Old Church (Eitorf)
The old church in Eitorf was built around 1170. After its demolition in 1889, the old church tower remained and was the Eitorfer landmark until it was destroyed in World War II .
First church or chapel
In 1145, in the will of Count Gerhard von Bonn, half of his allod in Eitorf was bequeathed to the Michaelsberg monastery , with the exception of the church and the personal ministerials . The church and his servants remained with his family, that is, his mother and sister. His allod included arable land and forests, bodies of water and pastures and their any right of use, as well as the inhabitants who were liable to pay interest to the Michaelsberg monastery .
Old church
Emergence
Around this time, as part of the investiture controversy, the nobles' own churches were banned and parish churches had to be built. The aristocrats settled in these house chapels, which were often on the first floor of the tower and connected to the aristocratic property via an outside staircase.
In 1170 the old church was built on the market square. The consecration was carried out by Archbishop Philipp von Heinsberg , who sank a sealed document in the main altar and sealed relics in all altars.
The altar and choir of the church were not built at right angles like the rest and therefore probably come from this previous building. During later grave work in the area of the choir, remains of chambers painted in red and turquoise blue were found.
description
The five-story tower was over 21 meters high. The long house was 17 meters long. The central nave had a flat wooden ceiling nine meters high, the aisles four and a half meters high. The building was made of quarry stone, only the curb stones were hewn. The roofs were slated .
history
In 1267 Theoderich and Johanna von Heinsberg-Blankenberg bequeathed the right of patronage to the churches of Kassel and Eitorf to the hospital of the Teutonic Order House of S. Maria in Jerusalem . The document is signed by Albertus episcopus quondam Ratisponensis (Albert, former bishop of Regensburg), probably Albertus Magnus .
In 1279 the Lords of Rennenberg had to pay tithes of 36 acres of farmland in Eitorf for the maintenance of the Eitorfer pastor. For this they received the right to be buried in the church.
The next owner of the patronage right were the Counts of Looz , who among others put Johannes von Heinsberg on the paid pastor's position, although he was not a priest. On May 24, 1351, Pope Clement VI reprimanded . the eight-year ordination without ordination.
Shortly afterwards the right of patronage went to the Counts of Berg . The first confirmed real pastor in the church was Johannes de Arena in 1393 .
literature
- Hermann-Josef Ersfeld: Eitorfer parish chronicle, Eitorf 1984
Coordinates: 50 ° 46 ′ 12 ″ N , 7 ° 26 ′ 59 ″ E