Schmorkau Church (Oschatz)

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The Evangelical Lutheran Church Schmorkau in the church district Leisnig - Oschatz in northern Saxony is located in the rural area between Oschatz, Riesa and Strehla . The church is located on an elevation above the village of Schmorkau , which can be reached via a steep stone staircase. The church is characterized by a nave with a choir tower from the Romanesque period.

history

By 1700

Around 1230 Schmorkau , Schmurchowe , is mentioned in a document and around 1266 a parish church , Gothfridus plebanus in Smorkowe , is documented. The Hochstift Meißen , founded around 968, bought land from the Schmorkowe district in 1230. In 1266 the pastor of Schmorkau left his income from his own meat bank from Oschatz to the Heilig Kreuz monastery near Meissen . Around 1297 a Thom von Schmorkowe is listed as a juror of Oschatz as the owner of Schmorkau. A parish church in Schmorkau is documented in 1346, but in 1555 it was downgraded to a branch church of Terpitz . In 1575, Eyriacus von Seylitz auf Schmorkau assigned the Pfarräcker and the Schmorkau vicarage to the Terpitz pastor and sold four pastures to the Oschatz innkeeper Horter. During the Thirty Years War , the town and the church were plundered several times, including on October 13, 1632, when Croatian mercenaries stole the historical sacrament vessels, a silver jug ​​and ten valuable silver chalices.

Schmorkau Church, floor plan 1905

18th and 19th centuries

In 1717, as part of an interior renovation, sandstone slabs were laid in the floor area and the seating was replaced. A warm tone prevails in the white interior with the oak wood fittings. The exterior of the church was renewed from 1781, including the tile-roofed nave and the tower dome covered with slate shingles.

The master gallery probably dates from around 1650. The other wooden fixtures are works from the 19th century. The pewter baptismal bowl bears the year 1799. The pulpit and the altarpiece were purchased in 1884 in neo-renaissance style. The altarpiece with Christ blessing comes from the Dresden history painter Karl Gottlob Schönherr .

The baptismal font made of Zöblitzer serpentine and sandstone around 1869 is a gift from the pastor, Theodor Märker. Around 1881 the leaseholder Trebst gave the church a new tower clock for 600 RM , the work of the master clockmaker M. Baßler from Lommatzsch . A new organ of the company Hermann Eule from Bautzen was installed in 1889th

Since 1900

Around 1900 a thorough renovation was carried out inside and outside . The southern vestibule was demolished and the main entrance relocated to the west gable. No other changes were made to the church. The structure of the building suffered from the Second World War and the later shortage economy in the GDR . Parts of the ceiling collapsed and the interior and exterior plaster, including the roof, became increasingly damaged.

As part of a renovation and utilization concept by the architect's office Stefan Bunke from Heynitz bei Nossen , the chancel was separated from the nave by a glass wall in the triumphal arch in 2015 , so that a space around the altar was created for church matters and services . The interior was redesigned by exposing older paintwork. A Romanesque window opening on the east side was restored. With a new sandstone slab floor, barrier-free access was also created. The historical altarpiece above the south entrance and the memorial plaques of the victims of the two world wars were also housed in the now separated part of the chancel. The font got a new place under the south window. The rededication took place on November 1st, 2015. Since 2011, the Schmorkau church has been part of the Borna Evangelical Lutheran parish .

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  • View of the apse on the choir tower

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tower

The tower was rebuilt around 1688 and was built above the chancel in a square plan. The tower floor with the bell is octagonal and a curved hood with a gold-plated weather vane form the top of the tower.

Peal

The bells were three bronze bells from the bell foundry Johann Gotthelf Large from Dresden for 2,830 RM. In 1878 the bells were consecrated. The bells had to be donated as metal during the First World War .

The following is a data overview of the bells delivered:

No. Casting date Caster diameter Dimensions Chime
1 1878 Bell foundry large 960 mm 480 kg as ′
2 1878 Bell foundry large 780 mm 245 kg a ′

The current ringing consists of two cast steel bells, manufactured by the bell foundry Lauchhammer . The bell cage consists of a wooden structure and the bell yokes are made of steel. The bells were cast in 1920. The following is a data overview:

No. Casting date Caster diameter Dimensions Chime
1 1920 Bell foundry Lauchhammer 1450 mm 1350 kg f sharp ′
2 1920 Bell foundry Lauchhammer 1200 mm 800 kg a ′

literature

  • Johann Gottlieb Starke: Saxony Church Gallery, The Inspection Oschatz. Verlag von Hermann Schmidt, Volume 3, 1840, p. 136
  • Matthias Donath , Jörg Blobelt : Protestant churches in the church district Leisnig-Oschatz. Druckerei Dober, Mügeln 2011, p. 130
  • Georg Buchwald: The parish Oschatz. In: New Saxon Church Gallery, The Parochie Oschatz. By Arwed Strauch 1901 Leipzig, 1912, p. 674 ff.
  • Architectural and art monuments of the Kingdom of Saxony. Issue 27, Amthauptmannschaft Oschatz, edited by Cornelius Curlitt, Verlag Meinhold und Söhne 1910, p. 272.
  • 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. 355
  • Rainer Thümmel, Roy Kreß, Christian Schumann: When the bells pulled into the field. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt Leipzig, ISBN 978-3-374-05203-5 , p. 208.

Web links

Commons : Church Schmorkau  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Matthias Donath , Jörg Blobelt : Evangelical churches in the church district Leisnig-Oschatz. Printing printing house Dober, Mügeln; 2011; P. 130
  2. ^ Schmorkau in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
  3. ↑ Johann Gottlieb Starke: Saxony's Church Gallery: The Inspection Oschatz. Verlag von Hermann Schmidt, Volume 3, 1840, p. 135.
  4. ↑ Johann Gottlieb Starke: Saxony's Church Gallery: The Inspection Oschatz. Verlag von Hermann Schmidt, Volume 3, 1840, p. 136.
  5. ↑ a b c Georg Buchwald: The parish Oschatz. In: New Saxon Church Gallery, The Parochie Oschatz. By Arwed Strauch 1901 Leipzig, 1912, p. 676.
  6. ↑ Georg Buchwald: The parish Oschatz. In: New Saxon Church Gallery, The Parochie Oschatz. By Arwed Strauch 1901 Leipzig, 1912, p. 677.
  7. ↑ Schmorkau Church. Ev.-Luth. Kirchspiel Liebschützberg, accessed on June 5, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Borna-Canitz Church Council, Pastor Jochen Kinder: Community Letter, December 2015 edition, p. 2
  9. ^ Building and Art Monuments of the Kingdom of Saxony, Issue 28, Amthauptmannschaft Oschatz, edited by Cornelius Curlitt, Verlag Meinhold und Söhne 1910, p. 272
  10. ↑ Rainer Thümmel, Roy Kreß, Christian Schumann: When the bells moved into the field. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt Leipzig, ISBN 978-3-374-05203-5 , p. 208.
  11. ↑ a b Rainer Thümmel : Bells in Saxony: Sound between heaven and earth . Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2011, ISBN 978-3-374-02871-9 , pp. 355 .

Coordinates: 51 ° 18 ′ 30.3 "  N , 13 ° 8 ′ 40.9"  E