St. Oswald (Rossach)
The Evangelical Lutheran subsidiary church of St. Oswald in Rossach , a district of Großheirath in the Coburg district , was first mentioned in 1338.
history
A branch church of Altenbanz in Rossach, which was consecrated to Saint Oswald , was first exhibited in a Avignon on May 10, 1338 by ten auxiliary bishops and by Pope Benedict XII. confirmed certificate of indulgence. A house of worship probably already existed in the 13th century.
The Reformation was introduced in the 1520s . The first Protestant church visitation by Electoral Saxony followed in the spring of 1529 and then Rossach was looked after by the Untersiemau pastor. After the second church visit in 1535, the pastor of Gleußen was also assigned Rossach because of his low salary. On August 6, 1540, Rossach was assigned to the parish of the newly established parish in Scherneck . At the end of 1878, the parish was finally changed to the Großheirath parish, founded in 1652.
Construction work took place in the 15th century, and in 1608 the church tower was renovated. At that time it was a fortified church with a moat and wall as well as a mighty tower. From 1702 to 1703 the community carried out major construction work with a new interior design. In 1756 the community had a new, larger nave built by the court mason master Johann Georg Heinrich König and the court carpenter master Johann Adam Deumler. The tower remained largely unchanged. The ogival chancel arch in the tower was walled and the chancel of the choir became the sacristy . A pulpit was set into the new wall . The foundation stone was laid on July 14, 1756, and the church roof was erected in mid-October 1756. A lack of financial means delayed the completion until 1760. The inauguration took place in the presence of the sovereign Duke Franz Josias on June 10th, 1760.
In 1822 the church was renovated for the first time and the interior was designed in white. In 1872 the masonry was renovated and in 1900 a colored painting by the Coburg painter Wang ceiling. The parish carried out further renovation measures in 1962 and 2010.
Building description
The late medieval choir tower church shapes the townscape with its high tower. It stands in the middle of old houses on the slope and on the road to Altenbanz, two kilometers away, and is surrounded by a churchyard wall.
In the basement of the church tower, a rectangular building, there is a drawn-in 3.4 meter wide and 3.3 meter long tower choir, which is spanned by a rib-free cross vault. Basket arch windows have the south and east sides. Above it are two massive tower floors with narrow rectangular openings. The third floor is a slated framework construction with rectangular sound openings. On it is a tall, slate, eight-sided pointed helmet. Small watch towers with pointed helmets are arranged in the four corners .
The nave of the hall church is designed based on the margrave style. It has two axes with arched windows with stone frames on the western transverse side and three on the two long sides. Under the middle window on the south side there is a flat arched door with a keystone console and beams. In the western facade is the main entrance with ionic pilasters , beams and broken arch gable, is a Rococo - cartridge filled with two signs that the Saxon Rautenkranz crest and the initials of the Duke Franz Josias (FJ). Between the two windows above the door hangs a sign from 1760 with a Latin building inscription with the names of those involved in the new building, Franz Josias and the pastors Kern (Generalephorus), Fratscher (Konsistorialrat) and Köcher (parish priest of Scherneck and Rossach). In addition, there is the sentence: "God will graciously protect this temple until the latest year, unharmed from all the injustices of the times and strictly keep it clean from all pernicious influence of foreign doctrine". Doric pilasters decorate the corners of the nave. The tile-covered gable roof is hipped on the west side.
The interior is spanned by a stucco ceiling with light decorations and paintings in the corners alternating with the initials of Franz Josias or the diamond-shaped wreath coat of arms under the crown. A wooden gallery with simply paneled parapets and Doric columns, two-story on the long sides and one-story on the transverse side, characterizes the room. The pulpit altar and the pulpit are carved by the Coburg artist Johann Eusebius Kaufmann.
Bells
At the beginning of the last century there were three bells in the church tower. The largest was 102 centimeters in diameter and was cast by Johann Andreas Mayer in Coburg in 1742. The middle bell with a diameter of 80 centimeters came from the beginning of the 16th century. The smallest bell with a diameter of 62 centimeters was cast by Albrecht in Coburg in 1811.
During the First World War , the bells had to be removed. In 1923 new cast iron bells were hung. In 2006 the church received three new bronze bells and the old bells were placed at the site's memorial.
organ
There was an organ in the church as early as 1687 . In 1756 the Coburg organ builder Wolf Heinrich Daum installed a new organ with 11 stops on a manual and pedal . In 1785 and 1823 it was repaired by Johann Andreas Hofmann from Hofmann . In 1862, Christoph Hofmann and his sons added a second manual and two further registers for 255 guilders. Around 1963 the instrument was rebuilt by installing tube pneumatics in place of the old mechanics. The organ has 17 stops on two manuals and a pedal.
The organ stands on the west gallery and has a large case. The organ prospect consists of five parts, a round tower in the middle, accompanied by two concave fields of the same height, one above the other, framed on the sides by slightly lower round towers. It is decorated with colored rococo carvings.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Rainer Axmann: Großheirath, Rossach, Watzendorf. Church history and history of their churches . In: Helmut Schöttner: Community of Großheirath - from past and present . Großheirath 2013, ISBN 978-3-00-042206-5 , p. 210 f.
- ^ 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. 50
- ^ A b c Rainer Axmann: Großheirath, Rossach, Watzendorf. Church history and history of their churches . In: Helmut Schöttner: Community of Großheirath - from past and present . Großheirath 2013, ISBN 978-3-00-042206-5 , pp. 216, 217.
- ^ Richard Teufel : Architectural and art monuments in the district of Coburg . E. Riemann'sche Hofbuchhandlung, Coburg 1956, p. 124.
- ^ A b Paul Lehfeldt : Architectural and Art Monuments of Thuringia, Booklet XXXII. Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Jena 1906, p. 443 f.
- ^ Gerhard Welz: Großheirath and Rossach . In: Evangelical parishes in the Coburg region. Verlag der Ev.-Luth. Mission Erlangen, Erlangen 1984, ISBN 3-87214-202-X , p. 195 f.
- ^ Hermann Fischer, Theodor Wohnhaas: Alte Orgeln im Coburger Land, Part II. Yearbook of the Coburg State Foundation 1970, p. 208 f.
Coordinates: 50 ° 9 ′ 43.4 ″ N , 10 ° 56 ′ 8.3 ″ E