St. Laurentius (Seeben)

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St. Laurentius in Seeben

The Evangelical Church of St. Laurentius is located in the village of Seeben , today a district in the northern district of Halle (Saale) . The church is listed in the register of monuments of the city of Halle under registration number 094 11515. The parish of Halle-Seeben belongs to the parish Trotha-Seeben in the parish cooperation center-north in the parish of Halle-Saalkreis of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany .

history

The church of the former Seeben manor was built in the late 12th century and consecrated to St. Laurentius . Baroque alterations and extensions took place in 1692. In addition to the installation of arched windows, a pulpit and a book desk decorated with acanthus carvings were installed.

At the beginning of the 18th century the church threatened to collapse. The building was then renovated in 1714 and the upper two-story tower section, a half-timbered construction with rectangular sound openings and a hipped roof, was probably added .

In 1807 the pastorate was abolished and the parish of St. Briccius in Trotha was incorporated. Decisive changes were made in 1899 through reconstruction and the removal of the baroque furnishings. The northern vestibule was built and an organ from the Rühlmann company was purchased , which, like a small winged altar from the 16th century, is now considered lost.

The church fell into disrepair for decades, so that in 1976 the parish council decided to give up the church because there was no money to renovate it. The church was used as a storage room for the building brigade of the church district and a workshop; its demolition was being considered. From 1995, however, the tower was initially restored and the roof covered with funding from the state and own funds. A further comprehensive renovation, including the interior and the windows, took place until 2005. The three choir windows and the round window in the tower were made in 2004 according to the design of the Halle glass designer Annegrete Riebesel .

description

The plastered Romanesque stone church is a square hall, to which an equally wide square tower made of porphyry adjoins in the west and a rectangular choir that was drawn in around 1300 in the east . This means that the church can be counted among the type of square choir churches, the “archetype” of medieval churches.

The eastern choir wall is broken through by three lancet windows , probably from the 13th century . A Romanesque round arched window has been preserved on the south side of the hall; There is a round arch portal in the north wall of the choir. Whether the round window on the south side of the tower was built in the 12th century is uncertain because of its size.

The interior is spanned by a flat ceiling. A choir arch , which is common in Romanesque church building, is inserted between the hall and the altar . The medieval Altarmensa and the book desk from 1692 are still in use today .

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  1. ↑ Parish areas and parishes on the church district website. Retrieved November 19, 2018

Coordinates: 51 ° 31 ′ 48.6 ″  N , 11 ° 58 ′ 33.5 ″  E