St. Servator (Schlotheim)
The Evangelical-Lutheran listed church St. Servator (sometimes also St. Salvator ) is in Schlotheim , a district of the town and rural community of Nottertal-Heilinger Heights in the Unstrut-Hainich district in Thuringia . The parish Schlotheim belongs to the parish area Ebeleben-Schlotheim in the parish of Bad Frankenhausen Special DERS Hausen of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany .
description
The formerly Romanesque hall church was changed several times. In the second half of the 13th century, it was expanded into a basilica in the architectural style . After a fire it was rebuilt without side aisles in 1550–55 , the nave was shortened to the west . The rectangular nave, built of quarry stone and covered with a half- hipped roof , shows on both sides the added pointed arcades to the broken side aisles and the rounded arched windows , the upper aisle of the former central nave. The top floor of the church tower in the southeast is covered with slate . The belfry is located behind its sound arcades . Above this is another eight-sided attachment that houses the tower clock . A hood sits on top of it , which ends with an open lantern with the tower ball .
The interior of the nave is flat , the choir is spanned with a transverse barrel vault. The altar was donated around 1670. The altarpiece, framed by twisted columns , shows the Lord's Supper . Carved statues of the apostles Peter and Paul from the end of the 15th century stand in wall niches . Above it is a crucifix from the same century. A carved savior serves as a conclusion . In front of the altar is a group of carved figures of a former predella , which was created around 1510. It shows how Christ blesses the children . The pulpit was built in at the beginning of the 17th century. The baptismal font is from 1550, a wooden figure of Maria comes from the 1st half of the 14th century. The von Hopffgarten family's gravestones date from the 15th century, 1558 and 1645.
The organ , built around 1680 by Jost Friedrich Schäffer from Bad Langensalza , is in a mighty prospect . It has 15 registers , divided into 2 manuals and a pedal , and has been extensively restored from 2018.
literature
- Dehio-Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, Thuringia. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-422-03095-6 . Page 1091
Web links
- Website of the parish on the website of the church district
- Information and picture gallery about the church on the municipality's website
- Entry at www.kirchbau.de
- Entry at www.denkmalschutz.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information about the organ on www.orgbase.nl ; Restoration of a baroque rarity and its history on www.stiftung-orgelklang.de .
Coordinates: 51 ° 14 ′ 47.7 " N , 10 ° 39 ′ 13.6" E