Church Schkeitbar
The Schkeitbar church is the Protestant church in the Markranstadt district of Schkeitbar . Although located in the district of Leipzig , the parish of Schkeitbar , which includes the Markranstadt districts of Schkeitbar, Meyhen, Räpitz and Schkölen, belongs to the Merseburg parish of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany . The parish of Markranstädter Land in the capital Markranstädt, on the other hand, is part of the regional church of Saxony .
history
Bishop Wigbert von Merseburg had the first church in Schkeitbar built in 1009. By 1730 the church was very dilapidated, and on May 20, 1739, lightning struck the church tower. On January 9th, 1740 it was decided to rebuild the church.
The new baroque hall church was built as a plastered building with a three-sided east end and a hipped roof from July 1741 to August 1742 by building inspector Lobenstein from Merseburg. The consecration of the church took place on November 25, 1742. The construction costs were 2,600 thalers. The transverse rectangular west tower with an octagonal bell storey, onion dome and lantern with weather vane was renewed in 1766.
In 1860 the church was renovated by master bricklayer Sack from Lützen for 770 thalers. The last interior restoration took place in 1983. In 1995 the tower was restored.
Furnishing
The church has a uniform interior from the time it was built. The hall has a stucco flat ceiling and two-storey galleries. The galleries have marbled parapets on all three sides.
Furthermore, the church has a baroque portico - pulpit altar with side passages . On the sign in the pulpit are an eye as a symbol for the omnipresent God and ears, which are supposed to indicate that God answers the prayers of the community. The altar is crowned by two columns. She wears a shield with a triangle and three flames as a symbol of the Trinity , behind which golden rays emerge, which are supposed to represent the splendor of God. Two putti to the left and right of it carry the cross of Christ and the cup of communion. The doors to the left and right of the pulpit were opened after the sacraments and the congregation walked clockwise around the altar. This custom should symbolize the equal access of all believers to the altar area.
In 1788 the church received an organ from Johann Gottfried Krug from Merseburg. The construction of the organ with 2 manuals, pedal and 21 registers was decisively influenced in disposition and layout by the Schkeitbar pastor JC Dietrich, a son of the organ builder and Silbermann student Johann Dietrich . The cost of the organ was 2,600 thalers. In 1939 the instrument was restored by the organ builder R. Kühn from Merseburg. The organ prospectus is painted white and gold.
literature
- Georg Dehio: Handbook of the German art monuments. Saxony II. The administrative districts of Leipzig and Chemnitz. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-422-03048-4 , p. 687.
- Manfred Joachim Kryzeminski: Family book parish Schkeitbar near Lützen. 1589-1700. Cardamina-Verlag Breuel, Plaidt 2011.
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Coordinates: 51 ° 15 ′ 17.6 ″ N , 12 ° 13 ′ 16.5 ″ E