Gnadenkirche (True)
The Gnadenkirche is an Evangelical Lutheran parish church in Leipzig - Wahren on the offering mountain.
Building history
A chapel is said to have stood on the sacrificial mountain as early as 1000 AD, the current building was built at the end of the 12th century. The chancel was expanded before 1500: the choir was built over, extended to the east and provided with three windows, the church got a new altar. It was only named Gnadenkirche in 1935, and the church was extensively renovated from 1990 to 1993.
Architecture and equipment
The Gnadenkirche is a hall church with a retracted, three-sided closed choir and west tower. The baptismal font in the tower area and the field stones of the foundation wall up to the choir are of Romanesque origin. The figures of the Twelve Apostles date from the 15th century. They were located in the wing parts of the old altar and were removed as early as 1736, stored in the manor box, then placed in the galleries on the west side until 1990 and are now fastened again in the two shrines on the south side of the choir. The middle shrine of the former winged altar with the coronation of Mary fell victim to the installation of the pulpit, which until then had been in the southeast corner of the galleries. The mannerist gable on the north side dates from the Renaissance . The so-called student choir to be found there, a stable floor placed on the sacristy in the 17th century, was converted into a manor lodge in 1699 with the installation of the organ. The lectern and the second baptismal font (wood), the lime-green ornaments in the gallery fields and the two staircases on the tower show features of Art Nouveau .
Bells
After the old bronze bells were confiscated for armament purposes in the First World War in 1917 , three new chilled cast iron bells from Apolda were hung in the tower at the end of 1919 . At the same time, a new bell cage and a bell machine were installed. The sound of the bells harmonizes with that of the Catholic Church of St. Albert in Wahren. After much fundraising new bronze bells were for the grace Church on Friday, July 6, 2012 in the bell foundry Rincker in mind are cast. On Sunday, September 23, 2012, the new bronze bells for the Wahrener Gnadenkirche were consecrated and lifted into the tower on Monday, September 24, 2012. The new bell of the Gnadenkirche consists of the following bells:
| Bell jar | 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surname | Peace bell | Eternity bell | Baptismal bell |
| lower diameter | 1.195 m | 1,085 m | 0.924 m |
| Height without crown | 0.974 m | 0.885 m | 0.757 m |
| Weight | 1132 kg | 866 kg | 538 kg |
| Chime | f'-1 | g '± 0 | b '+ 1 |
| year | 2012 | 2012 | 2012 |
| Caster | Rincker | Rincker | Rincker |
organ
The first organ was built in 1699 as the work of an unknown organ builder. In 1830 a new organ was built by Johann Gottlob Mende , Leipzig. In 1929 the current organ was built by the company Gebrüder Jehmlich , Dresden (II / P / 19), in 1958 it was rearranged by Hermann Lahmann, Leipzig, and overhauled by Jehmlich from 2000 to 2002. She now has the following disposition:
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- Coupling : II / I, I / P, II / P, upper octave coupling II, sub-octave coupling II
- Rocker , roller , a free combination
literature
- Gerhard Graf: The grace church in Leipzig-Wahren . Edition Akanthus, Spröda 2002, ISBN 3-00-009572-1 .
Web links
- Ev.-Luth. Sophienkirchgemeinde Leipzig-Lützschena, Stahmeln, Wahren, Lindenthal, Breitenfeld, Möckern
- Entry in the directory of the Evangelical Lutheran Church District Leipzig
Coordinates: 51 ° 22 ′ 22.5 ″ N , 12 ° 19 ′ 13 ″ E