Apostle Church (Krumbach)
The Apostle Church (popularly often called the Lindl Church) is a now Evangelical-Lutheran church in the eastern part of Krumbach (Swabia) , the former Hürben .
history
The church was built between 1863 and 1871 by the Catholic-Apostolic Congregation of Hürben, which was only granted the right to hold services by King Maximilian II of Bavaria one year before the construction of the church began . It was the first church building by a Catholic-Apostolic congregation in Bavaria. It is also said that it was the first church in Germany to be built in the style of neo-Gothic-Victorian historicism . This architectural style was also chosen because the movement of the Catholic Apostolic Congregations originally formed in England.
In 1965 the Apostle Church was handed over to the Evangelical Lutheran congregation in Krumbach , as the Catholic Apostolic congregation, like most of these congregations, had expired at the beginning of the 1960s. An important reason for donating the church building to the evangelical community was that the building should continue to be used as a church and not just as a museum or concert hall. In addition, the relations between the two congregations were probably good, which was shown by the fact that Protestants had the right to host worship in the Apostle Church in the 1920s, before their own church building - the Gospel Church - was built.
Why the Apostle Church is popularly called Lindl Church is incomprehensible.
- ↑ One hears or reads wrongly that the Apostle Church in Krumbach was originally built by a New Apostolic congregation, but it was a Catholic-Apostolic congregation. The New Apostolic Church developed from 1878 on from the General Christian Apostolic Mission , which split off from the Catholic Apostolic Congregations in 1863.
Building description
The Apostle Church is a half-timbered building with pointed arched windows and a steep gable roof. As a church, the rather simple building next to the entrance portal can be recognized primarily by the roof turret, which carries a golden tower cross. Inside, the room is characterized by the neo-Gothic carvings on the altar, pulpit, organ and stalls.
See also
On the history of the Catholic Apostolic Churches in general: → Catholic Apostolic Churches
Web links
- Apostle Church Krumbach on the website of Heimatverein Krumbach e. V.
literature
- Bernt von Hagen, Angelika Wegener-Hüssen: Landkreis Günzburg (= Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation [Hrsg.]: Monuments in Bavaria . Volume VII.91 / 1 ). Karl M. Lipp Verlag, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-87490-589-6 , p. 300 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ The city gave the building site to Protestants . In: Augsburger Allgemeine Zeitung. January 8, 2010, accessed on October 17, 2010 (section: Mittelschwäbische Nachrichten; newspaper article)
Coordinates: 48 ° 14 ′ 47.6 " N , 10 ° 22 ′ 13.8" E