St. Trinity (Keula)
The Evangelical Lutheran listed church of St. Trinitatis is in Keula , a district of the municipality of Helbedündorf in the Kyffhäuserkreis in Thuringia . The parish Keula-Kleinkeula belongs to the parish area Holzthaleben the parish Ebeleben-Holzthaleben in the parish of Bad Frankenhausen Sondershausen the Evangelical Church in Central Germany .
description
The previous St. Martin building from 1586 was destroyed in a town fire in 1637 . 1652/53 today, with was pitched roof covered hall church built, which was called the Holy Trinity. The four-storey choir tower , which is aligned with the nave , is preserved from the previous church . According to the inscription, its core is from 1586. In the 17th century, the tower was raised. He received the curved, slate-covered hood on which a lantern sits, in 1753. The two-storey, three-sided galleries were built in 1700–1702. They are decorated with carvings. During the renovation from 1785 to 1789, the windows in the nave were enlarged.
The nave is covered with a wooden barrel vault. The fed, with a flat ceiling provided Choir is provided with a ogival Arch separated from the nave, on the north side, he also has a gallery. The old church furnishings from the 17th / 18th centuries The century is still largely preserved. The altarpiece comes from the former chapel of Arnstadt Castle and has been in the church since 1697. A relief , which was originally the main scene of an altarpiece, shows the lamentation of Christ , rich in figures , created around 1490 to 1500. The wingless shrine from the 17th century has an extract with a crowned coat of arms of those of Schwarzburg . In the plastic decoration of the baptismal font from 1657, only the evangelists are preserved. The pulpit is from the same period as the altar shrine. The reliefs on the pulpit and the cheeks of the stairs have New Testament scenes. A marble tomb for Dorothea Friedlena Wedekind contains an outstanding example of sepulchral culture in the former principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen . It shows a portrait wreathed with laurels , above it are figures of angels with coats of arms and a crown.
The first organ was built in 1681, the current one from 1862 has 18 stops , divided into two manuals and a pedal . It was built by Gottlieb Knauf . Further renovations took place in 1842 and 1984.
literature
- Dehio-Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, Thuringia. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-422-03095-6 .
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Coordinates: 51 ° 19 ′ 52.4 " N , 10 ° 31 ′ 49.4" E