Brandis town church

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Brandis City Church
Brandis Town Church, southwest side
Choral symphonic concert: Leipzig Symphony Orchestra , four soloists and Böhlen Chamber Choir on September 23, 2018 in the City Church of Brandis

The City Church of Brandis is a Protestant church building of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saxony in Brandis near Leipzig in the Leipzig district .

history

The Evangelical City Church in Brandis was originally a Romanesque choir tower church, which was expanded at the end of the 15th century. In 1570 the bridal hall and probably the sacristy were added. The nave of the hall church has a flat roof , the tower hall is vaulted with a groin , the choir has a reticulated vault .

The first documented mention of the Church of Brandis goes back to the year 1121. Remnants of the masonry of the nave and the tower crossing still date from the Romanesque period . Romanesque plaster remnants can be found on the eastern side of the tower in the roof truss area; a small Romanesque window on the south side of the nave was uncovered during the church renovation after 1961.

The chancel and sacristy date from the late Gothic period, around the second half of the 15th century. On the north side of the sanctuary is a sacrament house, next to it an epitaph with a portrait of a child in a spiritual robe, probably Wolf Ditterich von Korbitz.

The transept on the south side of the tower dates from the 16th century. The locked patronage crypt lies under the extension. On the east side of this youngest extension (bridal hall) there is an epitaph for a Bohemian exile who died in Brandis in 1681. In 1637 and 1696 Brandis experienced two major city fires. In 1633 325 people died of the plague. Around 1700 the interior of the church was refurbished with an altar, pulpit, patronage box and organ, mainly through donations from patronage Krafft Burchhard von Bodenhausen. In 1732 the church was redesigned in Baroque style : an octagon with a Welscher dome , tower ball and weather vane was built on the tower block . In 1741 a clock was installed in the church tower, which still exists today and is now operated electrically. The font dates from 1886.

The dates of the most important construction and maintenance measures on and in the Brandis Church are: 1927 installation of the gas heating, 1961–1967 exterior renovation, 1962 restoration of the organ, 1967–1971 interior renovation, 1984 electrification of the bells, 1992–1993 tower renovation, 1994–1996 roof truss renovation and new roofing as well as 1997–1999 exterior renovation.

Brandis Church has been Evangelical Lutheran since 1529.

present

The interior renovation began in October 2019; the last update took place between 1967 and 1971. The lighting, the loudspeaker system and part of the electrics are to be replaced, the heating to be expanded and the interior and exterior doors to be repaired. A renovation of the floor is planned for the bridal hall, and the walls, gallery and benches are to be repainted. The work should be completed in 2020. The total costs are estimated at 400,000 euros, the parish has launched a fundraising campaign for this purpose.

Parish

With effect from January 1, 2020, the Evangelical Lutheran parishes of Borsdorf- Zweenfurth, Gerichshain - Althen and Panitzsch (since January 1, 2020: United Evangelical Lutheran Church Congregation Parthenaue-Borsdorf), the Evangelical Lutheran St. Nicholas Parish of Machern and the Evangelical Lutheran Church Congregation Püchau-Bennewitz (since January 1, 2020: United Evangelical Lutheran Church Congregation Machern-Püchau-Bennewitz), the Evangelical Lutheran Church Congregation Brandis- Polenz and the Evangelical Lutheran Church Congregation Beucha -Albrechtshain in the parish of Leipziger Land Sister church relationship established. The Evangelical Lutheran Parish of Parthenaue-Borsdorf is responsible for the joint pastoral offices and the employing parish in accordance with the Parish Structure Act (Section 2, Paragraph 3).

