St. Marien (Einberg)
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Marien in Einberg in Upper Franconia , a district of Rödental in the Coburg district , probably dates back to the 13th century.
history
The Einberg church goes back to a stone Mother of God chapel, which was built around 1200 and was a Fechheim branch. From this period comes in the choir vault a Romanesque keystone with a picture of Christ. At the beginning of the 15th century there was major damage to the building, probably due to a fire. As a result, the Gothic choir vault was erected during the reconstruction and the walls were decorated with twelve consecration crosses. In the second half of the 15th century, the choir was finally completely painted.
The first Protestant church visitation by Electoral Saxony took place in 1528/29. In 1535 Einberg became a parish with Mönchröden as a subsidiary parish. The church district included Oeslau , Waldsachsen , Rögen , Neuhof and Neershof , Rothenhof , Kipfendorf , Spittelstein , Theißenstein , Gnailes , Schafhausen and Thierach . Independent parishes became Mönchröden in 1912 and Oelsau in 1950.
Around 1540 the Gothic wall paintings were whitewashed and the entire church was painted with Renaissance ornaments and figurative representations. In 1584 galleries were built into the choir and in 1596 on the long sides of the nave . In 1660 minor repairs were made. In 1688 the church roof was raised and a further mezzanine floor and two external stairwells were installed to provide access. In 1691 the installation of a new organ was the completion of the building work. In 1771 the parish had the windows enlarged and a third mezzanine floor moved in. In 1774 it was restored in the late Rococo style . The church ceiling, choir gallery and pulpit were provided with stucco and decorated with color. In 1869 the parish initiated a renovation of the roof ridge with the bell cage.
After 1946 the church was extensively restored under the direction of Reinhard Claaßen . The Gothic frescoes in the choir were exposed, the galleries were dismantled and the pulpit was relocated from the southern arch pillar to the arch wall. The existing windows of the nave were bricked up and the north and south sides were each provided with two round arched windows about five meters high and about one meter wide. The Munich artist Rudolf Büder painted the ceiling of the nave in 1952 and the balustrades in 1955.
In the 1970s, an extension was built on the west gable. As a church vestibule and vestibule, it houses the entrance to the nave and the galleries. The altar from 1946 has been replaced by a movable altar table. In 1998 the bell cage was rebuilt for four new bells.
Building description
The church stands on a slope above Einberg, characterizing the townscape. It has a pointed gable roof with a distinctive, octagonal roof turret with a helmet. Parts of the masonry date from around 1200.
The slightly drawn-in choir, 6.7 meters long and 5.5 meters wide, could be the remains of a tower that was destroyed in the Thirty Years War . The Gothic interior is spanned by a cross vault with grooved ribs, a Romanesque keystone and paintings depicting the four symbols of the evangelists. The walls are painted with consecration crosses, decorations and depictions of the apostles in a late Gothic style. Twelve apostles, five each on the long sides and two with Mary on the altar wall, originally existed. Still recognizable are John with the chalice, Bartholomew with the knife, James the Younger with the fuller's club, Simon with the saw and Judas Thaddäus with the ax.
A crooked and irregularly cut, pointed triumphal arch is located between the chancel and the nave .
The nave is 10.9 meters long and 6.3 meters wide. The interior of the nave is characterized by two-story, wooden galleries on the north and west walls and spanned by a flat ceiling. The modern painting of the ceiling shows symbols of the Revelation of John . The gallery pictures show scenes from the Old Testament at the top - Paradise with the depiction of nature, the sword angel, Adam and Eve in front of the serpent, Mount Sinai with the dance around the golden calf and Moses - and at the bottom from the New Testament - the birth Christ, the raising of Lazarus and the Lord's Supper with Christ, bread and chalice.
The Renaissance font on the triumphal arch dates from 1598. It is made of sandstone and is painted. The baptismal font is supported by a Corinthian column with two putti playing.
organ
After the church was enlarged in 1688, the community acquired the used organ from the Coburg Heiligkreuzkirche in 1694 . In 1705 the Coburg organ builder Johann Albrecht built a new organ with a manual and pedal as well as eight registers , which was replaced in 1817 by a new work by the Neustadt organ builder Andreas Hofmann for 480 fl . In 1892 Anton Hasselbarth from Coburg renewed the organ and added a second manual in 1895. The bellows were repaired in 1948, the organ in 1952 and 1958. The present organ was built in 1964 on the left of the gallery by the Göttingen organ builder Ott . It has main work, rear work and pedal as well as twelve registers. The organ has a box-shaped cabinet above the play cabinet with a natural pipe position.
Bells
The ringing consists of the Christ bell (strike tone g ', diameter 102 cm, weight 559 kg), the eternity bell (strike tone h', diameter 83 cm, weight 321 kg), the prayer bell (strike tone d '', diameter 69 cm, weight 209 kg) and the christening bell (strike e '', diameter 62.5 cm, weight 147 kg). The four bronze bells were cast in the Bachert bell foundry in 1998 and replaced cast steel bells from 1921. The large 721 kg bell could no longer be rung for static reasons.
literature
- Bernhard Schütz: Einberg near Coburg . Art Guide No. 896, Schnell & Steiner Verlag, Munich 1973.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b www.kirche-einberg.de, building history
- ^ A b Paul Lehfeldt: Architectural and Art Monuments of Thuringia, Booklet XXVIII, Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, District Office of Coburg. Jena 1902, p. 2
- ^ Hermann Fischer, Theodor Wohnhaas: Alte Orgeln im Coburger Land, Part II. Yearbook of the Coburg Landesstiftung 1971, p. 99f
- ↑ Evangelical Lutheran Church Community of St.Marien Rödental-Einberg ( Memento of the original from December 30, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 50 ° 17 ′ 14.6 " N , 11 ° 2 ′ 41.8" E