Gutskirche Groß Bartensleben
The Gutskirche Groß Bartensleben is the Protestant church in the village of Groß Bartensleben in the municipality of Erxleben in Saxony-Anhalt .
It belongs to the Haldensleben-Wolmirstedt parish of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany .
location
The church is located on a hill on the east side of Dorfstrasse, west of the manor and north of Bartensleben Castle . Immediately north of the church is the Groß Bartensleben choir , a little further north is the Groß Bartensleben rectory .
Architecture and history
The core of the small church is Romanesque . The hall, which is laid out on a rectangular floor plan and made of quarry stone , dates back to around 1200. The church tower to the west of the nave across from it was built in the first half of the 13th century. In the early 1530 the ship was extended to the east and there with a gable in framework construction completed.
In the western part of the nave there are the remains of three slightly pointed arched windows. On the south side there is a round arch portal from around 1200. It is flanked by thin corner pillars with folding capitals. In the tympanum there is a flat medallion relief of Agnus Dei .
The Reformation was introduced in 1563 by Hans von Veltheim , who appointed an evangelical preacher for the church. His stone tomb on the north wall reminds of this, of which a figure representing Hans von Veltheim holds a certificate in one hand, which symbolizes the introduction of the Reformation.
In 1621 a crypt was added on the north side. It is decorated with the coats of arms of the von Veltheim and von Rauchhaupt families . Above the crypt is the manorial box, which was extended to the west in 1680. It is dated and the coat of arms of Joachim Ludolf von Veltheim and his wife Helene, née von Bibow, on the northern portal.
Noteworthy is the wooden staircase located outside on the northeast corner of the church. The covered staircase leads to the manorial estate and the roof structure . The vestibule on the south side was probably built in the 18th century.
The interior of the church is spanned by a baroque beltless barrel vault from 1680. Due to its wide, deep stitch cap , however, it resembles a five-bay groin vault . On the north side of the nave, the wall to the manor's box is broken through with segmental arches. In the hall around the basement of the tower there is a gallery that protrudes to the east into the nave. The addition of the sacristy is provided with an arcade structure from around 1600.
Most of the furnishings date from the late 16th and 17th centuries. In the church there is an altarpiece, presumably created by Georg Matthias Hermann in 1676 . The Lord's Supper is depicted on the altarpiece . To the side of this, framed by twisted columns covered with vine leaves, allegories of virtue can be seen. Above are the coats of arms of the von Veltheim and von Bibow families , with a painting showing the resurrection above. A crucifixion group is arranged in the blown gable, in the predella the birth of Jesus is depicted.
The pulpit is made of sandstone and was built around 1590. The pulpit basket rests on an octagonal baluster support. On the parapet of the pulpit there are flat reliefs. They show the coats of arms of the von Veltheim and von Schenck families and Beschlagwerk as well as arcades.
Another old piece of equipment is a sacrificial box from the end of the 16th century. It is decorated with flat carvings of masks and tendrils. The organ prospect in the church dates from the beginning of the 19th century and is simply designed.
In the church there are three beautifully decorated tombstones of the von Veltheim family in the Renaissance style . The tombstone of Christoffer von Veltheim, who died in 1573, is on the southern wall of the choir. It shows a boy kneeling in front of a crucifix in a round arch niche . Next to this tombstone is the tombstone for Christoffer's mother, Agnese von Veltheim, née von Trotha. The 1572 deceased is shown in a traditional costume of the time framed by a portal frame with ancestral specimen . The third tombstone mentioned above is on the north side. It was set for the husband Agneses, Hans von Veltheim, who died in 1595, and shows him in armor, framed by fittings with an ancestral specimen.
There is also a hanging epitaph for Achim von Veltheim, who died in 1620. It may have been created by Christoph Dehne or Lulef Bartels . On the side of a round arch niche there are ornamental cheeks designed in the auricle style and the virtues for hope and faith. Putti and angel grotesques can be seen in the top as well as in the lower hangings. There is also a presumably eight-part ancestral specimen, but only one coat of arms has survived.
The church bell dates from 1565.
In the local register of monuments , the church is listed as a historical building under registration number 094 84155 .
literature
- Folkhard Cremer: Dehio, Handbook of German Art Monuments , Saxony-Anhalt I, Magdeburg administrative region. Deutscher Kunstverlag Munich / Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-422-03069-7 , p. 289 f.
- Mathias Köhler: List of monuments Saxony-Anhalt. Volume 10.1: Circle of ears (I). State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt. Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2005, ISBN 3-86568-011-9 , p. 33.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Franz Bock: Local history of the Neuhaldensleben district. Commission publisher E. Zabel, Neuhaldensleben 1920, p. 137.
- ↑ Short question and answer Olaf Meister (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Prof. Dr. Claudia Dalbert (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Ministry of Culture March 19, 2015 Printed matter 6/3905 (KA 6/8670) List of monuments Saxony-Anhalt. P. 285.
Coordinates: 52 ° 14 ′ 27.5 ″ N , 11 ° 6 ′ 28.2 ″ E