Church of the Redeemer (Mannheim-Seckenheim)
The Erlöserkirche ( ) is a Protestant church in the Mannheim district of Seckenheim . It was built between 1867 and 1869 according to plans by Hermann Behaghel in neo-Gothic style.
history
A church in the village of Seckenheim was first mentioned in a document in 823. After the Reformation was introduced by Elector Ottheinrich in 1556, several changes of denomination followed in the Electoral Palatinate over time. During the Thirty Years War , Kurmainz raised territorial claims on Seckenheim and re-Catholicized the place. In the Bergstrasse recess , Seckenheim went back to the Electoral Palatinate, but as compensation it was agreed that the St. Aegidius Church was used simultaneously by Catholics and Reformed from 1651 . The reformed or, after the union with the Lutherans to the " United Evangelical Protestant Church in the Grand Duchy of Baden ", the Protestant pastors of Seckenheim were also responsible for the neighboring towns for a long time: 1632–1872 for Ilvesheim , 1654–1741 for Edingen , 1712–1741 for Friedrichsfeld and until 1901 for the Stengelhof (later Rheinau ).
The simultaneous use of St. Aegidius Church was to last for more than two centuries until the population of Seckenheim became too large. The wealthier Protestant community therefore decided in 1857 to leave the St. Aegidius Church to the Catholics and to build their own church. The start of construction was delayed for several years because only one plot of land was available on Freiburger Strasse and not on the prestigious Hauptstrasse as requested. In 1866, a property was finally bought there and construction began the following year. The church was consecrated on April 21, 1869.
In 1903 the church was renovated. During the Second World War , the church was one of the few in Mannheim that was only slightly damaged. During the last days of the war she was shelled by American artillery. The damage was repaired quickly, but the putti , crabs , pinnacles and finials on the tower and nave were removed. In 1951 the interior was renovated and the church was named Erlöserkirche. In 1986 the outside of the church was renovated for the first time and again inside for the 125th anniversary in 1993.
description
architecture
The Erlöserkirche was designed by the architect Hermann Behaghel in a neo-Gothic style. The pointed arched windows and portals with tracery , buttresses and pinnacles are characteristic. The church is a three-nave gallery church with a retracted choir with a 5/8 end . The 65-meter-high tower with a square floor plan, octagonal bell storey and a pointed tent roof is striking . On the main portal is emblazoned the saying “Blessed are those who hear and keep God's word” ( Lk 11:28 LUT ). In the anteroom on the right is the memorial for those who died in the First World War. It was originally in the choir and was moved here in the 1960s. Special artistic decoration was deliberately avoided in the interior. The original wooden gallery with neo-Gothic carvings has been preserved. The sacrament device dates from 1809 and was taken over from the Simultankirche. Willy Oeser designed three choir windows after the Second World War .
organ
The first organ of the Church of the Redeemer was built in 1869 by Voit from Durlach . It had two manuals and 20 stops . It was replaced in 1963 by an instrument with three manuals and 35 registers from the Mann Organ Building Company from Marktbreit . In 1991 the decision was made to buy a new organ. The old instrument was given to the Friedenskirche in 1993 after renovation . The new organ by Johannes Klais Orgelbau (Opus 1734) in Bonn was installed in 1995. It has 31 registers on the main work , swell and pedal and the following disposition :
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Bells
The first ring consisted of four bronze bells and was cast in 1868 by Carl Rosenlaecher from Constance . The three largest bells had to be delivered during the First World War in 1917. After the war, the small bell was sold and instead in 1921 a bell for the “ Bochum Association for Mining and Cast Steel Manufacture ” was hung. The bells with the tone sequence a-f'-d 'were made of steel this time , so they escaped the renewed tax obligation in the Second World War.
In 2006, today's bell was procured. It consists of five bronze bells . The largest was cast by the Bachert bell foundry from Karlsruhe . The other four come from the Thomas parish in Neuostheim . In 1965 she had five bells cast at the Schilling (Sauerland) bell foundry. However, since the planned bell tower was never built, the bells were stored.
| Surname | inscription | kg | volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| Redeemer Bell | I know that my saviour is alive | 1130 | e ' |
| Christ bell | My lord and my god | 900 | G' |
| Peace bell | Our Heavenly Father | 662 | a ' |
| Prayer bell | Watch and pray so that you do not fall into temptation | 379 | c '' |
| Memorial bell | Gloria in Excelsis Deodorant | 280 | d '' |
literature
- Karl Holzwarth, Wolfgang Schaller (Red.): A look into the history of the Evang. Church in Seckenheim . Mannheim 2010.
- Hansjörg Probst : Seckenheim I . In: Mannheim before the city was founded, Part II Volume 2: The Mannheim suburbs and districts . Regensburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-7917-2022-7 .
- 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 ° 28 ′ 3.8 ″ N , 8 ° 33 ′ 40.8 ″ E