Grossolbersdorf Church
The church Großolbersdorf is the main church of the Evangelical Lutheran parish Großolbersdorf in Saxony with the places Großolbersdorf , Hohndorf , Hopfgarten , Grünau and Scharfenstein .
location
The church is located in the center of the village on the western end of a small ridge that crosses the village from east to west. The cemetery used today with the grave of Karl Stülpner is located at the eastern end of this ridge about 250 m away. This has existed since the 16th century, but was only rarely used in the beginning. No funerals have taken place in the area around the church since 1867. On the church grounds there is a memorial for those who died in the First World War and the remains of a memorial for the victims of the Franco-German War .
The rectory is about 400 meters away and included the possession of a hoof . The Pfarrlehn was founded together with that of the Kirchlehn in 1575.
history
Originally there was a small chapel at the site of the church, which belonged to the area of the parish of Selva di Val Gardena. On April 18, 1575, the parish became independent. Hildebrand Haubold von Einsiedel was the founder of the parish and church leanings .
The chapel was burned down on January 3, 1643 by Swedish mercenaries under Hans Christoph von Königsmarck . Only the chancel from around 1400 with a Gothic star vault remained . Services took place in Scharfenstein Castle in the years that followed . The church was quickly rebuilt in the following period. In 1707 the nave was greatly expanded and completed in its current form. The tower was added in 1834. Between 1624 and 1742 a total of eighteen people were buried in the church.
In 1871/1872 the interior of the church was rebuilt. The wooden pillars were replaced by iron ones. The stately seats, the parapet with pictures and the wooden pulpit were expanded. The ceiling was plastered over and the entire church, including the altar, was whitewashed. In addition, the graves in the church were filled in.
During a church visit on May 5, 1895, the expansion of the historical pieces was noticed. Negotiations followed between the Saxon Antiquities Association , the regional church leadership, the Royal Commission for the Preservation of Church Monuments and the Church Council. In 1897 the lime paint was removed from the altar and in 1902 the dismantled pulpit was reinstalled.
In 1962/1963 a restoration took place during which, among other things, the original colors of the chancel were restored.
In 2010, an extension for toilets and a room for childcare were built on the west side.
architecture
The single-nave church has a re-entrant choir , which is closed on three sides of the octagon and made with buttresses. The choir has a star vault . The ribs are made in a pear-shaped profile with an adjoining throat and the approaches rest on supporting stones with women's and men's heads. The cap curve along the wall is also made in the pear-shaped profile. The keystone shows Jesus Christ with the cross as a nimbus . The windows of the choir are designed as pointed arches. In 1903 they received stained glass windows from Horst Heymann from Dresden. After these were destroyed in 1945, two new windows were donated by members of the Heymann family in 1947. The design comes from Emil Paul Börner . The north window shows the crucified Jesus and the south window the risen Jesus. A triumphal arch separates the choir from the nave. This is arched as a pointed arch. On the north side there is also a sacrament niche and an old consecration cross . There are two more crosses on the wall behind the altar.
The ceiling of the nave is a paneled wooden ceiling that was painted with angels and clouds. As a result of the construction work in 1871/72, the painting disappeared under a retracted pipe ceiling and has not yet been exposed and restored.
The interior of the nave has been without any other architectural features since the renovation in 1871/72. There is a gallery on the north, south and west sides. Some existing parts of the former stately stalls ( pilasters with angel heads and vases with leaf plants and flowers, group of columns with angel heads) were attached to the west wall of the ship.
On the southern wall of the nave there is an oval carved memorial plaque for Pastor Weise, who arranged for the church to be enlarged in 1707.
Another stained glass window is in the sacristy.
The church has a high slate-roofed gable roof with standing dormers. The tower dome has been covered with sheet metal since the renovation work in the 1980s.
