St. Laurentius (Ebersdorf near Coburg)
The Evangelical Lutheran parish church of St. Laurentius in Ebersdorf near Coburg in the Coburg district dates back to its present form in the 20th century.
history
Originally Ebersdorf was parish in Fechheim . In 1264 one was the monastery of Cistercian nuns ordained in the town. The name of the monastery was " Campus solis " (sun field). As a result, the nuns had a chapel built because laypeople, especially men, were not allowed to visit the monastery church. On September 12, 1270 the church was consecrated to St. Laurentius . It was a baptismal and burial chapel with a chancel in the basement of a fortified tower. In 1287 the abbey was destroyed by fire and later rebuilt in the neighboring Sonnefeld. The fortified tower church was probably extended by a church house. In the 15th century Ebersdorf was a parish, the church was responsible for the monastery. After the first Protestant Church visitation from Electoral Saxony in 1528/29, a Protestant pastor was appointed and the parish game was expanded to include Frohnlach .
In the Thirty Years' War probably took place in 1687 to extend and increase the nave damaged. Further additions were made in 1729, 1751 and 1809. In 1837 the parish had a new cemetery to the east of the village. This replaced the old cemetery around the church, which was bordered by a strong sandstone wall. In 1934 the church was renovated.
On Monday, July 16, 1946, a fire that broke out around 2:30 a.m. destroyed the church. The cause of the fire could not be determined. At the end of 1948 the ruins of the church were demolished except for the tower walls. On March 20, 1949, the foundation stone was laid for the new church. On March 19, 1950, the new church, which was built according to plans by the Coburg architect Reinhard Claaßen , was consecrated . In 1981 the community carried out a major renovation. The church tower initially had a flat tent roof. This was replaced in July 1984, according to the historical model, by a pointed-gable tower with four watch towers .
Since 1999 the church has been called St. Laurentius again. In 2003, the Bachert bell foundry in Bad Friedrichshall cast a new three-part bell, consisting of the small baptismal bell (750 kg), the middle prayer bell (1050 kg) and the large death bell (1500 kg). The old cast iron bells have been in the parish garden since then. In 2009 the interior of the church was redesigned. The altar and baptismal font were moved to the center of the southern side of the nave. The benches are turned towards him as the center from three sides.
Building description
The original choir tower church had a 13 meter long and 6.2 meter wide nave , which was spanned by a plastered flat ceiling until the fire in 1946 . It was painted with whitewashed Gothic frescoes . There were two gallery floors on wooden pillars on the long and west sides. The main entrances were on the west side. Below was a round-arched door with a profile and the diamond-shaped coat of arms in a cartouche , above a rectangular door to the gallery, which was accessed via two wooden external stairs with a canopy. Three large arched windows had the long sides. A gable roof formed the upper end . A high triumphal arch with a basket arch shape and profiled at right angles had connected the nave with the choir room , in which the organ was arranged on a gallery.
The 37 meter high church tower has Romanesque shapes. Above the 7.1 meter long and 4.3 meter wide Romanesque choir room on the ground floor, the late Gothic first floor follows a cornice with key notches and window slits. The second floor with the bell chamber used to be slated. The sacristy was added to the south.
The new nave was built on the ruins of the fire in 1950 and was widened by 3 meters to the north. The massive tower could be preserved. The nave has a single-storey wooden gallery running around on three sides and is spanned by a beamed ceiling. The long sides have four window axes. A gable roof hipped towards the west forms the upper end.
The former chancel in the basement of the tower has housed the sacristy since the new building. Above is the organ, spanned by a wooden field ceiling. The pulpit is decorated with carved reliefs by the Coburg sculptor Edmund Meusel . The new side main entrance with a vestibule is located on the south side.
organ
The church, which was extended in 1687, received its first organ in 1689 . The organ builder Daniel Felix from Kulmbach set it up for 144 guilders . In 1805 the parish bought a new instrument for 450 Rhenish guilders . It was the summer choir organ of the Banz monastery, built in 1734 . It was set up on a low gallery in the choir and had a seven-part prospectus , twelve registers on manual and pedal . In 1946 the organ with the church burned down. In 1954, Wacker Ludwigsburg installed a new organ with a three-part prospectus and play cabinet on the east gallery. The instrument has twelve registers on two manuals and a pedal.
Parish
In addition to Ebersdorf, the neighboring village of Frohnlach and the wasteland of Dürrmühle are part of the church district . At the beginning of the 1980s, the community had 3,300 members, 1,200 of whom lived in Frohnlach.
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Individual evidence
- ^ A b Richard Teufel : Architectural and art monuments in the district of Coburg . E. Riemann'sche Hofbuchhandlung, Coburg 1956, p. 51
- ↑ Walter Schneier: A look into the history of Ebersdorf near Coburg, Louis Hofmann Druck, Sonnefeld 1989, p. 159f
- ↑ Harald Kutscher: 750 years of Ebersdorf near Coburg 1262–2012 . Louis Hofmann Druck, Sonnefeld 2012, p. 150f
- ↑ Paul Lehfeldt : Architectural and Art Monuments of Thuringia, Issue XXVIII, Duchy of Saxony-Coburg and Gotha, Landrathsamt Coburg. Jena 1902, pp. 73f
- ^ Hermann Fischer, Theodor Wohnhaas: Alte Orgeln im Coburger Land, Part II. Yearbook of the Coburg State Foundation 1971, p. 97
- ^ Joachim Dunker: Ebersdorf near Coburg . In: Evangelical parishes in the Coburg region. Verlag der Ev.-Luth. Mission Erlangen, Erlangen 1984, ISBN 3-87214-202-X , pp. 169f
Coordinates: 50 ° 13 ′ 12.2 " N , 11 ° 4 ′ 15.1" E