Church district Neuenstadt am Kocher
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| Regional Church : | Evangelical Church in Württemberg |
| Prelature : | Heilbronn |
| Area : | km² |
| Structure: | 24 parishes |
| Parishioners: | approx. 33,600 (2005) |
| Address of the Dean's Office : |
Pfarrgasse 11 74196 Neuenstadt aK |
| Dean : | Traugott Mack |
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The previous Evangelical Church District Neuenstadt am Kocher has been merged with the previous Church District Weinsberg to form the new Evangelical Church District Weinsberg-Neuenstadt since January 1, 2020 , and within it one of 44 church districts or church districts of the Evangelical Church in Württemberg . Its area is congruent with the Deanery Neuenstadt am Kocher.
geography
The church district of Neuenstadt am Kocher is located in the north of the Württemberg regional church. Its area includes the northeast of the Heilbronn district , i.e. the area of the political cities and communities Bad Friedrichshall , Erlenbach , Gundelsheim , Hardthausen am Kocher , Jagsthausen , Langenbrettach (only the Brettach district), Möckmühl , Neckarsulm (without the Obereisesheim district), Neudenau , Neuenstadt am Kocher (excluding the Stein district), Oedheim , Offenau , Roigheim and Widdern .
Neighboring church districts
The church district Neuenstadt am Kocher borders on the following church districts (starting clockwise in the northeast): Künzelsau , Öhringen , Weinsberg and Heilbronn (all Heilbronn prelature). In the west and northwest the church district of Neuenstadt am Kocher has a border with the Evangelical Church in Baden (church districts Mosbach and Adelsheim-Boxberg ).
history
The area around Neuenstadt am Kocher mainly belongs to the old heartland of Württemberg, where the Reformation was introduced from 1534. It belonged first to the deanery Weinsberg, then from 1586 to the deanery Möckmühl. In 1612 the seat of the deanery was moved to Neuenstadt am Kocher. Since then the pastor of Neuenstadt has also been dean. In addition to Neuenstadt, Möckmühl and Weinsberg also belonged to his district. From 1700 to 1710 Möckmühl temporarily had its own dean again. In 1710, Weinsberg became the seat of its own deanery, which still exists today. Until 1807, Neuenstadt am Kocher was also the seat of an office in Württemberg. Then the head office was moved to Neckarsulm. Neuenstadt am Kocher remained the seat of the deanery. Since 1823 the Neuenstadt dean's office has belonged to the Heilbronn Generalate, from which today's Heilbronn Prelature emerged.
Head of the church district
The church district is managed by the district synod , the church district committee (KBA) and the dean. The current dean has been Traugott Mack (* 1955) since 2006, who is also one of the pastors at the town church of St. Nikolaus in Neuenstadt am Kocher .
Deans of the church district Neuenstadt am Kocher since 1799
- 1799–1814 Wolfgang Friedrich Gess
- 1814–1821 Jakob Friedrich Märklin (1771–1841)
- 1821–1829 August Ludwig Schelling
- 1829–1841 Rudolf Friedrich Wilhelm Andler
- 1842–1850 Christoph Ludwig Eyth
- 1850–1865 Gottlob Friedrich Nast
- 1865–1871 Gottlieb Heinrich Beckh (1819–1893)
- 1871–1876 Paul Heinrich Franz Pressel (1824–1898)
- 1876–1889 Friedrich Peter Gößler (1831–1896)
- 1889–1897 Christian Gottlob Hönes (1843–1936)
- 1897–1910 Karl Ziegler
- 1911–1933 Friedrich Breining
- 1933–1936 Wilhelm Teufel
- 1937–1947 Dr. Friedrich Held (1901–1977)
- 1947–1954 Traugott Schaible
- 1954–1966 Karl Ehrmann
- 1966–1980 Martin Schubert (1915–2003)
- 1980–1992 Johannes Georg Stockburger (* 1927)
- 1993-2006 Christoph Hirsch (* 1945)
- 2006-present Traugott Mack (* 1955)
Parishes
There are a total of 24 parishes in the Neuenstadt am Kocher church district. Of these, two parishes have merged to form the Bad Friedrichshall parish and four parishes have merged to form the Neckarsulm parish, but remain independent bodies under public law. In addition, three composite parishes have formed: Jagsthausen-Olnhausen , Möckmühl-Bittelbronn-Roigheim-Ruchsen-Züttlingen and Widdern-Unterkessach . These parishes also remain independent legal bodies, but only have one common parish council.
