Gerichshain Church

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Gerichshain Church
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The Gerichshain Church is a church building of the Evangelical Lutheran Regional Church of Saxony in Gerichshain , a district of Machern , in the Saxon district of Leipzig .

development

The sacred building is in the center of the village. The church in Gerichshain was extensively renovated and restored inside and out from 1997 to 1998 and 2001. The previous building was demolished in 1784 and the current building was consecrated in 1785.

The pulpit altar fills the entire height of the hall church and, with its side panels, the entire width and dates from 1785. The octagonal baptism made of sandstone was created in the second half of the 19th century. On the west side is the gallery with the Trampeli organ running around on three sides . The weather vane on the west tower dates from 1785.

The current parish center was designed in 1998 and 1999 - the interior of the rectory was extensively redesigned from 1794 for today's usage requirements. It is used for events and conferences.

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 Church of St. Nicholas, 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).

Pastor of the Gerichshain parish
  • 1529 - Becker, Georg
  • 1555 - Teichmann, Johann
  • 1561 - Göderitz, Simon
  • 1571 - Alexius, Gabriel
  • 1635 - Prager, Martin
  • 1672 - Raue, Johann Sigismund
  • 1719 - Sperbach, Gottfried
  • 1732 - Greif, Johann Jakob
  • 1733 - Schneider, Samuel
  • 1775 - Weiner, Traugott Friedrich
  • 1810 - Weiner, Friedrich Gottlob
  • 1857 - Leupoldt, Gustav Adolph
  • 1895 - Schneider, * Bernhard Ottomar Alwin
  • 1900 - Kramer, Friedrich Oswald
  • 1964 - Fuhrmann, Rita
  • 1987 - Streibert, Annette

organ

Trampeli organ

The church has a Trampeli organ , which is original except for the console : Johann Gottlob Trampeli (1742–1812) built it together with his brother Christian Wilhelm Trampeli (1748–1803) between 1802 and 1803 Around 1850 and 1886 rearrangements and changes were made to the sewer system. The disposition now corresponds again to the time of origin:

Manual C – d 3
1. Principal D 8th'
2. Dumped 8th'
3. Quintadena 8th'
4th Principal 4 ′
5. Flauto amabile 4 ′
6th Fifth 3 ′
7th Octave 2 ′
8th. Flageolet 1'
9. Cornett III (from a 0 )
10. Mixture IV
Pedal C – c 1
11. Sub-bass 16 ′
12. Principal bass 08th'

Bells

Important are also the two bronze - bells of 1492 with the clay d 1 + 3 and 1609 f with the tone 1 + 1; the younger is the only remaining bell in Saxony from Georg Lebzelter from Leipzig.

Tower sundial

Historic sundial on the church tower

A special feature is the historical sundial from 1785 attached to the church tower with the slogan "Lord your goodness is new every morning". With a 51.3 ° shadow stick pointing north-south, it shows Central European Time on the precisely east-west oriented dial carved in stone.

photos

  • Church tower and church roof

  • Weather vane with the years 1785 and 1997

  • Obelisk at the Gerichshain church

  • View of the pulpit altar (December 24, 2019)

  • Baptismal font with Advent wreath

  • View from the font to the organ and gallery

  • Glass mosaic window to the right of the pulpit altar

  • View from the gallery

Web links

Commons : Kirche Gerichshain  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

literature

  • Georg Dehio: Handbook of the German art monuments. Saxony II. German Art Publishing House, 1998
  • Ulrich Dähnert: Historic organs in Saxony - an organ inventory. Ed .: Institute for Monument Preservation, Dresden Office. 319 pages, format <A4, Leipzig 1980, without ISBN. With bibliography on pp. 289–299. On the organ in Gerichshain: pp. 122–124
  • Lexicon of north German organ builders. Volume 2, Saxony and the surrounding area, Pape Verlag Berlin, 2012

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://leipzig.region.travel/de/LEIPZIG-REGION/Kultur/Orgeln-Kirchen/Faszination-Orgel/Orgelbaukunst_1116.html?regiopoi5513.id=397  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / leipzig.region.travel  
  2. ↑ http://parthenkreuz.de/kirchen/
  3. ↑ https://www.evlks.de/fileadmin/userfiles/EVLKS_engagiert/B._Landeskirche/Amtsblatt/Amtsblatt-2019-18.pdf , page 5, accessed on January 13, 2020
  4. ↑ https://pfarrerbuch.de/sachsen/stelle/856 , accessed on February 10, 2020
  5. ↑ Information on the organ  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on leipzig.region.travel, accessed on May 30, 2017.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / leipzig.region.travel  
  6. ↑ Rainer Thümmel in: Bells in Saxony - Sound between heaven and earth. Leipzig 2015, ISBN 978-3-374-02871-9 , p. 299
  7. ↑ Information about the sundial on the website of the University of Leipzig , accessed on May 30, 2017.

Coordinates: 51 ° 21 ′ 20.4 "  N , 12 ° 34 ′ 58.6"  E