Dorfkirche Straßberg, Protestant church in Straßberg, Saxony, Germany.
Dorfkirche Straßberg is a Protestant hall church outside the village centre on a hill called "die Burg", built in 1576. The plastered rubble-stone building has a steep gabled roof, a recessed choir with sacristy, and a four-storey west structure of castle-like character. Its tower carries an octagonal bell storey topped by a Welsh hood with open lantern and weather vane; a sandstone seat-niche portal stands on the west side.
Built in 1576 under the patronage of Joachim von Reibold auf Neuenburg und Straßberg, the church stands on a hill called "die Burg", site of the former castle of the Vögte von Straßberg. Its massive foundations suggest stones from the castle ruin were reused. Alterations followed in 1626, with restorations in 1832, 1839 and 1937.
The west building holds a former Neundorf prayer room on its first floor, its cross-ribbed vaults stuccoed with rocaille forms, putti and the coats of arms of the von Reibold auf Neundorf, von Feilitzsch, von Thoss, von Erlebach and von Ende families. Large wall paintings of the Nativity and Ascension are inscribed Friedrich Wilhelm Franck Calensis, 1626. The two storeys above were originally living rooms.
The church stands on the hill called "die Burg" outside the village core, so the approach is uphill. Inside, a porch lies between two spiral staircases in the west building; the upper floors, once living rooms, are reached by stairs. The organ by Johann Gottlob Trampeli, built 1802–1804, was restored in 1971–1973 and again in 1998.
The tower holds a three-bell peal of historic bells, all of which escaped the wartime requisitions for armaments production in both world wars. The church also keeps a late Gothic carved altar from around 1500 whose shrine shows Mary Magdalene between Anna Selbdritt and John the Baptist; the original wing reliefs are lost and the outer faces now carry a painted Annunciation.
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