The area of the church district Neuenstadt am Kocher belonged on the one hand early to Württemberg, which introduced the Reformation from 1534, on the other hand to the Teutonic Order and the diocese of Mainz, where the Reformation could not prevail. Therefore, this part of the church district, which mainly includes the west and south-west, is predominantly Catholic. In the former Württemberg villages there is usually a Protestant parish and an old church. In all other places (except Gundelsheim and Neckarsulm) Evangelicals did not move until after the Second World War and in the meantime some of them established their own churches and parishes there.
Bad Friedrichshall parish as a whole
The Bad Friedrichshall parish includes the entire area of the city of Bad Friedrichshall and the parishes of Oedheim and Offenau . It was formed on January 1, 2015 for cooperation between the two parishes of Bad Friedrichshall-Jagstfeld and Bad Friedrichshall-Kochendorf.
Parish of Bad Friedrichshall-Jagstfeld
The parish of Bad Friedrichshall-Jagstfeld comprises the districts of Jagstfeld, Untergriesheim and Duttenberg of the city of Bad Friedrichshall and the municipality of Offenau . Jagstfeld was a property of the Teutonic Order from time immemorial. Mostly only after the Second World War did Protestant residents move in, who initially belonged to the parish of Bad Friedrichshall or to the parish of Kochendorf as a suburb. The independent parish of Jagstfeld was formed through the announcement of the upper church council on November 22, 1949, and at the same time the previous parish of Bad Friedrichshall was renamed the parish of Kochendorf. The Protestant residents of Duttenberg (excluding Heuchlingen, which remained with Kochendorf), Obergriesheim, Offenau and Untergriesheim were assigned to the new parish of Jagstfeld (Duttenberg, Obergriesheim and Untergriesheim were still part of the Gundelsheim parish until 1947). The Ministry of Culture recognized the new parish of Jagstfeld in a letter dated July 13, 1949 as a corporation under public law. In 1951 a separate parish could be established in Jagstfeld. By the announcement of the Oberkirchenrat on April 20, 1964, the Protestant residents of Höchstberg were reclassified from the Gundelsheim parish to the Jagstfeld parish. In 1967 the parish of Jagstfeld built its own church based on plans by Hannes Mayer , the Erlöserkirche with a tent-shaped nave. The interior has been the altarpiece Last Supper by KH Türk and the Pentecost stained glass window by Wolf-Dieter Kohler since 1967 . Since 2009 there is also an organ from 1956, which was previously in the Protestant church in Oberrot .
In Offenau, the Holy Spirit Chapel was built as a rectangular plastered building with a tent roof crowned by a small ridge as early as 1953 . The Stuttgart glass artist Adolf Valentin Saile created the altar window in 1953 with the motif crucifixion . Later, the local artist Herlinde Schlepp decorated the window in the entrance area with the motif of the Holy Spirit . In the meantime, the structure has been expanded to include a side extension and a front porch.
Parish of Bad Friedrichshall-Kochendorf
The parish of Bad Friedrichshall-Kochendorf comprises the districts of Kochendorf, Hagenbach and Plattenwald of the city of Bad Friedrichshall as well as the community of Oedheim (with the district Degmarn ). A church in Kochendorf was first mentioned in 1274. In 1294 it was sold to the Wimpfen monastery by the Lords of Kochendorf . The local rule , Wolf Conrad Greck von Kochendorf , introduced the Reformation in 1549 and with the transition to Württemberg in 1805, Kochendorf became a parish of the Württemberg regional church. It is therefore the oldest Protestant parish in the area of today's city of Bad Friedrichshall. After the Bad Friedrichshall parish was formed, it was renamed "Bad Friedrichshall parish".
