Christ Church (Neunkirchen (Saar))
The Christ Church is a church of the Evangelical Church Community in Neunkirchen in Saarland in the Saar-Ost parish of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland . In the list of monuments of the Saarland is the Church as single monument in the ensemble Lower market listed.
history
In the middle of the 19th century, the rapidly increasing number of inhabitants in the industrial site of Neunkirchen, which is dominated by iron production and mining , meant that the previous church building for the Protestant community that had existed there since the 16th century had become too small. In 1860 there were around 4,000 Protestant parishioners in Neunkirchen. In addition to the insufficient space available, repairs that were required due to structural damage repeatedly aroused the desire for a new Protestant church building. The location of the planned new church building triggered protracted disputes within the community. While one party was in favor of demolishing the old church and building a new large church in the same place in the so-called Oberort, the opposing party pleaded for a second church to be built in the Unterort and the old church building to be restored.
This dispute could only be resolved in 1866 when the ironworks entrepreneur Baron Carl Ferdinand von Stumm-Halberg made an offer to take over the costs of building a church in Unterort, while the community financed the construction of the new church in Oberort. The Pauluskirche was built in Oberort and today's Christ Church in Unterort . The foundation stone for both churches was laid on May 10, 1867, after the architect Heinrich Wiethase ( Cologne ) won the competition advertised for the church in Unterort. On September 14, 1869, the Protestant church in Unterort, the construction costs of which were twice those of the church built by the community in Oberort, was inaugurated. Above the sacristy door in the choir there is a metal plaque that provides information about the founders of the church: "Anno Domini MDCCCLXIX Guilelmo I Borussorum rege Fratres et Gente Stumm, Carolus, Fridericus, Ferdinandus, Hugo hanc aedem in Dei gloriam evangelicae ecclesiae pio animo donaveraver. " (German translation: In the year of the Lord in 1869, when Wilhelm I was King of Prussia, the brothers and the Stumm family, Carl, Friedrich, Ferdinand, Hugo donated this house to the glory of God to the evangelical church in a pious disposition.) As a name Hope Church was originally intended for the church building in Unterort, but it could not prevail. In 1931 the church in Unterort was finally named Christ Church .
A related structural damage extensive refurbishment of the church tower in the years 1935-1941, had the distance neo-Gothic architectural elements, and the installation of a new spire result.
During the Second World War , the church burned down and was rebuilt in a modified form by Rudolf Krüger in 1949 . Between 1980 and 1984 the interior was permanently changed through the installation of functional rooms.
The coat of arms of Neunkirchen shows a silver Gothic church with a tower in front of the nave in a black field. The windows and door of the church are black. The church represents the Christ Church in Neunkirchen before its reconstruction in an abstract form.
Church building
- Historical blueprints of the church
Heinrich Wiethase: Christ Church (Neunkirchen), lengthways view, design from 1866
Heinrich Wiethase: Christ Church (Neunkirchen), cross and longitudinal section, design from 1866
Heinrich Wiethase: Christ Church (Neunkirchen), floor plan, undated design
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The church building was designed as a neo-Gothic cross church with stone-faced red sandstone masonry and a western tower in front. The three-aisled hall of the nave , which is divided into three bays , each accented by a stitched roof, is followed by a wide transept extension with a polygonal finish on both sides, which is followed by a five-sided, irregular choir finish on the east side of the crossing . The choir, which is reminiscent of a three-apse choir when viewed from the east, is supplemented by a sacristy on the north side.
In the interior of the church nothing has survived from the furnishings from the time of construction.
organ
The organ of the church was built in 1973 by the company Jehmlich Orgelbau ( Dresden ). The instrument with mechanical sliding chests has 26 registers , divided into two manuals and pedal . The disposition is as follows:
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- Coupling : II / I, I / P, II / P
Bells
The three bells of the Christ Church were produced from cast steel by the Bochum Association in 1922 . Like most steel bells from this period, they were poured in the so-called Untermollsextrippe.
| No. | Surname | volume | Casting year | foundry |
| 1 | Christ bell | h 0 | 1922 | Bochum Association |
| 2 | Prayer bell | d 1 | ||
| 3 | Baptismal bell | f 1 |
Web links
- Evangelical parish Neunkirchen
- Literature on Christ Church (Neunkirchen (Saar)) in the Saarland bibliography
Individual evidence
- ↑ Church districts of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland On: www.ekir.de. Retrieved December 27, 2012
- ^ Church district Saar-Ost on: www.evangelisch-im-saarland.de. Retrieved December 27, 2012
- ↑ List of monuments of the Saarland, sub-monuments list of the city of Neunkirchen ( memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF). Retrieved June 13, 2015
- ↑ a b c d e f g Directory of the new Protestant church buildings in the Rhineland 1860–1914 (1927) (PDF) On: duepublico.uni-duisburg-essen.de. Retrieved June 13, 2014
- ↑ Kristine Marschall: Sacral Buildings of Classicism and Historicism in Saarland, (publications by the Institute for Regional Studies in Saarland, vol. 40), Saarbrücken 2002, p. 287.
- ↑ a b Neunkirchen on: www.saarlandbilder.net. Retrieved June 13, 2015
- ↑ Kurt Hoppstädter: The coat of arms of the Saarland, part 1, ed. v. Historical Association for Saarland e. V. in collaboration with the archive of the Saarland government, Saarbrücken, 1953, pp. 67–69.
- ↑ Organ of the Christ Church (ev.) ( Memento of the original from June 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Info page of the Orgeln im Saarland website , accessed on December 27, 2012
Coordinates: 49 ° 20 ′ 48.5 ″ N , 7 ° 10 ′ 33.2 ″ E