Nikolauskapelle (Köditz)
The Evangelical-Lutheran , listed Nikolauskapelle is in Köditz , a district of Saalfeld in the district of Saalfeld-Rudolstadt in Thuringia . The parish Köditz belongs to the parish area Saalfeld II (center) -Unterwellenborn in the parish association Saalfeld in Kirchenkreis Rudolstadt-Saalfeld the Evangelical Church in Central Germany .
description
The Roman Chapel , it was first mentioned in 1383, consists of a small, rectangular, with a saddle roof covered nave and an east grown semicircular apse , substantially of parallelepiped masonry . The chapel was destroyed in the Thirty Years War , but restored in 1682. On the north side there is a Romanesque, round arched portal .
The interior is covered with a coffered ceiling, which is painted with rosettes . The nave and apse are connected by a triumphal arch . There are the baptismal font and the pulpit from 1682. The galleries in the north and west are single-storey. Their parapets are with calligraphic designed aphorisms from the Bible painted.
The oldest piece of church furnishings is a late Gothic triptych , created around 1520, which consists exclusively of panel paintings . In the middle you can see Maria with Laurentius and Florian . The apostles Philip and James are depicted on the wings .
literature
- Dehio-Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, Thuringia. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-422-03095-6 .
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Coordinates: 50 ° 38 ′ 24.4 " N , 11 ° 22 ′ 28.5" E