The Sebastianskirche Kochendorf is considered the oldest building in the village and was probably built before 1100. The originally walled fortified church was mentioned for the first time in 1294 and, in addition to the stone grave slabs of the Grecken , which are still preserved on the outer facade, also contained valuable tombs inside, which, however, were destroyed during fighting during the Second World War. The building in its current form dates from the late 16th century with stair towers from 1886, but it burned down completely towards the end of the Second World War, so that there is hardly any historical equipment left. Only a few historical relics have been preserved in the choir area, including a Gothic tabernacle and remains of wall paintings. The Sebastianskirche was rebuilt by the architect Hannes Mayer by 1948 and received new bells from the Bachert bell foundry in 1952, and the new organ from the Weigle company in Echterdingen in 1958 . The wooden crucifix on the altar in front of the Resurrection window was designed in 1954 by the Kochendorf artist Albert Dobler. The windows of the Stuttgart glass artist Adolf Valentin Saile in the choir and in the nave mainly take up (1967–1971) themes from the parables of Jesus. The resurrection window was already used in 1956. A master class of the Heilbronn plaster guild took on the task of designing a sgraffito on the left side of the tower of St. Sebastian's Church after an early Christian scratch drawing. It shows a ship with an ejected net. The motif takes up the understanding that the church of Jesus is like an ark.
The parish of Kochendorf also looks after the evangelical residents of the predominantly Catholic neighboring towns of Hagenbach, Oedheim (with Christ Church) and Degmarn (this place was reclassified here from the Neuenstadt parish on February 13, 1975 by the notice of the Oberkirchenrat) During the Second World War, Protestant residents also moved in, as well as the Protestant residents of the new Plattenwald district, which has been the main residential area of the city of Bad Friedrichshall since the 1990s.
The Protestant Christ Church in Oedheim was made possible by a building site donation from a parishioner whose family had been Protestant for centuries. According to the plans of architect Hannes Mayer , the municipality built the building in 1957 with a lot of personal contribution. A small colored window on the right in the altar wall, probably created by the Stuttgart glass artist Adolf Valentin Saile , shows a dove as a symbol of the Holy Spirit.
The Protestant residents of Jagstfeld and Offenau also belonged to the parish of Bad Friedrichshall. By the announcement of the Oberkirchenrat on March 7, 1947, the Protestant residents of Duttenberg, Obergriesheim and Untergriesheim were reclassified from the Gundelsheim parish to the Bad Friedrichshall parish. By further announcement of November 22, 1949, the independent parish of Jagstfeld was finally formed and at the same time the previous parish of Bad Friedrichshall was renamed "Kirchengemeinde Kochendorf". In addition to Jagstfeld, the new parish of Jagstfeld also included the places Duttenberg, Obergriesheim, Offenau and Untergriesheim (until 1947 mainly part of Gundelsheim) and in 1964 Höchstberg (up to then also part of Gundelsheim) into the parish of Jagstfeld, but Höchstberg and Obergriesheim were re-assigned in 1980 Gundelsheim reclassified.
Brettach parish
The parish of Brettach comprises the Brettach part of the parish of Langenbrettach . The district of Langenbeutingen forms an independent parish that belongs to the parish of Öhringen . The Brettach Church in a walled churchyard, first mentioned in 1264, was originally a fortified church with a tower choir. The Agidius Church in Brettach goes back to a very old, probably Alemannic cult site at a spring. Probably in the late 10th century the church was expanded into a walled fortified church with a moat. In addition to the church, the complex once comprised 23 so-called gaden , which were used as fruit storage sheds with vaulted cellars, but also as places of refuge for the population within the weir system. The portal from 1514, which was moved to the new west wall in 1578 and an inscription on the nave that names the builder Clemens Vock for this year, testify to the expansion of the church in the 16th century . Above all, it was about the considerable expansion (area quadrupling) of the nave to the north and west in the sense of a transverse church with installation first of the west, and in 1681 also the north gallery (including the eastern leg on the front wall up to the choir arch) and alignment of the Church stalls to the pulpit in front of the south wall (moved as a low ambo to the arched wall in 1955 ). Around 1570 the weir ditch was filled in and the spring, which led to the church fountain, was covered with a vault, creating the Lindenplatz in front of the church. The already dilapidated Gaden was demolished in 1578. Today only one Gaden is left. With the interior renovation in 1955 by Hannes Mayer , the respective character of the early Romanesque choir room and the Renaissance nave were restored, for example the Renaissance wall painting (1591) by David Ebermann from Heilbronn, which depicts Luther with a swan , probably the oldest Luther painting in Württemberg, and by Hans Veit Becker from Heilbronn in 1681 the wall paintings from Isaac's sacrifice to the new Jerusalem. The historical furnishings also include more than 20 paintings in the balustrade of the galleries with depictions from the Old and New Testament, the high baroque age of the apostles from 1681 including a crucifix with evangelist medallions on the four arms of the cross, the pulpit, the historic organ prospect from 1762, two Angel figures in the tower base and an epitaph with kneeling donors in front of the risen Christ on the choir wall. The glass painter Adolf Valentin Saile contributed to the renovation in 1955 with the depiction of Peter, Paul and Christ the ruler of the world in the choir window.
