Evangelical Reformed Church Nonnenroth

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Church from the southeast
Church from the northwest

The Evangelical Reformed Church in Nonnenroth , a district of Hungen in the district of Gießen ( Hesse ), consists of two structures. The massive, well-fortified choir tower was built in the 13th century in late Romanesque style and has a baroque spire from 1750. The square nave was built in 1775. The church characterizes the townscape and is a Hessian cultural monument .

history

The Nonnenrother Church was first mentioned in a document in 1403, when the Lords of Falkenstein exercised the right of patronage . In 1486 the church was incorporated into the Marienstiftskirche in Lich . In the late Middle Ages Nonnenroth belonged in ecclesiastical terms for Archidiakonat St. Maria ad Gradus in the Archdiocese of Mainz in the final district Hungen. Evidently in 1436 the place was a branch of Hungen.

With the introduction of the Reformation , Nonnenroth switched to the Protestant denomination and since then has been connected to Villingen in a parish office, at times also a branch of Villingen. In the course of the "Second Reformation" under Count Konrad von Solms-Braunfels , a change to the Reformed Confession was decided on September 7, 1582 at the Hungen Synod and introduced in Nonnenroth that same year. The walled-up altar was removed and replaced with a wooden communion table.

The original 13th century church was struck by lightning on October 25, 1749 and most of it burned down. The tower shaft was preserved and received a new tower spire in 1750. In 1786 the community bought a third bell. To finance the larger and wider nave, a collection was carried out in the region after the old ship became dilapidated. The new building was inaugurated on September 10, 1775 by pastor Heinrich Wilhelm Achenbach. In this context, the chancel tower chancel was converted into an anteroom and provided with a new east entrance, vaults and the triumphal arch were removed and the altar moved further into the church.

Lightning in 1831 destroyed the tower cross and some beams. Another lightning bolt in 1884 fell victim to the tower clock and organ. An interior renovation in 1923 was followed by an exterior renovation in 1924. In 1933 a lightning rod was installed. In 1976 the church tower received a new weathercock.

architecture

East portal made of sandstone
Baroque helmet construction

The geostete Church on the southwestern edge of the village is increased to a basalt dome. The walled cemetery was fortified and is said to have had four round towers with loopholes . The roofed gate house from the late Gothic period has been preserved.

The oldest part is the retracted Romanesque tower shaft from the middle of the 13th century. The unplastered quarry stone masonry has corner blocks and window frames made of lung stone . The small Romanesque arched windows in the basement and the rectangular sound openings on the upper floor, the former bell floor, which end with a clover leaf, date from the 13th century, while the loopholes on the three free sides are late Gothic. There are key notches on the south and north sides, and a cross notch on the east side. The upright rectangular window to the left of the old south window was broken into at a later time. The profiled east portal has a sandstone cladding, the keystone of which is marked with the year 1775. To the left of it is an old piscina , which in the pre-Reformation period was used for ritual hand washing of the priest and for cleaning the vasa sacra . The stone protruding far on the outside with a drainage channel corresponds to a simple niche with an arch on the inside . A round arch stone, which was originally part of the Romanesque choir window, is embedded above the portal.

The completely slated helmet structure is complex. The square hood merges organically into an octagon. Above this is an eight-sided dome with an open lantern , which is crowned by a double tower button, a decorated cross and a weathercock. The clock faces of the tower clock are attached to the right below the eaves on the south and east sides. The gold-plated hands and Roman numerals stand out against the blue background. On the east side, a slate bell tower with an eight-sided pointed helmet is built in front. This construction with the additional polygonal dormer window has no parallel in Upper Hesse. The dormer is based on the remainder of the medieval tower spire.

The old ship was only the width of the tower and had a steeper roof slope. Today's ship is built on a square floor plan and, like the tower, is made of exposed quarry stone masonry with corner blocks. The stones from the previous church have been reused. Inside, the choir opens to the nave. The triumphal arch was removed when the organ was installed; Services and shield arches have been partially preserved and point to the earlier vaulting. Today the tower ceiling is the same height as the ceiling of the nave. The crooked roof has a tile covering that is slated on the edge. Two high, rectangular windows with sandstone walls and arches on the north and south sides illuminate the room. Parts of the previous church were integrated as spoilers , including the Gothic sandstone walls of the portal. Two stones from the old church are embedded in the north wall. The west portal is similar to the tower portal, but has no profiles and a wooden porch from 1924, which is designed in the Baroque style based on the model of Ober-Hörgern .

Furnishing

Altar from 1816
Interior to the east

The interior is closed by a flat ceiling that continues in the basement of the tower. According to the Reformed tradition, the church is simply furnished.

