Johanniskirche (Dessau)
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The St. Johannis Church is a Protestant church in Johannisstrasse in the Neustadt district of Dessau-Roßlau in Saxony-Anhalt . Like almost the entire street on Johannisstrasse, it is a listed building . The church was destroyed by bombing in May 1944 and rebuilt in a simplified manner by 1955.
history
The Lutheran Reformation was introduced in the Principality of Anhalt-Dessau in 1534 . In 1596 the Princely House and with it the entire territory changed to the Reformed (Calvinist) creed. It was not until 1679 that the immigrant Lutherans were allowed to practice their religion freely and to build their own church in Dessau, the St. John's Church. The foundation stone was laid in 1690. However, the main sponsor and founder, Christoph Pflug , a princely-Anhalt mint master , died in 1693, and a subsequent legal dispute delayed further construction. With the support of Prince Leopold I , the church was finally completed in 1702 and consecrated on May 2nd of the same year. 125 years later, on May 14, 1827, the Reformed and Lutheran parishes of Anhalt ended their church separation with a solemn union in the Marienkirche in Dessau .
The tower of the Johanniskirche was restored by one floor after storm damage. A profound redesign of the interior took place in 1868.
After it was destroyed by an air raid on May 25, 1944 , the Johanniskirche was rebuilt until 1955, although the baroque interior was not restored.
Since the medieval town church of St. Marien has not been used as a church since it was destroyed in the war, St. Johannis is the central location for festive services in the Evangelical Church of Anhalt .
architecture
The Johanniskirche is an east-facing , flat-roofed hall building with transept-like extensions and a pointed bell tower in the west in the form of the classicist Baroque .
Furnishing
In the Johanniskirche there are three Cranach paintings from the Marienkirche ( Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane , Last Supper and Crucifixion ). In 1990 a new organ from the company Eule with 48 stops on three manuals and pedal was installed in the chancel.
Lucas Cranach the Elder J .: Last Supper
Lucas Cranach the Elder Ä. : Crucifixion
Statue of Prince Leopold III. Friedrich Franz with St. John's Church in the background
Owl organ in the chancel of the church
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literature
- Protestant churches in Dessau. published by the parish association of the city of Dessau on the occasion of the 775th anniversary of the city of Dessau in 1988. (Py IV / 5 / 35-39 / 88)
Web links
- Evangelical parish of St. Johannis and St. Marien Dessau
- Homepage A. Hausmann: St. John's Church, Dessau
- Cranach food banks in St. Johannis , Mitteldeutsche Zeitung website
- Dessau, Ev. St. John's Church, built in 1702 with 3 Cranach paintings
Coordinates: 51 ° 50 ′ 13.7 " N , 12 ° 14 ′ 34.3" E