Parish of Bürg
The parish of Bürg comprises the district of Bürg of the city of Neuenstadt am Kocher . In terms of church, Bürg initially belonged to Kochertürn. The lords of Gemmingen introduced the Reformation. Then the place belonged to Neuenstadt am Kocher as a branch until 1766 an own parish was established. From 1907 this was united with the second pastor's office in Neuenstadt. Today's church in Bürg was built around 1650 in the early Baroque style. She owns grave monuments of the Lords of Gemmingen. Today the parish is looked after by the Cleversulzbach rectory.
Parish of Cleversulzbach
The Cleversulzbach parish includes the Cleversulzbach district of the city of Neuenstadt am Kocher. The place ecclesiastically belonged to Helmbund or the later Neuenstadt. A church is mentioned for the first time as early as 1490, which was elevated to a parish church in 1592. The church with a cross-vaulted choir in the east tower was rebuilt in 1958. The Cleversulzbach parish also looks after the neighboring parish of Bürg.
Gochsen parish
The parish of Gochsen comprises the district of Gochsen of the parish of Hardthausen am Kocher . The church initially belonged to Kochersteinsfeld. In 1315 Weinsberg founded a parish. The church was built in 1601 and completely rebuilt by Leins in 1878. The tower is older.
Gundelsheim parish
The parish of Gundelsheim includes the city of Gundelsheim . Gundelsheim and the associated districts have been Catholic since time immemorial as a former possession of the Teutonic Order . Protestant residents also moved to the core town of Gundelsheim in the 19th century. They were able to build their own church in 1896 . Later, the independent branch parish of Gundelsheim was established as a subsidiary of Neckarsulm, until Gundelsheim was finally elevated to an independent parish. Today, this also looks after the Protestant residents who moved to the Gundelsheim districts, mainly after the Second World War, although the Obergriesheim and Höchstberg districts were only reclassified to the Gundelsheim parish with effect from January 1, 1980. Previously, these places belonged to the parish of Bad Friedrichshall (from 1949 parish of Jagstfeld). However, Obergriesheim was already part of the Gundelsheim parish until 1947 and Höchstberg until 1964. Obergriesheim was assigned to the parish of Bad Friedrichshall (or parish of Jagstfeld) by an announcement by the Oberkirchenrats on March 7, 1947, together with Duttenberg and Untergriesheim, Höchstberg by an announcement of April 20, 1964, before these two places were reintegrated into the Gundelsheim parish in 1980 . As today's districts of Bad Friedrichshall, Duttenberg and Untergriesheim still belong to the parish of Jagstfeld.
Joint parish Jagsthausen-Olnhausen
The parishes of Jagsthausen and Olnhausen formed a joint parish on January 1, 2020 on the occasion of the reorganization of the Weinsberg-Neuenstadt church district .
Jagsthausen parish
The parish of Jagsthausen includes the parish of Jagsthausen without Olnhausen, which forms its own parish, but which is also looked after by the Jagsthausen parish. Ecclesiastically Jagsthausen initially belonged to Aries . A Church of Our Lady is mentioned for the first time as early as 1294. The patronage was due to the respective local lords who introduced the Reformation in 1560. Today's parish church is a Gothic choir tower with an irregular hexagonal tower, which has been rebuilt several times. It has several grave monuments of the Lords of Berlichingen .
Parish of Olnhausen
The parish of Olnhausen comprises the Olnhausen part of the Jagsthausen parish, from whose parish it is also looked after. Olnhausen originally belonged to Aries like the main town Jagsthausen. In 1329 the place received its own chaplaincy and in the 16th century also a parish. But it was mostly provided from Jagsthausen. The church set initially belonged to the Mosbach monastery, since the Reformation of the Electoral Palatinate. The Gothic church was renewed in 1880.
