St. Matthias (Eischleben)
The Protestant village church of St. Matthias is in the district of Eischleben in the municipality of Amt Wachsenburg in the Ilm district in Thuringia . It belongs to the parish Ichtershausen-Holzhausen in the parish of Arnstadt-Ilmenau of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany .
history
The name Eischleben is mentioned for the first time in a document issued in 796 in the Fulda Abbey. The Peterskloster Erfurt had possessions in Eischleben and the surrounding towns. In the corridor to Eischleben near the confluence of the Wipfra in the river Gera , the Peterskloster had built the Peterskapelle , which was the spiritual center until the construction of the church in Eischleben.
church
In a document from the Lords of Kranichfeld from 1317 to the Ichtershausen monastery and a letter of renunciation from 1326, the Kranichfelder refer to the patronage rights of the church in Eischleben, from which the existence of a church in the village emerges.
The previous building was a wooden church . Around the year 1448 the church was renovated in the late Romanesque style .
The Thirty Years' War caused greater damage. The church was "completely polished" by the Hatzfeld soldiers in 1642.
In 1744 a major renovation was carried out, which gave the church its current appearance. After further renovations, the south wall of the house collapsed in 1864.
After the fall of the Wall , the church was given the name St. Matthias in 2000 on the occasion of a festive service .
In 2003 the bells were given oak yokes instead of the steel yokes.
In 2008 extensive renovation work began with own funds and funds. The roof was re-covered with slate .
In 2012 the foundations were inspected and secured and the church tower was re-grouted.
Web links
- The church on the website of the church district. Retrieved February 26, 2020 .
Individual evidence
- ^ The church at www.kirchenkreis-arnstadt-ilmenau.de ( Memento from October 19, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
Coordinates: 50 ° 53 ′ 15.6 ″ N , 10 ° 59 ′ 25 ″ E