Granau church ruins (Halle)
The Granau church ruin is a former church in Granau near Halle in Saxony-Anhalt .
Structure and history
The settlement of Granau was completely destroyed by Swedish troops in the Thirty Years' War . While the settlement itself remained a desolation , the parish church was rebuilt in 1654 and continued to be used by the neighboring community of Nietleben (now part of Halle (Saale)). The church "was a simple baroque hall with a choir tower added in 1692 and large segmented arched windows". It was unusual that the altar of the church was in the west and it had no baptismal font . When the newly built Evangelical Church in Nietleben was completed in 1886 , the church was given up. Some of the pews from Granau were transferred to the new church. The Granau church was not demolished and fell into disrepair.
Cemetery, honor and memorial
The surrounding listed Granauer Friedhof (also: Friedhof Halle-Nietleben ) is still used by the community. There you will find the graves of some well-known regional personalities such as Karl Friedrich Bahrdt (theologian), Siegmar Baron von Schultze-Galléra (local researcher) and Erich Neuss (historian).
In 1923 the church was rebuilt and fortified by the Halle architect Johannes Niemeyer from the Kunstgewerbeschule in Halle, while preserving the ruin character. In the ruins, a memorial designed by Niemeyer in the form of an organ with an altar table for the fallen soldiers of the First World War was erected, which was inaugurated in 1924.
On the inside of the north wall, on the occasion of his 100th birthday, a memorial plaque for Siegmar Baron von Schultze-Galléra was placed, which was created in 1967 by Martin Wetzel .
Web links
- The Granauer Church . Published by Nietlebener Heimatverein eV, 2012.
- Tell tombstones. The Granauer Friedhof . Published by Nietlebener Heimatverein eV, 2007.
- Granau church ruins on Halle in the picture
Individual evidence
- ↑ Holger Brülls, Thomas Dietzsch: Architectural Guide Halle an der Saale . Reimer, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-496-01202-1 , p. 153 .
- ↑ a b Michael Wallaschek: Adventure trail "Nature - Mining - Culture" Dölau-Nietleben (= hiking routes in the nature park "Lower Saale Valley" . No. 5 ). Rothenburg 2005.
- ↑ Allmuth Schuttwolf: Hallesche Plastik im 20. Jahrhundert (Diss.), Vol. 2 (Appendix), Halle (Saale) 1981.
Coordinates: 51 ° 28 '54.1 " N , 11 ° 53' 14.1" E