Parish of Kochersteinsfeld
The Kochersteinsfeld parish includes the Kochersteinsfeld district without the Schweizerhof of the Hardthausen am Kocher parish . The Schweizerhof was assigned to the parish of Lampoldshausen by an announcement of the Oberkirchenrat on December 6, 1963.
The parish church of Our Lady was first mentioned in 1281 when the Amorbach monastery sold the church set to Weinsberg. In 1432 he came to Mosbach Abbey. The church in its present form is a building from 1733 with a Romanesque east tower in the base. The nave was extended considerably to the south in 1733 as a hall church with an almost square floor plan. The large room height with six high arched windows, two baroque oculi in the west facade and a flat ceiling with medallion painting served to build a double west gallery, which is why the pulpit had to be installed very high. In the 19th century there were several renovations and the installation of a tower clock and heating. Some historical epitaphs and two memorials to the fallen from both world wars have been preserved in and on the church. During the extensive renovation in 1954, the old small tower choir was bricked up except for a door to create a closed room effect. On the former choir arch wall is the pulpit , the ornate sound cover from 1733 is crowned by a sculpture of the risen Christ. The pulpit is flanked by a wall painting with the parable of the clever and foolish virgins , which the Stuttgart art professor Rudolf Yelin the Younger created on the occasion of the renovation in 1954. The bronze altar crucifix below the pulpit comes from the workshop of the sculptor Martin Scheible from Ulm. The 18th century apostle paintings on the balustrades adorn the church interior again after restoration. On the north side of the portal there, a flat roof extension with a foyer and ancillary rooms was built in 2010/13 and a gallery emergency exit was built into the east north window below.
Parish of Lampoldshausen
The parish of Lampoldshausen includes the district of Lampoldshausen and the Schweizerhof of the parish of Hardthausen am Kocher. The place was initially a church branch of Kochersteinsfeld. A church of St. Nicholas was first mentioned in 1333. It belonged to the Möckmühl monastery. The church has a Romanesque tower choir with Romanesque and early Gothic wall paintings. In 1745 it was renewed.
The Schweizerhof was assigned to the parish of Lampoldshausen by the parish of Kochersteinsfeld on December 6, 1963.
Verbundkirchengemeinde Möckmühl, Bittelbronn, Roigheim, Ruchsen and Züttlingen
The parishes of Möckmühl, Bittelbronn, Roigheim, Ruchsen and Züttlingen formed a joint parish on January 1, 2020 on the occasion of the new formation of the Weinsberg-Neuenstadt church district .
Parish of Möckmühl
The Möckmühl parish includes the core town of Möckmühl . The Church of St. Boniface was first mentioned in 815. In 976 she came to the Monastery of Worms with the Mosbach Monastery. In 1285 it was incorporated into the Mosbach canon monastery, which ceded the church statute to Württemberg in 1549. The originally late Gothic church burned down in 1898. In its place, today's town church was built in neo-Gothic style. Only two floors of the tower and the choir with wall paintings from the 15th century have been preserved from the previous church. The cemetery chapel was built around 1580. Two pastors work in the Möckmühl parish today. The parish office I also looks after the parishioners of the parish of Bittelbronn. The Parish Office II also looks after the parishioners of the parish Ruchsen.
Parish of Bittelbronn
The parish of Bittelbronn comprises the Bittelbronn district of the city of Möckmühl . In church terms, Bittelbronn was always a branch of Möckmühl. The parish of Bittelbronn is therefore looked after by the Möckmühl I parish office. But there is a small church in a walled churchyard.
Parish of Roigheim
The parish Roigheim includes the community Roigheim . A church was first mentioned in 1299 when the church set was donated to the Amorbach monastery by the Würzburg monastery. From there he came to Württemberg in 1687. The church was the mother church for some neighboring towns. The current church was built in 1902. The Gothic tower of the earlier church from 1457 was retained.
Parish of Ruchsen
The parish Ruchsen comprises the Ruchsen district of the city of Möckmühl . A church is mentioned in Ruchsen in 1331 as a branch of Möckmühl. In the middle of the 15th century, Mosbach Abbey had the right of patronage. The monastic-Mainz local rule introduced the Reformation. The present church in Ruchsen was built in 1823. The old choir tower was still used. Since the place had belonged to Baden since 1806, Ruchsen was also part of the Baden regional church. On January 1, 1976 Ruchsen moved to the Württemberg regional church, as he had now been politically incorporated into Möckmühl, Württemberg.
