Hainewalde Church

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View of the Hainewalde church and the Kanitz-Kyawsche crypt (photo 2014)

The Hainewalde Church is a village church in the municipality of Hainewalde . It is the church of the Evangelical Lutheran parish of Hainewalde and was built in the baroque style at the beginning of the 18th century . It was built on the model of the Bertsdorf Church built by Klegel in 1672 and served as a model for the Niederoderwitz Church and the Nikolaikirche in Spitzkunnersdorf .

history

The church in Hainewalde with the rectory and Kanitz-Kyawsch crypt (photo taken around 1900)

Today's church in Hainewalde is probably the third church building in the town. According to legend, a pilgrimage church is said to have been built at the entrance to the Roschertal in the 13th century . The second church was a wooden parish church, of which only a golden communion chalice from 1657 and two wide armchairs have survived. There is also a copper engraving from a church that has not been preserved; which of the two churches is depicted on it is unclear.

The foundation stone of the current church was laid on April 18, 1705, its consecration took place on October 7, 1711, but construction had to be interrupted by the Swedes invading Saxony from 1703 to 1705. The building owners and donors of the church were the Electorate Colonel Otto Ludwig von Kanitz and his wife Victoria Tugendreich von Kanitz . Jonas Kirchstein from Bautzen is considered the builder of the church .

building

Church floor plan
The steeple

The cross vault of the one-nave hall is supported by buttresses drawn inwards, between which two wooden galleries run. The stairs to the galleries are in the western gable wall and behind the altar , where the sacristy is also located. In the east, the walls of the church end with five sides of a dodecagon. Overall, the ship has a floor space of around 20 by 12 meters. On the north side of the nave is the manorial box of the von Kanitz-Kyaw family with its own staircase, opposite to which the pulpit is attached. The organ and console are located on a large gallery opposite the altar .

The exterior of the church is kept simple. The appearance is dominated by the large areas of the gable roof and the walls. The church tower has a square floor plan that grows into an octagon and sweeps over into a baroque dome. This is crowned by two lanterns. The spire is adorned with the sun, moon and star that form a weather vane . At 50 ½ meters, the tower is one of the highest village church towers in Upper Lusatia .

Investments

The church's facilities include a parsonage donated in 1796 by the lord of the castle Ernst August Rudolph von Kyaw. This also provided the rectory with an extensive library. The church school founded by Otto Ludwig von Kanitz and Victoria Tugendreich von Kanitz, which was built from 1702 and expanded in 1830 and 1876, is also one of the facilities. Today it is used as a residential building. The hospital built by Kanitz in 1703 is also one of the church complexes.

The Kanitz-Kyaw crypt is considered to be the most important and valuable building in the church complex . It was laid out in 1715 by Colonel von Kanitz. The builder is still unknown, but the sculptures in the crypt show striking similarities to the works of Balthasar Permoser . Furthermore, recent research suggests that the sculptor Franz Bühner from Gabel was involved. Thanks to its extensive, baroque program of figures, the crypt is one of the most important crypt structures in Upper Lusatia.

Furnishing

The interior of the Hainewald Church with pulpit, altar and mansion box (photo taken around 1900)
View of the interior of the Hainewald Church (photo 2014)
Coat of arms of the von Kanitz and Kyaw families on the manorial box (photo 2014)

The entire equipment is still in its original condition from the beginning of the 18th century. This gives the church a special cultural and art-historical value.

altar

From the base of the altar rise two columns that support the entablature with the cross and frame a niche with a crucifix . Life-size figures of Moses and John the Baptist flank the altar, which is crowned by a large wooden cross. The cross is framed by a golden halo and is surrounded by two putti , one with a key, and two angels. At the front of the altar is the altar table.

organ

The relatively small organ has only about 28 registers , but is richly decorated. There are angels playing music above the organ pipes, a dove in the middle and the saying Gloria in excelsis Deo in a halo . In its painting, the organ follows the colors of the altar.

Lordship

The mansion box is built into the nave, on the support bracket of which are the Kanitz and Kyaw coats of arms, which are held by a putto. In the arched field above the two windows there are portraits of Otto Ludwig von Kanitz and Victoria Tugendreich von Kanitz, nee. Kyaw. The box is lined to the left and right by two putti, on the roof of the box there are allegorical figures and other putti.

Bells

Today the church has three steel bells in E flat major. These replace the old bronze bells, which were cast in 1825 and finally melted down during the First World War for the manufacture of military equipment.

literature

Web links

Commons : Hainewalde Church  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jan Lange: Sensational find underground. In: sz-online.de . November 19, 2007, accessed June 1, 2013 .
  2. ↑ The Kanitz-Kyawsche crypt chapel in Hainewalde. Retrieved June 14, 2010 .

Coordinates: 50 ° 54 ′ 41.9 "  N , 14 ° 42 ′ 10.4"  E