St. Christophorus (Tannenberg)
The Protestant village church of St. Christophorus is a late Gothic hall church in Tannenberg in the Erzgebirgskreis in Saxony . It belongs to the parish of St. Christophorus Tannenberg in the Annaberg church district of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saxony and is known for its valuable altar.
History and architecture
The late Gothic hall church was built in the first quarter of the 16th century as a plastered quarry stone building with three-eighth closure and basket-arched windows. The east window is provided with fish bubble tracery. In 1656 a barrel vaulted sacristy was added on the north side, in 1736/37 the roof turret was demolished and a new west tower was built. The tower is built on a square floor plan with an octagonal attachment and shows a curved dome with a lantern at the end . Restorations were made in 1884, 1963–65 and the interior in 1981. After 1999 an external renovation and a new roofing took place.
The light, flat-roofed interior is provided with single-storey galleries on three sides. The patronage box with the coat of arms of the landlords is arranged on the north side.
Furnishing
The artistically valuable late Gothic altarpiece was donated by the foundation inscription by the landowner Martin Snow in 1521 and carved figures in bas-relief of Christoph Walther I equipped. The paintings already show echoes of the early Renaissance. In the predella there is a painted representation of the Man of Sorrows and the Mother of Sorrows , in the central shrine a carved crescent moon Madonna, accompanied and crowned by angels . Representations of St. Nicholas and a bishop are arranged on the wings . On the back of the inner wings a painted Annunciation after Albrecht Dürer can be seen, on the inactive wings the Saints George and Christophorus . Above the entablature with the foundation inscription is a painted depiction of the Veronica's handkerchief. The painter of the pictures also has wing paintings in Mittelfrohna and in the Münzer Altar in the St. Anne's Church in Annaberg .
A precious, lavishly carved and framed pulpit from 1684 shows on the pulpit bas-relief depictions of Christ and the Evangelists between twisted columns. The basket is backed by two life-size painted angels, the sound cover by God the Father. A hexagonal, multi-stepped font made of sandstone dates from 1682.
A small late Gothic crucifixion group from the beginning of the 16th century is attached to the north side. In the east wall there is a richly profiled late Gothic sacrament house from the beginning of the 16th century. A life-size baroque crucifix on the north side of the choir dates from the 17th century.
The organ was made by Schmeisser in 1920 and was replaced in 1997 by a new building by Georg Wünning with 17 stops on two manuals and a pedal .
Several sandstone epitaphs for the former manor owners have been preserved. These include two small gravestones with depictions of deceased children of the Hartitzsch family († 1570 and 1576) as well as the epitaph for Hans von Hartitzsch († 1581) and his daughter († 1584) with a depiction of the deceased kneeling under the cross within a pillar architecture God the Father in the gable. Finally, two elaborate, ornamentally decorated baroque gravestones with inscription cartouches for Johann Gottlob Neubers († 1781) and his wife Johanna Concordia Neubers († 1782) have been preserved.
Peal
The ringing consists of three chilled cast iron bells. The belfry consists of a steel structure. Below is a data overview of the bell:
| No. | Casting date | Caster | diameter | Dimensions | Chime |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1919 | Bell foundry Schilling & Lattermann | 1470 mm | 1200 kg | f ′ |
| 2 | 1919 | Bell foundry Schilling & Lattermann | 1223 mm | 700 kg | as ′ |
| 3 | 1919 | Bell foundry Schilling & Lattermann | 955 mm | 350 kg | c ″ |
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. 927–928.
- Heinrich Magirius , Hartmut Mai: Village churches in Saxony. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Berlin 1985, p. 212.
- 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
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Information about the organ on the website of the parish. Retrieved July 17, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Rainer Thümmel : Bells in Saxony: Sound between heaven and earth . Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2011, ISBN 978-3-374-02871-9 , pp. 362 .
Coordinates: 50 ° 36 '23.9 " N , 12 ° 56' 53.1" E