St. Gumberti (Clingen)
The Church of St. Gumberti is an Evangelical Lutheran church in Clingen in the Kyffhäuserkreis and belongs to the parish of Großenehrich .
history
The Romanesque church was first mentioned in documents in 1207. In this context, three altars of the church are mentioned: a high altar , a Saint-Helpers-Altar and an Altar of Our Lady. In the second half of the 14th century the church was converted into a Gothic basilica . According to dendrochronological dating, the tower was only built after 1370. At the same time the construction of the aisles began. After 1378 the choir was roofed over with a wooden barrel construction . After 1389 a wooden barrel was also installed over the nave, 1 m lower than the barrel for the choir.
A visitation was carried out in Clingen from April 18-22, 1575 .
A half-timbered bell storey was placed on top of the tower in 1662. In the 17th century, the galleries and the lordly office were installed in the northeast side aisle. In 1673 the church received a new organ , which was placed on a second western gallery. A new pulpit was installed in 1675. In 1691 the church roof was repaired, in 1723 the windows were renewed. In 1778 the choir and central nave were given a new barrel vault.
In 1817 the roof had to be re-covered. In 1824 the inner walls were whitewashed and the vault was painted blue as the “sky”. After 1824 the bell storey of the tower was partially slated and the tower was provided with a pointed helmet. This had four branch towers and a gallery. In 1863 the roof, the belfry and the organ were damaged by the ingress of rainwater. In addition, cracks in the east wall had to be repaired. This then inclined to the north, so that the beams above the altar had to be replaced, the wall was secured with tie rods . After the collapse of the north aisle wall, only two thirds of it was rebuilt. In 1865 the belfry was renewed.
In 1897 and 1907 the window of the choir was redesigned with glass paintings. In 1900 the floor of the choir room was covered with white and black clay tiles in a diamond pattern. A trap door was locked that led to the von Niebecker crypt . In 1929 the church roof and in 1931 the tower were extensively renewed and repaired. Also in 1929, the painting of the vault was given its current appearance based on a design by Franz Markau from Erfurt . The church chairs with wooden lattices in the chancel and the family chairs in the north aisle have been removed. In 1973/74 the tower was re-covered. The branch towers and the tower walkway were removed. In 1995/96 the bell chamber was renovated and the tower knob was newly gilded, and in 1998 the church roof was renovated.
Building description
The three-aisled complex has an elongated nave and a choir closed on three sides. The wide transverse rectangular west tower is set in the western yoke of the central nave. The massive tower shaft, which grows from the gable of the west wall, is framed by the roof of the nave. Traces of the subsequent elevation of the side aisles can be seen on the west wall. A cornice at a height of 6 m indicates the original height. A narrow rectangular window in the north of the first floor is the only opening in this wall. The bell storey of the tower consists of half-timbering and is slated in old German cover . A pointed helmet forms the end , under which there is a wide wooden cornice box . Four of the eight surfaces of the pointed helmet have a standing dormer , which is crowned with gold buttons. The tower knob is gold-plated and ends with a weather vane depicting Saint Gumbert. It bears the year "1996".
In the eastern north wall, a construction seam that has receded a few centimeters can be seen ; part of the masonry was redone here in 1863. Two tall, ogival windows are flush with it. A two-lane tracery window is located in the east wall of the north aisle. A paragraph in the gable area probably shows the dismantling of the stately office chair carried out in 1929. The three tall, narrow, pointed arched lead glass windows in the choir room were originally structured by tracery. In the south wall of the choir there is an ogival, two-lane tracery window without a central rib, and there is also a window in the north wall of the choir.
A wooden barrel vaults the central nave and choir. The side aisles are separated by three wide arcades each consisting of flat pointed arches and rectangular pillars. A gallery runs along the side aisles and the west side. A second gallery with an organ is located on the west side. The south aisle is one yoke longer on the east side than the north aisle. The sacristy is located in this yoke. It is accessible via the choir as well as via the aisle. The choir is kept very simple. Its floor is separated from the central nave by two steps. It is surrounded by church stalls from 1929 and the corresponding panel . The black and white tiled floor dates from 1900.
Furnishing
The Romanesque font is placed in the northwest of the choir. It has a wooden cover from the 19th century. The altar is a simple block altar with knee benches. The pulpit is on the south wall of the choir. The octagonal pulpit basket stands on an octagonal column. Although it was redesigned in 1929, the remains of older paintings and decorations can be found.
The galleries were rebuilt in 1929. A coat of arms of the Principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen is painted on the parapet above the lordly office in the north-eastern arcade . The parapet above the parish council chair in the south-eastern arcade shows a coat of arms depicting Saint Gumpert . The pews date from the 17th and 18th centuries. Baroque stalls have been preserved on the western gallery .
Some gravestones from the 18th and 19th centuries were re-erected in 1929 (gravestone of Pastor Gröger from 1832, gravestone of mill owner Röse). An epitaph for pastor Bachrodt, created by Christian Johann Biedermann (before 1694 – after 1740) is on the outside, on the west wall of the church. A memorial to the fallen of World War I made of tuff stone with an iron railing is located south of the church.
Three chilled iron bells were cast in Apolda by Schilling & Sons in 1920.
organ
The organ dates from 1892 and is the work of Albin Hickmann from Dachwig . It has a white renaissance prospectus and has pneumatic cone shutters . It is not playable; an electric piano is used to accompany the church service.
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- Coupling : II / I, I / P, II / P, octave coupling
- Playing aids : fixed combination (plenary)
literature
- Rainer Müller (Hrsg.): Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany, cultural monuments in Thuringia. Kyffhäuserkreis 5.1-5.3. E. Reinhold Verlag, 2014
Web links
- The church on the side of the Bad Frankenhausen-Sondershausen church district
Individual evidence
- ↑ Visitation in Clingen, Greußen and Haßleben, 1575, Thuringian State Archive Rudolstadt, Secret Archive (remainder), No. ThStAR, Secret Archive (remainder), A IV 3a No. 2 1 , 2
Coordinates: 51 ° 13 ′ 53.5 ″ N , 10 ° 56 ′ 2.9 ″ E