St. Ursula (Auerswalde)

The St. Ursula Church in the Auerswalde district of the municipality of Lichtenau ( Central Saxony district in the Free State of Saxony ) is a church building of the Evangelical Lutheran Regional Church of Saxony .

history

It is assumed that the church was founded by a family "von Urswalde". The name "Urswalde" is also evidenced by the oldest documented mentions of Auerswalde.

Building description

The originally Romanesque church was built at the end of the 12th century and was first mentioned in a document in 1186. It was built as a towerless hall church with a choir and apse. The choir with apse bends at an angle of 2.5 ° to the south.

The building was made of quarry stone and Rochlitz porphyry . Porphyry was mainly used on the large triumphal arch between the hall and the choir, but also on the delimitation arch of the apse and on the outer apse with its half-columns, capitals and the final round-arched frieze . It is assumed that this type of construction was influenced by the construction works of the Wechselburg collegiate church , which at that time was also a model for simpler village churches.

The roof structure was originally about 2.5 m below the current chair. Around 1520 the gables and thus the roof were made steeper and expanded with a slender tower.

In the period from 1710 to 1712 the church was significantly redesigned. An extension to the western vestibule was built, and a new confessional was built , which is no longer available due to a changed view of the Lutherans of the sacrament of penance . In 1711 the paintings on the ceiling of the hall were removed and a new ceiling was made. Furthermore, the two-storey gallery was built in and the seating was renewed. The pulpit from 1597 with the four evangelists and Jesus was also replaced by a new one. In 1712 the ceiling in the choir was also replaced.

The exterior of the church was changed in 1810. Because of the danger of collapse, the sacristy and an inheritance burial had to be demolished.

Between 1884 and 1885 the apse was separated from the choir and the altarpiece was replaced by a portrait. The font made of white marble with the silver-plated bowl also dates from this time . In 1907 the church was given its present appearance after a renovation.

Furnishing

altar

The altar was created around 1503 and is the work of the chief master of the Altenburg workshop , Jakob Naumann . In the central shrine you can see Maria in a halo on the crescent moon . At her side are the saints Margaretha and Barbara with their respective attributes. In the predella there is a representation of the Annunciation , which can be closed with painted altar wings.

Others

An hourglass from 1715 is preserved next to the pulpit. There is a legend about this that the wife of a pastor gave it to her husband so that he could keep the correct time when preaching. After a restoration in 1983, this hourglass was reattached.

organ

The current organ was built in 1907.

Peal

The ringing consists of three bronze bells , the bell cage is made of steel like the bell yokes. Below is a data overview of the bell:

No.	Casting date	Caster	material	diameter	Dimensions	Chime
1	1608	Bell foundry W. Hilliger	bronze	1064 mm	750 kg	G'
2	around 1400	Bell foundry unknown	bronze	925 mm	530 kg	b ′
3	1632	Bell foundry G. Hilliger	bronze	696 mm	230 kg	e ″

literature

Rainer Thümmel : Bells in Saxony . Sound between heaven and earth. Ed .: Evangelical Regional Church Office of Saxony . 2nd, updated and supplemented edition. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2015, ISBN 978-3-374-02871-9 , p. 271 (With a foreword by Jochen Bohl and photographs by Klaus-Peter Meißner}).
Christian Rietschel, Bernd Langhof: Village churches in Saxony . Evangelical Publishing House, Berlin 1963

Web links

Commons : St. Ursula (Auerswalde) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Evangelical Lutheran Parish of St. Ursula Auerswalde: History of the St. Ursula Church in Auerswalde . Accessed August 16, 2015

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Evangelical Lutheran Church Community of St. Ursula Auerswalde: History of the St. Ursula Church Auerswalde . Accessed August 16, 2015.
↑ On the history of the community of Lichtenau . In: Website of the municipality of Lichtenau , accessed on August 15, 2015.
^ Christian Rietschel, Bernd Langhof: Village churches in Saxony . Evangelical Publishing House, Berlin 1963
^ ^A ^b Rainer Thümmel : Bells in Saxony . Sound between heaven and earth. Ed .: Evangelical Regional Church Office of Saxony . 2nd, updated and supplemented edition. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2015, ISBN 978-3-374-02871-9 , pp. 287 (With a foreword by Jochen Bohl and photographs by Klaus-Peter Meißner).

50.901438 12.913584Coordinates: 50 ° 54 ′ 5.2 " N , 12 ° 54 ′ 48.9" E

[Webseite-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Evangelical Lutheran Church Community of St. Ursula Auerswalde: History of the St. Ursula Church Auerswalde . Accessed August 16, 2015.

[Gemeinde-2] On the history of the community of Lichtenau . In: Website of the municipality of Lichtenau , accessed on August 15, 2015.

[3] Christian Rietschel, Bernd Langhof: Village churches in Saxony . Evangelical Publishing House, Berlin 1963

[Thümmel_S.271-4] A ^b Rainer Thümmel : Bells in Saxony . Sound between heaven and earth. Ed .: Evangelical Regional Church Office of Saxony . 2nd, updated and supplemented edition. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2015, ISBN 978-3-374-02871-9 , pp. 287 (With a foreword by Jochen Bohl and photographs by Klaus-Peter Meißner).