St. Egidius (Grub am Forst)
The core of the Evangelical Lutheran parish church of St. Giles in Grub am Forst in Upper Franconia in the Coburg district dates from the 13th century .
history
The beginnings of today's church go back to the 13th century. In 1323, a church in Grub was mentioned for the first time in a conciliation document from the Langheim monastery . The Lords of Grub had quarreled with the Sonnefeld Monastery about land ownership. Originally it was a branch church of Altenbanz . In the middle of the 15th century, Grub became an independent parish. A Egidius church in Grub was first mentioned in 1496. The first Protestant church visitation by Electoral Saxony took place in 1528/29. At that time, the village of Roth am Forst was parished and the community Niederfüllbach was assigned until it became a parish itself in 1546. In 1525 the present nave was built , in 1657 the tower structure with a third floor and a pointed helmet. In 1680 two-storey galleries were installed , which were given an external staircase in 1730. In the 18th and 19th centuries, the parish had additional window openings made in the outer walls. The first stained glass windows were installed in 1935, followed by two more in 2004. As part of an exterior renovation, the sacristy was relocated and the church was plastered in 1980/81 .
Building description
The choir tower church stands on a slope above Grub am Forst. The church tower, which rises above the eastern choir , is striking , followed by two storeys with window slits and, at the end, a half-timbered storey with an octagonal helmet between four watch towers . The tower clock has dials with a diameter of 148 centimeters each on all four sides. The double choir goes back to the remains of the previous church. The rear choir space under the tower with the baptismal font is 3.3 meters long and 2.7 meters wide and was originally the chancel. It has a medium-sized ogival window in the east and south walls. The middle choir, now the chancel, 4.1 meters long and 5.3 meters wide, was the nave. Cross vaults span the two rooms with an ogival triumphal arch in between. A round arched triumphal arch connects the chancel with the nave.
The nave is 11.8 meters long and 6.9 meters wide. The south side has two larger, profiled rectangular windows at the top and two smaller rectangular windows at the bottom as well as an ogival door. The north side has two smaller, rectangular windows in different positions. The west gable is characterized by four rectangular windows, two larger ones above and two smaller ones below, as well as the ogival entrance portal. The interior of the nave has two-story wooden galleries on wooden pillars with paneled parapets on the long walls and a single-story former organ gallery on the west wall. A wooden ceiling with a dividing longitudinal beam and a series of somewhat profiled transverse beams spans the interior.
Furnishing
The lecture cross , which is used at funerals, shows on one side Christ on the cross and on the other side Christ as the risen one.
The east window in the choir shows Christ on the cross. The legend of St. Aegidius is depicted on the two new stained glass windows in the west pediment . The design comes from the artist Sister Christamaria Schröter from the Christ Brotherhood in Selbitz .
organ
The first organ was replaced in 1703 by a larger, used one with five registers . In 1734 the old Watzendorf organ followed as a replacement with a manual and pedal and eight registers. In 1783 the Neustadt organ builder Johann Andreas Hofmann renewed the instrument and built in two additional registers. A repair of the bellows is documented for 1875. In 1924 the Lichtenfels organ building company Dietmann installed a new instrument with nine registers on two manuals and a pedal in the old case. In 1955, the current organ from the Steinmeyer organ builder from Oettingen followed with thirteen stops on two manuals and a pedal in the western organ gallery. The instrument has a modern, V-shaped open pipe prospect with a cymbal star. The prospectus leads around the corner to the ship side. In 2004 the organ was moved to the north, lower gallery to accommodate the new stained glass windows in the west gable. The gaming table remained on the west gallery.
Bells
At the beginning of the 20th century, two bells from 1876 and 1884 respectively hung in the church tower. These were replaced in 1919 by cast steel bells made by Schilling and Lattermann in Apolda . The purchase of the large bell, which weighs 750 kilograms and is 122 centimeters in diameter, enabled a donation from Tsar Ferdinand I , who lived in exile in Coburg. Four new bronze bells followed in 2000. Since then, the ringing has consisted of the death knell (chime f) with the inscription "I agree to your complaints", which also strikes the number of hours, the Lord's Prayer bell (chime as) with the inscription "He who trusts God does not have to despair", the thank-you bell (chime c ') with the inscription "I call out thanks on happy days", which strikes every quarter of an hour, and the baptismal bell (chime it) with the inscription "Christ speaks: Come to me, I will carry you".
Parish
In addition to Grub am Forst and Roth am Forst, the villages of Zeickhorn , Buscheller and Forsthub belong to the Kirchsprengel . From 1895 to 1907 the later general superintendent Georg Kükenthal was pastor in Grub am Forst.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Günther Bauer: Grub am Forst . In: Evangelical parishes in the Coburg region. Verlag der Ev.-Luth. Mission Erlangen, Erlangen 1984, ISBN 3-87214-202-X , pp. 179f
- ^ Lothar Hofmann: Monuments Region Coburg - Neustadt - Sonneberg: Places of contemplation and prayer. Historical sacred buildings. A guide through the churches in the districts of Coburg and Sonneberg . Verlag Gerätemuseum des Coburger Land, Ahorn 2007, ISBN 3-930531-04-6 , p. 51
- ↑ a b Church leader St. Agidius Church in Grub am Forst
- ^ A b Paul Lehfeldt : Architectural and Art Monuments of Thuringia, Booklet XXXII. Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Jena 1906, p. 414f
- ^ Hermann Fischer, Theodor Wohnhaas: Alte Orgeln im Coburger Land, Part II. Yearbook of the Coburg Landesstiftung 1971, p. 108f
Coordinates: 50 ° 13 ′ 43.8 " N , 11 ° 1 ′ 20" E