Fortified church Dörnthal

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Fortified church in Dörnthal
Wehrgangkirche Dörnthal, side view

The fortified church Dörnthal is a listed Protestant-Lutheran church building in Dörnthal , a district of Olbernhau in the Erzgebirge district ( Saxony ). In economic literature, since 1957 a group of fortified churches in the places Dörnthal, Großrückerswalde , Lauterbach and means Aida , erroneously called battlement church called. A fortified church is more correct , because these churches do not have a battlement , but a complete log defensive storey resting on the stone outer walls. The building is one of the oldest churches in the central Ore Mountains.

History and architecture

Fortified churches were generally built on heights, as attacks could be repelled more safely there. In the Erzgebirge parapet churches, the massive basement is surmounted by a structure that partially protrudes and becomes a partially closed parapet with a layer of beams. The battlement was built around 1500. The logs of the two-meter-high block wall are up to 38 cm thick, and loopholes and openings have been cut into them for kneeling defense. Manure, hot water, stones and other suitable means served as defensive weapons.

The church in Dörnthal, built in 1346, stands on a hill at an altitude of 635 meters in the upper village. The battlements are closed on all sides. In the period from 1520 to 1539, today's chancel was built as a polygonal extension on the east side. A frieze with the year 1581 was uncovered on the back of the building during renovation work. A ridge turret was added to the roof in 1610, which was renewed in 1773 and 1857. The pointed arched, profiled door frame on the south side of the nave indicates that it was built in the 13th century. The current entrance to the church, the so-called vestibule, was added in the 17th century, the baroque roof turret was added in the 18th century. The coffered ceiling from around 1500 is an important part of the church, it is decorated with six-petalled roses and images of saints. The ceiling was plastered in 1847, in keeping with contemporary tastes, and exposed again in 1932. The chancel is spanned by a loop vault. The ends of the costal arches are adorned with small heads and the center is painted with a finial motif. The German Foundation for Monument Protection provided extensive funds for the renovation of the roof in 1997 and 1998. The German Foundation for Monument Protection funded the renovation of the roof in 1997/1998 to secure the church building.

Furnishing

  • The pulpit is a 16th century work
  • The altar was made around 1500 and has three wings. In the middle part the representations of the Saints Laurentius, Martinus and Erasmus are shown. To the left of this you can see the mother Anna with Mary and Jesus as children and to the right the apostle John. A restoration of the back of the wing was not undertaken, the existing remains were saved.
  • The sandstone baptismal font was made in 1610 and donated by Elisabeth von Steinberg
  • The organ with the gilded prospectus was erected from 1843 to 1847 by the organ building workshop Je Leber from Dresden.
  • The original bell from 1894 was confiscated as vital to the war effort during the First World War and then promptly renewed. These bells were also removed for armament purposes during World War II . In 1957, new bells were cast from hard cast iron, which are to be replaced. On March 29, 2013 the new bells, cast by the Grassmayr bell foundry in Innsbruck, were rung with the tones g, b and c.

Bells since 2008

The bell consists of three bronze bells , the bell cage is made of oak, as are the bell yokes and were renewed in 2008. Below is a data overview of the bell:

No. Casting date Caster material diameter Dimensions Chime
1 2008 Bell foundry P. Grassmayr bronze 1080 mm 775 kg G'
2 2008 Bell foundry P. Grassmayr bronze 906 mm 460 kg b ′
3 2008 Bell foundry P. Grassmayr bronze 832 mm 390 kg c ″

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. 287 (With a foreword by Jochen Bohl and photographs by Klaus-Peter Meißner}).
  • Werner Spickenreuther Erzgebirge fortified churches (= The Christian Monument, No. 78). Union Verlag VOB, Berlin 4th revised edition License no. 395/3546/86 1986
  • Yves Hoffmann : Investigations into the architectural history of the Erzgebirge fortified churches in Dörnthal, Großrückerswalde, Lauterbach and Mittelaida. In: Dirk Höhne and Reinhard Schmitt (eds.): Fortified churches and fortified church yards. Langenweißbach 2015, pp. 201-230, ISBN 978-395741-025-2
  • Yves Hoffmann: The ceramic head consoles in the late Gothic choir of the fortified church in Dörnthal in the Ore Mountains. In: Regina Smolnik (Ed.): Ceramics in Central Germany - State of Research and Perspectives (= Publications of the State Office for Archeology 57). Dresden 2012. pp. 215–226.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Yves Hoffmann and Stan Lindner: On the renovation and structural history investigations of the fortified church at Mittelaida in the Ore Mountains. In: Burgenforschung aus Sachsen 18/2 (2005), pp. 92–122
  2. ↑ One of the oldest churches in the central Ore Mountains
  3. ↑ Construction time of the battlement
  4. ^ Means of Defense
  5. ↑ Year of construction
  6. ↑ Fortified Church
  7. ↑ Pages of the TU Chemnitz
  8. ^ Exposed frieze from 1581
  9. ↑ Roof ridge and door frame
  10. ↑ [vestibule and roof turret]
  11. ↑ coffered ceiling
  12. ↑ Redesign of the coffered ceiling
  13. ↑ Vault in the chancel
  14. ↑ Roof renovation
  15. ↑ Founder of the baptismal font
  16. ↑ Mention of the pulpit, altar, baptismal font and organ
  17. ↑ Bell
  18. ↑ New bells
  19. ^ 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. 305 (With a foreword by Jochen Bohl and photographs by Klaus-Peter Meißner).

Coordinates: 50 ° 44 ′ 14.6 "  N , 13 ° 21 ′ 27.7"  E