Pastor since 1523

  • 1523 - Eichler, Jakob
  • 1546 - Alexius, Johann
  • 1571 - Göderitz, Simon
  • 1590 - Wilde, Andreas
  • 1593 - Bennick, Kaspar
  • 1633 - Wilde, Balthasar
  • 1667 - Reinhard, Kaspar
  • 1680 - Hederich, Johann Wolfgang
  • 1685 - Brunner, Christoph Andreas
  • 1741 - Corpus, Carl Christlieb
  • 1761 - Hase, Friedrich Gottlieb
  • 1800 - Schrader, Gottfried Leopold
  • 1807 - Pinkert, Carl Christian August Erdmann
  • 1841 - Meusel, Friedrich Alexander
  • 1859 - Hoffmann, Alwin Edmund Julius
  • 1890 - Müller, Max Oskar
  • 1919 - Anger, Georg Otto
  • 1939 - Adner, Ernst * Albert
  • 1947 - Kleibert, Helmut
  • 1957 - Bedau, Karl Alexander
  • 1964 - Nenke, Klaus
  • 1975 - Steinbach, Walter Christian

organ

Organ of the town church Brandis
Organ brochure (excerpt)
Organ console with manuals and stops in the town church of Brandis

In 1705, the almost 80-year-old Leipzig organ builder Christoph Donat built an organ for the Brandis Church. It has two manuals and a pedal . The instrument has a special value in terms of music history, as it shows the transition from early baroque to high baroque and is the oldest two-manual organ with twin windchest in Saxony. Over the past 300 years, changes and repairs have been made to the organ. In 1962 there was the penultimate major repair, including the relocation of the pedal mechanism behind the organ, which was carried out by the Leipzig organ builder Hermann Lahmann.

Around half of Christoph Donat's original inventory has been preserved and was revised, repaired and partially supplemented during the restoration work by organ builder Georg Wünning from Großolbersdorf from 2006 to 2007. The bellows on the church floor for the wind supply was repaired in the same period. In order to restore the full sound of the organ, in addition to the nine original stops by Donat, five stops from Lahmann's time were reinstalled. The rededication took place on the second Advent 2007 with a festive church service and an organ concert.

The current disposition is the result of numerous rearrangements. About half of Donat's pipework has been preserved. The pitch is G sharp 1 (448 Hz). The disposition is as follows:

I main work C – c 3
1. Coarse 8th'
2. Quintadena 8th'
3. Principal 4 ′
4th Reed flute 4 ′
5. Octave 2 ′
6th Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 2  ′
7th Sequialtera II
8th. Mixture IV
II Hinterwerk C – c 3
9. Dumped 8th'
10. Octave 4 ′
11. Thought fifth 3 ′
12. Playing flute 2 ′
13. Cornett III
Pedal CD – d 1
14th Sub-bass 16 ′
15th Oktava 8th'
16. Trombone bass 16 ′

Bells

The peal consists of three bronze - bells : they were (h 'with the sound) in the years 1483, cast in 1785 and the 1927th The latter two were cast in 1955 (because the big bell had a crack and the sound of the middle bell was supposed to be changed) by the Schilling family of bell foundries from Apolda - they have been sounding with the tones f sharp 'and a' ever since.

photos

  • View from the gallery to the altar

  • altar

  • Altar detail

  • Baptismal font and altar

  • pulpit

  • Patronage Lodge

  • View of the organ and gallery

  • Gallery detail I

  • Gallery detail II

  • A slightly different view of the church tower

  • Weather vane with years

  • West portal

  • Gable window over the west portal

  • Memorial stele and plaques at the town church of Brandis

Varia

  • The choir is headed by cantor and organist Konstantin Heydenreich from Markkleeberg.
  • The Brandis Gospel Choir is associated with the Brandis parish and regularly gives concerts in the Brandis City Church and provides musical accompaniment to church events. The choir director is Annette Erbrich from Leipzig-Sommerfeld. The gospel choir also gives concerts in and around Leipzig.

