Holy Cross Cemetery Church (Grimma)

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The cemetery church Zum Heiligen Kreuz in Grimma , Saxony , has existed since 1559.

history

The burials of the city of Grimma took place in the two city cemeteries until 1541. The number of victims, which had risen at the time of the plague epidemics, exceeded their capacity. The city council decided to buy a large piece of land at the Pappigen Tor outside the city from a Mrs. Valentin Bockwitz. The cardboard gate was destroyed by floods in 1430 and 1573 and rebuilt each time. After the floods around 1888, it was completely demolished.

A burial church, also known as Gottesackerkirche , was built on the new cemetery . The ceremonial laying of the foundation stone took place on July 7, 1556 in the front part of the cemetery area. The masonry work was carried out by Peter Burckhardt from Grimma. The church was consecrated in 1559. In 1607 it was extended by approx. 10 meters (18 Saxon cubits) and provided with a roof turret for the death knell . During the Wars of Liberation from 1811 to 1813, the church was used as a military hospital .

From 1833 the Catholic community was allowed to use the church for church services for a fee.

When the roof turret became dilapidated in 1836, the church council decided to demolish it and completely replace the roof. It was removed up to the top of the wall and rebuilt without the need for a ridge, given a new, flatter roof structure and covered with slate shingles. The death knell was installed in a corner of the roof in a skylight on the east side. During a repair in 1910, the church was fundamentally changed and adapted to the new needs. In 1993 and 2003, renewed maintenance and modernization measures were carried out.

Furnishing

In the course of the structural changes, the historic winged altar was installed from the Nikolaikirche, which was demolished around 1888. It dates from around 1519, was supplemented around 1530 and contains richly decorated carvings and pictorial scenes from the Cranach school. In the middle shrine are three figures, in the middle St. Nicholas , on the right Hyacinthus with a host box, on the left St. Erasmus as bishop . The right side of the wing shows St. Margaret with a monster at her feet and St. Barbara with a chalice. On the left side, St. Christopher with the baby Jesus and St. Lawrence are shown.

organ

The organ gallery is located in the entrance area . In 1938 the company Hermann Eule Orgelbau Bautzen installed an organ positive as opus 209.

Manual C – f 3
1. Reed flute 8th'
2. Quintad 4 ′
3. Principal 2 ′
4th Cymbel II

The instrument was also equipped with a tremolo, key chain and wind indicator. It had mechanical sliding chests and a float bellows with a scoop bellows with 2 foot steps for scooping wind in the lower case. In the prospectus with 37 free-standing pipes stood the Principal 2 ′.

In 1994 the positive organ was moved to the Frauenkirche and was badly damaged in the 2002 flood . The instrument was abandoned and given into private hands. The company Wilhelm Sauer Orgelbau Frankfurt (Oder) GmbH built a new organ in 1994, a series instrument with 8 registers on the manual and 1 register in the pedal.

Bells

Bell house

Peal

The ringing, consisting of three bronze bells, dates from the 13th and 16th centuries and is one of the older bronze bells in Saxony. They come from the Nikolaikirche in Grimma, which was demolished around 1888. The bell is located in a bell house on the side. The big bell from 1677 was cast by the bell founder Johann Jacob Hoffmann from Halle an der Saale. The middle and smaller bells are cast around 1350. While the big bell was already given to Hamburg as a metal donation, it could be brought back to Grimma on February 10, 1950. The bell cage and the bell yokes are made of steel or cast iron.

Data overview of the bells

The following is an overview of the data on the bell:

No. Casting date Caster diameter Dimensions Chime
1 1677 Bell foundry Johann Jacob Hoffmann 1378 mm 1629 kg d ′ + 11
2 around 1350 Bell foundry unknown 894 mm 450 kg h ′ + 2
3 13th century Bell foundry unknown 666 mm 170 kg f ′ + 8

graveyard

During the second church visit in March 1534, it was decided to move the Nikolaikirchen and Frauenkirche cemetery behind the city wall, so that in 1541 the new churchyard was prepared, where the first burial took place in 1542 . Ernst von Ponickau gave the city an adjacent field to expand the cemetery. In 1890 the area of ​​the cemetery was expanded again and called the Second Cemetery and delimited with avenues of lime trees. The next expansion followed in 1909 with the delimitation of cypresses and birches , known as the Third Cemetery , and the last expansion of the cemetery with the Fourth Cemetery took place after 1945.

The cemetery covers an area of ​​approx. 3.75 hectares. The park-like facility is a place of peace and quiet in the middle of the city with a variety of trees, flowering shrubs and perennials. The numerous historical tombs make it an important cultural monument .

literature

  • August Friedrich Hanke: Saxony Church Gallery. Inspection Leipzig and Grimma. Verlag von Hermann Schmidt, 1839, Volume 9, pp. 200ff.
  • D. Albert: New Saxon Church Gallery, Die Ephorie Grimma, left of the Mulde. Verlag von Arved Strauch, 1911, Volume 9, pp. 5ff
  • Christian Gottlob Lorenz: The city of Grimma in the kingdom of Saxony 1856. Publisher Verlag Dyk'sche Buchhandlung Leipzig, 3 volumes.
  • Christian Gottlob Lorenz: The city of Grimma in the kingdom of Saxony 1871. 2 volumes.
  • Georg Dehio : Handbook of the German art monuments, Saxony II, administrative districts Leipzig and Chemnitz. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 1998.
  • Construction and art monuments of the Kingdom of Saxony, Issue 19, Amthauptmannschaft Grimma. Modifications made by Cornelius Curlitt . Verlag Meinhold and Sons, 1897, pp. 93, 111ff.
  • Frank Prenzel: 475 years old - Grimma's cemetery was built during Luther's lifetime. With photographs by Thomas Kube. In: Leipziger Volkszeitung from July 16, 2017.
  • Rainer Thümmel: Bells in Saxony. Sound between heaven and earth. Edited by the Evangelical Regional Church Office of Saxony . With a foreword by Jochen Bohl and photographs by Klaus-Peter Meißner. 2nd, updated and supplemented edition. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2015, ISBN 978-3-374-02871-9 , pp. 106ff, 301.

Web links

Commons : Friedhofskirche Zum Heiligen Kreuz (Grimma)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 475 years - Grimmas Friedhof> Frank Prenzel: 475 years - Grimmas Friedhof was created during Luther's lifetime, publisher Leipziger Volkszeitung with photographs by Thomas Kube. from July 16, 2017
  2. ^ The city of Grimma> Christian Gottlob Lorenz: The city of Grimma in the Kingdom of Saxony 1856, publisher Verlag Dyk'sche Buchhandlung Leipzig 1856, 3 volumes
  3. ↑ Amthauptmannschaft Grimma> Cornelius Curlitt: Buildings and Art Monuments of the Kingdom of Saxony, publisher Verlag Meinhold and Sons 1897, pp. 93, 111ff
  4. ^ Inspection Leipzig and Grimma> August Friedrich Hanke: Sachsen Kirchen-Galerie, publisher Verlag von Hermann Schmidt 1839, Volume 9, p. 200ff
  5. ^ Hermann Eule Orgelbau Bautzen | Archive
  6. ^ Rainer Thümmel : Bells in Saxony: sound between heaven and earth . Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2011, ISBN 978-3-374-02871-9 , pp. 106 ff. 301 .

Coordinates: 51 ° 14 ′ 7.3 "  N , 12 ° 43 ′ 13.1"  E