St. Viti (Teutschenthal)

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St. Viti in Unterteutschenthal, view from the southeast
Entrance portal on the north side

St. Viti is a listed Protestant church in the municipality of Teutschenthal in Saxony-Anhalt . They heard how the Teutschenthal St. Lawrence Church and the churches of the districts Eisdorf and Köchstedt to parish Teutschenthal in the same parish area of the church district Halle Saale district of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany . In the local register of monuments it is listed as a monument under registration number 094 55629 .

history

The church building dedicated to St. Vitus with the address Albert-Heise-Straße 50 is the village church of the formerly independent village of Unterteutschenthal, which in turn emerged from the core town of Oesnitz.

St. Viti was built at the same time as St. Laurentius in Deussen (later Oberteutschenthal) after 1120 by the Kaltenborn monastery and consecrated by the Bishop of Halberstadt in 1129 .

The church, which was badly damaged in the Thirty Years War, was first rebuilt in 1675/1676. The landlord Wolf Thilo von Trotha (1620–1683), who had inherited the possessions in Teutschenthal from his father Wolf Friedrich von Trotha (1593–1637), had the greatest war damage removed and the nave rebuilt. The valuable main portal from 1676 on the north side of the nave shows his initials and those of his wife, Anna née von Hakeborn , in the architrave . In the center above the architrave zone are the artistically framed coats of arms of those of Trotha and Hakeborn.

A second major renovation was carried out in 1740 by his son Thilo Lebrecht von Trotha auf Hecklingen (1675–1755). He had the nave increased on an enlarged floor plan and a wooden barrel inserted. He was also the client for the northern extension, which included the sacristy and the staircase to the patronage box. The initials of his name and those of his wife, Amalie Elisabeth Gottliebe, née von Pfuel, are also found under the coats of arms on its separate entrance portal . The former family crypt was destroyed in the 1950s as a result of the installation of a gas heater and the remaining coffins were removed.

Architecture and equipment

Today the church presents itself as a baroque quarry stone building and belongs to the type of single-nave hall churches with a west tower, which was taken over from the previous building from the second half of the 15th century and later provided with a tent roof and slim hood. It has pointed arched windows with simple tracery and can be dated to the late Gothic period up to the bell stalls.

The interior is the result of structural changes in 1740. By raising the ceiling by means of the barrel vault, the prerequisites for the installation of double galleries , a high pulpit altar and a glazed patronage box on the north wall were created. The pulpit is framed by two pillars that form an arcade with an arch above . Two ornate wooden figures, depicting Moses and Jesus , which were located above the doors to the pulpit staircase, were stolen in 1996.

The artistically hewn stone font in front of the pulpit altar dates from the second half of the 15th century. It was removed from the church in 1740 and taken to Halle . In 1922 he returned to the church.

Opposite the box is the epitaph of Thilo Lebrecht's brother, Franz Casimir von Trotha (1679–1711), who initiated the construction of the new Würdenburg . The painting is surrounded by the family's ancestral coats of arms.

The organ dates back to 1698 and comes from the workshop of Peter Herold from Apolda

A commemorative plaque for those who died in the First World War is placed in the entrance area to the patronage box.

literature

Web links

Commons : St. Viti  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Parish areas and parishes on the church district website. Retrieved June 13, 2020

Coordinates: 51 ° 27 ′ 13.1 ″  N , 11 ° 48 ′ 49.2 ″  E