In the Middle Ages, today's Möckmühl district of Korb was a branch of the Ruchsen parish. The local rulers introduced the Reformation in Korb. In 1612, however, Korb received its own pastor. After the place had come to the Grand Duchy of Baden in exchange for shares in Widdern von Württemberg in 1846, it also changed to the Baden regional church in 1847. To this day, the place forms its own Protestant parish (approx. 190 parishioners) within the Adelsheim-Boxberg church district.
In the past, the (few) Protestant residents of Stein am Kocher were looked after from Ruchsen, especially since Stein is predominantly Catholic. However, after the place was incorporated into the city of Neuenstadt am Kocher, it also changed church to the parish of Neuenstadt am Kocher.
Parish of Züttlingen
The parish of Züttlingen includes the district of Züttlingen (with Assumstadt) of the city of Möckmühl . A church of St. Luke was incorporated into Mosbach Monastery in 1325 by the Bishop of Würzburg. Later this belonged to the owners of Assumstadt, the neighboring town, which always belonged to Züttlingen. The Gothic parish church in Züttlingen was demolished in 1844. All that was left was the choir, which has served as the crypt church of the Barons von Ellrichshausen since 1873 . In place of the old church, today's Lukaskirche was built in 1856 . It was renovated in 1963 and 1969. The church of St. Christoph in Assumstadt, already mentioned in 1453, was demolished in 1797.
Neckarsulm parish as a whole
The entire parish of Neckarsulm includes the core town and the districts of Amorbach and Dahenfeld of the city of Neckarsulm as well as the municipality of Erlenbach . The Neckarsulm district of Obereisesheim forms an independent parish that belongs to the Heilbronn church district . It was formed in 1984 when the until then sole parish Neckarsulm was divided into the three parishes Stadtkirchengemeinde Neckarsulm, Heilig-Geist-Kirchengemeinde Neckarsulm and Martin-Luther-Kirchengemeinde Neckarsulm. In 1988 the Christ parish Erlenbach was formed as the fourth parish from the city parish Neckarsulm. The Ministry of Education recognized the individual parishes and the entire parish of Neckarsulm as corporations under public law in a letter dated December 3, 1984.
City parish Neckarsulm
The city parish of Neckarsulm includes the core town of Neckarsulm, as far as the area does not belong to the Martin Luther parish. Neckarsulm remained Catholic as a possession of the Teutonic Order even after the Reformation. In the course of industrialization, Protestant residents also moved in in the 19th century, so that a separate community could be established in 1850. The services initially took place in the palace chapel. In 1888 the community was able to build today's town church. In 1955, the Holy Spirit Church was built in the Amorbach district and its own parish was established. Later, the Martin Luther Church with its own congregation was built, and in 1965 the Christ Church in Erlenbach with its own congregation from 1988. In 1984, the city parish Neckarsulm was established as an independent parish by dividing the previously sole parish of Neckarsulm and at the same time forming the overall parish of Neckarsulm has been.
Heilig-Geist-Kirchengemeinde Neckarsulm-Amorbach
The Heilig-Geist-Kirchengemeinde Neckarsulm-Amorbach comprises the districts of Amorbach and Dahenfeld of the city of Neckarsulm. A separate Protestant church, the Heilig-Geist-Kirche , was built for the Amorbach district in 1955 and then its own parish was established. It was the second Protestant church within what was then the city of Neckarsulm. Since 1975 (announcement by the Upper Church Council of February 13, 1975) the Heilig-Geist-Kirchengemeinde also includes around 270 Protestant residents (as of 2002) from the Dahenfeld district, who had been part of the Neuenstadt parish since 1947 and belonged to the parish before 1947 Neckarsulm belonged. Dahenfeld is otherwise predominantly Catholic, as it belonged to the territory of the Teutonic Order. In 1984 the Heilig-Geist-Kirchengemeinde Neckarsulm was then established as an independent parish by dividing the previously sole parish of Neckarsulm and at the same time forming the entire parish of Neckarsulm.
