Saint Gangolph Church (Ostingersleben)
The Sankt-Gangolph-Kirche is the Protestant church of the village Ostingersleben in Saxony-Anhalt , which belongs to the municipality Ingersleben .
architecture
The quarry stone church was built in 1790, with the remains of a Romanesque predecessor building included. The rectangular church hall has high segment arched windows . To the west of the nave there is a church tower standing across the nave on a rectangular floor plan from the Gothic period . A semicircular apse was added to the east side of the nave in 1894 . Repairs took place in 1957 and 1988.
Interior design
The interior of the church is spanned by a flat ceiling resting on a cove . The arch to the apse is designed in the neoclassical style. In the west part of the ship there is a short horseshoe gallery . The pulpit is from the baroque era . In the church there is an octagonal baptismal font dated 1865. The stone, designed in the form of a chalice, is made in the neo-Gothic style . Two stained glass windows depicting the baptism and transfiguration of Christ are remarkable. The windows created by Heinrich Oidtmann from Linnich around 1893/94 show the coat of arms of Albrecht von Alvensleben and Martha, née von Schönborn , as the donor coat of arms . The church was also painted in 1893/94. The oldest piece of equipment is likely to be a richly decorated goblet from around 1500. A bell in the tower dates from 1513.
The furnishings of the 19th century were significantly reduced during the renovation in 1957.
The church is surrounded by a low stone wall. To the southwest of it is a monumental war memorial .
literature
- Folkhard Cremer, Dehio, Handbook of German Art Monuments , Saxony-Anhalt I, Magdeburg District , Deutscher Kunstverlag Munich Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-422-03069-7 , page 691
- Mathias Köhler, Monuments Directory Saxony-Anhalt, Volume 10.1, Ohrekreis (I) , State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt, Michael Imhof Verlag Petersberg 2005, ISBN 3-86568-011-9 , page 187 f.
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Color glazing in the Ostingersleben church
Coordinates: 52 ° 12 ′ 34.9 " N , 11 ° 10 ′ 19.2" E