Furnishing
altar
The carved altar was created around 1653 by the sculptor Johann Böhme from Schneeberg . The predella shows a communion scene . The center piece shows a representation of the crucifixion with Mary and the disciple John . Next to it are adoring 55 cm high alabaster figures of the founder Heinrich Hildebrand von Einsiedel and his wife Anna Sophia von Ponickau and their coats of arms. Two medallions on the outside show the Annunciation of the Nativity and the Adoration of the Shepherds. Figures of the apostles Paul and Peter stand above the crucifixion scene . On the top of the altar stands a risen Jesus, next to two sleeping soldiers. The altar, designed in the shape of a rhombus , fits perfectly into the star vault.
pulpit
The pulpit was probably also created by Johann Böhme. It consists of a standing 1.18 meter high Moses figure with the tablets of the law. The laws are written in Hebrew. The pulpit arches over the head to form a 1.13 m high parapet and bears the year 1647. In the five-part parapet there are five 57 cm high carved figures. In the middle stands Jesus as a Salvator . On the right side are Luke with a bull and John with an eagle, on the left side Mark with a book and Matthew without a special attribute.
There is a 26 cm high sound cover above the pulpit . This is occupied by seven angels. An angel wears a cloak and two dice, a second a sponge and a third a black cross. Three of the angels are shown without knees. At the top the lid is surmounted by a structure that carries a triumphant Jesus with a victory flag.
Baptismal font
The sandstone baptismal font was donated in 1904 by the Heymann family from Dresden. It is octagonal and has children's heads. The inscription reads: "Let the little children come to me."
Sacrament ware
The inventory of the church includes a 20.5 cm high gold-plated silver chalice by the Freiberg goldsmith Samuel Klemm . The eight-leaf foot has a diameter of 18 cm. On the foot there are angel heads and four enamel pictures with the evangelists. The pommel has angel heads and semi-precious stones. The cuppa shows the coats of arms of the von Einsiedel and von Schönberg families and is covered with openwork, chased work.
A silver host box with embossed flowers from the same period is also part of the collection.
Further inventory
The gold-bronze candlesticks were donated from 1893 by various donors and associations, and were acquired according to special collections.
There are also two earlier grave slabs in the nave. These were meanwhile installed in Scharfenstein Castle. A two-part plate dates from 1675 and was for Heinrich Hildebrand von Einsiedel. The other plate dates from 1624 and shows a child.
organ
The organ is on the west side of the nave.
The first evidence of an organ in the church can be found in a bill from 1667. Matthias Tretzscher from Marienberg or Jacob Schedlich from Joachimsthal are believed to be the builders of the organ . This organ must have been built between 1643, the destruction of the church, and 1663. This organ had at least one pedal register.
Göthel organ
Between 1869 and 1871, the master organ builder Christian Friedrich Göthel from Borstendorf built a new instrument. It was inaugurated in early 1872. The purely mechanical instrument had twelve registers (662 pipes ) on a manual and pedal .
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- Coupling : Pedal coupler
- Playing aid: bell for calcant
Schmeißer organ
From 1911 the parish began to deal with a general repair and expansion of the organ . At the same time, considerations were made about building a new organ. In the summer of 1912, various offers were obtained from the organ building companies Alfred Schmeisser , Eule and Jehmlich . Alfred Schmeißer was ultimately awarded the contract. Although the execution was not planned for 1918, the church council decided in 1914 that the work should be carried out immediately due to the increase in material prices caused by the First World War. The new organ was consecrated on November 7, 1915. The housing of the existing instrument was still used. The final invoice for the organ was 10,500 Reichsmarks. The new instrument had 24 registers (156 wooden and 1182 metal pipes) and a transmission on two manuals and pedal. the action mechanism was pneumatic.
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- Coupling : I / I (super octave coupling, II / I; also as super and sub octave coupling), I / P, II / P
- Play aid: two free combinations, crescendo kick, swell kick
Today's organ (Wünning)
As early as the 1970s, the condition of this organ began to deteriorate. On March 31, 1978 the organ building company Schuke from Potsdam received the order. This new building was not carried out until 1989. The monetary union in 1990 and the associated halving of the donations collected so far and the quadrupling of the construction costs made implementation impossible. The construction of the organ was therefore postponed.
It was not until 1997 that the new organ building project was tackled again. A support association was founded specifically to collect donations. The organ by the Großolbersdorf master organ builder Georg Wünning , consecrated on May 27, 2001, cost 415,000 DM. In order to improve the acoustics, a Rückpositiv was built into the gallery . The organ was installed again in the restored case of the Göthel organ from 1871. It has 31 stops on two manuals and a pedal.
