Christ Church (Aschaffenburg)
The Christ Church is the first Evangelical Lutheran town church in Aschaffenburg . It was built between 1837 and 1839 and is located in the old town near the castle .
history
On October 18, 1830, the factory owner Christ bought the former monastery yard or the former curia “Zum Schelmen” on Pfaffengasse for the Protestant parish. A parsonage was acquired for Johannes Georg Hoffmann, the first clergyman and founder of the community. In 1831 the Protestant school was built, a teacher's apartment with a classroom . By demolishing outbuildings, space was created to build the first Protestant town church in Aschaffenburg according to plans by Karl Christian Riedel (district master builder in Bayreuth ; † December 1838) and Karl Ludwig Louis (site manager at the Pompejanum building). Crown Prince Maximilian, who was just in town, attended the laying of the foundation stone on July 8, 1837. The single-nave building was 20 m long, 12 m wide and had no choir . The altar, baptismal font and pulpit were in the middle. Funds for the construction were collected in a Landeskollekte with the support of Queen Therese , a native Protestant, who made it a condition to receive a box at the expense of the community so that she could attend the service when she was present in the castle. At that time the community had 300 members.
During a renovation in 1883, the nave was extended by a window and a choir was added; the altar was placed in the choir, so the number of seats for church visitors could be doubled. In 1920 the casino building was purchased as a community center. Due to air raids on November 21, 1944 and January 3, 1945 only the tower protruded from a burned field of rubble.
Reconstruction after 1945
After the rectory was demolished in 1948 and the excavation for the parish hall, it was completed first in 1950. In the same place and using the remaining tower and the east facade, but significantly enlarged - and with all the simplicity architecturally and liturgically beautiful and dignified in the interior design - the church was rebuilt in 1951/52 as the Christ Church. The nave was extended by 11 to 30 m. Regional Bishop Hans Meiser took on the inauguration at Easter 1952.
In 1972/1973 the interior was redesigned. The altar was placed on the long side in the direction of the castle and the seating was arranged accordingly. The choir received a sound ceiling and a podium for choir singers and soloists and an orchestra.
During the renovation in 1999/2000 under the direction of the architect Theo Steinhauser from Graefelfing, the west wall behind the altar was broken through and a brightly glazed annex was added as a baptistery. The new seating enables diverse forms of worship and church music events. The eye-catcher is the blue cross disk above the altar, designed by the artist Helmut Ulrich . The altar cross was placed under the gallery in the entrance area. With the Bach Hall in the east, the parish hall, the church, the new rectory and the Starkenburg Curia in the west, the Protestant church (Pfaffengasse 13-19) has a prestigious place in the heart of the city.
organ
The organ , built in 1961 by GF Steinmeyer & Co. in Oettingen, Bavaria , was inaugurated on January 21, 1962. Components of the instrument are a sliding drawer , mechanical and electrical register actions , an attached console (keyboards in the console), six normal couplings (4 free combinations), organo pleno, register and louvre swell. The planning and acceptance was carried out by regional church music director Professor Friedrich Högner (Munich) Under the cantor and church music director Christoph Emanuel Seitz, the organ is used as a solo or accompanying instrument at church services, music during market time, for the Aschaffenburg choir, the Bach college and the Aschaffenburg Bach days. It is considered an enrichment in Aschaffenburg's musical life.
The organ has the following disposition:
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Bells
Today (2011) the four bells, cast on February 13, 2009 in the Rudolf Perner bell foundry in Passau , ring from the tower of the Christ Church : the bell of joy (of 2. 430 kg) “Be happy in hope!” Rom 12.12, the consolation bell ( b 1 , 500 kg) “Be patient in tribulation!” Rom 12.12, the prayer bell (as 1. 690 kg) “Stop praying!” Rom 12.12, the memorial bell (f 1 , 1.150 kg) “Stop in memory of Jesus Christ, who rose from the dead ”2 Tim 2: 8
Web links
- Homepage of the Ev. Lutheran Christ Church Aschaffenburg
- Aschaffenburg Kantorei
- Aschaffenburg Bach Days
Individual evidence
- ^ Karl Sitzmann : Riedel, Karl Christian . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 28 : Ramsden-Rosa . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1934, p. 319-320 .
- ↑ Evangelical Church
- ^ Alois Stadtmüller: Aschaffenburg in the Second World War. Bombing, siege, handover (= publications of the history and art association Aschaffenburg iK ) Paul Pattloch Verlag, Aschaffenburg 1970.
- ^ Curt Schadewitz: From the history of the Evangelical Lutheran community of Aschaffenburg. In: Aschaffenburg yearbook. 4, Volume II. (Published by the History and Art Association Aschaffenburg iK) Paul Pattloch Verlag, Aschaffenburg 1957.
- ↑ Alois Grimm: Aschaffenburg house book. Volume II: Old Town between Dalbergstrasse and Castle…. History and Art Association V., Aschaffenburg 1991, ISBN 3-87965-053-5 .
- ^ Hermann Fischer: Organs of the Bavarian Lower Main region. History and Art Association eV, Aschaffenburg 2004, ISBN 3-87965-099-3 .
- ↑ Christ Church-Aschaffenburg / Bell History
Coordinates: 49 ° 58 ′ 29.8 " N , 9 ° 8 ′ 38.4" E