Magdalenenkirche (Wiesenfeld near Coburg)

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Magdalenenkirche

The Evangelical Lutheran Magdalene Church in Upper Franconia Wiesenfeld bei Coburg in Coburg is a brick church in neo-Gothic style, a rarity in southern Germany.

history

The first church, a baptistery dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene , was probably in Wiesenfeld as early as the 13th century. It was renovated as a branch church by Meeder in the 15th century . In the course of the Reformation , Wiesenfeld became its own parish. In 1723/24 the master builder family Brückner built a baroque church as a replacement building , which was destroyed by a major fire on May 27, 1896 together with 41 neighboring buildings. The foundation stone for the new church building was laid in 1897 on the southeast corner of the tower, the church consecration followed on October 23, 1898. The red brick structure was built in neo-Gothic style according to plans by the Coburg builder Uhden, and as a Protestant church a regional rarity. The ornaments inside come from the Coburg master painter Krebs. The building cost 35,500 marks . In 1976 the church was repaired both inside and out. The church has been called Magdalenenkirche since 2008.

layout

inner space

The chancel is spanned by a square cross vault , to the south the sacristy adjoins. The nave has two aisles and wooden galleries on two sides . The central nave is spanned by a wooden ceiling broken on three sides. It is separated from the south aisle by two pillars and pointed arches from the south aisle, which has a flat wooden ceiling and a single-storey gallery. The west gallery is two-story. The organ is at the top. The south and north facades are characterized by three large, ogival, two-part windows. Behind the south-western main entrance is the vestibule spanned by a cross vault. Above it is the church tower, which is adorned with gables and crowned with a helmet.

Furnishing

In the church tower there are three bells from 1953, which come from the Erdinger bell foundry Czudnochowsky. The inscriptions on the bells read "Pray and work", "Faith, love, hope", "Honor God, commemorate the fallen and missing, comfort the homeless". The baptismal bowl from 1713 is made of pewter and comes from the previous church. A copy of the grave slab of Johannes Conrad Zieritz, who was Chancellor Duke Albrechts of Saxe-Coburg and was buried in the church, stands to the left of the chancel. Behind the altar cross in the choir is the Resurrection window in the east.

organ

organ

In the previous church there was already an organ with six registers without a pedal at the beginning of the 18th century , which was added later. This was replaced in 1760 by an instrument made by the organ builder Georg Ernst Wiegleb from Schney . It had two manuals and pedal as well as twelve registers. The present organ is the work of the Coburg organ builder Anton Hasselbarth, which was built from prefabricated parts until 1900 after the church was rebuilt. In 1968 the instrument was rebuilt, modernized and rearranged by Hoffmann from Ostheim vor der Rhön . It has two manuals and a pedal as well as twelve registers and 765 pipes. The case is provided with a five-part neo-Gothic prospectus. Three pipe fields with triangular gables are connected by two intermediate fields with a rising cornice.

literature

  • Dieter Stößlein: Magdalenen Church in Wiesenfeld. Church leaders

Web links

Commons : Magdalenenkirche (Wiesenfeld near Coburg)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Klausdieter Ruge: Wiesenfeld . In: Evangelical parishes in the Coburg region. Verlag der Ev.-Luth. Mission Erlangen, Erlangen 1984, ISBN 3-87214-202-X , p. 113f
  2. ^ Coburger Zeitung, issue no.250 from October 25, 1898
  3. ^ Lothar Hofmann: Monuments Region Coburg - Neustadt - Sonneberg: Places of contemplation and prayer. Historical sacred buildings. A guide through the churches in the districts of Coburg and Sonneberg . Verlag Gerätemuseum des Coburger Land, Ahorn 2007, ISBN 3-930531-04-6 , p. 66
  4. ^ Paul Lehfeldt : Architectural and Art Monuments of Thuringia, Booklet XXVIII. Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Jena, 1902, p. 47
  5. ↑ Dieter Stößlein: Magdalenen Church in Wiesenfeld, church leader
  6. ^ Hermann Fischer, Theodor Wohnhaas: Alte Orgeln im Coburger Land, Part I. Yearbook of the Coburg State Foundation 1970, p. 223f

Coordinates: 50 ° 17 ′ 58 ″  N , 10 ° 54 ′ 30 ″  E