St. Peter (Nohra)

Nohra Church

The village church of St. Peter is in Nohra in the Weimarer Land district in Thuringia . The parish belongs to the parish association Niederzimmer in the parish of Weimar of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany .

location

The Protestant church is located in the southern area of ​​the village, behind the former school building and the rectory.

history

Gravestone of a boy who died while ringing the bell from 1783

The church was first mentioned in a document in 1217 , when the brothers of the former All Saints Church in Erfurt were given the right to baptize in the church in Nohra . In the 14th century gave viscount of Kirchberg the monastery Berka patronage.

The Romanesque choir tower church was rebuilt in 1392, the choir was given a rib-free cross vault and sacrament niches. In the baroque period (1708) the nave and tower were renewed. Shortly after 1770 this work was completed with new bells, but a fire in 1788 made a renovation of the nave necessary. A lightning strike in the tower on July 31, 1892 destroyed parts of the church. Church tower and barrel , pulpit altar and the nave were renewed. The church received its high and striking tower.

Furnishing

The cause of death of the boy Andreas Kühn, who died in 1783, is naively depicted on a tombstone.

In 1774 the baroque organ was installed by the Kummer company (Dachwig) and expanded in 1817 ( anniversary of the Reformation ). Friedrich Sorge donated this expansion. This is indicated by a wooden inscription on the organ. The result was a "Sorrow and Sorrow" organ.

Two chilled cast iron bells from the company Schilling & Lattermann (Apolda and Morgenröthe) from 1958 and a bronze bell made in 1892 by the Ulrich / Gießer brothers: Heinrich Ulrich (Apolda) ring. The latter replaces the bronze bell from 1772, destroyed by lightning, with the inscription: / GER M AN I A I NS I GN I ANNON I AE TR I ENN I S ET NE CI S ATRO CI TATE DIVI N I T V S LI BERATA / with the chronogram included [1713] referred to a three-year famine.

Trivia

The Luther Rose in the local coat of arms of Nohra remembered that Martin Luther on the way to the April 5, 1521 Reichstag to Worms roamed the territory of the village with 40 horses and his fellow travelers.

Web links

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

• Information about the church on kirchenkreis-weimar.de. Retrieved February 10, 2020 . 

See also

• List of organs in the district of Weimarer Land and in the city of Weimar
• List of churches in the Weimarer Land district
• List of bells in the Weimarer Land district and in Weimar

Individual evidence

1. ^ Sabine Neubert: Churches in and around Weimar. 1st part , Weimar 1991, 121-123.

Coordinates: 50 ° 59 ′ 47.6 ″  N , 11 ° 16 ′ 39.1 ″  E