Grossenhain church district

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Marienkirche Grossenhain

The church district of Großenhain was a part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saxony that was subordinate to the Dresden Regional Church Office . He was also called Ephorie or Superintendent of Grossenhain.

On January 1, 2013, the church district of Großenhain was merged with the church district of Meißen to form the church district of Meißen-Großenhain .

area

The church district of Großenhain largely corresponded to the former Hayn office of the Electorate of Saxony . According to today's political division, the north Elbe and northeast Elbe parts of the district of Meißen belonged to the church district.

A total of twenty-two individual parishes, which in turn are partially amalgamated to form a parish or parish, formed the entire church district of Großenhain, which had sixty-five churches.

Division and churches

Parish area Ebersbach

  • consisting of: Ev.-Luth. Parish of Ebersbach and Ev.-Luth. Reinersdorf parish
  • Churches: Oberebersbach, Niederebersbach and Reinersdorf

Parish area of ​​Gröditz

  • consisting of: Ev.-Luth. Parish of Gröditz and Ev.-Luth. Frauenhain parish
  • Churches: Gröditz, Nauwalde, Spansberg, Nieska, Frauenhain, Merzdorf and Koselitz

Parish area Hirschstein

  • consisting of: Ev.-Luth. Martinskirchgemeinde Hirschstein
  • Churches: Prausitz, Boritz, Mehltheuer, Leutewitz, Heyda and Riesa-Pausitz

Parish area Lampertswalde

  • consisting of: Ev.-Luth. Martin's parish in Lampertswalde
  • Churches: Lampertswalde and Blochwitz

Parish area Ponickau

  • consisting of: Ev.-Luth. Parish of the Holy Cross Ponickau
  • Churches: Ponickau, Linz and Schönfeld

Parish area Radeburg

  • consisting of: Ev.-Luth. Parish of Radeburg
  • Churches: Radeburg and Rödern

Riesa parish area

Parish area Sacka

  • consisting of: Ev.-Luth. Jakobskirchgemeinde Sacka
  • Churches: Sacka, Dobra, Würschnitz and Tauscha

Parish area Skäßchen

  • consisting of: Ev.-Luth. Skäßchen-Oelsnitz-Strauch parish
  • Churches: Skäßchen, Oelsnitz and Strauch

Wildenhain parish area

  • consisting of: Ev.-Luth. Parish Wildenhain-Walda-Bauda and Ev.-Luth. Zabeltitz-Görzig parish
  • Churches: Wildenhain, Walda, Bauda , Zabeltitz and Görzig

Ev.-Luth. Parish Bärnsdorf

  • consisting of: Ev.-Luth. Parish of Bärnsdorf-Berbisdorf and Ev.-Luth. Parish Naunhof-Steinbach
  • Churches: Bärnsdorf, Berbisdorf, Bärwalde, Naunhof and Steinbach

Ev.-Luth. Parish of Großenhainer Land

  • consisting of: Ev.-Luth. Parish Marienkirche Großenhain, Ev.-Luth. Parish of Dießbar-Seusslitz and Ev.-Luth. Parish of St. Peter Church in Lenz
  • Churches: Marienkirche Grossenhain , Seusslitz, Merschwitz, Lenz, Skassa, Strießen and Sankt-Urban-Kirche Wantewitz

Ev.-Luth. Zeithain parish

  • consisting of: Ev.-Luth. Parish of Röderau-Bobersen, Ev.-Luth. Church community Glaubitz, Ev.-Luth. Parish Lorenzkirch, Ev.-Luth. United Parish Streumen and Ev.-Luth. Parish of St. Michaelis Church in Zeithain
  • Churches: Röderau, Glaubitz , Zschaiten , Lorenzkirch, Kreinitz, Jacobsthal, Gohlis, Streumen , Peritz , Tiefenau, Lichtensee, Wülknitz, Colmnitz and Zeithain

management

At the head of the church district is the superintendent , the spiritual director and leader of the church. The seat of the superintendent is Grossenhain .

Since 1888, the superintendent has been in the house of the Eckhardt Foundation together with the parish of the Marienkirche parish. At that time, the Eckhardt family owned a spinning mill in Großenhain Castle .

music

Church music and sacred music outside of church services were an important part of church life. Among the church music directors , also known as cantors for short , were well-known composers such as Paul Richard Gläser and Herbert Gadsch . The subordinate choir , founded during the Reformation in 1551, comprised several church choirs and a trombone choir . In 1996 she was awarded the Zelter badge .

Web links

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

literature

  • Ev.-Luth. Superintendent of Großenhain: Between Elbe and Elster - churches and chapels in the church district of Großenhain. Grossenhain 2002.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Grossenhain church district. (No longer available online.) In: kirchen Bezirk-grossenhain.de. Archived from the original on June 1, 2013 ; retrieved on November 12, 2018 : “As of January 1, 2013, our church district is officially called Ev.-Luth. Church district Meißen-Großenhain. "
  2. ↑ Ev.-Luth. Grossenhain superintendent: parish areas and parishes. (Memento of the former website).
  3. ^ Kulturzentrum Großenhain GmbH: Extract from the history of the Großenhain palace complex. In: kulturzentrum-grossenhain.de, accessed on November 12, 2018.
  4. ↑ Ev.-Luth. Parish of Großenhainer Land: The choir of the Marienkirche in Großenhain. (Memento of the former website).