Althen Church
The Althen Church is a church building of the Evangelical Lutheran Regional Church of Saxony in Althen , a district of Leipzig on the eastern edge of the city. It is entered in the list of cultural monuments in Althen-Kleinpösna under ID 08970291 .
development
The sacred building stands in the center of the village on the Anger and was built at the end of the 13th century. A special feature is that the tower of the church was built on the east side of the church above the chancel. The local cemetery still exists around the building today.
It was originally built as a late Romanesque choir tower , as evidenced by the coupled arched openings on the tower. A historical tower clock with dials on the north and south sides belongs to the tower.
The church was redesigned in baroque style in 1714 .
The interior of the church is simple and bright. During the most recent renovation, underfloor heating was installed. The Althen Church is popular as a wedding and concert church.
Parish
With effect from January 1, 2020, the Evangelical Lutheran parishes of Borsdorf- Zweenfurth, Gerichshain -Althen and Panitzsch (since January 1, 2020: United Evangelical Lutheran Church Congregation Parthenaue-Borsdorf), the Evangelical Lutheran St. Nicholas Parish of Machern and the Evangelical Lutheran Church Congregation Püchau-Bennewitz (since January 1, 2020: United Evangelical Lutheran Church Congregation Machern-Püchau-Bennewitz), the Evangelical Lutheran Church Congregation Brandis - Polenz and the Evangelical Lutheran Church Congregation Beucha -Albrechtshain in the parish of Leipziger Land Sister church relationship established. The Evangelical Lutheran Parish of Parthenaue-Borsdorf is responsible for the joint pastoral offices and the employing parish in accordance with the Parish Structure Act (Section 2, Paragraph 3).
organ
The organ was created by Urban Kreutzbach from Borna in 1855 . It has eleven registers on two manuals and a pedal . It was completely overhauled in 1957 by Reinhard Schmeisser from Rochlitz . The historical Kalkanten bell is still there . The disposition is as follows:
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- Coupling : II / I, I / P
Bells
The peal consists of three bells : one bell from 1906 from bronze with the sound d 2 , cast in Apolda by the bell-founder family Schilling , and two iron chilled cast iron bells with the sounds h 1 and e 2 , cast in 1959 by Schilling & Lattermann .
Web links
- Website of the Evangelical Lutheran parishes of Borsdorf-Zweenfurth, Panitzsch and Gerichshain-Althen
- Cornelius Gurlitt : Althen. In: Descriptive representation of the older architectural and art monuments of the Kingdom of Saxony. 16. Issue: Amtshauptmannschaft Leipzig (Leipzig Land) . CC Meinhold, Dresden 1894, p. 3.
- Ines Alekowa: Church streamlines structures in and around Brandis - The structural reform of the Saxon regional church has arrived in the northwest of the Mulde valley. In Brandis, seven parishes sealed the cooperation as sister churches on Wednesday. Leipziger Volkszeitung , online portal, June 20, 2019. Accessed June 20, 2019 .
literature
- Fritz Oehme: Handbook about the organ works in the district main team Leipzig. Edited and supplemented by Wolfram Hackel. Pape Verlag, Berlin 1994, p. 222.
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://parthenkreuz.de/kirchen/
- ↑ https://www.evlks.de/fileadmin/userfiles/EVLKS_engagiert/B._Landeskirche/Amtsblatt/Amtsblatt-2019-18.pdf , page 5, accessed on January 13, 2020
- ↑ orgel-in-sachsen.de , accessed on May 29, 2017.
- ↑ Rainer Thümmel in: Bells in Saxony - Sound between heaven and earth. Leipzig 2015, ISBN 978-3-374-02871-9 , p. 271.
Coordinates: 51 ° 20 ′ 21 ″ N , 12 ° 31 ′ 9.9 ″ E