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- Coupling : I / II, I / P, II / P, each as pull and step in interaction.
Bells
The church has three bells. All three bells were cast by Zacharias Hilliger in Freiberg . The large and medium bells had to be handed in for melting on June 25, 1942. But they could be fetched back from the bell cemetery in 1949 . Since the middle bell showed a crack, it was re-cast in Apolda in 1950 .
All bells hang on cranked yokes and are rung mechanically.
| No. | image | Casting year | Weight (kg) | Chime | inscription | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
1645 | 450 | c 2 | The being of war consumed me - through Heinrich Hildebrand von Einsiedel - I am neutered to God's word - Zv rvffen die Levt In the place - God receive your word and bless - The hermitage is called vndt there - Sophia 1645 | Bell decorations: coat of arms of the von Einsiedel and von Ponickau families. The bell is rung at burials . |
| 2 |  |
1643 | 260 | d 2 | "Si Deus pro nobis Quis contra nos" (Is God with us, who should be again and again) |
Neuguss 1950 The bell is rung at bedtime . |
| 3 |  |
1645 | 150 | f sharp 2 | "O rex gloriae veni cum pace" (O King of Honor, come with peace) |
Bells alone at baptisms . |
Deacons and pastors
Until the parish became independent, the deacon of the Selva church was responsible for the parish service in Großolbersdorf.
- 1540–1554: Thomas Marhel
- 1554–1563: Joshua Doberaver from Buchholz
- 1563–1565: Georg Ruta or Raute
- 1565–1571: Jakob Bodenstein from Wolkenstein
- 1571–1575: Abraham Homilius
Since the establishment of the independent parish, 22 pastors have officiated in Großolbersdorf.
- 1575–1602: Johann Pufendorf came from Glaucha and died in Großolbersdorf.
- 1602–1617: Simon Ammon came from Annaberg and died in Großolbersdorf.
- May 27, 1618–1. October 1630: Balthasar Frischmann from Freiberg . Frischmann was pastor in Tuttendorf for 12 years before , he died in Großolbersdorf
- 1630-29. September 1633: Johann Kapfenberger (* 1577 in Nördlingen ) was previously a deacon in Wolkenstein and from 1628 an assistant in Großolbersdorf, where he also died.
- 1634–1636: George Wenzel (* 1591 in Lauenstein ) was pastor in Bärenstein near Altenberg before his transfer . He died on July 16, 1650.
- 1636-30. November 1687: Christian Köhler was born in Schneeberg in 1604 . Köhler was previously pastor of Wildbach and Langenbach near Schneeberg. During his service time, the church was destroyed and rebuilt, as well as years of plague . Among other things, he lost his wife. He died in Großolbersdorf.
- 1688-1. June 1693: Johann Schmeer (* 1647 in Fürstenwalde , Mark Brandenburg ) died in Großolbersdorf.
- November 5, 1693-23. November 1735: Christoph Weise (* 1660 in Weißenfels ) was buried in the church and honored with a carved plaque that is still preserved today. The nave was built during his tenure.
- 1736-6. February 1749: Michael Caspari (* 1699 in Waldau in Oberlausitz) died in Großolbersdorf
- July 20, 1749–6. September 1779: Gotthold Ehrenfried Portziger (Portius) (born May 12, 1720 in Wolperndorf (Sachsen-Altenburg)) died in Großolbersdorf.
- March 8, 1780-19. February 1820: Friedrich Salomon Eberhard Schreiber (* 1744 in Unter- Oppurg ) and died in Großolbersdorf.
- 1820–1866: Maximilian Lindner (* 1791 in Nossen ) had been a deacon in Wolkenstein since 1818 and died as emeritus on March 31, 1867 in Dresden
- 1866–1892: Maximilian Lindner (* 1822) was the son of the previous pastor. He died retired in 1900 in Dresden.