Martin Luther parish Neckarsulm-Neuberg
The Martin Luther parish Neckarsulm-Neuberg comprises the northern part of the core city of Neckarsulm and the Neuberg district in the northeast. In addition to the city church and the Holy Spirit Church in Amorbach, the Martin Luther Church is the third Protestant church in Neckarsulm. It was built from September 30, 1983 and inaugurated on November 4, 1984. In 1984 the Martin Luther parish of Neckarsulm was established there as an independent parish by dividing the previously sole parish of Neckarsulm and at the same time forming the entire parish of Neckarsulm.
Christ parish Erlenbach
The Christ parish Erlenbach comprises the municipality Erlenbach with its district Binswangen. Both places were catholic from ancient times. They belonged to the Deutschordensamt Neckarsulm. Mostly only after the Second World War did Protestant residents move to Erlenbach and the town of Binswangen, which was incorporated in 1935, and were initially looked after by the Neckarsulm parish and belonged to the local parish there. In 1964/65 the parish Neckarsulm built its own church in Erlenbach, the Christ Church. The inauguration took place on July 11, 1965. Almost 20 years later, in 1984, the church interior and exterior were renovated and the roof was re-covered. A permanent vicariate was established in Erlenbach as early as 1981, which was converted into a permanent parish administration on January 1, 1987. At that time, she was already looking after 950 Protestant residents. In 1987 the independent "Christ Church Parish Erlenbach" was formed within the overall parish of Neckarsulm, which was also established in 1984 as an independent parish of Neckarsulm, the Martin Luther parish of Neckarsulm-Neuberg with Viktorshöhe and the Heilig-Geist-Kirchengemeinde Amorbach . Since then, all Protestant residents of the political community of Erlenbach have belonged to the Erlenbach Church. In a letter dated May 10, 1988, the Ministry of Education recognized the Erlenbach Church Community as a public corporation. With effect from February 1, 2002, the permanent parish administration Erlenbach was then converted by the Oberkirchenrat into an independent parish Erlenbach.
Parish of Neuenstadt am Kocher
The parish of Neuenstadt am Kocher comprises the core town and the districts Kochertürn and Stein am Kocher of the city of Neuenstadt am Kocher .
The mother church of today's city of Neuenstadt am Kocher was the parish church of St. Kilian in Helmbund , the predecessor settlement of Neuenstadt, about 1 km east of today's city. This church was first mentioned in 1286. Via the Lords of Ernstein, it came to the Schöntal Monastery , to which it was incorporated in 1301. It remained the parish church of the new city until 1481. The church was almost completely destroyed in the Thirty Years War . Today there is only a ruin with a choir, which was restored in 1955.
Today's parish church in Neuenstadt, the Nikolauskirche , emerged from a Nikolauskapelle, which was elevated to a parish church in 1481. The church was expanded to its present form in 1595/96. The upper gate tower serves as the church tower. The church has numerous grave monuments and a high baroque altar crucifix made of alabaster, a late baroque organ front from 1741 and a late Gothic font from 1499. The crypt houses sarcophagi of the dukes of Württemberg-Neuenstadt .
The districts of Kochertürn and Stein am Kocher have always been Catholic places. Protestant residents only moved to these villages after the Second World War. While the evangelical residents of Kochertürner belonged to the parish of Neuenstadt from the start, the evangelical residents of Stein were initially cared for by the parish Sulzbach, later from Ruchsen, especially since the town was then part of the Baden regional church. With the change of the parish of Ruchsen to the Württemberg regional church and the incorporation of Stein into the Württemberg city of Neuenstadt, the Protestant residents of Stein were reorganized into the parish of Neuenstadt with effect from January 1, 1976.
By the announcement of the upper church council on March 7, 1947, the Protestant residents of the predominantly Catholic town of Dahenfeld were reclassified from the parish of Neckarsulm to the parish of Neuenstadt. After Dahenfeld was incorporated into the city of Neckarsulm as part of the community reform, Dahenfeld was reclassified (again) to the Neckarsulm parish (now Heilig-Geist-Kirchengemeinde Neckarsulm) by an announcement on February 13, 1975. At the same time, the Oedheim district Degmarn was assigned to the parish of Kochendorf by the parish of Neuenstadt in 1975.
