Tellschütz church

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The Evangelical Lutheran Tellschütz Church is a historic church building in the village of Tellschütz , a district of Zwenkau in the Leipzig district in Saxony . The core of the church goes back to a building from the Romanesque period and has been rebuilt and renewed several times. It was almost completely destroyed in a major fire on January 10, 2015.

Tellschützer church before the fire in 2015

history

Tellschütz with church around 1840
Gothic entrance portal on the church tower

Foundation and construction

The exact time when the Tellschütz Church was founded is unknown. It was probably built in the 12th century and originally belonged to the Hohenlohe parish . For a long time, various taxes had to be paid to them. Since the place Tellschütz goes back to a Slavic round hamlet , which was later expanded by German settlers, the church was built in the course of Christianization at the interface between the old and new settlements as the center of the place. It was first mentioned in 1361. Originally it was consecrated to Saint Hippolytus , an unusual patronage for the Central German area . The reason was probably that a church in Merseburg was consecrated to Pope Sixtus II , the teacher of St. Lawrence . The jailer Hippolytus belonged to the circle around the deacon.

Renovations in the 16th and 18th centuries

The oldest part of the originally Romanesque church is the late Gothic tower with a pointed arch portal. It was created in 1520 and has several stonemason's marks on the portal. The nave is to the east. It was completely renovated in 1765 due to its dilapidation and the threat of collapse. The galleries and some wall paintings in the Rococo style also date from this period . In the 19th century, the Tellschützer Church is listed as a sister church of Großdalzig , but remained an independent parish.

Refurbishment after 1990

The Tellschütz parish was able to maintain its independence even after 1990. With only 55 parishioners (as of 2015) it is the smallest parish in the Leipzig church district . Between 1993 and 1997 the church was extensively renovated. In addition to the renovation of the tower and roof of the nave, the interior with altar, gallery and organ was renovated in accordance with historical monuments and a modern electrical system was installed. In 2006 the bell was also converted to electronic control.

Fire on January 10, 2015

On January 10, 2015, at around 3 a.m., a fire broke out in the bell tower and quickly spread to the nave. A little later the burning roof structure collapsed. Strong wind made it difficult to extinguish the fire, so that the fire brigade could no longer save the church. Within a few hours, the Tellschütz Church burned down completely. The entire interior was destroyed. Immediately afterwards the parish announced that it wanted to rebuild its church with the help of donations. The damage to the building was estimated at 5 million euros, the damage to the inventory at one million euros.

Reconstruction since summer 2015

Scaffolding in December 2015

The church council decided on January 26th, 2015 to rebuild the church. Participating companies and offices are the engineering office Scherf-Bolze-Ludwig from Silbitz for planning activities and building archaeological support, the regional church office of Saxony in Dresden for contract reviews, Artus drying and renovation technology from Langenhagen for the removal of rubble and the scaffolding company Samiez GmbH, which from May 11, 2015 the Scaffolding work carried out. The site power supply is provided by a local company, the construction insurer is Ecclesia . In addition, the IBW Ingenieurbüro für Bauwerkserhaltung Weimar GmbH was called in to carry out masonry diagnostics.

Furnishing

Wooden sculpture of St. Hippolytus from Tellschütz church ( Schlossbergmuseum Chemnitz )

Until the destruction of the church in the fire in 2015, it had a partially valuable interior from the 15th and 18th centuries. In addition to the pulpit altar from 1765, some wall paintings in the Rococo style were remarkable . The organ came from the Urban Kreutzbach organ building workshop . Three bronze bells from the 15th century were also historically significant.

  • Late Gothic altarpiece : The original polychrome altarpiece was built in 1515 and consists of basswood. The approx. 1.79 meters high and 79 cm wide work of art shows the figure of St. Hippolytus with a lance and shield against a patterned gold background. Hippolytus was the jailer of St. Laurence and, according to tradition, was converted to Christianity by him and dragged to death by wild horses on the orders of the Roman emperor Valerian . On the two side wings, scenes from his life and martyrdom can be seen. In 1890 the Saxon Antiquities Association bought the altar and brought it to Dresden . Today it is part of the state art collections . The figure of Hippolytus is exhibited in the Schlossbergmuseum Chemnitz .
  • Pulpit altar : The baroque pulpit altar was created in connection with the renovation of the church in 1765. According to an inscription on the back, it was donated by Casspar Schröder, court ladder and neighbor in Tellschütz , and made by Johann Gottfried and Johann Christian Krippendorf from Zeitz . The consecration took place on December 1, 1765. Next to the pulpit were two painted coats of arms of Count Georg II. Von Werthern and his wife Henriette, née. Flaming.
  • Bells : The three bronze bells were cast in 1400, 1456 and 1478 and may have come from a previous building. On the largest bell (78 cm) Mary is depicted as the Queen of Heaven. Below is the inscription: Help Got. Maria. at advice and the year of the casting (1478) as well as the signature of the founder. This points to the "Halleschen Gießer" who also created the bell at Klobikau near Merseburg. The two smaller bells are even older and date from the years 1456 and around 1400. Until 2006, the chimes were still operated by hand before the church received an electrically controlled bell system. In this context, the bells and the belfry were renovated. During the fire in 2015, the bells fell into the tower and were badly damaged.

literature

  • Cornelius Gurlitt: Description of the older architectural and art monuments of the Kingdom of Saxony. 16. Issue: Amtshauptmannschaft Leipzig, Verlag CC Meinhold & Söhne, Dresden 1894, pp. 124–125, digitized .

Web links

Commons : Tellschützer Kirche  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Enno Bünz (Ed.): Eastern settlement and regional development in Saxony: the Kührener deed of 1154 and its historical surroundings. in: Writings on Saxon History and Folklore, Volume 23, Leipziger Universitätsverlag, 2008, ISBN 978-3-86583-165-1 , p. 360
  2. ↑ Central German research. Volume 50, Issue 1, Böhlau Verlag, 1968, p. 310
  3. ↑ Handbook of Church Statistics for the Kingdom of Saxony. Verlag Ramming, 1868, p. 216
  4. ↑ Major fire destroys church south of Leipzig. Million damage in Tellschütz near Zwenkau. In: Leipziger Volkszeitung , January 10, 2015, archived from the original on January 12, 2015 ; accessed on January 24, 2015 ( photo gallery ( memento from January 12, 2015 in the Internet Archive )).
  5. ↑ Surveillance camera in the "luggage" / No money for beer / The lights went out ... Saxony Police , January 26, 2015, archived from the original on January 27, 2015 ; accessed on January 27, 2015 .
  6. ^ Rebuilding the Tellschütz Church. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on June 28, 2016 ; accessed on June 28, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.neuaufbau-kirche-tellschuetz.com
  7. ^ Annual report of the Saxon Antiquities Association , Dresden, 1890
  8. ^ Silke Tofahrn: Gothic sculpture in Saxony: Guide through the exhibition in the Schlossberg Museum. Chemnitz municipal art collections, Kerber Verlag, 2009

Coordinates: 51 ° 12 ′ 0.4 ″  N , 12 ° 16 ′ 15 ″  E