St. Bartholomew (Ummerstadt)

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St. Bartholomew in Ummerstadt
Choir

The Evangelical Lutheran town church St. Bartholomäus is at the cattle market in Ummerstadt , a municipality in the district of Hildburghausen ( Thuringia ). The listed building dates from 1748 in its current form.

In addition to the older mountain or upper church of St. Andreas , located as a fortified church on a hill, there was the Bartholomäuskirche in Ummerstadt in the late Middle Ages in the Gothic pointed arch style, near the Rodach . This was called a chapel in the 15th century and expanded over time. In 1528, in the course of the Reformation, it was elevated to parish church. Daughter communities were Colberg , Billmuthausen and Erlebach .

During the Thirty Years War , the church was destroyed by fire in 1632 by Wallenstein's troops. The reconstruction with today's church tower took place from 1651 to 1654. The tower has four floors and a square floor plan with an edge length of 5.2 meters. The upper end is formed by a slate, eight-sided onion dome with four small oriels, a high spire and a weather vane. In the middle of the 18th century, the community decided to completely rebuild the nave. The foundation stone for today's nave with its two gallery floors was laid on August 2, 1745. The re-inauguration took place on June 23, 1748 with the name "To the Holy Trinity".

The nave was designed in the margrave style. The high, wide opening to the eastern choir in the tower area was designed in the form of a triumphal arch with the pulpit on the northern pillar. Above the keystone of the triumphal arch, the first letters EFC from Duke Ernst Friedrich Carl are present. The alliance coat of arms of the Dukes of Saxony-Hildburghausen is located above the south portal. The oldest bell in the church tower was cast in 1663. The other three chilled cast iron bells were created to replace bronze bells melted down during the war. The baptismal angel and crucifix date from the 18th century, the colored choir window from 1919.

The organ on the west gallery with its baroque organ front was created in 1747 by the Hildburghausen organ builder Johann Christian Dotzauer . The Schmiedefelder Michael Schmidt completely rebuilt the organ in 1857.

literature

  • Joachim Neubert, Günter Stammberger, Bernhard Grossmann, Martin Hoffmann: The churches in the district Hildburghausen ... none other than the house of God - the gate of heaven ... . Verlag Frankenschwelle, Hildburghausen 2006, ISBN 3-86180-174-4 , p. 298.

Web links

Commons : St. Bartholomäus  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cultural development concept for the model region of the Hildburghausen and Sonneberg districts . October 2014, p. 32 ( pdf ).
  2. ↑ http://www.ummerstadt.de/Geschichliches/Kirchen/Kirchen.htm
  3. ↑ The organ in the Church of St. Bartholomew on the website of the church district.

Coordinates: 50 ° 15 ′ 33.6 ″  N , 10 ° 48 ′ 38 ″  E