Widenkirche ruins (Weida)
The ruins of the Widenkirche are in the town of Weida in the Greiz district in Thuringia . It belongs to the Weida parish in the Gera parish of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany .
history
The Widenkirche developed structurally from a chapel , the city church was consecrated to the old town and to Mother Mary .
The church was subordinate to the Mildenfurth monastery from 1193 . In a document from Gregory IX. it was mentioned in 1230. Reference was made to the demolition and rebuilding of the Romanesque church. In 1350 the Gothic reconstruction took place.
In 1504 a fire destroyed the church. A makeshift restoration followed. The room was used for church services until 1527. In 1554 the church is considered to be in ruins. Apparently the bells remained . A city fire in 1633 destroyed the existing building fabric and on March 17, 1789 damage from an earthquake followed . In 1811 the dilapidated twin tower was demolished and in 1902 the sacristy was exposed.
In 1934 the last remaining fresco from the Marien cycle was brought to the Marienkirche by Italian specialists . In 1958, the wheel windows in the sacristy were secured, supplemented and the tower re-covered. In 1959 the church became a memorial for the victims of wars and tyranny.
In 1990 the community built a bell cage for the historical bells and the still existing tower was renovated. The Maiwerk windows are secured under the direction of the State Office for Monument Protection . In the summer of 2002 church and artistic events took place again in the Widenkirche.
Individual evidence
- ^ History of the Widenkirche.Retrieved August 31, 2017
Web links
Coordinates: 50 ° 46 '14.3 " N , 12 ° 3' 42" E