The three-sided galleries from the time of construction rest on narrow consoles and square, articulated wooden supports from the time the church was built. The south pore was built in 1846. The coffered fillings of the gallery balustrade are discreetly painted with stencil painting in the form of flowers and tendrils. Painted festoons at the top of the wall are partially exposed . The organ gallery in the choir was installed later and has four parapet paintings with depictions of the evangelists and the corresponding evangelist symbols . The representations resemble those of Daniel Hisgen in Bobenhausen II , Burkhardsfelden and Leihgestern . The flower motifs on the parapets of the stalls also point to Hisgen.

The altar from 1816 is made of Oberbiel Lahn marble . The profiled cafeteria rests on the curved stipes . The polygonal, wooden pulpit from the 17th century without a sound cover was taken over from the previous building. It is attached to the north side. Curved headbands with volutes form the lower end of the pulpit . The coffered panels of the pulpit and the profiles are gold-plated. The access via a clad staircase is provided by an attached parish chair under the organ, which has openwork lozenges in the upper part.

organ

Organ gallery with parapet paintings

An organ is mentioned for the first time in 1881, which Johann Georg Förster examined. Size and organ builder are unknown. In 1884 Förster was commissioned with a new building after a lightning bolt destroyed the organ and tower clock. The new organ was inaugurated in 1885. The sideways, listed work has eight registers on a manual and pedal and has been preserved to this day. The prospectus is designed in neo-Romanesque style. Three flat fields, which are divided by pilaster strips and closed at the top by a round arch frieze , are united under a flat gable, which is crowned by small battlements. The disposition is as follows:

Manual C – f 3
Principal 8th'
Dumped 8th'
Salicional 8th'
Octave 4 ′
Flauto dolce 4 ′
Octave 2 ′
Cornettino II D.
Mixture III B
Pedal C – d 1
Sub-bass 16 ′

Bells

The tower houses a four-way bell. Even before the new church was built, there were two bells, and a third was added in 1786. After one of the old bells cracked, Georg Otto from Gießen cast two new bells in 1869 (635 and 175.5 kg). They had to be delivered to the armaments industry in 1917 and were replaced in 1921. These two bells were also melted down in 1942 and replaced by three new ones from the Rincker company in 1949 . Today's bell sounds in the so-called Westminster motif.

No.
  		Casting year
  		Foundry, casting location
  		Diameter
(mm) 		Chime
  		inscription
  		image
 
1 1949 Gebr. Rincker , Sinn g 1 “ A MEMORY OF THE VICTIMS OF 1939–45. THE PRESENT AND FUTURE GENDER AS A WARNING AND LEGACY. WHO LIVES AND BELIEVES IN ME WILL NEVER DIE
MORE NUNNENROTH IN THE YEAR OF THE MAN 1949 "		 Evangelical Church Nonnenroth (Hungen) bells 04.JPG
2 1786 Johann Philipp and Johann Peter Bach , Hungen 750 c 2 “ IN GOD'S TAKEN I FLOSS * PHILIPP AND PETER BACH GOSS FROM HUNGEN ME * WERE BINGELIUS PRESIDENT * JOH AT THAT TIME. HEINR. SCHNEIDER COURT SCHULTEIS * JOHANNES METZGER * ANDREAS WEBER * JOH. JOST SCHELDT * KIRCHEN EELTESTEN * JOH. GEORG ELLER CHURCH BUILDING MASTER * IN FRONT OF THE PLACE NONNENROTH * ANNO 1786 " Evangelical Church Nonnenroth (Hungen) bells 05.JPG
3 1949 Gebr. Rincker, Sinn d 2 “ THE RICH ARE
CHANGING, THE WORLD
IS CHANGING, BUT GOD WHO REMAINS THE SAME THAT HOLDING
IT IN HAND. FOR THE CHURCH DONATED BY THE PARISH NONNENROTH AD 1949 "		 Evangelical Church Nonnenroth (Hungen) bells 03.JPG
4th 1949 Gebr. Rincker, Sinn e 2 " GOD HAS NOT GIVED US THE SPIRIT OF FEAR, BUT OF POWER, LOVE AND BREEDING - ANNUAL LESSON 1949 " Evangelical Church Nonnenroth (Hungen) bells 02.JPG

literature

  • Ernst Butteron: Dear home Nonnenroth. Self published in 1976.
  • Georg Dehio : Handbook of German art monuments , Hessen I. Administrative districts of Giessen and Kassel. Edited by Folkhard Cremer, Tobias Michael Wolf and others. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-422-03092-3 , p. 706.
  • Wilhelm Diehl : Construction book for the Protestant parishes of the sovereign lands and the acquired areas of Darmstadt. (Hassia sacra; 8). Self-published, Darmstadt 1935.
  • State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Hesse (ed.); Karlheinz Lang (Red.): Cultural monuments in Hesse. District of Giessen I. Hungen, Laubach, Lich, Reiskirchen. (= Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany ). Theiss, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-8062-2177-0 , p. 138 f.
  • Heinz P. Probst: The church in Nonnenroth. