Mountain Church (Waldböckelheim)
The Bergkirche in Waldböckelheim is a Protestant church in the Bad Kreuznach district .
The church on the Kirchberg is the landmark of the local community of Waldböckelheim.
Building history
The Maulbronn sandstone church, built on a prominent location, was built from 1863 to 1867 according to the plans of the district architect Conradi . It is a three-aisled hall building with a choir closed on five sides in neo-Gothic shapes. The inauguration took place on July 28, 1867. The corners of the main nave are marked by buttresses that end in crabs and finials .
The west tower has a square floor plan, above the gable roof level of the hall church, the tower continues in an octagon from this level. A finial over three meters high crowns the polygonal spire.
The hall structure extends over four bays with a corresponding number of pointed arch windows . The windows are divided into three parts and have three and four-pass motifs . In the choir there are only three wall areas with windows that are divided into two parts. The various entrance portals and all the furnishings have been preserved from the second half of the 19th century.
literature
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Georg Dehio : Handbook of German Art Monuments , Rhineland-Palatinate / Saarland, German Art Publishing House:
- 1972 edition: p. 960
- Edition 1984
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Natural stone (magazine) ISSN 0028-1026
- The mountain church of Waldböckelheim; 1988
- Renovation of the mountain church; 1988
Individual evidence
See also
Web links
- The mountain church of Waldböckelheim
- Renovation of the mountain church
- The west facade of the mountain church is in disastrous condition rhein-zeitung.de from November 10, 2011
Coordinates: 49 ° 49 ′ 0.5 ″ N , 7 ° 43 ′ 12.5 ″ E