St. Bartholomew (Waldenburg)
The Protestant town church St. Bartholomäus is a late Gothic hall church in Waldenburg in the district of Zwickau in Saxony . It belongs to the parish Waldenburg in the church region of Muldenthal in the church district of Glauchau-Rochlitz of the Evangelical Lutheran regional church of Saxony and shapes the cityscape of Waldenburg.
History and architecture
The city Church Waldenburg is a stately two aisles Hall church rubble masonry whose North and nave with five eighths circuit to 1430, and the southern aisle were completed together with the arching of the structure in the second half of the 15th century. After a fire in the tower, it was rebuilt in 1580/81 by the Strasbourg stonemason Nickel Helth and the master carpenter Krügel from Oberlungwitz . The interior of the tower was reorganized and a stair tower was added to the west. The sacristy and the south portal date from the second half of the 16th century. A restoration took place in 1874 by Gotthilf Ludwig Möckel , whereby the portals and the interior were renewed. Further restorations were carried out in 1888/94 and 1936/39 with a return of the interior to the Gothic state and a shortening of the organ gallery, as well as in 1963/64 and 1986/90 with extensive restoration of the interior and exterior.
On the north side of the church are the sacristy and the royal box, which is accessible from the outside through a staircase. On the south wall of the nave there is a splendid Renaissance portal from the second half of the 16th century with the Schoenburg coat of arms depicting a bouquet with a horseshoe and the initials MS and a clapper with the initials AB in the spandrels . On the entablature is an aedicule with an inscription and a representation of Salvator mundi in the triangular gable. The west portal, also with a depiction of Salvator mundi, was completed in 1894.
The choir is illuminated by ogival tracery windows . The west tower with a square floor plan and probably also the octagonal tower tower originate from the second half of the 15th century. Inside, the broadly proportioned main nave with net vaults and the choir with star vaults characterize the spatial impression; the aisle-like south aisle is also closed with star vaults over octagonal pillars. Remains of a renaissance gallery are preserved in the west under the wooden organ gallery.
Furnishing
An artistically significant Renaissance epitaph by Christoph Walther II for Count Hugo von Schönburg, who died in 1566, was transferred here in 1847 from the chapel of Waldenburg Castle . It is one of the most important works of its kind in Saxony before Giovanni Maria Nosseni and is adorned with splendid Corinthian column architecture and rich, finely crafted ornamentation .
The two-part base shows three relief medallions with depictions of the adoration of the Magi , the creation of Adam and the sacrifice of Noah above the inscription field . In the middle part the deceased is shown kneeling in front of the crucified Christ as a free plastic figure ; in the background there are bas-reliefs with the baptism of Christ and the sacrifice of Isaac . At the side between the columns in niches are small figures of a knight, the prophet Ezekiel , a king with a scepter and shield and the prophet Hoseas . Above the heavily cranked entablature there is a two-tiered top with two coats of arms to the side of the inscription field, above it a richly worked arched field with God the Father and angels and to the side Peter and John the Evangelist .
A richly decorated octagonal baptismal font from around 1600 is adorned with heraldic cartouches and reliefs depicting, among other things, the birth of Christ , the baptism of Christ and Christ in the temple . In the choir there are two figural grave monuments from the 16th century for the superintendent Nicolaus Seidel († 1503) and for Eva von Schönburg, née Schenk von Landsberg († 1515).
The organ is a work by the Jehmlich company from 1939 using parts of the predecessor organ by Christian Gottlob Steinmüller (1844–1846). Four bells have been mentioned for the tower of the church since 1598 (dates in the chimes section ). The three larger bells of the church were cast in the Freiberg foundry Hilliger after the fire in 1580/81 . It is not clear whether the smallest bell from the 13th century only entered the church in those years or whether it came from the old church and survived the fire of 1580.
Peal
The bell consists of four bronze bells , the bell cage is made of oak, as are the yokes . Below is a data overview of the bell:
| No. | Casting date | Caster | diameter | Dimensions | Chime |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1581 | Bell foundry W. Hilliger | 1595 mm | 2570 kg | des' + 5.5 |
| 2 | 1580 | Bell foundry W. Hilliger | 1274 mm | 1400 kg | f '± 0 |
| 3 | 1580 | Bell foundry W. Hilliger | 1082 mm | 780 kg | ges'-1 |
| 4th | 13th century | Bell foundry unknown | 740 mm | 290 kg | it '' + 7 |
literature
- Georg Dehio : Handbook of the German art monuments. Saxony II. The administrative districts of Leipzig and Chemnitz. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-422-03048-4 , pp. 997–999.
- Tobias Teumer: Churches in Waldenburg. The city church of Saint Bartholomew. In: Ulrike Budig, Ralph Zenker (Red.): Between residence and potter's wheel. 750 years of Waldenburg. Edited by the city of Waldenburg. Noiseworks Verlag, [Chemnitz] 2004, ISBN 3-9806158-2-0 , pp. 80–86 (with historical photos).
- Rainer Thümmel: Bells in Saxony. Sound between heaven and earth. Edited by the Evangelical Regional Church Office of Saxony . With a foreword by Jochen Bohl and photographs by Klaus-Peter Meißner. 2nd, updated and supplemented edition. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2015, ISBN 978-3-374-02871-9 , p. 366.
Web links
- St. Bartholomew Parish of Waldenburg. In: kircheniertel-glauchau-rochlitz.de, church district Glauchau-Rochlitz of the Ev.-Luth. Regional Church of Saxony
Individual evidence
- ↑ See Klaus Walter: The Saxon organ builder Christian Gottlob Steinmüller (1792–1864). In: Acta Organologica . Volume 19. Merseburger, Kassel 1986, ISSN 0567-7874 ; quoted n. Teumer 2004, p. 83 and p. 86 (here a prescription from Christian zu Carl).
- ↑ Evangelical Lutheran St. Bartholomew Parish Waldenburg. Building history of St. Bartholomew. In: waldenburg.de. Retrieved on November 26, 2018 (excerpts from the chronicle “Between Residence and Pottery Wheel”).
- ^ A b Rainer Thümmel: Bells in Saxony. 2nd Edition. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2015, ISBN 978-3-374-02871-9 , p. 366.
Coordinates: 50 ° 52 '29.9 " N , 12 ° 36" 0.7 " E