T. Marien, church building in Bernstadt auf dem Eigen, Saxony, Germany
St. Mary's Church in Bernstadt auf dem Eigen is a church building with a distinctive square tower dating from the early 1700s. The interior features vaulted ceilings from the 1500s, a classical altar from the early 1800s, an organ from 1889, and wooden galleries from 1888, all reflecting the building's development across several centuries.
The core of the church is the choir square from around 1200 and the transept from around 1250, rebuilt and extended westward in 1519/20. The east tower was built between 1700 and 1706 because the ground to the west could not carry it. In 1888 the Reichenbach master builder Zenker reworked the interior in Neo-Gothic forms.
The church belongs to the Löbauer Region parish association within the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Saxony. In the chancel floor a bronze plate commemorates mayor Martin Weiße and his wife Euphrosyne Charitas, who died in 1736; an oil portrait of Weiße hangs on the left side of the chancel arch. In the north porch, a wooden epitaph for Michael Böhme and his wife Margarethe shows three stacked oil paintings from the late 16th century.
The church stands on Kirchgasse in Bernstadt auf dem Eigen. Its churchyard is ringed by remains of a medieval defensive wall, along which 17th- and 18th-century grave monuments are set, among them the sandstone epitaph of Richard Worster († 1738). The grounds can be walked at any time; the church itself is open for services.
The churchyard is enclosed by remnants of a medieval defensive wall, along which stand numerous 17th- and 18th-century grave monuments. Among them is the sandstone epitaph of Richard Worster (d. 1738), a tent-shaped structure with a male figure in classical armour beside an inscription cartouche.
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