Neschwitz Church

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Neschwitz Church
Inside to the east
Inside to the west
Tombstone

The Protestant Church Neschwitz , Upper Sorbian Njeswačanska cyrkej , is a hall church in Neschwitz in the Bautzen district in Saxony . It belongs to the parish of Neschwitz in the Evangelical Lutheran Regional Church of Saxony .

Until 1979 Sorbian was also preached in Neschwitz for centuries, predominantly until the early 20th century.

History and architecture

The Protestant church was built at the beginning of the 17th century with the inclusion of older parts, in 1693 the choir was changed and the tower was built. In 1796 redesigns were made, in 1834 a restoration took place . In 1945 the church was destroyed except for the surrounding walls. The reconstruction took place from 1947 to 1951 initially with a tent roof as a tower end; in 2009 the original closure was restored.

The church is a simple, plastered building with a straight choir closure, which has been expanded with various additions. The two-story extension with a curved gable divided by several cornices is built on the north side . The massive, square west tower with an octagonal bell storey had been covered with a flat tent roof since its destruction and was restored in its original form with a hood and lantern in 2009 . The interior is finished with a plastered flat ceiling , which is divided by wooden beams. Single-storey unmounted wooden galleries are built in on three sides . A wide triumphal arch connects to the choir with a simple groin vault . A box is built into the north side , including a round-arched door with a Renaissance profile . The original second choir bay was separated during the reconstruction and set up as a winter church with a flat wooden beam ceiling

Furnishing

The main piece of equipment is a magnificent four-storey sandstone altar by Michael Schwenke from Pirna from around 1606, which was restored in 1969/1970. Above a base with inscriptions, a communion relief with moving figures is built into a niche with a wavy gable, in the background a fabric drapery and lambrequins can be seen. Freestanding columns are arranged in front of the ornamentally decorated pilasters , next to them the figures of Spes and Fides . On the cranked cornice there is a writing tablet, which is framed by decorated pilasters, on the side the evangelists Matthew and Markus , above the Nostitzsche and Ponickausche coats of arms and flanked by Luke and Johannes .

On the final cornice, Christ is depicted with a victory flag between two putti . The sandstone baptism was probably also created by Michael Schwenke. It consists of a strongly shaped foot; the outside of the cupah is divided into four writing tablets surrounded by scrollwork . In the triumphal arch there is a valuable, wooden, colored crucifixion group from around 1520.

A small sandstone altar was created by David Schwenke around 1600 and is provided with a scroll framed writing tablet, which is flanked by consoles with lion heads. Above a cranked cornice, it shows a relief rich in figures , Christ and the children, which is framed by two free-standing columns and volutes with heads. Above this are a decorated cartouche , the von Nostitzsche and von Löbensche coats of arms and putti.

A sandstone tomb for Dorothea Elisabeth († 1704) shows the bust of a woman within a laurel wreath with a coat of arms , underneath tendrils wrapped in writing tape, which frame three small children. The sandstone tomb for Donat Großmann († 1713) shows in the lower part a decorative cartouche surrounded by vanita symbols , above a large script cartouche with side festoons , and finally two inclined rocaille shapes with chalice and Bible.

The organ is a work of the company Hermann Eule Orgelbau Bautzen from 1950 with 20 stops on two manuals and pedal .

The ringing consists of four cast steel bells (es-gbc), which were cast in 1963 by the Schilling company from Apolda . Three bells are provided with German inscriptions, one has a Sorbian verse.

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Web links

Commons : Neschwitz Church  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information about the Neschwitz Church on the parish website. Retrieved October 20, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Information about the Neschwitz Church on the parish website. Retrieved October 20, 2019 .

Coordinates: 51 ° 16 ′ 19.9 ″  N , 14 ° 19 ′ 43.6 ″  E