Saint Andreas Church (Ermstedt)
The church of St. Andreas in Ermstedt , a district of Erfurt , the capital of Thuringia , is the most important building in art history . The church was extensively restored outside and inside after the fall of the Wall .
history
The current building was erected in 1613 on the eastern edge of the village. The tower in the west of the nave was originally the east tower of the previous Romanesque church, the foundations of which were found in the square in front of the church. Today's passage from the church to the tower room at the foot of the tower used to be the entrance to the previous church.
The baptismal font in front of the altar, in which the year 1613 is carved, is a testimony to the year the present-day church was built. Another testimony is the plaque above the entrance. The stonemason has left his mark on both works, a cross with a split foot and two cross struts on the longitudinal beam.
The tower, which is 25.95 m high today, was only around 13 m high in the time of the previous church, but without the spire, the masonry ended where the S-shaped wall anchor can be seen on the tower today.
Gallery
The most impressive thing when entering the church is the two-story gallery . It was built after the Reformation to meet the growing influx of believers. The parapets show 37 painted pictures with scenes from the New Testament .
organ
The organ is arranged symmetrically to the altar on the upper gallery. The current organ replaced an organ from Friemar from 1593, which was installed in Ermstedt in 1685. The new organ from the Hesse workshop in Dachwig was brought in in August 1833. The two simple pillars of the east gallery were installed in the interests of statics. The organ is currently (2012) in need of repair.
altar
The winged altar is located in the east of the church . It comes from the Barfüßerkirche in Erfurt and was sold to the Ermstedter parish in 1656. The purchase contract for this is in the Erfurt city archive. The back of the altar also contains an inscription (only poorly preserved) about this, the restoration of which is planned. The altar was renovated in a special workshop in Dresden . The inside of the altar wings show the apostle Andrew , the namesake of the church, as well as Christ as savior of the world. The lamentation of Christ is shown in the middle .
Restorations and construction works
After the fall of the Wall , major efforts were made to renovate and renew the church, funded with funds (600,000 euros) from various sources. From 1992 to 1994 the roof of the nave was re-covered. However, defects in the roof could already be found after 10 years because the new roofing had been carried out with 100-year-old roof tiles, as recommended by the preservation authorities.
The dilapidated wooden construction of the tower hood made a complete new construction and the new roofing with slate necessary. The roofing of the outer gallery has been rebuilt.
From 1998 to 2000 the basement of the tower was cleared out and converted into a winter church . In addition, the church received a sanitary installation with a sewage collection pit and new electrification including new pendant lights. From 2004 to 2007 the entire nave was freed from old and new plaster and plastered again. The corner blocks and the cornice were worked out very nicely after it was cleaned. Likewise, the walls made of natural stone were freed from the dirt and dust of the centuries. All seven large church windows as well as eight dormer windows and two gable windows were newly installed. Extensive repair work was carried out on the roof and the roof connections, including the tower hood, were renewed. All dormers were repaired and re-covered with roof slate . The church tower was provided with fiber-reinforced special plaster. The wooden barrel vault was extensively renovated in 2007. The old paint was removed, the formwork and the substructure were repaired and finally professionally processed by painters . When removing the plaster on both sides of the organ, the original wooden cladding with an angel depiction came to light. For this reason, these areas were not re-plastered, only flaws were added and a service was added. Carpenters renovated the galleries. The year 2008 saw the complete removal of the interior plaster and the cleaning of the walls with sandblasting . In addition, the walls of windows and doors were cleaned and the edging stones grouted and, if necessary, supplemented.
In 2010 the altar was completely restored in a Dresden workshop. Furthermore, repair work on the gallery stalls is due.
- Pictures of the church
Church with a staircase on the south side
Passage to the tower room
Baptismal font from 1613
Annual table from 1613: "THE LORD KEEP (h) R (e) YOUR ENTRANCE AND EXIT FROM NU (n) ON TO IN ETERNITY A (men)"
literature
- Georg Dehio: Handbook of the German art monuments: Thuringia . 2nd edition Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2003, p. 396.
- Gerd Schöneburg: Churches in the Erfurt area . 2007, p. 52.
Web links
- The Protestant St. Andrew's Church in Ermstedt. Evangelisches Pfarramt Bindersleben, accessed on February 19, 2016 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ulman Weiss: Erfurt 742-1992. City history, university history . Verlag Hermann Bohlaus Successor, 1992, ISBN 978-3-7400-0806-2 , p. 65
- ↑ a b c d e f The Protestant St. Andrew's Church in Ermstedt. Evangelisches Pfarramt Bindersleben, accessed on February 19, 2016 .
- ↑ a b c d Construction work carried out since 1990. Evangelical pastoral office in Bindersleben, accessed on February 19, 2016 .
Coordinates: 50 ° 58 ′ 7 ″ N , 10 ° 53 ′ 8 ″ E