Martinskapelle (Meissen)
The Protestant Martinskapelle on the Plossen is a Romanesque hall church in the Plossen district of Meißen in the district of the same name in Saxony . It belongs to the parish of St. Afra in Meißen in the church district Meißen-Großenhain of the Evangelical Lutheran regional church of Saxony and is used as a burial church.
History and architecture
The church is located in Plossen , high on the mountain spur above the mouth of the Triebisch into the Elbe. The hall church is of Romanesque origin and dates from the middle of the 12th century. In 1437 the church was restored after damage in the Hussite Wars . In 1683 the interior was completely renovated with ceilings, galleries and stalls. In 1885 an extension was added to the west and the southern extension was changed; a new roof turret was built. Further repairs were carried out in 1981, during which a two-arched arcade was uncovered on the west wall , which possibly once led to a room in a former, wide west tower. Fragments of Romanesque architectural sculpture were found in the gable masonry of the choir square.
The church is a plastered quarry stone building in the style of Romanesque village churches, which is located in the middle of a cemetery. It consists of a hall with a retracted choir and a semicircular apse and is supported in the west by two buttresses. The building is completed by a gable roof with turrets and a stepped gable in the east. Romanesque windows are still preserved on the north side, the others were enlarged in 1683. A pointed arched portal in the north from around 1400 opens up the building. Two-story extensions were added to the west and south. In the entrance hall, the Romanesque south portal with a round arch, circumferential base profile and inlaid round bulge has been preserved. The interior has a flat ceiling, the apse has no windows, single-storey galleries are built into the west and the western half of the south side.
Furnishing
A winged altar well worth seeing with carved and framed wooden figures in front of a gold background and with a veil dates from around 1500 and originally stood in the church of Weinböhla . In the predella he shows the painted handkerchief of Veronica , which is held by two angels. In the central shrine, the figures of St. Martin on horseback with a beggar, John the Evangelist and St. Urban are depicted. The painted side wings were restored around 1996. The altar was transferred to the St. Afra Church and can be viewed there.
The pulpit from 1516 consists of the pulpit, which stands on a former side altar and is supported by a rotated column that dates from 1636. In the middle of the parapet is a skull with snakes emerging from its eyes, underneath a coffin hung in a stretcher and a ribbon with the inscription INRI / 1516. Next to the pulpit stairs is an inventory item that was probably once used as a confessional . At the triumphal arch one probably Romanesque relief plate is fitted with two horizontal crutches, where decorated with crosses (pilgrims -?) Hanging bags, between an open book. From these bags (begging bags of the beggar given by Martin and of the saint himself?) The former popular name "Bettelmannskirche" is said to come from.
Peal
The ringing consists of a bronze bell , the belfry is made of oak, as is the bell yoke. Below is a data overview of the bell:
| No. | Casting date | Caster | material | diameter | Dimensions | Chime |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1885 | Bell foundry EF Gruhl | bronze | 590 mm | 115 kg | it" |
literature
- Georg Dehio: Handbook of the German art monuments. Saxony I. District of Dresden. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-422-03043-3 , pp. 609–610.
- Rainer Thümmel : Bells in Saxony . Sound between heaven and earth. Ed .: Evangelical Regional Church Office of Saxony . 2nd, updated and supplemented edition. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2015, ISBN 978-3-374-02871-9 , p. 330 (With a foreword by Jochen Bohl and photographs by Klaus-Peter Meißner}).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information on Martin's Chapel on the website of the parish of St. Afra. Retrieved December 21, 2019 .
- ^ Gerhard Platz, In Busch and Korn, Freiberg 1926, p. 43 f
- ^ A b Rainer Thümmel : Bells in Saxony . Sound between heaven and earth. Ed .: Evangelical Regional Church Office of Saxony . 2nd, updated and supplemented edition. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2015, ISBN 978-3-374-02871-9 , pp. 330 (With a foreword by Jochen Bohl and photographs by Klaus-Peter Meißner).
Coordinates: 51 ° 9 ′ 36.9 ″ N , 13 ° 28 ′ 35.2 ″ E