St. Martin (Memleben)

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Church of Saint Martin in Memleben
Memleben Church, south side
Memleben church with buttresses
Church Memleben, east side - The open church (sign) is accessible far more than usual
Memleben Church, north side and church tower

The Church of Saint Martin in Memleben is a sacred building of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany in Memleben , a district of the municipality of Imperial Palace in the district Burgenlandkreis in Saxony-Anhalt .

History and shape

Outside

The oldest church in this place can be traced back to the year 970. The Gothic sacred building was built in the 15th century - to be more precise, probably in 1486 - and was converted to Baroque style in the 18th century . The quarry stone building has a rectangular west tower built in 1508 with a hipped roof , a small turret and clock dormer as well as a walled portal and four powerful buttresses .

The original fortified church is 30 meters long and 10.5 meters wide, the height of the steeple is said to be around 30 meters. The former defense tower is one of the landmarks of Memleben. Four buttresses each support the southern and northern walls of the nave, which go down more than two meters on the ground.

In the first construction phase the statics of the church were corrected, the second construction phase in 2007 was used to renovate the stucco ceiling designed as a barrel vault .

Inside

In 1726 the interior of the church was renovated and stucco was added to the wooden barrel ceiling . In the interior there is a pulpit altar , altar crucifix , medieval carved figures and a two-storey horseshoe gallery . A floating baptismal angel has adorned the church since 1726 . A wooden relief shows the entombment of Christ, another work of art the grieving mother Mary. The middle shrine comes from the late Gothic period and was attached to the south wall. The wooden sculpture Anna selbdritt , which was at home in the church for several decades, can be viewed in the museum of the monastery and the Kaiserpfalz Memleben .

During clearing up work in the parish garden in 1992, an old baptismal font was found, which was probably used until 1620.

organ

In 1728 organ maker Johann Christoph Mocker from Roßleben built an organ in the church. It is not known whether there was an organ before. In May 1870 a new organ was inaugurated, which was made by the Merseburg- based organ builder Johann Friedrich Gerhardt (1826–1922), who in 1876 also created the three-manual organ with 47 registers for Merseburg's St. Maximi church for 900 thalers . In 1917 the organ prospect pipes had to be given as a metal donation from the German people for the purpose of melting down for armaments production; they were replaced in 1925. After the organ had not been playable since 1995, it underwent a general overhaul from September 2013 to August 2016 and since its inauguration on September 18, 2016 it has been used again at church services and concerts.

Bells

Three church bells have been documented in 1575. The next oldest from 1616 fell victim to the metal donation of the German people in World War II. In 1836 there were three bells. The large bronze bell was created in 1797 by the Ulrich bell foundry from Laucha an der Unstrut. It weighs 1,000 kilograms, has the strike note e and the inscription "Verbum domini manet in aeternum" - it is still there today. The medium and small bells also had to be given in to be melted down for armaments purposes during World War II.

Varia

  • The church support association has been active since 2007. It made possible the painting work on the galleries and the sacristy as well as the repair of the tower stairs and the wall. Another goal is to restore the organ.
  • As a so-called open church, the house of God is open more than usual to visitors and interested parties: “at least from April to September for half a year for five days a week and four hours a day”.

photos

  • View to the altar

  • Altar of the Memleben Church

  • Levitating angel in the church Memleben

  • Medieval wooden sculptures

  • Organ brochure (2014)

  • View of the stucco ceiling, organ and galleries (2015)

  • Organ brochure (2016)

  • Dormer with tower clock

  • Church spire with weather vane and year

Surname

Martinskirche or St. Martin is the name of a church dedicated to St. Martin was or is consecrated. The patron saint is usually Martin von Tours (316 / 317–397), the imperial saint of the Franks who shared his coat, the patron saint of travelers, the savior of the poor and beggars, more rarely Martin I or - in the case of Protestant Martinskirchen - Martin Luther .

Martin churches are mostly very old churches and were mostly mother churches , one of which later other parishes abgepfarrt were Taufkirchen and Send churches . Often they are churches that served the mission to the poor or were stations on trade routes. Martins patronage is particularly widespread in areas that were evangelized from the diocese of Mainz and administered by the church from the 8th century onwards.

Web links

Commons : St. Martin  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ According to the inspection , the tower is less than 30 meters high.
  2. ↑ http://www.architektur-blicklicht.de/kirchen/memleben-kirche/
  3. ↑ - Source: http://www.mz-web.de/merseburg/gerhardt-orgel-der-merseburger-stadtkirche-kein-tuev-mehr-fuer-die-alte-dame-1385962
  4. ↑ Information on organ builder Rolf Walther, Burgheßler
  5. ↑ Sankt Martin - our church in Memleben. Information leaflet, color print, A4 format, publisher: Förderverein der Kirche Sankt Marien in Memleben eV, undated
  6. ↑ http://www.kirchenlandkarte.de/

Coordinates: 51 ° 15 '57.4 "  N , 11 ° 29' 14.3"  E