St. Stephan (Heygendorf)
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Stephan , named after the holy deacon of the early Jerusalem community , is located in Heygendorf , a district of the city and rural community of Artern in the Kyffhäuserkreis in Thuringia . The church belongs to the parish Allstedt / Wolferstedt in the parish of Bad Frankenhausen Sondershausen in the Evangelical Church in Central Germany .
description
From the Romanesque predecessor only have foundations receive. The aisle church with its retracted choir tower was given its current shape during the reconstruction after 1687. At that time, three-axis extensions were added to the nave on both long sides , but these are shorter than the nave. In addition, the triumphal arch was raised, the church furnishings were renewed and two-storey galleries were built into the nave on three sides . A cross-vaulted annex was added as a crypt to the choir tower, but it is no longer preserved. A staircase to the north gallery and the sacristy was built above it . In a further construction measure, a stairwell to the gallery was added to the southern side extension. At the same time, the covered corridor from the manor house to the patron s lodge was built on the first gallery, which remained until the mid-19th century. The nave and the lower part of the choir tower are plastered except for the corner stones . The hipped roof reaching over the extensions is covered with beaver tails .
The top floor of the tower made of slated timber is dated by an inscription on the eastern part of the belfry with "1779 - 1780". Two chilled cast iron bells hang in it , which were cast by Schilling & Lattermann in 1930 . The bell storey has two paired sound arcades and a single one. It has an eight-sided curved hood , which is crowned by an elongated open lantern with a tower ball .
The tall, rectangular and square windows have partly wooden, partly stone and profiled walls . There are three portals on the south side . The western portal has a baroque entrance door with an oval window above it, it leads to the stairs of the built-in galleries. The middle portal is older, it has a cranked wooden garment and a two-winged baroque door leaf . The eastern portal has a stone drapery with an ornate keystone .
The central part of the nave is covered with a plastered, wooden and flat barrel vault that attaches over a profiled cornice . There are flat ceilings above the galleries . The wooden pillars of the galleries are connected by arched arcades . The color versions of the choir, the galleries and the ceiling are simplified today.
The baroque pulpit altar from 1592 is made of alabaster . The pentagonal pulpit has a relief of acanthus . It is flanked by Corinthian columns . On the side of the pedestals are life-size sculptures of two female virtues , denoted by inscriptions on the pedestal as love and faith. A life-size figure of the risen one stands on top of the arched field . Is located on the north wall of the choir a epitaph and a wooden, life-size crucifix of 1615. On the south wall of the nave is a plaque made of alabaster mounted the stairs cultivation are two grave stones .
The organ behind the baroque parapet of the gallery has 15 registers , divided into 2 manuals and pedal , and was built around 1800 by an unknown organ builder .
literature
- Dehio-Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, Thuringia. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-422-03095-6 .
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Coordinates: 51 ° 21 '10.6 " N , 11 ° 21' 48.2" E