Klosterlausnitz Church
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Klosterlausnitz is a listed church building in Bad Klosterlausnitz , a municipality in the east of the Saale-Holzland district in Thuringia .
The parish Bad Klosterlausnitz with Weissenborn part of the church district Eisenberg of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany .
history
The place Klosterlausnitz has its origin in the foundation of a monastery of the Augustinians around 1132 by Cuniza, a widow of the noble family of the Reginbodonen . On June 12, 1137, the monastery was placed under the protection of Pope Innocent II . The confirmation document of the Pope is the first documentary mention of the monastery and can be seen as the birth certificate of the later town of Klosterlausnitz. 1152 was the laying of the foundation stone for a church in Romanesque style . Due to the Reformation , the monastery was abolished in 1526. In the course of time, the women's monastery church fell into disrepair and was therefore rebuilt on the foundations of the old church between 1863 and 1866 .
The eastern part was separated from the dilapidated nave in 1617 and expanded as a village church . By the 18th century the main nave and the dilapidated monastery buildings were demolished. Only the rear eastern part of the church with the chancel remained. In 1857 the village church had to be closed completely due to structural damage . 1863-66 was a cross basilica with zweitürmigem Westwerk by the architect Ferdinand von Quast rebuilt. Since the community did not have the financial means for the reconstruction, Ernst I of Saxony-Altenburg took over this and future construction costs for the church. In this legal succession, the state of Thuringia renovated the church and in 2003 transferred the building back to the parish. The parish took over the renovation of the interior and was able to complete it in 2008.
- Timeline
| year | description |
|---|---|
| 1132 | Construction of a wooden church near the Heltzig spring |
| 1152 | Laying of the foundation stone for a new church at the current location |
| 1212 | Destruction of the church by fire |
| 1217 | Completion of the rebuilt church |
| 1219 | Construction of a chapel in the churchyard |
| 1379 | Construction of an infirmary of the monastery with a Nikolaus chapel above the monastery pond |
| 1617 | Separation of the eastern part of the church from the main nave by means of a wall, extension to a village church |
| 1792 | Erection of a tower, alien to the Romanesque architectural style, above the transept used as a village church |
| 1856 | Demolition of the small church tower on the eastern part |
| 1857 | Closure of the church due to dilapidation |
| 1863-1866 | Reconstruction of the church in the form of a Romanesque pillar basilica according to the plans of architect AF von Quast |
| October 31, 1866 | Inauguration of the new church |
| 1966 | The church is placed under monument protection |
| 1985 | Installation of a new organ from Böhm, Gotha |
| 1992-2000 | New covering of the slate roofs |
| 1989-2003 | Renewal of the statics and the upper cladding |
| 2003-2008 | Complete restoration of the church interior |
| 2009 | Organ cleaning and technical renewals |
| 2011 | Restoration of the 108 pews |
Building description
The structure of the chancel with apse and the transept have largely been preserved in the original. The three-aisled nave with arcades and the towers were freely reconstructed on the Romanesque foundation walls . Individual sculptural details such as the rectangular pillars of the nave with the semi -columns for the beams of the arcades are reproduced from found objects.
Furnishing
The most important preserved piece of equipment is a larger than life, slightly curved crucifix in the choir with a long, richly folded loincloth, which is dated to 1235/40 and is the oldest evidence from this period. It was probably part of a larger crucifixion group in the past.
The first organ was built by Ernst Poppe & Sohn in 1866 . In 1985 Gerhard Böhm built a new organ with 26 registers , divided into 2 manuals and pedal .
literature
- Dehio-Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, Thuringia. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-422-03095-6 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ The monastery church on the website of the Eisenberg church district
- ^ History of Bad Klosterlausnitz
- ↑ Heimatverein Bad Klosterlausnitz
- ↑ Information on the organ
Coordinates: 50 ° 54 ′ 53.5 " N , 11 ° 52 ′ 10.4" E