- November 6, 1892–1907: Karl August Häselbarth (* 1856 in Trünzig ; † 1931)
- 1908–1911: Paul Johannes Hoffmann (* 1869 in Hohenstein-Ernstthal ; † 1934)
- 1911–1926: Karl Moritz Gerhard Kanig (born November 25, 1875 in Bautzen - total July 6, 1958) was a missionary in Ukamba / Tanzania from 1899 to 1906 . Before his service in Großolbersdorf, he was pastor in Glauchau and then pastor in Kittlitz .
- 1927–1934: Johannes Franz Leberecht Reetz (* 1871 in Stettin ) was pastor in Siedkow from 1900 to 1906 . During his time in Großolbersdorf he self-published the booklet "History and Events in the Church Community of Großolbersdorf", which he retired in 1934
- April 30, 1935-31. August 1946: Johannes Arno Everth (born January 11, 1888 in Döbeln) was a missionary for the Leipzig Mission in Tanzania from 1912 to 1917 and a British prisoner of war from 1917 to 1919. Then he was pastor in Gleisberg and Marienberg . He retired on September 1, 1948 and died on May 30, 1954.
- 1948–1. October 1976: Karl Missbach (born September 12, 1911) retired in 1976 and died on January 3, 1998, previously pastor in Brand-Erbisdorf, Flöha and Frankenberg
- 1977-4. September 1995: Herbert Filz (born January 26, 1936) died in Großolbersdorf, previously a pastor in Breitenborn
- February 1, 1997-30. April 2018: Winfried Gröschel (* 1955) was previously pastor in Dittmannsdorf
- since May 1, 2019: Frank Bliesener (born June 25, 1965 in Dresden) was previously pastor in Lawalde and at St. Marien Cathedral in Zwickau.
literature
- Friedrich Wilhelm Köhler : Historical news from the old Freyen mountain town of Selva in Chursächsische Obererzgebürge in Meissen. 1781, p. 71 ff ( digitized version)
- Grossolbersdorf. In: Saxony's Church Gallery Section 13: The Schönburgische Receßherrschaft along with the ephorias Annaberg, Marienberg and Frauenstein. 1845, p. 153 f. ( Digitized version )
- Richard Steche : Descriptive representation of the older architectural and art monuments of the Kingdom of Saxony - 5: Amtshauptmannschaft Marienberg. 1885 ( digitized version )
- The parish of Großolbersdorf. In: New Saxon Church Gallery, The Ephorie Marienberg. 1908, col. 307-348 ( digitized version )
- Johannes Franz Leberecht Reetz: History and events in the parish of Großolbersdorf. Self-published in 1930
- Reinhold Lindner: The church in Großolbersdorf. In the measure of the centuries In: Eberhard Bräunlich, Matthias Zwarg (Hrsg.): The church in the middle of the village. Village churches in Saxony. Chemnitzer Verlag, 2007 ISBN 978-3-937025-30-8
- Georg Dehio: Handbook of the German art monuments Saxony : II. Administrative districts Leipzig and Chemnitz. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1998, p. 362.
- Church messenger of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. Großolbersdorf parish with Scharfenstein, Hohndorf and Hopfgarten
- Ev.-Luth. Kirchgemeinde Großolbersdorf (Hrsg.): Organ festival publication for the organ consecration on Sunday Exaudi, May 27, 2001 . Großolbersdorf 2001.
- Municipality of Großolbersdorf (ed.): Chronicle . History from 625 years of Großolbersdorf and 525 years of Hohndorf. Agency ERZ.art, Annaberg-Buchholz 2011.
Web links
- Website of the parish of Großolbersdorf
- Organ building Wünning for the organ in Grossolbersdorf Church
- Bell of the church Großolbersdorf
- Photos in the Deutsche Fotothek
Individual evidence
- ↑ Organ Festschrift p. 7
- ↑ Prints of the 18th century (VD18) / Part 1, [Vol. 1] [204]. Retrieved December 3, 2018 .
- ↑ office matthes & hofer GbR: Missionswerk Leipzig | Missionaries. Retrieved December 3, 2018 .
- ↑ office matthes & hofer GbR: Missionswerk Leipzig | Missionaries. Retrieved December 3, 2018 .
Coordinates: 50 ° 41 ′ 33 " N , 13 ° 5 ′ 14.2" E