Marienkirche (Crawinkel)
The Marienkirche is located in the Crawinkel district of Ohrdruf in the Thuringian district of Gotha .
history
Over a Romanesque chapel , the construction of a church began in 1421 using the structure of the chapel. The builders Heinrich Konzel and Heinrich Eberhard were commissioned with the work . In 1624 the church was destroyed by fire in the Thirty Years' War . Despite the dire straits of the community, the church and its tower were rebuilt in the Renaissance style in 1650 . In 1758 the church was enlarged again and received its current shape.
description
The rectangular nave has 4 window axes and is covered with a slate-covered mansard roof with gable dormers . A square choir tower connects to the east . It has an eight-sided, slate-covered curly hood with a lantern . Before the Second World War , the tower had three bells , but two of them had to be removed for wartime use. The tower clock is said to be over 200 years old. The groin-vaulted chapel was originally located on the ground floor of the tower . It now serves as a choir . The little cultivation of timber-framed with a pointed arch door on the south side of the sacristy was built, no longer exists. On the outer wall in the east there is an inscription about the start of construction work and the name of the builder. The windows have segmental arches on the long walls . The choir arch separates the nave and the choir . In its south wall a barrel-vaulted staircase leads to the first floor of the tower. In the nave there are three-storey galleries on three sides , while the west side is decorated with cartouches from the Rococo period . The wooden ceiling in the nave over the galleries is designed as a flat barrel vault . In front of the choir arch is a pulpit altar from the 1st half of the 19th century. The church was badly damaged by the war in April 1945. The organ was completely destroyed. In September 2001, from the monastery church was Bad Klosterlausnitz originating organ with 26 registers , spread over two manuals and pedal , the 1866 Carl Ernst Poppe had built, of Rösel & Hercher organ building converted and restored.
literature
- Dehio-Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, Thuringia. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-422-03095-6 .
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Coordinates: 50 ° 46 ′ 53.7 ″ N , 10 ° 47 ′ 17.9 ″ E