St. Michael (Reinstädt)

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St. Michael Church Reinstädt
Late Gothic ceiling painting
Epitaphs in the churchyard in Reinstädt

The St. Michael Church is a fortified church in Reinstädt in the Saale-Holzland district in Thuringia . It belongs to the parish Orlamünde in Kirchenkreis Eisenberg of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany .

History and architecture

In the Middle Ages , the church was part of a fortification surrounded by a defensive wall. From the former castle which is still Kemenate received. At the church there are remains of let battlements , loopholes and Gießerker recognize.

The church, which is now restored in the late Gothic style , was completed and consecrated in 1473. Since then it has received various fittings and modifications. From 1981 to 1992 it was completely renovated and restored. Particularly noteworthy is the late Gothic stencil painting still preserved on the ceiling.

In addition to bi-weekly church services , the congregation occasionally offers musical events and group offers.

organ

The organ was built in 1742/1743 by Johann Heinrich Scherff , who reused material from the previous organ . The prospect pipes in the side panels are made of wood with silver-leaf plating, which is more characteristic of southern Thuringia. Justin Ehrenfried Gerhardt added trumpet 16 ′ in 1751 . Around 40% of the pipework was reconstructed in 2008 during restoration by Gerd-Christian Bochmann. The original glockenspiel consists of 25 bowl bells. The instrument has 19 registers , which are divided between two manuals and a pedal . Two empty loops are prepared for expansion. The disposition is as follows:

I main work CD – c 3
Coarse 8th'
Gemshorn 8th'
Salicional 8th'
Fluet 8th'
Principal 4 ′
Smalled up 4 ′
Octave 2 ′
recorder 2 ′
Nassartia II
Mixture IV
II Hinterwerk CD – c 3
Lovely Gedackt 8th'
Viola di gamba 8th'
Fugara 4 ′
Principal 2 ′
Terzian II
Cromorn 8th'
Glockenspiel (from c 1 )
Pedal CD – c 1
Sub-bass 16 ′
Octave bass 8th'
Trombone bass 16 ′

literature

  • Martin Weber: Well-fortified churches in Thuringia . Frommannsche Buchhandlung, Walter Biedermann, Jena 1935, pp. 86–87.
  • Hans-Joachim Petzold: The fortified church of St. Michael in Reinstädt. Jenzig-Verlag, 2005, ISBN 978-3-91014178-0 .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ nuances . 2009/3 , p. 9 (PDF),

Coordinates: 50 ° 48 ′ 33 ″  N , 11 ° 28 ′ 30 ″  E