St. Andreas (Heiligenthal)
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The St. Andreas Church is the Protestant church in the village of Heiligenthal in Saxony-Anhalt , which belongs to the city of Gerbstedt .
It is located on Schulweg in the south of the village. The community belongs to the Eisleben-Sömmerda parish of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany and has 80 members (as of 2019).
Architecture and history
The core of the late Romanesque hall church dates back to the second half of the 12th century. It was built from field stones and has a recessed choir on a rectangular floor plan. A renovation took place at the beginning of the 16th century. Further renovations took place in 1708 and 1737, with a crypt annex on the north side of the choir in 1708.
The church tower is covered with a hipped roof and has a clock bay . To the south and east there are sound openings, which are designed as coupled round arches . Leaf and corner mask capitals can be found on the set small pillars below the saddlers.
The nave has Romanesque arched windows on its long sides, some of which are walled up. There are also arched windows . On the east side there are three extremely narrow, high, staggered arched windows. In the east wall of the choir there is a group of three, slightly ogival windows.
The church was restored in 1914. In the 2000s and 2010s, the facades of the nave, choir and annex were repaired. The foundation was also secured, masonry and the external plaster renovated. Windows and doors have also been revised. The roof was also renewed.
In the local register of monuments , the church is listed as a monument under registration number 094 65861 .
Lintel post portal
A lintel post portal, which was built around 1170, has been incorporated into the southern wall of the nave . In the inner reveal of the arch is a notched zigzag and checkerboard pattern. The posts are structured in the form of columns and decorated with sculptures of heads on the capitals. There is a circumferential dew stick on the edges of the posts . On the left post of the portal is a man with a raised battle ax attacked by a basilisk . The right post is decorated with a mythical creature biting a lion's tail. The meaning of this mythical representation is unknown. In the tympanum of the portal, between rosettes, a bust of Christ is depicted as Salvator on the cloud mountain. He holds a Bible in his left hand and is blessing with his right hand.
Interior design and equipment
The nave is spanned by an arched wooden barrel. There is an opening towards the tower hall through two arched arcades. The central pillar is square and has a fighter . In the nave there is a baroque horseshoe gallery , the northern part of which is two-story.
Towards the choir there is a triumphal arch designed as a round arch with fighters. The choir is also spanned by a wooden barrel, which is lower than in the nave. On the north wall of the choir there is a patronage box. It has a cranked serrated cornice and Corinthian columns and pilasters . In the parapet fields there are three painted alliance coats of arms and underneath the dates 1722, 1829 and 1890. The coats of arms are framed with carved acanthus. The choir stalls on the south and north sides are from 1722. On the south side of the choir there is a stained glass window from the end of the 19th century depicting the resurrection of Christ.
The pulpit altar dates from the first half of the 18th century. It is carved and has side passages. He is crowned by a trinity group. The flanking of the altar consists of Ionic columns and flower hangings. The octagonal baptismal font in the church is late Gothic .
The organ prospectus is designed in three parts. It dates from the first half of the 18th century and is carved with acanthus. The organ is the work of the organ builder Wilhelm Rühlmann . The church has a bell from the Middle Ages.
In the northern extension there is an urn grave from 1783 for Johann Ludwig von Bülow and his son Busso Heinrich von Bülow .
graveyard
The cemetery of the Schönfeld-Korck family stands in the churchyard belonging to the church . The building was carried out in 1894 on a square ground plan made of greywacke with red elements made of sandstone . A portico is added on the north side. Access to the crypt is via a sandstone staircase. The crypt house has a glass dome inside. The wall fields are framed with round arches and were originally decorated with frescoes. The floor is covered with a mosaic floor.
In addition, there are baroque inscription tombstones and urn tombstones in the classicism style in the cemetery .
literature
- Ute Bednarz, Folkhard Cremer in Georg Dehio, Handbook of German Art Monuments, Saxony-Anhalt II, Dessau and Halle administrative districts . Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-422-03065-4 , p. 316.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Internet site for the Heiligenthal community at www.kirchenkreis-eisleben-soemmerda.de
- ↑ Heiligenthal at www.ekd.de/kiba
- ↑ Short question and answer Olaf Meister (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Prof. Dr. Claudia Dalbert (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Ministry of Culture March 19, 2015 Printed matter 6/3905 (KA 6/8670) List of monuments Saxony-Anhalt , page 2883
- ↑ Heiligenthal at www.ekd.de/kiba
- ↑ Internet site for the Heiligenthal community at www.kirchenkreis-eisleben-soemmerda.de
- ↑ Heiligenthal at www.ekd.de/kiba
Coordinates: 51 ° 36 '26.6 " N , 11 ° 38' 0.2" E