St. Justinus and St. Laurentius (Ettersburg)

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The church
Carved altar

The Protestant castle and village church of St. Justinus and St. Laurentius is located in the municipality of Ettersburg in the Weimarer Land district in Thuringia in the former monastery and castle grounds at the northern foot of the Ettersberg .

history

The church building goes back to the choir of the former collegiate church in the Ettersburg monastery from the 11th century. The monastery was abandoned in 1525 and turned into a domain. In the Peasants' War in 1525 the monastery was destroyed and the stones were removed. In 1865 the church was rebuilt in neo-Gothic style by Karl Alexander (Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach) and his wife Sophie.

church

Today's collegiate church corresponds to the choir of the Augustinian canons, which was founded in 1085. It is of Romanesque origin. This choir room was used by 10 to 20 canons for their daily services. From there they went to the surrounding villages for pastoral care . In 1525 the last provost left the monastery with some canons; they fled because they feared pillage by the peasants. Others stayed in Ettersburg, followed the Lutheran doctrine and married following the example of the reformer . The Mönch family, still resident today, explains their family name from such a process. The cloister and the residential buildings fell into disrepair because they were no longer needed. Today only the choir of the collegiate church is left. The baptismal font from 1487 and the celebrant's seat on the south wall, on which the priests sat during the service, are still preserved from Catholic times . When the church walls were erected between 1863 and 1865, the chancel received a wooden vault in the Gothic style instead of a flat beam roof. The three windows in the east wall and the rose window in the west wall above the organ are also of Gothic origin. Two old tombstones (including Count Berno) were erected. The marble pulpit was brought into the choir room from another Thuringian church in 1864.

Research into history began in 1782 with the publication of three documents from the ducal archive in Weimar; Archivist Mitschke compiled the remaining data in 1893.

The choir room (ceiling and walls) was restored from 1986 to 1989 according to the findings of the last renovation in 1863. The roof was re-covered and the south wall grouted and colored according to the findings. The tower clock and the tower roof were repaired in 1985.

organ

The organ , which comes from the High Romantic period, was built in 1865 by the organ builders Carl Friedrich and August Peternell (Seligenthal). In 1917 the prospect pipes had to be handed in for war purposes. They were later replaced by zinc pipes. 1937–1938 the organ work was rearranged in the neo-baroque style by Gerhard Kirchner (Weimar) . The registers Gambe 8 'and Octave 4' in the main work, as well as Hamonika 8 'and Flauto dolce 4' in the upper work have been replaced. In 2011 the instrument was completely restored. The abrasive loading -instrument has 13 registers (Manubrien) on a manual work and pedal . The playing and stop actions are mechanical. The instrument has an alarm clock to play with .

I main work C – f 3
1. Quintatön 16 ′
2. Principal 8th'
3. Hollow flute 8th'
4th Flauto dolce 4 ′ (K)
5. Octave 2 ′ (K)
6th Mixture IV 2 ′ (K)
II Oberwerk C – f 3
7th Lovely Gedackt 8th'
8th. Salicional 8th'
9. Principal 4 ′ (K)
10. Forest flute 2 ′ (K)
Pedals C – d 1
11. Sub bass 16 ′
12. Principal bass 8th'
13. Choral bass 4 ′ (K)
14th trombone 16 ′ (v)
  • Coupling: II / I, I / P
  • annotation
(K) = Register from Kirchner (1937)
(v) = vacant

UNESCO world heritage

The former castle church is part of the architectural ensemble of Ettersburg Castle .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Heiko Laß: Hunting and pleasure palaces of the 17th and 18th centuries in Thuringia , Michael Imhof Verlag, 2006, ISBN 3-86568-092-5 , p. 298
  2. ↑ Herbert von Hintzenstern: Built as if for eternity: monasteries in Thuringia, cultural products from old times Das VHT Verlagshaus Thuringia, 1996, ISBN 3-89683-104-6 , pp. 60/61
  3. ↑ Information on the organ. In: orgelsite.nl. Retrieved February 7, 2020 .
  4. ↑ St. Justinus and St. Laurentius (Ettersburg Castle Church) ( Memento from September 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

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Coordinates: 51 ° 1 '56.63 "  N , 11 ° 16' 27.37"  O