Holy Cross Church (Vieselbach)

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The church

The Holy Cross Church is in the Vieselbach district of the city of Erfurt in Thuringia . The parish belongs to the parish Vieselbach in the parish of Weimar of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany .

location

In the past, the church was more centrally located in the village, today it is north due to the expansion of the surrounding area.

history

The first church in Vieselbach was built in the Middle Ages. The 49 meter high, slender church tower with an incorporated twist and the octagonal slated top was preserved.

At the end of the 19th century it was in such poor condition that it was decided to build a new one. The old church was torn down, the stones were used for the new building. The nave was built in the neo-Gothic style from 1894 to 1895 . Galleries and benches were artfully designed and the wooden ceiling was placed in the wooden barrel . On September 16, 1895, the church was consecrated again on the original church consecration date on the second weekend in September.

After the political change , the building was renovated. In 2003, the building-time bossing on the walls of the nave was restored. A year later, the sanctuary could be repainted with the old color. The stained glass windows on the east side by Wilhelm Franke from Naumburg from 1895 were also repaired.

Since 2016 the church has been the venue for the summer concerts project in Erfurt village churches of the Erfurt Chamber Music Association .

Peal

The bell from 1522 was cast with sacred texts by Heinrich Ziegler in Erfurt. A second bell from September 22, 1957 comes from the Schilling company in Apolda .

organ

The organ is an instrument of the organ building institute W. Sauer, owner Paul Walcker from the year 1925 in the style of high romanticism . At that time the founder was the landowner Otto Lippold, who donated it in memory of his son who died in the First World War . 2003-2006 the organ was renovated by Christian Scheffler from Sieversdorf near Frankfurt an der Oder .

Web links

Commons : Heiligkreuzkirche (Vieselbach)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 51 ° 0 ′ 3.9 ″  N , 11 ° 8 ′ 49.6 ″  E