Mountain Church (Waldböckelheim)

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Waldböckelheim and the mountain church (middle)

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.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ The mountain church of Waldböckelheim; in: Naturstein, 1988; ISSN  0028-1026 ;

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Coordinates: 49 ° 49 ′ 0.5 ″  N , 7 ° 43 ′ 12.5 ″  E