Marien Pilgrimage Church (Ziegelheim)
The Protestant Marien-Pilgrimage Church Ziegelheim is located in the district of Ziegelheim in the municipality of Nobitz in the Thuringian district of Altenburger Land . Due to the historical past, the church is still part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saxony . It is the only church in the Saxon church district of Zwickau in Thuringia.
location
The Marienkirche was built as a place of pilgrimage on a hill southeast of the place. The village of Ziegelheim is located with its corridor in the redeemed hill country of Altenburg . In addition to the town itself, the two neighboring towns of Uhlmannsdorf and Niederarnsdorf belong to the parish of Ziegelheim . Due to the fact that the parish once belonged to the Evangelical Lutheran Regional Church of Saxony, which is still a part of the church, the area protrudes into the Altenburger Land parish of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany . Gähsnitz , south of Ziegelheim, belongs to the also Saxon parish of Oberwiera in the church district of Glauchau-Rochlitz.
history
prehistory
The founding of Ziegelheim and its first church can be assumed to have occurred between 1170 and 1200. Ziegelheim was first mentioned in a document in Waldenburg on March 23, 1254. A Hugo, plebanus de Cygilheim (pastor of Ziegelheim) was mentioned as a witness there. As a result, a church and a pastor in Ziegelheim were already proven in this early period. After the “de Cigilheim” family, first mentioned in 1261, died out, the castle tower of the knight's seat was converted into a church tower in the 15th century. Ziegelheim owned a wooden pilgrimage church in the 15th century, which was on a pilgrimage route. This church contained a statue of the Virgin Mary from around 1450.
The Marien-Pilgrimage Church in Ziegelheim was built (1507 to 1518)
With the wedding of Ernst I von Schoenburg (around 1458-1489) and Anna von Rieneck (1458-1525) the bride was given in 1480, the Vorwerk Ziegelheim with the associated villages Ziegelheim, Thiergarten, Lower Arnsdorf and Uhlmannsdorf as jointure. After the death of her husband in 1489, she officially became a widow's residence in Ziegelheim as the Vorwerk of Waldenburg Castle , which she probably never lived in. Anna von Schönburg was raised strictly Catholic in her childhood in the County of Rieneck in what is now Lower Franconia . The construction of the Marien-pilgrimage church on a hill in the south-east of Ziegelheim took place during the 45-year period of the tenure of the Ziegelheim manor. This stone church in the late Gothic style, built between 1507 and 1518, replaced the smaller wooden pilgrimage church in the village. Anna von Schönburg immortalized herself in the new building with her von Rieneck family coat of arms, the donated relics and the church furnishings. In addition to Ziegelheim, the parish of Ziegelheim in the Schönburg superintendent of Waldenburg also included the places Thiergarten, Niederarnsdorf, Uhlmannsdorf and a portion of Heiersdorf (Hoyersdorf) and the subsidiary church in Franconia . Anna "Gratiosa" von Schönburg died on December 13th, 1525, whereby the Leibgedinge and the widow's residence Ziegelheim with the associated villages fell back to the House of Schönburg as an Electoral Saxon fief .
History of the Marien-Pilgrimage Church in Ziegelheim
The Reformation found its way into Ziegelheim in the middle of the 16th century . Pastor Melchior Bereuther, who was proven in 1555, is considered the first known Protestant pastor in Ziegelheim. As early as 1539, a sextonry and a school in Ziegelheim were first recorded . The first renovation work took place in the Marienkirche in 1642. Another renovation followed in 1903/1904. The branch church in Franconia was separated from the parish Ziegelheim in 1871 and given as a subsidiary church to Schlagwitz . However, both churches became daughter churches of Ziegelheim again in 1936. The church tower clock was installed in 1878. Until 1929 the clock only had one dial on the south side, which meant that it could not be seen from the direction of Uhlmannsdorf. It was not until 1929 that the tower clock was also given a dial on the north side. Ziegelheim received a new school in 1888/1890, which meant that properties had to be exchanged with the church.
