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The Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Nikolaus in Heldritt in Upper Franconia , a district of Bad Rodach in the Coburg district , dates from 1847 in its current form.
history
As a daughter church of Rodach Heldritt was first mentioned in a breve from Pope Clement VI. mentioned on March 24, 1350. On November 19, 1511 the community received its own pastor and was raised to an independent parish. The construction of a church is documented between 1474 and 1477. The basement of the church tower with the choir was created . The church was under the patronage and was the burial place of the noble family von Heldritt . In 1524 the Reformation was introduced. After the second Protestant church visitation from Electoral Saxony in 1536, the vicarious Grattstadt was subordinated to the pastor of the heroic pastor to provide better care .
In 1668/69 the church got its first organ . Construction work with a new church tower head and a second gallery was carried out in 1703/04. In 1733 the vicarage Grattstadt had to be handed over to the new parish of Ahlstadt . From 1731 a new church vault was built. In 1793, Elisabetha Carolina Regina von Heldritt was the last member to be buried in the church crypt. The right of patronage reverted to the sovereign. From 1821 renovation measures were carried out. These included a new sacristy in 1823 and an enlargement of most of the windows inside the church, as well as a new belfry in 1833. The next major renovation work followed in 1847, when the church was given its present-day appearance. The surrounding walls were raised by around three meters, a new roof structure was put in place and the west side of the church tower was redesigned. In 1858 the church got a new bell. In 1875 the parishes of Heldritt and Elsa were merged. The common pastor's residence was Elsa. The church roof was re-covered in 1885. As part of a renovation, colored windows were installed in 1901. In 1930 a new sacristy was built and in 1937 a new morgue in the neighboring cemetery. The next renovation was due in 1962/63. In addition to new windows and doors, an automatic bell system was installed. From 1986 to 1988, among other things, the foundations were renovated and new, colorful windows were installed on the east side. The interior was redesigned in terms of color and design in the version from 1847.
description
The choir tower church is dominating the townscape above Heldritt next to the Upper Castle. The high chancel in the basement of the church tower is 4.8 meters long and 4.6 meters wide. The altar is in it. The colorful window on the east side and the altar cross with a base made of gneiss are works by Unfinder artist Annemarie Reiser-Meyerweißflog. A pointed triumphal arch is located between the chancel and the nave , which is 12.8 meters long and 6.7 meters wide. Both components have flat, plastered ceilings. In the nave there is a three-sided, two-storey gallery. The pulpit on the southern triumphal arch pillar dates from the 19th century. The facade of the nave with its saddle roof is designed in a new Romanesque style. It is plastered white and framed by sandstone bands on the corners of the building and an upper round arch frieze . There are three tall and narrow arched windows on each of the long sides. The symmetrical west facade with its portal and round arches, columns and cornices is particularly elaborate.
The upper end of the church tower is an octagonal, baroque tower with small arched windows and a tail dome with a double Welscher hood . In the tower hang three bells that have been baptized with the names "Faith", "Love" and "Hope". The smallest bell dates from 1858. The other two were consecrated on November 2, 1953. They had been melted down in both world wars.
organ
The first organ was built in 1668/69 by the organ builder Johann Wiegleb, who came from horse life. In 1683 he married a daughter of the noble family von Heldritt and founded an organ builder dynasty. When the nave was rebuilt in 1847, it was repaired again before a new building by the Schmiedefeld organ builder Friedrich Wilhelm Holland replaced the baroque organ in 1867. The 820 Florint expensive instrument had 15 registers on two manuals and pedal, two registers had been taken from the Wiegleb organ. The organ initially stood on a new organ gallery in the choir room above the altar. In 1901, the Coburg organ builder Anton Hasselbarth moved it to the low second gallery in the west and converted it. In 1967 the Ostheim-based organ building company Gebrüder Hoffman relocated the work to the chancel on a low wooden platform and converted it. It was also given a new housing. Moisture damage and the use of the choir led to another change of the organ in 1989 by Hey Orgelbau to the upper, narrow west gallery. In the early 2000s, severe mold growth led to a restoration and expansion of the disposition by master organ builders Gerhard Schmid from Kaufbeuren and Jörg Stegmüller from Berlin. From the original Holland-organ still Manual playthings that are key action , the lower case, the two manual wind chests and seven registers preserved. There is nothing left of the Wiegleb organ. The instrument has a total of 27 registers with two manuals and a pedal.
literature
- Paul Günther: The St. Nikolauskirche zu Heldritt - A historical outline . Church leader, Heldritt 2001.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Hans-Friedrich Schäfer: Heldritt. In: Evangelical parishes in the Coburg region, published with a working group of the deanery by Eckart Kollmer, Verlag der Ev.-Luth. Mission, Erlangen 1984, ISBN 3-87214-202-X , p. 99
- ↑ In Luther's footsteps through the Coburg region Hiking and pilgrim guides on the Luther Trail through the Evangelical Lutheran Dean's Office in Coburg, p. 32 ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked . Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Paul Günther: The St. Nicholas Church to Heldritt - A historical outline . Church leader, Heldritt 2001, p. 2
- ^ Lothar Hofmann: Monuments Region Coburg - Neustadt - Sonneberg: Places of contemplation and prayer. Historical sacred buildings. A guide through the churches in the districts of Coburg and Sonneberg. Verlag Gerätemuseum des Coburger Land, Ahorn 2007, ISBN 3-930531-04-6 , p. 20
- ^ Hans Jürgen Hofmann: 140 years of Friedrich Wilhelm Holland organ 1867-2007; Festschrift, p. 7
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from February 20, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 50 ° 21 ′ 27 ″ N , 10 ° 48 ′ 30 ″ E