St. Boniface (Ditfurt)

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St. Boniface Church
North side
View from the northwest
View from the west / from the local history museum

The St. Bonifatius Church is the Protestant church in Ditfurt in Saxony-Anhalt .

It stands high above the Bode valley on an old Saxon castle square.

history

A Bonifatius church is mentioned for Ditfurt as early as the 12th century. It was built by monks from the Fulda monastery . The early Gothic church tower to the west of the ship , with its 15 meter high tower stump, comes from this previous building. Its acoustic arcades made of pointed arches and columns are striking .

The church, located on the important historical trade route from Leipzig to Braunschweig , owned large amounts of land through donations in the 15th century. In 1569 the construction of a new Bonifatiuskirche began, using parts of the previous building and parts of the dilapidated Nikolaikirche. The new church was inaugurated in 1582. In 1683 the first organ was installed by the Quedlinburg organ builder J. Decker . A new organ with 24 voices was installed as early as 1713 .

In 1759 the church was expanded to the east. A sacristy was built , and the pulpit and altar were newly acquired. The organ builder J. Ch. Zuberbier from Köthen built a new organ in 1759. In 1835 a new baptismal font was purchased, and in 1850 the tower was given a golden button . In 1862 a new organ was installed again. Adolf Reubke from Hausneindorf added a pneumatic organ to the existing baroque prospectus .

The church was in danger of collapsing in 1896 due to static impairments. It was decided to rebuild the church. From 1901 to 1903 today's church building was built as a three-nave hall church . The inauguration of the 500-seat new church took place on August 11, 1903. Below the chancel, the church was heated with circulating air .

From 1974 to 1979 the church tower received a roof covering made of copper sheet and was renovated. From 1990 various renovation work was carried out on the church building. A sponge was removed, the listed heating system, the tower clock and the sacristy were repaired. In 1999 the church received a second bell, the construction of which is dated to the 12th century. In 2004 the sanctuary was restored. In the following years, other parts of the building were renovated.

architecture

The nave has an east transept and a polygonal choir with a 5/8 end. The design of the stone- fitted ship is based on the so-called transition style of the 13th century. The church tower was raised to about 64 meters. The tower of the second church was only 30 meters high. Two column portals were created as entrances to the church, flanking the church tower on its north and south sides. The three-lane windows of the church are designed as pointed arches. There are buttresses and a surrounding coffee cornice .

The inside of the church consists of a three-aisled hall with galleries extending over five bays . The yokes are covered with ribbed vaults. In the nave there are large pillars that structure the ship. There is a restrained neo-Romanesque color scheme on the balustrades of the galleries and on the supports . The colored stained glass windows in the choir show the Adoration of the Shepherds, the Crucifixion and the Resurrection. The rest of the equipment also comes from the construction period and is described as demanding. The organ was made in 1903 by the organ builder Ernst Röver from Hausneindorf. It has largely been preserved in its original form. Pewter pipes confiscated for armament purposes in 1917 were replaced in 1920. From 2005 the instrument was refurbished.

The churchyard is surrounded by a base wall with a spear fence and has old trees.

literature

Web links

Commons : Saint Boniface Church (Ditfurt)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
  • St. Bonifatius Church in Ditfurt , accessed on April 3, 2019.
  • Information on the church organ , accessed April 3, 2019.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Falko Grubitzsch in Dehio, Handbook of German Art Monuments , Saxony-Anhalt I, Magdeburg District , Deutscher Kunstverlag Munich Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-422-03069-7 , page 173

Coordinates: 51 ° 49 ′ 44.7 ″  N , 11 ° 12 ′ 9.2 ″  E