Parish Neudenau-Siglingen
The parish of Siglingen includes the town of Neudenau with its districts Siglingen (with the associated hamlets Kreßbach and Reichertshausen) and Herbolzheim . Siglingen initially belonged to Züttlingen in the church . Württemberg established its own parish in 1542. A chapel in St. Ulrich was first mentioned in 1421. The current parish church was built in 1636, destroyed by fire in 1650, but then rebuilt and renewed in 1867.
Protestant residents also moved to the predominantly Catholic towns of Neudenau and Herbolzheim after the Second World War. These were initially looked after by the parish Sulzbach (Baden), later from Ruchsen. As a result of the political affiliation to the city of Neudenau, which also includes Siglingen, the Protestant residents of Neudenau and Herbolzheim were reclassified to the Siglingen parish with effect from January 1, 1976.
Verbundkirchengemeinde Widdern-Unterkessach
The parishes of Widdern and Unterkessach formed a joint parish on January 1, 2020 on the occasion of the reorganization of the Weinsberg-Neuenstadt church district .
Parish of Aries
The parish Widdern includes the core town of Aries . The parish church of St. Laurentius was transferred from the Würzburg monastery to the Mosbach monastery in 1258. The Reformation was introduced through the Palatinate. The late Gothic Laurentiuskirche was completely rebuilt in 1892 by Lell. It contains various tombs of the Ganerbe. In earlier times the place was divided between different gentlemen. In the 18th century, for example, Würzburg, Württemberg, Gemmingen and Züllnhart had a share of rams. From 1806 to 1846 the city was a Baden-Wuerttemberg condominate and then came entirely to Württemberg. The rectory in Widdern now also looks after the neighboring parish of Unterkessach.
Parish of Unterkessach
The parish of Unterkessach includes the district of Unterkessach of the city of Widdern. A church may have been outside of the village earlier. In the late Middle Ages there was a parish. The local rulers introduced the Reformation. In 1652 the parish was abolished and united with Aries. After the place was politically affiliated to the Grand Duchy of Baden in 1846, it also changed to the Baden regional church in 1847. He was looked after by the parish of Leibenstadt. Not least as a result of its incorporation into the Württemberg city of Widdern, Unterkessach moved to the Württemberg regional church on January 1, 2000. Since then, the parish has again been looked after by the Widdern rectory. The current church was built in 1735/38 using an old tower in front of a polygonal choir.
Individual evidence
- ^ Website of the Evangelical Church District Weinsberg-Neuenstadt
- ^ [1] Two parishes under one roof , Heilbronner Voice of March 23, 2015
- ^ Website of the parish of Jagstfeld
- ^ Website of the Kochendorf parish
- ^ Website of the parish of Brettach
- ^ Website of the parish of Bürg
- ^ Website of the Cleversulzbach parish
- ^ Website of the parish of Gochsen
- ^ Website of the parish of Gundelsheim
- ^ Website of the joint parish of Jagsthausen and Olnhausen
- ↑ a b Website of the parishes of Jagsthausen and Olnhausen
- ^ Website of the parish of Kochersteinsfeld
- ^ Website of the parish of Lampoldshausen
- ↑ Website of the Verbundkirchengemeinde Möckmühl, Bittelbronn, Roigheim, Ruchsen and Züttlingen
- ^ Website of the parish of Möckmühl
- ^ Website of the parish of Bittelbronn
- ^ Website of the parish of Roigheim
- ^ Website of the parish of Ruchsen
- ^ Website of the parish of Züttlingen
- ^ Website of the entire Neckarsulm parish
- ^ Website of the parish Stadtkirche Neckarsulm
- ^ Website of the parish Neckarsulm-Amorbach
- ^ Website of the parish Neckarsulm-Neuberg
- ^ Website of the parish Erlenbach
- ^ Website of the parish of Neuenstadt am Kocher
- ^ Website of the Neudenau-Siglingen parish
- ^ Website of the composite parish of Widdern and Unterkessach
literature
- The Evangelical Württemberg - Its church offices and clergy from the Reformation to the present, collected and edited by Christian Sigel, pastor in Gebersheim, 1910.
- The state of Baden-Wuerttemberg - official description according to districts and municipalities (in eight volumes); Edited by the Baden-Württemberg State Archives Department; Volume IV: Stuttgart District - Regional Associations Franconia and East Wuerttemberg, Stuttgart, 1980, ISBN 3-17-005708-1 .
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