Church of Liebschütz

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The Evangelical Lutheran Church Liebschütz located in the district Liebschütz the community Liebschützberg in the church district Leisnig - Oschatz in Nordsachsen in the rural area between Oschatz, Riesa and Strehla .

Interior of the church

The simple and unadorned interior with blinded arcades and surrounding plaster strips is kept in a light white tone, the walls are discreetly colored. On the east wall is the pulpit and below the altar in an unadorned cafeteria and without an altar wall. Originally the ringing consisted of three bronze bells. The oldest was taken over from the previous building, while the two smaller bells were purchased in 1841. The bells had to be given as a metal donation for armament purposes in both world wars . In the meantime, cast steel bells were ringing .

history

Until 1800

The place name Lubezic is documented around 1233. Another mention as Lobeswicz can be found in 1445 in the directory of the nobility and the villages of the Oschatz office . A church already existed because a new altar was purchased for it around 1530. The baptismal font probably dates from the 14th century and is located in the Zöschau Park as a flower vessel. During the Thirty Years' War around 1649, the place was devastated several times, so that in the end only a farm was left. The condition of the old little church deteriorated, so that one joined the parish of Wellerswalde . Around 1500 it became a branch church of Wellerswalde (Archidiakonat Dompropstei, sedes Oschatz / Mn). Around 1887 a new school building was built next to the church.

New church building

In the years 1838 to 1841, a new church was built according to plans by the master mason Richter from Oschatz. The plan was a rectangular nave with five window axes, two arched windows one above the other on each side and three on the rear (south side) in the classical style , with a tower on the west side of the church. After the nave was completed, work on the tower began. Shortly before completion, the 36 Saxon cubits (20.38 meters) high tower collapsed during construction. The journeyman bricklayer Johann Gottlob Weise was killed. The nave consists of mixed masonry and facades on the plaster side. The solemn church consecration took place on May 20, 1841 with great sympathy. It was not until 1871 that the second attempt to build the tower was made. For the first time in Saxony, a foundation made of screed cement ( concrete ) was used for a tower. The extra cost of 10,000 Thalers was paid from the church treasury. In the sandstone-clad tower, the staircase leads to the galleries and the organ gallery on the west side. The organ from 1871 is the work of Richard Kreutzbach from Borna near Leipzig.

Since 1900

Around 1900 the Leipzig architect Julius Zeisig received the order from Leipzig to redesign the church. The following changes were made: shortening the galleries on the side of the altar, omitting the glazed prayer rooms, reducing the size of the ship windows while maintaining the architectural style, installing new windows with double glazing, and repainting the church and the church furnishings. In the following period, maintenance work and necessary repairs were carried out independently by the municipality. In the 1990s the roofs were re-covered and a new electrical bell system was installed. In 2006, safety work was carried out on the church tower, the tower cross was renewed and the wooden roof structure was renovated. In 2007, a new bronze bell was purchased from the community. The second bell comes from the church in Strehla . The decommissioned third bell rings on the Liebschützberg on festive occasions. The Liebschütz Church has been part of the Borna Evangelical Lutheran parish since 2011 .

Peal

The current bell consists of two bronze bells, one cast in 2007 from the Lauchhammer bell foundry. The bell cage is made of a wooden structure like the bell yokes. The following is a data overview:

No. Casting date Caster diameter Dimensions Chime
1 2007 Bell foundry Lauchhammer 767 mm 291 kg des´´-10
2 1605 Bell foundry unknown 645 mm 177 kg f´´-7

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  • Entrance portal

  • entrance

  • Entrance detail

literature

  • Building and Art Monuments of the Kingdom of Saxony Issue 28, Amtshauptmannschaft Oschatz , edited by Cornelius Curlitt, Verlag Meinhold und Söhne, 1910, p. 338.
  • Strong, Johann Gottlieb; Fehre, Karl Friedrich: Sachsens Kirchen-Galerie, The Inspection Oschatz, Verlag von Hermann Schmidt, 1840, Volume 3, p. 59
  • Donath, Matthias and Blobelt Jörg , Protestant churches in the church district of Leisnig-Oschatz; Druckdruckerei Dober, Mügeln 2011; P. 164
  • Church council Borna-Canitz, pastor Jochen Kinder: Community letter, edition 3/2007, p. 2
  • 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. 325

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Donath, Matthias and Blobelt, Jörg: Evangelical churches in the church district Leisnig-Oschatz; Druckdruckerei Dober, Mügeln 2011; P. 84
  2. ^ A b Liebschütz in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
  3. ↑ a b Buildings and Art Monuments of the Kingdom of Saxony, Issue 28, Amtshauptmannschaft Oschatz, edited by Cornelius Curlitt, Verlag Meinhold und Söhne 1910, p. 162
  4. ^ Donath, Paul: Die Parochie Oschatz, in: Neue Sächsische Kirchengalerie, Issue 28, Die Parochie Oschatz, by Arwed Strauch 1901 Leipzig, 1912, p. 649
  5. ↑ Donath, Paul: Die Parochie Oschatz, in: Neue Sächsische Kirchengalerie, issue 28, Die Parochie Oschatz, by Arwed Strauch 1901 Leipzig, 1912, p. 652
  6. ↑ Donath, Matthias and Blobelt, Jörg: Evangelical churches in the church district Leisnig-Oschatz; Druckdruckerei Dober, Mügeln 2011; P. 84
  7. ↑ a b Donath, Paul: Die Parochie Oschatz, in: Neue Sächsische Kirchengalerie, issue 28, Die Parochie Oschatz, by Arwed Strauch 1901 Leipzig, 1912, p. 650
  8. ^ Rainer Thümmel: Bells in Saxony; Evangelische Verlagsanstalt Leipzig: ISBN 978-3-374-02871-9 : p. 325
  9. ^ Rainer Thümmel: Bells in Saxony; Evangelische Verlagsanstalt Leipzig: ISBN 978-3-374-02871-9 : p. 325

Coordinates: 51 ° 20 ′ 50 ″  N , 13 ° 8 ′ 11 ″  E