Fortified church Lauterbach (Ore Mountains)

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Walled church Lauterbach, view from the south
View from the west
Wooden battlement over the choir extension
View with side extension

The fortified church Lauterbach is a listed Protestant-Lutheran church building in Lauterbach, a district of Marienberg in the Erzgebirge ( Saxony ).

Fortified church

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 church is one of the oldest churches in Saxony. The community belongs to the Marienberg church district.

Fortified churches were usually 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.

history

The building was erected in the middle of the 14th century in the size of today's nave , the choir room was added to the east side around 1500. It closes on three sides and stands out from the rectangular nave in terms of ridge height and width. The three buttresses on the outer wall indicate the original intention to vault the choir . Extensive renovations were carried out between 1618 and 1623. A gallery was also built, the parapet of which was decorated with representations from the New Testament .

Over the centuries the church became too small and dilapidated and should be demolished. At the instigation of the Saxon monument protection authorities, it was decided in 1906 to demolish and rebuild it as a burial chapel on the road to Marienberg . In order to guarantee an original reconstruction, the beams of the battlement and all construction timber were numbered. Some of these marks are preserved in the attic. As a large part of the battlement was weathered, the damaged beams and boards were removed and replaced with new ones. The old 1.85 meter high battlement has been preserved above the choir extension. Its corner connections are dovetail-shaped .

The coffered ceiling , decorated with the four Evangelists , the Twelve Apostles , Moses and Isaiah and the representation of the Trinity, consists of octagonal and rectangular fields. This ceiling is suspended from a large longitudinal beam and wedged hanging columns attached to the beam position of the ceiling. After extensive renovation work in the interior, the church was consecrated again in September 2004.

Furnishing

  • The late Gothic winged altar built in Freiberg shows carved relief figures of Saints George, Barbara, Martin and Maria with the baby Jesus.
  • The organ was built between 1624 and 1630 (another source speaks of 1620) and is probably the oldest organ in Saxony.
  • The figure of Christ on the wooden lecture cross is decorated with three lilies.

literature

  • Werner Spickenreuther : Erzgebirge fortified churches. The Christian Monument Issue 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, Reinhard Schmitt (ed.): Fortified churches and fortified church yards, pp. 201–230. Langenweißbach 2015, ISBN 978-395741-025-2

Web links

Commons : Wehrkirche (Lauterbach)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Note on monument protection
  2. ↑ 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
  3. ↑ a b c d e f Wehrkirche Lauterbach - history and interior design website of the Lauterbach parish, accessed on November 2, 2014
  4. ↑ Pages of the church district
  5. ^ Werner Spickenreuther Erzgebirge fortified churches . The Christian Monument Issue 78, Union Verlag VOB Berlin, 4th revised edition. License no. 395/3546/86, 1986, pp. 17 and 18
  6. ↑ Suspension of the ceiling
  7. ↑ Description of the winged altar
  8. ↑ Time of organ building
  9. ↑ Lecture cross

Coordinates: 50 ° 40 ′ 28.4 "  N , 13 ° 10 ′ 32.9"  E