St. Peter and Paul Church (Jersleben)
The Sankt-Petri-und-Pauli-Kirche is the Protestant church in the village of Jersleben , which is part of the Niedere Börde community in Saxony-Anhalt .
Architecture and history
The current church, which replaced an older church previously in Jersleben, was built in 1892/1893 in neo-Gothic style. The small hall church was built from brick and has a base made of field stones . There is a 5/8 end to the east , the church tower is on the west side. It is covered with a hipped roof on which there is a ridge turret. The inauguration took place on September 17, 1893 with a festive service held by Pastor Friedrich Danneil .
The open, boarded roof structure rises above the interior of the church . There are decorations made of wrought iron hanging trinkets on arches . There is a rib vault in the choir. The basement of the tower is spanned by a groin vault. On the west side there is a gallery from the construction period . The pulpit was made in the workshop of the wood sculptor Gustav Kuntzsch , Wernigerode . The stalls are also from the construction period.
The church was restored between 1998 and 2000.
In the churchyard south of the church there is a sandstone sarcophagus from the end of the 18th century . In the churchyard wall west of the church tower are several pastor's tombstones from the 18th and 19th centuries.
Personalities
From 1878 until his death in 1886, the theologian Franz Heyne was pastor at the previous Jersleber church. His successor was the theologian and historian Friedrich Danneil. At the end of the 19th century, his son, the theologian Heinrich Danneil , worked as a supporting preacher at the church to support his father.
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 459
Web links
- Klaus Dalichow: Jersleber celebrate the 10th anniversary of the rededication of their church. In: Volksstimme.de. July 16, 2010, accessed June 1, 2020 .
- Karl-Heinz Klappoth: A new beginning ten years ago. In: Volksstimme.de. September 17, 2010, accessed June 1, 2020 .
References and footnotes
Coordinates: 52 ° 14 '43 " N , 11 ° 35' 2.3" E