Former New Apostolic Church (Aries)
The former New Apostolic Church is a former church building in Widdern in the Heilbronn district . The building was built in 1962 by the town's New Apostolic congregation and, after membership dwindling, was profaned and sold in 2003.
history
The first New Apostolic divine services in Aries took place in 1932 in the house of the New Apostolic Christian Karoline Nagel, who had moved from the Öhringen area . In 1947 the congregation, now numbering more than 30 believers, had its own head with the former deacon Karl Wenz and began to keep its own church records. The services continued to take place in private houses or in the old elementary school.
By the 1960s the congregation grew to over 70 members and was able to plan and build its own church. The city of Widdern provided a plot of land on the corner of Schulstrasse and Friedhofstrasse on which the church was built in 1962. A few years later the Catholic Church of St. Josef followed on the opposite side of Friedhofstrasse , so that together with the old Liebfrauenkapelle in the adjacent cemetery there were a total of three churches within a radius of only a few meters on the hill west of the town center.
In 1991/92 the church was extensively renovated inside and outside with funds collected from the community. During the renovation, a nearby private house was used for services. By the end of the millennium, however, the size of the congregation fell sharply due to deaths and emigration, so that the church was sold in 2003 and the approximately 40 remaining New Apostolic Christians were integrated into the congregation in Möckmühl . In Aries, New Apostolic divine services or spiritual music events continue to take place occasionally in the town hall or other locations.
description
The former church, located in a prominent corner position on Friedhofstrasse, is a single-storey solid building with a gable roof and a vestibule that was later built on the gable side facing the street. The church originally had a round window in the gable facing the street, which was later closed and a cross symbol was placed in its place. The church service room was illuminated through a series of tall windows in the south-eastern eaves.
See also
literature
- Local history association Widdern (ed.): Widdern once and today. Widdern 2011, p. 344.
Coordinates: 49 ° 18 ′ 56.2 " N , 9 ° 24 ′ 52.1" E