St. George's Church (Seebergen)
The Sankt-Georg-Kirche is a hall church in Seebergen . The parishes of Cobstädt , Günthersleben , Seebergen and Tüttleben belong to the Seebergen parish association .
Building history
Due to their workmanship and shape, numerous hewn stones that were reused suggest that the church was preceded by a Romanesque predecessor. Archaeological studies indicate that the tower and the choir and the nave were built first. The church was built from 1511 to 1587 using Seeberger sandstone . On June 11, 1610, a few years after the church was completed, a fire severely damaged the church. The roof and the interior were probably destroyed, which can still be seen in traces in the tower. The church was completely restored just one year later, with plaster and new wall paintings. The new equipment was in the Renaissance style. A wall inscription and the year 1611 above the arch of the tower door inside the church attest to this.
Furnishing
Steeple
Its 40 m high church tower has an octagonal helmet roof as well as a circumferential weir gallery and an outside hanging bell.
The tower has three bells. For war purposes, two of the bells from that time were melted down in 1917. The small bell was sold to the church in Sundhausen near Bad Langensalza in the same year . The bell foundry in Apolda then cast three new bells using the chilled iron process . After the bells reached their lifespan in 2001, the chiming stopped. Only the small chiming bell called the believers to prayer. On the occasion of a festival week in July 2011 to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the church, a new bell was brought into the tower, the Sundhausen bell comes back in exchange. The introduction and the first ringing of the bells took place on September 11, 2011, on the day of the open monument . The old bells are now in the churchyard near the entrance portal. The restoration of the belfry is also planned.
Churchyard wall
The crenellated churchyard wall is broken by a few gates that could be barricaded in case of danger. The wall also has loopholes and corbels that indicate the defensive strength of the church.
Galleries
Inside the church, 60 biblical scenes are attached to the parapets of the two gallery galleries from the 17th century. The intensely colored paintings in glue paint technique on the galleries and the pulpit represent scenes from the Old and New Testaments . They are the work of the Gotha painter Michael Käseweiß . The paintings can be dated to 1625. The pulpit has only been in place since 1900. From 1995 to 1999 the paintings were renewed.
organ
The organ , which was built in together with the organ gallery, is from 1822. It is the work of the master organ builder Ernst Ludwig Hesse from Dachwig and is considered the largest surviving organ and the last work from his workshop. The 68 tin prospect pipes given in 1917 for war purposes were replaced by zinc pipes in 1925. From 2001 to April 18, 2004, the Orgelbau Waltershausen company carried out a restoration in order to restore its richness of sound. the zinc pipes were replaced by tin pipes, the organ case was cleaned and the organ registers were re-voiced.
Other equipment
- altar
- 17th century pulpit. It was moved to its current location in 1900 after the new terrazzo flooring was installed in the choir room. It could originally have been part of a pulpit altar .
- a pastor portrait from the 18th century
Churchyard
View of the cemetery wall
The defensive wall
The defensive wall
The church and the former cemetery are surrounded by a partially crenellated defensive system, some of which dates from the 16th century and has an ogival entrance gate in the north. Numerous sandstone tombs , dating from the 7th and 18th centuries, decorate the former cemetery, in original locations, placed on the wall or walled in. Including the tomb for Maria Dorothea Dürrfeldt, b. Rohbock, a young woman who died in childbed in 1722 . The tomb was probably created by her husband, the sculptor Johann Nicolaus Dürrfeldt.
In 1891 the "Gottesacker" was closed and the new cemetery on Wanderslebener Strasse (field name "Kreuzerhügel") was created. Here also Gustav Leutelt (1860-1947), the local poet of the Jizera, his final resting place. The "Leutelt Society" from Neugablonz takes care of the maintenance of the memorial stone.
Seebergen is the center of the parish , which also includes the parishes of Cobstädt , Tüttleben and Günthersleben .
gallery
- Pictures of the church
The inscription from 1611 on the lower tower staircase marks the 500th anniversary of the reconstruction
Church interior with organ
Paintings on the galleries
pulpit
Pulpit with staircase
Three old bells in the churchyard
swell
- Dirk Koch: Village churches around the three equals. Ed .: Trachtengruppe Ingersleben, Ingersleben 2006, OCLC 255920794 .
- Anniversary publication from 2011 by the parish of Seebergen
Web links
- Website of the Seebergen Parish Association
- Information about the church on the website of the church district
Coordinates: 50 ° 55 ′ 20 ″ N , 10 ° 47 ′ 54 ″ E