St. Nikolai (Oberbobritzsch)
The Protestant village church St. Nikolai is a medieval, several times rebuilt hall church in the district of Oberbobritzsch of the community of Bobritzsch-Hilbersdorf in the district of Central Saxony in Saxony . It belongs to the parish of Oberbobritzsch in the Freiberg church district of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saxony and is known for its important late Gothic winged altar and the organ by Gottfried Silbermann , which has been rebuilt several times .
History and architecture
The church is an elongated hall church with considerable furnishings. The surrounding walls are probably still largely medieval; the lower floors of the west tower in front show shapes from the 14th century. A thorough renovation, especially inside, took place in 1710, and further radical changes in 1902/1903. Restorations were made in 1966 and 1979.
The structure is a plastered quarry stone building with a three-sided end and shows elongated arched windows. The former cross roof and the tall, slender roof turret of the square tower were replaced by a copper tower in 1902. Inside, a flat barrel vault was built in and provided with stencil painting, the latter probably from 1902/1903. The spatial effect is characterized by the two-story galleries on three sides with strong baluster parapets. The pulpit, which protrudes far and is supported by columns, is built into the northern gallery, and a prayer room from 1710 facing the choir. Both are highlighted by elaborate decorations.
Furnishing
The altar from 1521 is one of the most important winged altars in Saxony. In addition to the high-quality carved figures and the excellent paintings, the appearance of Renaissance ornamentation should be emphasized. The carved figures come from the workshop of the master of the Freiberg cathedral apostles , to whom some figures from the virgin cycle in Freiberg cathedral can be traced back. The paintings were made by the so-called Master of the Oberbobritz Altarpiece ; they are comparable to those on the altars in Seifersdorf , Hennersdorf and in the Nikolaikirche in Dippoldiswalde .
In the predella there is a carved representation of the Adoration of the Magi, above in the shrine Saint Nicholas on the bishop's throne, next to him Saint Catherine and Barbara , in the wings the carved figures of Saint Margaret and Dorothea . The first change shows stories from the legend of St. Nicholas in four paintings: The rescue of the three daughters of an impoverished nobleman from the sale in the brothel, the rescue of three warriors from the execution and St. Nicholas as the patron of the boatmen with the rescue of three pilgrims from distress and as Patron of the bakers when there was a famine in Myra, miraculously filling the grain ships. The painted fronts of the predelle wings show St. Andrew and St. John the Evangelist . The second transformation shows the martyrdoms of Saints Dorothea, Katharina, Barbara and Margareta in bright colors . The saints Ursula and Agatha are painted on the back of the predelle wings . The carved essay from 1917 replaces a former demolition , which presumably includes a damaged Anna Selbdritt (now in the parish archive) and two putti, which originally flanked two coats of arms.
The baptism of 1534 shows a round cup on a rotated base and was probably slightly changed and redrafted in 1880. The stained glass windows by Bruno Urban, both from Dresden, were created based on designs by Ludwig Otto. On the left they show the depiction of Petri fishing, on the right the Transfiguration, Resurrection and Ascension in the form of Christ floating on a light cloud. On the first floor of the tower there is the so-called Luther room from 1917 with polychrome stencil painting.
organ
The organ was built by Gottfried Silbermann in 1716 . In the years 1915/1916 she was the workshop Julius Jahn & Sohn fundamentally rebuilt: The existing wind chests were against cone chests , mechanical tracker action replaced by pneumatic. Further changes were made by the Eule Orgelbau Bautzen workshop in 1946 and the Wilhelm Rühle workshop in 1980 . In 2001, Georg Wünning brought the disposition closer to that of 1916 and Jahn's pipework was used again. The current disposition is:
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Pairing :
- Normal coupling: II / I manual coupling, pedal coupling I, pedal coupling II
- Super octave coupling: Upper octave coupling II
- Sub- octave coupling: Unteroctavcoppel II / I, Unteroctavcoppel II
- Secondary register : tremulant
- Playing aids : 3 fixed combinations, crescendo roller
- Tuning : Height a 1 = 441 Hz, equal
- Wind pressure: about 85 mm water column
Peal
The bell consists of three bronze bells , the bell frame is made of oak. the bell yokes made of cast steel. Below is a data overview of the bell:
| No. | Casting date | Caster | material | diameter | Dimensions | Chime |
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| 1 | 1902 | Bell foundry CA Bierling | bronze | 1750 mm | 2800 kg | b ° |
| 2 | 1902 | Bell foundry CA Bierling | bronze | 1385 mm | 1400 kg | d ′ |
| 3 | 1902 | Bell foundry CA Bierling | bronze | 1160 mm | 800 kg | f ′ |
literature
- Georg Dehio : Handbook of the German art monuments. Saxony II. The administrative districts of Leipzig and Chemnitz. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-422-03048-4 , pp. 750–751.
- Heinrich Magirius, Hartmut Mai: Village churches in Saxony. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Berlin 1985, p. 204.
- Rainer Thümmel : Bells in Saxony . Sound between heaven and earth. Ed .: Evangelical Regional Church Office of Saxony . 2nd, updated and supplemented edition. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2015, ISBN 978-3-374-02871-9 , p. 338 (With a foreword by Jochen Bohl and photographs by Klaus-Peter Meißner}).
Web links
- Information about the parish on the website of the church district Freiberg
- Organ of the Evangelical Nikolaikirche Oberbobritzsch in the picture index of art and architecture
Individual evidence
- ↑ Frank-Harald Greß, Michael Lange: Die Orgeln Gottfried Silbermanns (= publications of the Society of Organ Friends. No. 177). 2nd Edition. Sandstein-Verlag, Dresden 2001, ISBN 3-930382-50-4 , pp. 137-138.
- ↑ Oberbobritzsch - Organ from 1716 on the website of the Gottfried Silbermann Society, accessed on July 21, 2018.
- ^ A b Rainer Thümmel : Bells in Saxony . Sound between heaven and earth. Ed .: Evangelical Regional Church Office of Saxony . 2nd, updated and supplemented edition. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2015, ISBN 978-3-374-02871-9 , pp. 338 (With a foreword by Jochen Bohl and photographs by Klaus-Peter Meißner).
Coordinates: 50 ° 52 ′ 30.7 ″ N , 13 ° 27 ′ 13.7 ″ E