St. Christophorus (Ebersdorf)
The Evangelical Lutheran parish church of St. Christophorus is located in Hauptstrasse 4 of Ebersdorf , a district of the city of Saalburg-Ebersdorf in the Saale-Orla district in Thuringia . It is named after the martyr Christophorus . Since 1745 an independent parish Ebersdorf belongs to the parish area Saalburg-Ebersdorf the church circle Schleiz in the Evangelical Church in Central Germany .
description
As early as 1589, a desolate chapel in Ebersdorf is mentioned, which probably goes back to a late Romanesque building. The first building of the hall church , which still exists today, was erected in 1622 from the stones of that chapel . Three years later the church received a roof tower , in the belfry of which initially two bells hung. The church tower was renewed in 1848 and received a third bell in 1849. Around 1690 a crypt was built behind the altar for Count Reuss zu Ebersdorf . It was walled up in 1857. In 1939 it was opened again to accept the Reuss coffins from the Lobenstein church . In 1777 the patronage box and the sacristy were built . In 1913 the church was extensively rebuilt . The side galleries and the pulpit altar from 1835 have been removed. A baptismal font made of Saalburg marble replaced the wooden one that had been customary up until then. In addition, the church received two extensions . To the left of the portal , a room was created for the bedding of coffins. The staircase for the patronage box was added to the right. In the interior there are numerous works by Friedrich Popp , such as B. the winged altar, a Christophorus sculpture and murals.
The organ with 13 registers , divided into 2 manuals and pedal , was built in 1913 by EF Walcker & Cie. built.
literature
- Dehio-Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, Thuringia. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-422-03095-6 .
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Coordinates: 50 ° 29 ′ 6.7 ″ N , 11 ° 40 ′ 1.3 ″ E