Kanitz-Kyaw's Crypt
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The Kanitz-Kyawsche Gruft or Canitz-Kyausche Gruft in Hainewalde ( Saxony ) is a building in the Baroque style . Colloquially it was also called "restlessness", "impatience" or "funeral". It belongs to the facilities of the Hainewalde Church .
history
The crypt was built in 1715 on behalf of Otto Ludwig von Kanitz for him and his wife Victoria Tugendreich, née. built by Kyaw . It is believed that the crypt was built on the site of the former Hainewalde manor. While it was generally assumed in the first half of the 20th century that the work went back to Italian baroque artists from Dresden from the court of Augustus the Strong , signs have been confirmed that at least the sculptural jewelry comes from the sculptor Franz Biener from Gabel . Participation is also Balthasar Permoser suspected.
In 1993 and 2000/2001, the outside of the tomb was renovated. In 2006 the burial cellar, believed to have been buried, was discovered and opened during cleaning work. The coffins of the builder and his wife found there were given for restoration in March 2007.
In November 2007, another chamber with coffins was found during excavations in the crypt. Barbara von Braun († 1597), her son Christoph von Nostitz († 1611), and Christoph Ernst von Gersdorf († 1667) are buried in it. These coffins come from a time before the crypt and church were built.
Furnishing
Outside
The exterior of the crypt is richly decorated with columns, coats of arms and other accessories. The main focus is on the 17 sandstone statues, four of which are attached to each side and an angel as a free figure on the roof of the crypt. According to their inscriptions, these figures form an allegorical program in the sense of classic pietism of the baroque period.
The statues are arranged thematically on the four sides and form pairs of opposites, each of which contrasts an earthly suffering with a heavenly bliss. The figures of earthly suffering deserve special attention, which are depicted very realistically, while the allegories of heavenly bliss are ideal figures.
There are also descriptions of the people buried here on the outside. In addition to the people already mentioned, a certain Dorothea Schlechtowa von Kevytkau and her daughter Dorothea Rosina von Elssnitz (* 1633) were buried here. Their coffins have not yet been discovered.
Inside
Opposite the entrance door is the stucco marble tomb of the von Kanitz couple . On the left there is a life-size stucco statue of Otto Ludwig von Kanitz, on the right a statue of Viktoria Tugendreich von Kanitz. The Kanitz-Kyaw alliance coat of arms is attached to the base of the tomb .
literature
- Cornelius Gurlitt : Hainewalde: The Kanitz-Kyausche crypt building . In: Amtshauptmannschaft Zittau (Land) (= descriptive representation of the older architectural and art monuments of the Kingdom of Saxony ). Meinhold, Dresden 1906, p. 35–39 ( digitized version [accessed April 24, 2013]).
- Hubert Georg Ermisch : The tomb of Hainewalde . In: Messages from the Saxon Homeland Security Association . tape XXVIII , no. 1–4 / 1939 , pp. 1-26 .
- Hartmut Ritschel: The baroque sculptor Franz Biener and his works in Saxony and Northern Bohemia . In: Preservation of monuments in Saxony 1894–1994, second part . Halle an der Saale 1998, p. 469-504 .
Thorsten Pietschmann: The hereditary funeral of the Kanitz-Kyaw Hainewalde family. Oybin Lückendorf 2015. ISBN 978-3944470030
Web links
- Site of the Kanitz-Kyaw Crypt
- Texts on the exhibition on the Kanitz-Kyawschen crypt building in Hainewalde
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Kanitz-Kyawsche crypt chapel in Hainewalde. Retrieved April 24, 2013 .
- ^ Hugo Tauberth: The parish Hainewalde . In: Moritz Oskar Sauppe (Hrsg.): Die Diöcese Zittau (= New Saxon Church Gallery ). Arwed Strauch, Leipzig 1904, Sp. 201–222, here 218 ( digitized version [accessed April 24, 2013]).
- ↑ Jan Lange: Sensational find underground. In: sz-online.de . November 19, 2007, accessed April 24, 2013 .
Coordinates: 50 ° 54 '41.86 " N , 14 ° 42' 13.29" O