Clausnitz Church
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Clausnitz is a baroque parish church in Clausnitz , a district of Rechenberg-Bienenmühle in the district of Central Saxony in the Saxon Eastern Ore Mountains .
description
Franconian settlers came to the region with the Cistercian monks who founded the Ossegg monastery around 1196 . Around 1210 they founded the forest hoof village Clausnitz in the middle of the wooded area on the river Rachel. A few years later there should have been a chapel . Every year on July 22nd, pilgrims visited the little church on the day of Mary Magdalene . The chapel was rebuilt and expanded several times and it can be verified that it was renewed around 1696. The result was a church with a straight closed interior and a massive lower tower attached to the west, the upper part of which was made of wood. The interior design, font , altar , pulpit and the painted wooden ceiling are still preserved from this period . A medallion "Anno 1696" on the entrance side was taken over from the previous building.
Later galleries were built and the number of seats increased to 360. The church was renovated and enlarged several times in 1698, 1726 and 1844. In 1812 the tower was reinforced and raised with masonry, and in 1913 the top of the church tower was renewed. In 1992, further renovation work was carried out, the nave was drained and the grave slabs were laid in the outer area of the east gable inside the church. A year later the nave and the tower were restored, the entire roof covering with tower ball and weather vane was renewed. From 2001 to 2002 the interior of the church was extensively renovated. From 2009 to 2010 the entire masonry was drained.
Bells
The bell was initially taken over from the previous building. The larger bell was cast by Wolf Hilliger in Freiberg in 1674 . The smaller bronze bell was made in 1724 by the bell founder Michael Weinhold in Dresden.
It was not until 1874 that the church roof was covered with natural slate, and in 1899 the current triad in B major was installed in the tower.
The large bell, which weighs 2120 kilograms, bears the symbol of God's eye and the inscription " Ps 100.2". On the middle bell, which weighs 1,100 kilograms, there is a crucifix and the inscription “ Röm. 12.12 ". The small bell weighs 600 kilograms and bears the symbol of the dove and the inscription " Mark 16:16". The chimes were cast by the Dresden company C. Albert Bierling and consecrated by the church patron Caspar Eberhard von Schönberg .
In 1942, the bells were to be melted down as a metal donation for armaments purposes. The pastor should have them smashed and refused to do so. This saved time because the bells had to be fetched from the tower undamaged. In 1948, Pastor Mischner and many Clausnitz people managed to get the bell back from the assembly point in Hamburg. The following is a data overview:
| No. | Casting date | Caster | diameter | Dimensions | Chime |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1899 | Bierling bell foundry | 1620 mm | 2120 kg | b ° + 1 |
| 2 | 1899 | Bierling bell foundry | 1296 mm | 2110 kg | d´ + 4.5 |
| 3 | 1899 | Bierling bell foundry | 1079 mm | 660 kg | f '+ 4.5 |
organ
In 1776 an organ was installed by Silbermann's successor Adam Gottfried Oehme (1719–1789). The instrument had two manuals and 18 stops . The organ brochure was made in 1762 by Johann Georg Schöne.
In 1906 a new organ from the Bautzner company Eule was installed. The instrument with two manuals and 15 registers was built into the historic case.
The rectory
The rectory on the opposite slope was built in 1821. On the 11,810 square meter plot of land, a two - storey Ernhaus ( residential stable ) with a half - hip roof was built . The ground floor consists of sandstone and brickwork with vaulted ceilings , the upper floor consists of half-timbered buildings with brick infills. The roof is supported by a wooden structure. In 1881 it was roofed with natural slate ; The upper floors and long sides of the two gables also received a new slate cladding. In 1994 the upper floor was thermally insulated and the natural slate cladding was renewed. The building was painted red on the ground floor so that the sandstone walls of the doors and windows stand out. Today the parish office , the parish rooms and the pastor's apartment are located in the house .
View with memorial to the war dead
Clausnitz Church
Medallion "Anno 1696"
Medallion from the previous building
inside view
Parish office from 1821
literature
- Saxony's church gallery. 12th volume. The Schönburgische Receßherrschaft along with the ephorias Annaberg, Marienberg and Frauenstein. Dresden: Hermann Schmidt, 1837ff .; P. 176; written by Adolf Hermann Terne (pastor of Clausnitz since November 5, 1844)
- Richard Steche : Clausnitz. In: Descriptive representation of the older architectural and art monuments of the Kingdom of Saxony. 3. Issue: Amtshauptmannschaft Freiberg. CC Meinhold, Dresden 1884, p. 3.
- Heinz Lohse, local history association Rechenberg-Bienenmühle: Festschrift 800 years Clausnitz festival week June 26th to July 5th 2010.
- Rainer Thümmel: Bells in Saxony. Sound between heaven and earth. Edited by the Evangelical Regional Church Office of Saxony . With a foreword by Jochen Bohl and photographs by Klaus-Peter Meißner. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2011, ISBN 978-3-374-02871-9 , p. 282
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Rainer Thümmel: Bells in Saxony; Evangelische Verlagsanstalt Leipzig: ISBN 978-3-374-02871-9 : p. 282
Coordinates: 50 ° 44 ′ 32.1 ″ N , 13 ° 29 ′ 20.6 ″ E