On July 1, 1952, as a result of the second district reform in the GDR, the municipalities of Ziegelheim (with the districts of Uhlmannsdorf and Niederarnsdorf) and Gähsnitz (belonging to the church of Oberwiera) from the (Saxon) district of Glauchau to the (Thuringian) district of Altenburg took place . However, this was also torn from its historical Thuringian frame of reference and merged with areas that were once Saxon to form the Leipzig district. While the political affiliation of Ziegelheim to Waldenburg and Glauchau ended, it remained in the church. The last pastor who lived in Ziegelheim and was only responsible for Ziegelheim left the parish in 1985. After that, Ziegelheim was looked after from Oberwiera, while Franken and Schlagwitz were administered by St. Bartholomew's Church in Waldenburg.
Politically, the municipality of Ziegelheim has belonged to the Altenburg district in the Free State of Thuringia since 1990, and to the Altenburger Land district since 1994. After a church visit in 1994, the church board decided that the parish of Ziegelheim should remain with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Saxony and not move to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Thuringia . Thus it remains with the peculiarity that the municipality belongs politically to Thuringia, for example with regard to holidays and the church building as a memorial, but churchly to Saxony. Since 1998 the parish of Ziegelheim has belonged to the parish of Waldenburg, which included the parishes of Waldenburg St. Bartholomäus, Swabia / Dürrenuhlsdorf, Schlagwitz / Franconia and Ziegelheim. In 2006 the parish of Waldenburg was united into one parish.
Building description
The Ziegelheim pilgrimage church, built between 1507 and 1518, was built in the late Gothic style by the master builder Paul Pasche from Rochlitz .
Nave and interior
The nave stands on a rectangular floor plan and has only two bays and is wider than it is long. The choir is much longer than the nave . Both are covered by net and star vaults. The four-storey west tower carries a gallery with a stone tracery parapet above the hall . The wooden galleries with parapet paintings in the nave were built in 1642. The two-storey altarpiece was built in 1670 with rich carvings. It comes from a Mr. Günther from Ehrenhain . Consisting of Rochlitz porphyry made baptismal font dates back to the 16th century. The church has a statue of Mary from the 15th century. While the furnishings of the church are made in the Baroque style , the pulpit is from the Renaissance period . In the church there are 45 large-format paintings from 1708.
Church bells
The large church bell from 1501 was cast in 1542 and after a crack in 1960 it was replaced by a bell of the same design. Since the middle bell from 1642 also had to be cast, the small bell from the 13th century is the oldest of the peals. The bell consists of three bronze bells, the bell frame is made of oak and the yoke is made of cast iron, cranked.
Below is a data overview of the bell:
| No. | Casting date | Caster | diameter | Dimensions | Chime |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1960 | Bell foundry S. Schilling | 1215 mm | 1278 kg | e ′ |
| 2 | 1959 | Bell foundry S. Schilling | 1005 mm | 707 kg | G' |
| 3 | around 1350 | Bell foundry unknown | 810 mm | 350 kg | cis ″ |
Web links
- History of the Marienkirche Ziegelheim
- Ziegelheim in a brochure of the former Wieratal administrative association
- Website of the former Wieratal administrative association
- Report on missing spire
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ziegelheim on www.total-lokal.de
- ↑ Michael Wetzel: Anna Countess von Rieneck . In: Institute for Saxon History and Folklore (Ed.): Saxon Biography .
- ↑ Werner Herrmann. Dorfkirchen in Thüringen Verlagshaus Thuringia, 1992, ISBN 3-86087-014-9 , S91
- ↑ Description of the superintendent Waldenburg in the archive of the Free State of Saxony
- ^ Description of the parish of Ziegelheim, p. 320
- ↑ History of Anna "Gratiosa" of Schoenburg on www.ziegelheim.de
- ↑ Lieselotte Swietek: village churches in Thuringia , Thuringia publishing house, 1990, ISBN 3-86087-014-9 , pages 90/91
- ↑ a b Rainer Thümmel : Bells in Saxony: Sound between heaven and earth . Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2011, ISBN 978-3-374-02871-9 , pp. 372 .
Coordinates: 50 ° 55 ′ 30 " N , 12 ° 33 ′ 18" E