St. George's Church (Großkmehlen)
The St. George's Church in Großkmehlen is a church consecrated to St. George in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district . The church is one of the architectural monuments in the community of Großkmehlen .
history
The church was first mentioned in a document in 1205. The current appearance was achieved through renovations. The nave was built in the second half of the 15th century. The church was rebuilt around 1618. Another renovation took place in the period from 1716 to 1718, with the nave being extended to a cross shape with two additions. The renovation was carried out after a report by George Bähr , who built the Dresden Frauenkirche and the Loschwitz Church , among other things .
Building description
The church is built in a cross shape. A west tower adjoins the nave. The choir , nave and tower substructure are late Gothic . Around 1618 the building was changed. The church received a new tower structure and a decorated portal.
The building is surrounded by a churchyard.
Furnishing
The furnishings of the St. George's Church are baroque . The interior is closed off by a flat stucco ceiling with geometric ornaments. The three-sided gallery rests on square posts that taper towards the top and end in Ionic capitals . It has coffered panels on the long sides. The west gallery has balusters and is used as a place for the organ. The parish and patronage stalls date from the early 18th century. The church stalls leave a central aisle free. The oldest piece of equipment is the late Gothic tabernacle from the first half of the 15th century. Today it is in the sacristy . The baptism is a foundation of General von Brause and dates back to 1718.
pulpit
The polygonal sandstone pulpit from 1620 is adorned in the middle pulpit with the crucified Christ , who is flanked by the sculptures of the evangelists with their evangelist symbols . She is supported by a winged angel who holds a pillow on his head on which the pulpit is located. The wooden cover plate is decorated with flowers and ornaments as well as crowning figures. The back wall of the pulpit bears the Hebrew name of God JHWH over a round arch between two Ionic pilasters .
Silbermann organ
The organ was built in 1717/1718 by Gottfried Silbermann on behalf of Johanna Eleonore von Brause. She was widow of Gottlob von Lüttichau , until his death in 1699 feudal lord of Großkmehlen (new part). The organ is Silbermann's eighth work. It has two manuals and pedal as well as 22 registers with a total of 1239 pipes, 36 of which are mute in the brochure . General von Brause donated this instrument, which cost 1000 thalers. The church archive has a Silbermann contract signed by Silbermann. In November 1718 the organ was accepted by Christian Petzold .
Most of the organ pipes were renewed in the 20th century. As a result of the pipework being outsourced after a lightning strike in the church in 1944, the organ suffered considerable damage. Part of the pipework was reinstalled in the same year, other registers were replaced in 1954 by Jehmlich Orgelbau Dresden . From 1995 to 1996 the organ was restored by the Rühle organ workshop with a private donation of a quarter of a million DM , and eight lost registers were reconstructed based on the Silbermann organ in the Georgenkirche in Rötha .
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altar
The late Gothic carved altar comes from an Antwerp workshop. It is said to have been made before the year 1495 as a commissioned work for von Lüttichau. The altar consists of two essays, the George and a cross shrine. They are set in a Renaissance frame that dates from around 1620. The lower attachment, the Georgsschrein, has two attached wings. Pictures of the legend of St. George are shown. The altar was partly restored with financial help from BASF Schwarzheide.
Events
Organ concerts take place regularly in the church, the first taking place on Pentecost Sunday.
literature
- Evangelical Church Community Großkmehlen (Ed.), Thomas Brilla (Red.): The parish church of St. Georg in Großkmehlen. A commemorative publication. Quack-Druck, Neuburxdorf 2018.
- The St. Georgs Church in Großkmehlen. In: Churches in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district Calendar of the Sparkasse Niederlausitz, 2008.
- Reinhard Kißro: The parish church of St. Georg zu Großkmehlen and its art monuments , part 1–5. In: Home calendar for the Bad Liebenwerda district and the Mückenberger Ländchen. 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999.
Web links
- Entry in the monument database of the State of Brandenburg
- Representation of the church on the homepage of the community Großkmehlen ( Memento from May 3, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- www.denkmalschutz.de - Presentation on the homepage of the German Foundation for Monument Protection
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of monuments of the state of Brandenburg: District Oberspreewald-Lausitz (PDF) Brandenburg State Office for Monument Preservation and State Archaeological Museum
- ↑ Christian Petzold's biography on Saxon Biography
- ^ Frank-Harald Greß : The Gottfried Silbermann organ of St. George's Church in Großkmehlen. In: Evangelische Kirchengemeinde Großkmehlen (Ed.), Thomas Brilla (Red.): The parish church of St. Georg in Großkmehlen. A commemorative publication. Quack-Druck, Neuburxdorf 2018, pp. 96–128, here: pp. 109–110.
- ↑ Reinhard Kißro: The parish church of St.Georg zu Großkmehlen and its art monuments , part 3, in: Local calendar for the old district of Bad Liebenwerda, the Mückenberger Ländchen, outskirts on Schraden and Uebigau - Falkenberg 1996, pp. 163–177
- ↑ Presentation of the church on the musikinkirchen.de homepage, accessed on April 5, 2016
Coordinates: 51 ° 22 ′ 45.2 " N , 13 ° 43 ′ 27.1" E