Luther Church (Görschlitz)

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Luther Church Görschlitz

The Luther Church in the district of Görschlitz of the community Laussig ( district of Northern Saxony in the Free State of Saxony ) is a church building of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany .

The architectural style of the building, which was built in the 16th century, is assigned to the three epochs of Renaissance , Baroque and Historicism .

Building description and history

The pointed arch portal from 1848.

The Görschlitz Luther Church is a plastered brick building from the 16th century with a three-sided east end. In the west of the nave there is a church tower with a square floor plan. This was probably built in 1870 on an older previous building. Red clinker was used as building material . It is crowned by a pointed conical roof. The neo-baroque pointed arch portal of the church dates from 1848.

The interior of the church has a flat roof and is characterized by a three-sided gallery, which was built in 1755. Further pieces of equipment are a pulpit altar and an organ , which has been in the church since 1818. Its bells date from 1515 and 1612. The older of the two bells has a diameter of 61 centimeters and was originally located in the previous building of the church. The second bell is slightly smaller with a diameter of 41 centimeters.

After the well-known renovation and expansion work in 1755 and 1848, extensive reconstruction work was carried out in the 1980s . Efforts are currently being made to restore the Görschlitzer and the other organs in the parish.

The church in Görschlitz used to be a branch church of the church in Pristäblich. From 1925 to 2001 Görschlitz had its own parish. Since then, Görschlitz has belonged to the Authausen parish.

  • Further views of the Luther Church

  • East Side

  • Bell storey of the Luther Church

  • Görschlitz seen from the southwest

Dunning and remembrance

Fallen memorial

Görschlitz Fallen Memorial

Immediately by the church is a memorial in honor of the villagers who died in the First World War . This monument consists of a roughly hewn stele with a pointed end made of Beucha granite . A smoothly chiseled name plaque can be found on its front. Below is the inscription “For loyalty and duty, you people, do not forget it. The Grateful Church ”watch.

The Görschlitzer Hexenstein

The Görschlitzers erected another memorial in 2001 on a small decorative square opposite the church. The witch stone is a reminder of the medieval witch trials , to which innocent and cruel victims fell victim to countless people at that time. Two such cases are known for Görschlitz himself.

An old woman is remembered on a small display board. After the death of her husband Hans, Elisabeth Mann, who came from Battaune , had sold the house they had bought in 1650 on the condition of a right of residence and maintenance. In the following years there were disputes with the new owners, who in the end publicly accused them of witchcraft because they had allegedly found magic things in the woman's bed. The old woman ended up in prison and the case ended up as an inquisition before the court of the Düben office. Before the end of the trial, the accused died without a confession from the consequences of the cruel torture which she had suffered in custody, on November 6, 1669.

The Görschlitz schoolmaster Sigismund Schneider had better luck a year earlier. In August 1668 the Lindenhayner pastor had accused him of witchcraft after disputes. The case ended up with an interrogation in front of the official castle in Eilenburg, followed by a complaint connected with the request for clarification from the Eilenburg superintendent by the accused.

  • Witch stone

  • Witch stone and witch sculpture

  • Witch stone

  • Sculpture on the Hexenstein

Web links

Commons : Lutherkirche (Görschlitz)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Notes and individual references

  1. ↑ a b c d The Luther Church in Görschlitz at www.architektur-blicklicht.de , accessed on October 29, 2017
  2. ↑ a b List of Monuments of the State of Saxony , accessed on October 29, 2017.
  3. ↑ a b c d The Görschlitzer Church on the homepage of the community Lauzut , accessed on October 29, 2017
  4. ↑ a b The church in Görschlitz on the homepage of the parish Authausen, accessed on October 29, 2017
  5. ↑ Kathrin Kabelitz: " Organs in the parish of Authausen - 32-year-old Presseler has big plans ", November 18, 2016
  6. ^ Entry by Görschlitz in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony , accessed on October 29, 2017.
  7. ↑ August Schumann : Complete State, Post and Newspaper Lexicon of Saxony . tape 4 . Zwickau 1817, p. 235 .
  8. ↑ Online project Memorial Memorials , accessed on October 29, 2017
  9. ↑ a b c Manfred Wilde : The sorcery and witch trials in Saxony. Cologne, Böhlau 2003, ISBN 3-412-10602-X , p. 138, 209, 493, 497 .
  10. ↑ a b display board at Görschlitzer Hexenstein, September 2016

Coordinates: 51 ° 34 ′ 43.7 "  N , 12 ° 42 ′ 14.5"  E