Borsdorf Church

The church in Borsdorf

Christ monogram on the front gable of the Borsdorf church

Belfry of the Borsdorf Church

Rectory and church in Borsdorf

The Borsdorf Church is a church consecrated in 1967 of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saxony in Borsdorf in the Saxon district of Leipzig . It is a cultural monument in the Free State of Saxony .

It is one of the GDR's number of newly built or remodeled sacred buildings, which are limited for political reasons . The church emerged from the dance hall of a former inn.

prehistory

Until the Reformation, Borsdorf's Christians belonged to the Panitzsch Church , the deceased were buried in the Zweenfurth cemetery. As the town grew for economic reasons, Borsdorf had its own cemetery.

On January 1, 1906, Borsdorf was parish from the Beucha - Zweenfurth parish and became an independent parish. A prayer room in the east wing of the school, built in 1905, was used for church life: two classrooms on the second floor, which became one large room when a double door was opened. A bell tower was created on the roof of the new school building. On November 17, 1907, the celebratory bell consecration of the 130 kilogram iron bell with the strike note C and the words “Come on, we want to go back to the Lord” took place, cast by the Möllnitz & Schiffter company in Leipzig.

In 1925 the parish bought the old “Schweizerhaus” inn at Schulstrasse 17, where the pastor has lived with his family ever since. The inn had a dance hall that was used as a prayer room for church services.

history

In 1961, the then 32-year-old Gottfried Schille , who was also a part-time lecturer at the Church of Leipzig University , took over the pastoral office in Borsdorf and began to convert the hall for church purposes. In 1964 the dance hall of the former inn, which had previously been used as a prayer room, was demolished. Due to the layout of the property and the surrounding walls of the new church , which had to be erected unchanged, the east -facing - i.e. the orientation of the church to the east - of the new church was not possible; the Borsdorf church faces north-south. The architect was building officer Fritz Ziel from Leipzig .

Thanks to the support of the construction camp of the Gossner Mission with young helpers from Hungary, Germany, Czechoslovakia and Poland as well as the Gustav-Adolf-Werk , the small church was built. The stained glass windows were designed by the artist Werner Juza .

The church consecration took place with great public interest on February 26, 1967 with Regional Bishop Gottfried Noth and Pastor Gottfried Schille. On this day, the four church bells newly cast for this church rang for the first time .

On February 26, 2017, there was a festive service for the 50th anniversary with Pastor Thomas Enge and Superintendent Matthias Weismann.

Parish

With effect from January 1, 2020, the Evangelical Lutheran Church Congregations of Borsdorf-Zweenfurth, Gerichshain - Althen and Panitzsch (since January 1, 2020: United Evangelical Lutheran Church Congregation Parthenaue-Borsdorf) and the Evangelical Lutheran St. Nikolai Church Congregation have Makers and the Evangelical Lutheran Parish of Püchau-Bennewitz (since January 1, 2020: United Evangelical Lutheran Parish of Machern-Püchau-Bennewitz), the Evangelical Lutheran Parish of Brandis - Polenz and the Evangelical Lutheran Parish of 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).

Pastor of the parish of Borsdorf

1906 - Döhler, Wilhelm Johannes
1907 - Döhler, Wilhelm Johannes
1910 - Michael, Wilhelm * Max
1912 - Schnieber, Hans Siegfried
1917 - Hahne, Friedrich * Felix
1927 - 1935 Albrecht, Arwed Heinrich * Johannes
1931 - 1931 Albrecht, Karl-Heinz Georg
1934 - Kramer, Franz Paul Oswald * Johannes
1935 - Gerlach, Hermann Arwed
1940 - Kramer, Martin Franz Oswald * Wolfgang
1942 - Petzoldt, Joachim
1946 - autumn, Gustav Paul * Kurt
1951 - Kubitz, Gerhard August Albert
1961 - Schille, Gottfried
1995 - 2015 - Elisabeth Veronika Förster-Blume
current - Thomas Enge

organ

The organ with five registers was built in 1966 by Hermann Eule (1872–1971) from Bautzen. It currently (as of 2018) has the following disposition :

1. Manual C – f ³
Dumped	8th'
Reed flute	4 ′
Principal	2 ′
Fifth	1 ¹ ⁄ ₃  ′
Zimbel II

Bells

The church bells have four church bells made of bronze , cast by the traditional company Franz Schilling Söhne in Apolda in October 1966:

Death bell with striking note a and the lettering "She did not die, she is asleep"
Evening bell with chime c and lettering "You hear my prayer"
Wedding bell with chime d and the lettering "Blessed are the peacemakers"
Baptismal bell with a chime and lettering "You will be called children of God"

Varia

A special feature of the church building is that the Christ cross cannot be seen either on the roof or on the facade , but the lesser-known Christ monogram .

literature

Mathias Schönknecht: From the dance hall to the chapel - Evangelical Lutheran parish looks back on 50 eventful years of the Borsdorf church . In: Leipziger Volkszeitung , Muldental edition, February 23, 2017, page 26. Also available online; Retrieved February 25, 2017.
Lorenz Uhlmann; Detlef Kupfer: Borsdorf's bells. In: ParthenPost, No. 6/2016, pp. 5–9