St. Peter and Paul (Göda)
The Collegiate Church of St. Peter and Paul , in Upper Sorbian Cyrkej swjateju Pětra a Pawoła , is a historic church building of the Evangelical Lutheran Regional Church of Saxony in Göda ( Bautzen district ) in the east of the Free State of Saxony .
location
The church stands on a hill in the central village of Göda in the municipality of the same name. It can be seen from afar from all directions and is a landmark due to its characteristic twin tower.
history
Part of the village complex became the property of the Meißen diocese in 1006 . The part located on the hill was selected for the construction of a church, while the remaining area from the cemetery to the center of the village was to be used for the clergy's residential buildings. The entire area formed the "Stiftsviertel" (Stift = foundation). The first chapel, later the church's choir, was built after 1010.
In 1076 the first stone church St. Peter and Paul was founded by Bishop Benno von Meißen . A second Romanesque church was built in the 13th century. The substructure of today's twin tower, which was built between 1220 and 1230, and the windows on the front of the tower have been preserved.
Shortly before the Reformation , between 1505 and 1517, Göda experienced another phase of church building under Bishop Johannes von Saalhausen . During this period, the building was built in the late Gothic style as a hall church . The builder at the time, Wolff Hrabisch , put his name on the keystones of the choir, the pulpit , the lavabo , the holy water basin and on various columns ; The pastor Johannes von Gablenz did this in a similar way.
In 1589 the church was badly damaged by fire. During the reconstruction, the massive double tower was erected, which still shapes the landscape today.
Between 1702 and 1714 the interior was redesigned in baroque style. At the beginning of the 19th century, the church tower had to be completely renewed, a tower clock was attached. In 1862 the church roof was fundamentally redesigned, instead of the previous high shingle roof a gable roof was added . The interior was designed in a neo-Gothic style in 1892 under pastor Jaroměr Hendrich Imiš, in line with the taste of the time , and the towers were given their current neo-Gothic appearance and double helmets by the architect Christian Gottfried Schramm .
Until the 20th century, mainly Sorbian worship was held in the Göda church. After a long break, bilingual services have been held at regular intervals since the 2010s.
Building description
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The church building presents itself to the observer as an impressive plastered quarry stone building with buttresses . Tracery windows break through the facade. The south front shows a Gothic double door with rich framework , the main portal is on the west side of the tower and has a rich garment . There is a sundial from 1515 on the southern outer wall .
The two-bay choir with a five-eighth end has extensions on the north and south sides. The ceiling of the choir consists of a star vault with double grooved vault ribs , it shows a late Gothic ceiling painting in tendril painting from the year 1505. On the north side of the choir there is a stained glass window from 1892, which depicts the adoration of the shepherds . In the northern choir annex, which extends over two bays, the tracery windows are designed as curtain arched windows , the ceiling consists of a painted net vault . The south-facing extension forms the sacristy , this room has a simple wooden ceiling.
The interior of the church shows a three-aisled and three-bay hall church, the reticulated vaults and the double-grooved ribs have an early Renaissance ornamental painting from 1515. The church interior rises above a square floor plan and is supported by four slender, octagonal pillars.
The tower has a height of 62.5 m. At the level of the bell storey there are (neo-) Romanesque double arcades below the two high, tightly packed spiers .
Furnishing
In the order in which they were built, the church contains the following furnishings (selection)
- Granite font , 13th century
- Crucifix , painted in color, created around 1500 by a Meissen master
- Sandstone altar from 1512 consecration crosses and a hole in the cafeteria in front of the Reformation a finger, in the relic of St. Leonard was
- Pulpit from 1513, called "von Gablenz pulpit"
- Church project by the Dresden architect Friedrich Press under the theme "Go into all the world ..." ( Mt 28,18-20 LUT )
organ
The organ , which was built by the Bautzen organ workshop Hermann Eule as Opus 542 , comprises 1814 pipes in 27 registers on two manuals and a pedal . Three registers are preliminary prints. Slider chests and action are mechanical. The organ prospectus was also created by Friedrich Press.
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- Normal coupling : II / I, I / P, II / P
Bells
Since 1832 there have been three bells on the bell storey of the twin tower , which were extended to a fourfold ring in 1951:
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No. |
Casting year |
Foundry, casting location |
Percussive ( HT - 1 / 16 ) |
| 1 | 1590 | M. Hilliger | d ′ |
| 2 | 1951 | Schilling , Apolda | f sharp ′ |
| 3 | 1823 | Friedrich Gruhl , Kleinwelka | a ′ |
| 4th | 1778 | YES Jannasch | f ″ |
literature
- Klaus Theodor Henke: Church building and sacred art in Upper Lusatia. Oberlausitzer Verlag, Spitzkunnersdorf 2011, ISBN 978-3-941908-28-4 , pp. 189-192
- Cornelius Gurlitt : Göda. In: Descriptive representation of the older architectural and art monuments of the Kingdom of Saxony. 31. Booklet: Bautzen Official Authority (Part I) . CC Meinhold, Dresden 1908, pp. 61-77.
Web links
- Christoph Rummel: Evang.-Luth. Parish and Collegiate Church of St. Peter and Paul in Göda. In: Website of the community of Göda in Upper Lusatia. Evangelical Luth. Göda parish, accessed on August 31, 2015 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Klaus Theodor Henke: Church building and sacred art in Upper Lusatia , p. 189.
- ↑ a b c d e f g Klaus Theodor Henke: Church building and sacred art in Upper Lusatia , p. 190.
- ↑ a b c d e f g Klaus Theodor Henke: Church building and sacred art in Upper Lusatia , p. 192.
Coordinates: 51 ° 10 ′ 42.3 ″ N , 14 ° 19 ′ 6 ″ E