Trinitatiskirche (Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf)
The Trinitatiskirche in the Hilbersdorf district of the city of Chemnitz is a church consecrated in 1866, which replaced an old abandoned village church that had to give way to the construction of the railway. This church standing on a hill, visible from afar, with a striking tower, in the arched style of the 19th century, has a beautiful old, terraced cemetery complex with interesting tombs and a magnificent cemetery chapel. This facility is a listed overall facility, i.e. an ensemble that has been placed under protection by the State Office for Monument Preservation Saxony with file number 09302648.
Totality
The entity “Trinitatiskirche Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf with cemetery”, in Frankenberger Straße 132, monument file number 09302648, is described by the monument office as follows:
Standing on a hill, visible from afar, the church with a striking tower, in the arched style of the 19th century, beautiful old, terraced cemetery with interesting tombs and a magnificent chapel,
with the following individual monuments:
- Church, consecrated in 1866
- Cemetery chapel, around 1870 (celebration hall)
- Enclosure,
- some tombs,
- as well as a war memorial for those who fell in the First World War, after 1918 (war memorial)
- furthermore the churchyard (garden monument) as a whole.
Trinity Church
The old town center of Hilbersdorf, with the Katharinenkirche located there, built in the 16th century, was demolished from 1863 to 1866 in favor of the construction of the tracks for the Chemnitz – Flöha railway line . The Trinitatis Church, consecrated in 1866, was built on Frankenberger Strasse to replace the Katharinenkirche .
When this church was built in 1866, it received an altar block which is something special. It was made from Hilbersdorf porphyry tuff and clad with green-black serpentine stone slabs from the Waldheimer quarries. At first it was adorned with a large crucifix. When the church was expanded in 1930, it was replaced by a group of carved figures from the workshop of Peter Breuer in Zwickau , probably from 1518, which was found on the church floor and depicts the Descent from the Cross. It came from the old Katharinenkirche.
Church from the choir side
Tower of the Trinity Church
Church portal
Psalm on the portal
Side entrance to the church
Cemetery chapel
The cemetery chapel or celebration hall was only built around 1870 in the classical style.
Cemetery chapel or celebration hall
Entrance to the cemetery chapel
Garden monument churchyard and tombs
The churchyard is a spacious, terraced complex that extends up the slope behind the church. He has many old tombs, some of which are listed. The entire churchyard is a protected garden monument.
Trees of the cemetery
Main path of the churchyard
Grave complex with putti
Grave complex with horseman
Loesner grave complex
Voigtmann tomb
Flemming grave complex
Grave complex with figure
Grave complex with "widow"
War memorial
The war memorial for the fallen of the First World War is a simple masonry monument with stylized flames on the front.
War memorial facility
War memorial depicting flames
War memorial from the side
literature
- Georg Dehio : Handbook of the German art monuments. Saxony II. Administrative districts Leipzig and Chemnitz. Edited by Barbara Bechter, Wiebke Fastenrath, Heinrich Magirius et al. Munich, Berlin 1998.
Web links
- http://trinitatis.kirche-chemnitz.de/cms/front_content.php?idcat=35 accessed on January 8, 2017
- History of Hilbersdorf , accessed January 8, 2017.
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 50 ° 51 '25.9 " N , 12 ° 57' 6.1" E