Alte Kirche (Dresden-Leuben)

The old church is the first figuratively traditional church of the Dresden district Leuben. In 1901, the church was demolished after the construction of the Leubener Assumption Church except for the tower. The tower is protected as a cultural monument.

History

A parish in Leuben was first mentioned in 1362. At this time already belonged Dobritz and Niedersedlitz to the parish. The old parish church was built in 1512 known figurative or a predecessor to that time was completely rebuilt. She was the only church between Dresden and Dohna in the Middle Ages. The church had been built on the highest point of the village. She surrounded from the outset a cemetery; front of the church was the village pond. It joined the rectory and the farms of the farmers. Three times a year were held around the Church cattle markets by the end of the 19th century.

The church was renewed in 1610 fundamentally inside. She received a loft, a new pulpit and a new baptismal font. In 1620 we modernized the old organ. After lengthy negotiations, in 1674 the villages Laubegast Tolkewitz and Seidnitz from the women's congregation after Leuben were umgepfarrt. Due to the growing number of parishioners, the church had to be rebuilt in the same year. The interior has been extended and received in the context of larger windows. The cemetery around the church was relieved by one on the highway Pirnaischer newly created cemetery. Other repair work of the church are preserved for the years 1704 and 1728.

As industrialization grew Leuben up to 1900 stable. The number of parishioners grew by leaps and bounds, so that the old parish church proved to be too small soon. The municipality therefore decided in 1897 for a church building, which was implemented in 1899 by Karl Emil kidding right next to the old parish church and consecrated on 16 May 1901 as Assumption Church. The village pond at the old church was filled up in the course.

Already on May 12, 1901 took place in the old village church of the last service. The bells from 1879 have now been donated along with the Schroeder church organ in the Bohemian Karbitz. It was planned to demolish the entire church, but put the inhabitants Leubens, but also " home guards " as Cornelius Gurlitt by that at least preserved the old church tower. In the tower a local museum was set up in 1921 was regarded as the smallest museum in the city after the incorporation Leubens to Dresden and in 1921 was part of the City Museum. Already in 1932, was the collection that included, among other things, the old pulpit of the church, but also spinning wheels, Bibles, utensils of Leubener night watchman and Cradles, lost.

Today, the tower of the new church in Leuben is used. On the occasion of Heritage Day 2010, an exhibition on the history of the Church was to be seen on the ground floor of the tower.

Specifications

The old parish church was a church hall originally Gothic style, but was changed stylistically through numerous conversions. She was vaulted in the interior, where the curvature was decorated with stucco. She had to part two-storey lofts and segmental arch windows, which probably already received 1610 new tracery and were framed baroque in later times. The windows were partially covered by the galleries.

The church was entered through two doors on the north side. Gurlitt described the plant both doors as " weird " was but " the broad Thürgewände [ ... ] both external, and revived in the soffit on the type of Gothic Maas work. " The capstone of a door bore the date 1704. The other was in the tower immured.

The square, two-storey tower was " set in the church hall ." It closes with a steep hipped roof and a tall, octagonal roof skylights. The weather vane is marked " 1875 | JHGVO H. | repari: 1776th | vern. 1846 |. 1674 ". . The inscription refers to Johann Georg von Osterhausen on Lockwitz. It is thought that the tower was built at the same time with the church.

Equipment

Altar

The altar was in front of the organ gallery. About a simple cafeteria risen three pointed arch with empty fields, whereby the increased central arch with a cross graduated. Before the middle field a crucifix was erected.

Pulpit

The pulpit came from the year 1610. In 1612 the sandstone pulpit from Dresden painter Andreas Göding was painted. It formed about one cubic foot five sides of an octagon. The front panel filling the pulpit showed oil painted Christ on the cross. At the foot of the cross of two angels were seen with open books and behind the three men who apparently mocked him crucified. The remaining four segments contributed to the pulpit Bible verses.

The sounding board of the pulpit was made ​​of wood and repainted in 1856. On a quadratic increase in the center of the lid of the preaching of John the Baptist was attached.

Gurlitt estimated the pulpit as "very poor probably only from the second half of the 17th century " a. Pulpit and sounding board were preserved in the resulting tower after the demolition of the church in 1905 and were part of the set up in the tower museum. Since 1949, the pulpit is in the Chemnitz City Church St. Jakobi. The sounding board has applied since the 1930s to be lost.

Baptismal font

The baptismal font from 1610 is one meter high and has a diameter of 80 centimeters. It is made of sandstone and has the shape of a Roman glass.

The foot is cylindrical - wide and has four circular fields, three of which are filled with flowers. The cuppa of the baptismal font is shared only little sweeping and in four fields. At the top it bears the inscription " Go ye into all the world and all leret Volcker and teuffet them in the name of the Father and of the Sons and of the Holy Spirit. matt. 28 "

The baptism fields bear the following inscriptions:

• Field 1: rom VI. will be sampt | Christ by baptism | buried in the Todt. |. Ano 1610.
• Field 2: 3 gal how much your ge | baptizes who Christ | dressed. | Tit: 3rd through the washing of rebirth and renewed | trol of the Holy Spirit.
• Field 3 marc. X. Let the child | lein komen to me and | not weret inen because | of such is the kingdom of God.
• Field 4: marc. 16 who believeth there and ge | will baptize is se | but who are not lig | believeth is ver | be dammet.

The baptism completes a lid, which is crowned by a lamb. The baptism was erected after the demolition of the old church in the new Church of the Ascension.

Organ and bells

Already in 1620 the old organ was restored and eventually replaced in 1852 by an organ by the organ builder Schröder from Pirna. She was " famous for its beautiful sound " so that even a court organist Schneider 1857 gave a concert on her.

The old parish church received 1879 new bells. You have 1901 down and donated to the church organ in Karbitz.

Church decoration

Glass window

In the Church of the Assumption three glass paintings of the old parish church were taken.

A slice is from the period around 1512 and shows the pious Anna Anna selbdritt with the Christ Child on the right arm. At her feet the Maria teen shown kneeling. The disc was inserted in the second lower window of the north side.

Also from 1512 comes a disc with the Alnpeck'schen crest on a red background. It was used in the northwest window of the nave of the Church of the Ascension.

A third glass window showing the Adoration of the Magi, and probably dates from around 1825. Gurlitt called the album " a remarkable testimony of the first attempts in the 19th century to include the old technology again. "

Monuments

The old parish church had taken over the epitaph for Hans von Dehn -Roth Felser from the year 1561 from the old Frauenkirche. It encamped on the first Leubener churchyard, was found there in 1876 and restored in the following year. Initially placed in the Leubener parish church, it was brought in 1901 by the altar place in the Church of the Ascension on.

The church was also the residue of an epitaph from 1735 and the memory image of the 1727 late pastor Christoph Schlintzky, which was hung in the sacristy.

Churchyard

The cemetery was probably since the 14th century and thus the history of the Church. With 520 square meters, it is one of the smallest cemeteries of the city of Dresden. After Einpfarrung three villages after Leuben the cemetery had become too small and in 1675 relieved by the close lying, newly created Leubener cemetery. In the churchyard found until 1900 instead of funerals, then it was decommissioned.

Today, several tombs of sandstone have received, but these are forfeited partially or incompletely preserved. The tombs are mainly from the late 18th or early 19th century.