Old Catholic Church (Rheinfelden / Baden)

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Old Catholic Church

The Old Catholic Church in Rheinfelden is the oldest church in the city. Because of its location on the Adelberg estate, it is also known as the Adelberg Church . It belongs to the Old Catholic Church in Germany .

history

In 1820 the Protestant population held their first services in the knight's hall of Beuggen Castle . After the establishment of an evangelical diaspora community on September 11, 1898, this pastoral community acquired a building site near the Swiss border for a church from the power transmission works Rheinfelden (KWR) for 40,000 gold marks. The small church was initially intended as a temporary measure for a maximum of ten years. However, the construction of the Christ Church took significantly longer than planned.

Master builder Gotthard Wilhelm Ehmig created the rectangular church building from the demolition of a barn that had previously been there. The consecration took place on September 17, 1899.

With the installation of the gallery in 1902/03, the number of seats could be increased. An expansion planned for 1916 did not materialize. Since the Christ Church was completed in 1937, the Adelberg Church has been used by the Old Catholic Community . Between 1960 and 1971 the Old Catholics shared the church with the Protestant community. In 1973/74 it became the property of KWR.

description

West facade

There is a small porch on the entrance facade to the west of the rectangular building with a gable roof . On the west side to the top of a pyramid-shaped crowned roof turret roof. The south wall has five pointed arch windows; the north wall and the gable walls two each.

The original b ′ ′ bell in the roof turret was a gift from Grand Duke Friedrich I of Baden and was handed over to the Protestant Johanneskirche in Minseln in 1954 . Since 1962 the church has had a bronze a ′ ′ bell, which was made by the Bachert bell foundry in Karlsruhe. The organ , set up in 1968, has two manuals , a pedal and 15 stops .

literature

Web links

Commons : Adelberger Church (Rheinfelden)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Steinegger: Heimatgeschichte Nollingen Rheinfelden and the surrounding area up to 1922 , 1935, p. 340
  2. ^ Helm: Churches and chapels in the Markgräflerland , p. 257
  3. ^ Helm: Churches and chapels in the Markgräflerland , p. 258

Coordinates: 47 ° 33 '25.8 "  N , 7 ° 47' 15.2"  E