St. Paulus (Grattstadt)
The Evangelical Lutheran branch church St. Paulus in Grattstadt in Upper Franconia , a district of Bad Rodach in the Coburg district , dates back to 1686.
history
A vicar in Grattstadt is documented for the year 1518. A chapel that belonged to the parish church in Oettingshausen should have existed long before this year. In 1536 the vicarage Grattstadt was subordinated to the parish Heldritt . The chapel was destroyed in 1632 during the Thirty Years War . The people of Grattstadt built a replacement building in 1686. In 1728, Grattstadt was assigned to the newly raised parish of Ahlstadt .
In 1755 an extensive repair of the dilapidated church with its present appearance followed. The associated funding required repayments from the community, which lasted until 1815. During the next building project in 1864, the north side, which until then only had two windows, received two additional windows. In addition, the interior was repainted and an organ was installed. Further renovations followed in 1892 and 1926 when the tower was refurbished.
In 1907 the parish of Ahlstadt was merged with the parish of Großwalbur , in 1923 the parish was changed to Oettingshausen and since 1977 Grattstadt has belonged to Elsa . The parish had the church repainted in the 1950s. Between 1980 and 1985 the restoration work included, among other things, a redesign of the chancel in reddish colors and a new coat of paint for the galleries and pews.
Building description
The small church is in the middle of the village, but on the side of the road. It was originally located in a fortified, roughly oval area.
The church house is 18.1 meters long and 6.8 meters wide. The interior is spanned by a flat ceiling and has a single-storey gallery on three sides. There are four high arched windows on the north and south sides. The west gable side has the flat arched entrance door in the middle and a small flat arched window on each side at the top. The access to the sacristy in the east , which was renovated in 1952, is a rectangular door. The east wall of the church house has a profiled base and bears the number 1686 to the south, outside at the top. The eight-sided ridge turret on the hipped roof to the east is slated and has a dome.
The pulpit in the east wall is accessed via a staircase in the sacristy. It probably dates from the 1730s. The polygonal wooden parapet, decorated with dense bands, consists of the seven sides of a decagon. On the front there is a relief portrait of Martin Luther . The baptismal font is made of sandstone and bears the year number 1748 on the shaft.
organ
In 1864 Christoph Hofmann and sons from Neustadt built an organ on the west gallery with seven stops on a manual and pedal . A restoration took place in 1980.
The box-shaped organ case has a three-part front with two high, rectangular side panels and a lower middle panel, consisting of two symmetrical parts. The sawed-out decoration in the form of a ribbon made of thorny tendrils is adorned with fish-bubble patterns and rosettes in a neo-Gothic manner . The substructure with the play cabinet has four lateral tabs.
Bells
Two bells hang in the roof turret. The small bell with a diameter of 58 centimeters dates from the 14th century. It is richly decorated and bears the names of the four evangelists in mirror writing.
The second bell was originally cast by Johann Andreas Mayer from Coburg in 1761. It was 67 centimeters in diameter and bore the coat of arms of Duke Franz Josias . In order to melt it down, it was supposed to be removed during the First World War . In order to save yourself having to cover the church tower, it was smashed in the bell house. As a replacement, the community acquired an iron bell weighing 300 kilograms in 1920, which was replaced in 1995 by a bronze bell weighing 200 kilograms and bearing the inscription "Peace on Earth".
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Michael Höchstädter: Grattstadt . In: Eckhart Kollmer (ed.): Evangelical parishes in the Coburg region . Verlag der Ev.-Luth. Mission Erlangen, Erlangen 1984, ISBN 3-87214-202-X , p. 102.
- ^ A b 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. 19.
- ^ A b Richard Teufel : Architectural and art monuments in the district of Coburg . E. Riemann'sche Hofbuchhandlung, Coburg 1956, p. 62 f.
- ↑ a b c Paul Lehfeldt : Architectural and Art Monuments of Thuringia, Issue XXVIII, Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Landrathsamt Coburg. Jena 1902, p. 38.
- ↑ Hermann Fischer, Theodor Wohnhaas: Alte Orgeln im Coburger Land, Part I. Yearbook of the Coburg State Foundation 1970, p. 191.
Coordinates: 50 ° 22 ′ 36 ″ N , 10 ° 50 ′ 21 ″ E