg Ostückenberg, until. Afternoon preacher to the Evangel. Luth. Municipality of Geneva , w. Pf. In Bienstädt 1778–1796
  15. Friedr. Heinr. Gebhard, bish. Court collaborator, v. 1796-1803
  16. Johann Christian Seyfarth 1806–1842
  17. Georg Christian Töpffer 1842–1865
  18. Constantin Wilhelm Weingart 1866–1869
  19. Friedrich Johannes Perthes 1870–1890
  20. Rudolf Oehring 1890–1901
  21. Albert Guderley 1901-1905
  22. Friedrich Goetz 1921–1928
  23. Pastor Flemming 1929
  24. Pastor Möbius 1930
  25. Assistant Preacher Boshammer 1931–1934
  26. Assistant Preacher Benser 1934–1938
  27. Assistant Pastor Stier 1938
  28. Assistant pastor Malezius 1938–1940
  29. Representation by the Kleinfahner rectory from 1940–1948
  30. Heinz Schlag 1948–1955
  31. Edgar Mitzenheim 1957–1959, previously in Eckolstädt
  32. Wolfgang Jäger 1960–1967
  33. Represented by the rectory of Kleinfahner Rev. Barth 1967–1973
  34. Manfred Hermann 1973–1979
  35. Richard Herklotz 1982–1989
  36. Pastor Ruth Dreyer 1991–2012
  37. Pastor Michael Steinke (Friemar Parish Office) since 2012

photos

  • West side with flood

  • South side (cemetery side) in September 2016

  • South side in July 2011

  • Church interior

  • altar

  • Crack monitor

  • Portrait of the pastor Friedrich Johannes Perthes

  • Today's rectory behind the church

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Thuringian Main State Archive Weimar, Ernestine General Archive Reg. Ii 4 Bd. I Bl. 312b ( digitized version http: //vorlage_digitalisat.test/1%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Farchive.thulb.uni-jena.de%2FThHStAW%2Freceive%2Fstat_file_00000029~GB%3D~IA%3D~MDZ%3D%0A~SZ%3D~ double-sided% 3D ~ LT% 3D ~ PUR% 3D)
  2. ↑ Collection of various reports on a description of the church and school state in the Duchy of Gotha, Part II, First Piece, VI. § 2 page 75ff, Gotha 1758
  3. ↑ a b Constitution of the Church and Schools of the Duchy of Gotha, Johann Heinrich Gelbke, Ettingersche Buchhandlung Gotha, 1799, page 397 ff.
  4. ↑ Magazine for Preachers, Dr. JF Chr. Löffler, VI. Volume, 2nd piece, Jena 1812, page 270 ff. ( Full text in the Google book search)
  5. ↑ The Church on www.kirchenfahnerland.de ( Memento of the original from February 21, 2014 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. Retrieved January 23, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kirchenfahnerland.de
  6. ^ Friedrich Meinhof: Thuringian Pastors' Book, Volume 8: ThPfb 1, 550; KPS 7, 143; Farmer, theologian; Johann Hundorph: Encomium Erffurtinum (...), Erfurt 1651; Mitt. Dr. Wiemann, Erfurt
  7. ↑ Stadtarchiv Erfurt 0-1 / 8-407 A loan letter from Count Philipp Ernst von Gleichen dated November 30, 1604 mentions as being subject to interest in Bienstädt a. a. a pastor Heinrich Roth
  8. ↑ Grave slab with portrait: http://www.meinanzeiger.de/gotha/kultur/sehenswerte-ausstellung-im-landhaus-studnitz-endung-endung-adel-bach-und-fleissige-buerger-m18147,4153.html
  9. ^ Bienstädt parish archive

Web links

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Coordinates: 51 ° 1 '2.2 "  N , 10 ° 51' 4.8"  E