St. Georg (Morl)
The Church of St. Georg is a Protestant church in the village of Morl, which is part of the Petersberg municipality in Saxony-Anhalt . It belongs to the parish area Teicha in the parish of Halle-Saalkreis of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany .
The church stands on the Schulberg on the eastern edge of the village. It is registered as a church in the local monument register under the number 094 55488.
church
Architecture and history
The core of the single-nave church dates back to the first quarter of the 13th century. It was built from rubble stones . To the west there is a church tower arranged across the nave. The tower is covered by a gable roof. The sound arcades of the tower are from the late Romanesque period . The ground floor of the tower is spanned by a massive vaulted concrete barrel. As a result of a fire, the church was rebuilt or rebuilt in 1520. In 1692 the nave was rebuilt. Two narrow Gothic windows have been preserved on the east side of the nave .
The interior of the nave has a wooden barrel ceiling. The horseshoe gallery in the ship is two-story on the west side. The altarpiece dates from 1885 and shows a crucifixion scene. The font is made of sandstone in the form of a chalice and dates back to 1528.
A sandstone epitaph shows Mr. zu Morl, knight Roloff Röder, who died in 1586, as a relief figure clad in armor.
There are two bronze bells and a mechanical clockwork in the tower. The small bell was cast by the Schilling company from Apolda in 1927. It was renovated at the beginning of 2016 and provided with a new yoke and an electric bell. The bell weighs about 180 kilograms. The current big bell was built in the middle of the 15th century. It is also from here that the striking hour lies. This bell is rung by hand. Originally there was a third bronze bell, but one bell fell victim to the war. The mechanical tower clockwork has been renovated.
Outdoor area
Tombstones
On the south side of the church there are six baroque tombstones from the late 18th century and an urn tomb.
War memorial
On the church grounds, east of the church, is the local war memorial. It was laid out in the form of a truncated pyramid and is made of Halle porphyry . The war memorial was erected for those who fell in the First World War . A memorial plaque is embedded in the truncated pyramid . Above the memorial plaque there is a helmet as a relief . The memorial plaque is decorated with an iron cross and contains the names of the fallen, separated by years, as well as the inscription Den Heldentod für uns and their fatherland died in the World War 1914/18 .
In 2003, a commemorative plaque was also put up for those who fell in World War II in Morl, Möderau and Beidersee . On this plaque, the fallen are sorted alphabetically according to their hometown. The inscription on this plaque reads In the silent memory of all victims. The population of the community of Morl and the Hist. According to Morl e. V. July 2003 .
literature
- Dehio: Handbook of German Art Monuments , Saxony-Anhalt II, Dessau and Halle administrative districts. Deutscher Kunstverlag , Munich, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-422-03065-4 , page 573.
- Sabine Meinel, Birthe Rüdiger: List of monuments Saxony-Anhalt, Volume 5, Saalkreis . fly head publisher, Halle 1997, ISBN 3-910147-64-X , page 88.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Short question and answer Olaf Meister (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Prof. Dr. Claudia Dalbert (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Ministry of Culture March 19, 2015 Printed matter 6/3905 (KA 6/8670) List of monuments Saxony-Anhalt , Saale.pdf, page 167
- ^ First World War (Morl) , Saalekreis im Bild, accessed on November 27, 2017
Coordinates: 51 ° 33 '12.4 " N , 11 ° 55' 22.1" E