literature

  • Cornelius Gurlitt : Brandis. In:  Descriptive representation of the older architectural and art monuments of the Kingdom of Saxony. 19. Issue: Amtshauptmannschaft Grimma (1st half) . CC Meinhold, Dresden 1897, p. 23.
  • Ev.-Luth. Parishes of Brandis-Polenz and Beucha-Albrechtshain (editor): The churches of Brandis, Polenz, Beucha, Albrechtshain. 22 pages with color illustrations, format 21 cm × 10 cm, 1st edition (4,000 copies), Brandis 2018, without ISBN
  • Georg Dehio: Handbook of German Art Monuments, Saxony II. Deutscher Kunstverlag, 1998.
  • Manfred Schiertz: Our Brandis church in the past and present. In: Brandis - History of a small Saxon town. Ed .: Stadtverwaltung Brandis, Beucha 1996, ISBN 3-930076-38-1 , pp. 56–63.
organ
  • Ulrich Dähnert: Historic organs in Saxony - an organ inventory. Ed .: Institute for Monument Preservation, Dresden Office. 319 pages, format <A4, Leipzig 1980, without ISBN. With bibliography on pp. 289–299. On the organ in Brandis: pp. 46–50
  • Lexicon of North German Organ Builders - Volume 2 - Saxony and the surrounding area. Edited by Wolfram Hackel and Uwe Pape, collaborators: Wolfgang J. Brylla. 743 pages, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-921140-92-5

Web links

Commons : Stadtkirche Brandis  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.architektur-blicklicht.de/kirchen/kirchen-brandis-landkreis-leipzig/
  2. ↑ http://www.stadtkirche-brandis.de/main.php?id=NULL&sub=4
  3. ↑ Renovation of the town church Brandis - Help us! stadtkirche-brandis.de, online portal, August 6, 2019 and October 4, 2019. Accessed October 8, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Flyer “Interior renovation of the Brandis Church - Renewal treatment for the Brandis Church - Donation request - Help us!”, A4 format, folded twice, in color, October 2019. Source: Template
  5. ↑ https://www.evlks.de/fileadmin/userfiles/EVLKS_engagiert/B._Landeskirche/Amtsblatt/Amtsblatt-2019-18.pdf , page 5, accessed on January 13, 2020
  6. ↑ https://pfarrerbuch.de/sachsen/stelle/432 , accessed on May 10, 2020
  7. ^ Georg Wünning: Work report on the restoration of the Donati organ in the Church of Brandis. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  8. ^ The organ of the town church in Brandis. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  9. ^ Organ of the City Church Brandis , accessed on May 5, 2017.
  10. ^ Information from Pastor Steinert, June 2, 2018
  11. ↑ P. 278 in: Rainer Thümmel: Bells in Saxony - sound between heaven and earth. Leipzig 2015, ISBN 978-3-374-02871-9
  12. ↑ http://stadtkirche-brandis.de/main.php?id=16 - accessed on September 11, 2019
  13. ↑ Tatjana Kulpa: Tanzania - Working tirelessly: Annette Erbrich is committed to orphans - a 14-day vacation has turned into a permanent task: teacher Annette Erbrich has been committed to orphans in Tanzania for around ten years. Leipziger Volkszeitung , online portal, December 26, 2016. Accessed September 11, 2019 .
  14. ↑ On January 16, 2020, the city of Brandis honored Annette Erbrich for her voluntary work with the badge of honor in the special category. Source: Ines Alekowa: New Years Reception: Brandis honors committed citizens - they often work in silence, at the Brandis New Years reception they were the focus: committed citizens. Six of them were awarded the city's badge of honor. Leipziger Volkszeitung , online portal, January 17, 2020. Retrieved January 29, 2020 .
  15. ↑ http://www.gospelchor-brandis.de/ueber_uns.html - accessed on January 29, 2020
  16. ↑ Heike Nyari: Gospel choir inspires in the Schnaditz Baroque Church - around 160 visitors experienced the gospel choir from Brandis in the Schnaditz Baroque Church . Just sit down and listen, however, wasn't popular at this concert. Leipziger Volkszeitung , online portal, May 6, 2019. Retrieved September 11, 2019 .

Coordinates: 51 ° 20 ′ 4 "  N , 12 ° 36 ′ 36.7"  E