Grossenhain church district
The church district of Großenhain was a part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saxony that was subordinate to the Dresden Regional Church Office . He was also called Ephorie or Superintendent of Grossenhain.
On January 1, 2013, the church district of Großenhain was merged with the church district of Meißen to form the church district of Meißen-Großenhain .
area
The church district of Großenhain largely corresponded to the former Hayn office of the Electorate of Saxony . According to today's political division, the north Elbe and northeast Elbe parts of the district of Meißen belonged to the church district.
A total of twenty-two individual parishes, which in turn are partially amalgamated to form a parish or parish, formed the entire church district of Großenhain, which had sixty-five churches.
Division and churches
Parish area Ebersbach
- consisting of: Ev.-Luth. Parish of Ebersbach and Ev.-Luth. Reinersdorf parish
- Churches: Oberebersbach, Niederebersbach and Reinersdorf
Parish area of Gröditz
- consisting of: Ev.-Luth. Parish of Gröditz and Ev.-Luth. Frauenhain parish
- Churches: Gröditz, Nauwalde, Spansberg, Nieska, Frauenhain, Merzdorf and Koselitz
Parish area Hirschstein
- consisting of: Ev.-Luth. Martinskirchgemeinde Hirschstein
- Churches: Prausitz, Boritz, Mehltheuer, Leutewitz, Heyda and Riesa-Pausitz
Parish area Lampertswalde
- consisting of: Ev.-Luth. Martin's parish in Lampertswalde
- Churches: Lampertswalde and Blochwitz
Parish area Ponickau
- consisting of: Ev.-Luth. Parish of the Holy Cross Ponickau
- Churches: Ponickau, Linz and Schönfeld
Parish area Radeburg
- consisting of: Ev.-Luth. Parish of Radeburg
- Churches: Radeburg and Rödern
Riesa parish area
- consisting of: Ev.-Luth. Riesa parish
- Churches: Trinitatiskirche Riesa , Klosterkirche Riesa, Riesa-Weida and Riesa-Gröba
Parish area Sacka
- consisting of: Ev.-Luth. Jakobskirchgemeinde Sacka
- Churches: Sacka, Dobra, Würschnitz and Tauscha
Parish area Skäßchen
- consisting of: Ev.-Luth. Skäßchen-Oelsnitz-Strauch parish
- Churches: Skäßchen, Oelsnitz and Strauch
Wildenhain parish area
- consisting of: Ev.-Luth. Parish Wildenhain-Walda-Bauda and Ev.-Luth. Zabeltitz-Görzig parish
- Churches: Wildenhain, Walda, Bauda , Zabeltitz and Görzig
Ev.-Luth. Parish Bärnsdorf
- consisting of: Ev.-Luth. Parish of Bärnsdorf-Berbisdorf and Ev.-Luth. Parish Naunhof-Steinbach
- Churches: Bärnsdorf, Berbisdorf, Bärwalde, Naunhof and Steinbach
Ev.-Luth. Parish of Großenhainer Land
- consisting of: Ev.-Luth. Parish Marienkirche Großenhain, Ev.-Luth. Parish of Dießbar-Seusslitz and Ev.-Luth. Parish of St. Peter Church in Lenz
- Churches: Marienkirche Grossenhain , Seusslitz, Merschwitz, Lenz, Skassa, Strießen and Sankt-Urban-Kirche Wantewitz
Ev.-Luth. Zeithain parish
- consisting of: Ev.-Luth. Parish of Röderau-Bobersen, Ev.-Luth. Church community Glaubitz, Ev.-Luth. Parish Lorenzkirch, Ev.-Luth. United Parish Streumen and Ev.-Luth. Parish of St. Michaelis Church in Zeithain
- Churches: Röderau, Glaubitz , Zschaiten , Lorenzkirch, Kreinitz, Jacobsthal, Gohlis, Streumen , Peritz , Tiefenau, Lichtensee, Wülknitz, Colmnitz and Zeithain
management
At the head of the church district is the superintendent , the spiritual director and leader of the church. The seat of the superintendent is Grossenhain .
Since 1888, the superintendent has been in the house of the Eckhardt Foundation together with the parish of the Marienkirche parish. At that time, the Eckhardt family owned a spinning mill in Großenhain Castle .
music
Church music and sacred music outside of church services were an important part of church life. Among the church music directors , also known as cantors for short , were well-known composers such as Paul Richard Gläser and Herbert Gadsch . The subordinate choir , founded during the Reformation in 1551, comprised several church choirs and a trombone choir . In 1996 she was awarded the Zelter badge .
Web links
- Church district of Meißen-Großenhain. Home page
- Website of the church district of Großenhain (memento of the former website)
- Protestant youth in the church district of Großenhain (memento of the former website)
literature
- Ev.-Luth. Superintendent of Großenhain: Between Elbe and Elster - churches and chapels in the church district of Großenhain. Grossenhain 2002.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Grossenhain church district. (No longer available online.) In: kirchen Bezirk-grossenhain.de. Archived from the original on June 1, 2013 ; retrieved on November 12, 2018 : “As of January 1, 2013, our church district is officially called Ev.-Luth. Church district Meißen-Großenhain. "
- ↑ Ev.-Luth. Grossenhain superintendent: parish areas and parishes. (Memento of the former website).
- ^ Kulturzentrum Großenhain GmbH: Extract from the history of the Großenhain palace complex. In: kulturzentrum-grossenhain.de, accessed on November 12, 2018.
- ↑ Ev.-Luth. Parish of Großenhainer Land: The choir of the Marienkirche in Großenhain. (Memento of the former website).