Trinity Church (Mannheim)
The Dreifaltigkeitskirche is a Protestant church in the Mannheim district of Sandhofen . It was built between 1852 and 1854 according to plans by Ludwig Franck-Marperger in neo-Romanesque style.
history
As an extension of the northern Scharhof, Sandhofen also belonged to Scharhof, where a church was mentioned in a document as early as 764. A chapel in Sandhofen was first mentioned in the 15th century before a church was built in 1515. After the introduction of the Reformation in 1556, the church, like the entire Electoral Palatinate , was subject to multiple religious changes before it was finally awarded to the Reformed in 1706/07 after the Palatinate church was divided.
In 1724 the church was demolished except for the tower and a new building in the baroque style was placed on it. In 1821 the Reformed and Lutherans were united in the " United Evangelical Protestant Church in the Grand Duchy of Baden ". By 1851 the Protestant congregation grew to more than 1200 members, which led to the desire for a larger church. On September 9, 1852, Grand Duke Friedrich's birthday , the foundation stone was laid for the church, which was built until 1854 according to the plans of the Heidelberg church building inspector Ludwig Franck-Marperger and again integrated the medieval tower, which was increased.
When oppau explosion of BASF on the other side of the Rhine in 1921, the windows of the church were destroyed. During the Second World War , windows and doors were destroyed and the roof damaged in air raids. In 1954, the church was extensively renovated, and when the parish was divided in 1960, it was given the name Dreifaltigkeitskirche. In 2004 the church was renovated. Due to the consolidation of the Protestant Church in Mannheim, the Trinity Congregation, the Jakobus Church and the Blumenauer Jonagemeinde merged to form the Trinity Church in March 2010 .
description
The Dreifaltigkeitskirche stands in the old town center in the west of Sandhofen. The three-aisled hall church with six bays and a 5/8 choir was built in the neo-Romanesque style. The facades are made of red sandstone masonry. The tent roof of the tower is crowned by a weathercock .
Inside there are two-storey galleries with arched arcades in the side aisles , which are connected via the organ gallery . The organ by Johann Heinrich Schäfer dates from 1862. It has two manuals , 27 registers and 1485 pipes . As an early cone chest organ with an extraordinary, romantic sound, it is a listed building. The carver Karl Josef Fortwängler designed the chancel in 1938. The three choir windows were created in 1954 by Martha Freifrau von Droste . They show three parables from the Gospel of Luke : Jesus and Mary, Prodigal Son and the Good Samaritan . Hermann Herzberger's sgraffito works are from the same year .
The fountain sculpture on the forecourt was created in 1989 by the sculptor Gustav Nonnenmacher . “The caller” has the inscription “O land, land, land, hear the word of the Lord!” ( Jer 22:29 LUT ) on the base. On the well it says: "Jesus says: Whoever is thirsty, come to me and drink!" ( Jn 7:37 ESV ).
The four bronze bells of the Trinity Church were cast in 2007 by the Bachert bell foundry . They replaced three cast steel bells that had been procured in 1921 after the previous bell had to be delivered in the First World War.
| Surname | inscription | kg | Ø m | volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trinity | Glory be to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit | 1950 | 1.40 | d ' |
| Apostle Peter | You are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church | 1250 | 1.30 | e ' |
| Paul | Seek the Lord while he can be found; calls him while he's near | 850 | 1.10 | G' |
| John the Baptist) | Whoever believes has eternal life | 640 | 1.00 | a ' |
literature
- Alfred Heierling: Evangelical Dreifaltigkeitsgemeinde Sandhofen: A chronicle for the 150th anniversary of the church . Mannheim 2004.
- Andreas Schenk: Architectural Guide Mannheim . Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-496-01201-3 .
- Hans Huth: The art monuments of the Mannheim II district . Munich 1982, ISBN 3-422-00556-0 .
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Coordinates: 49 ° 32 ′ 40 " N , 8 ° 26 ′ 30" E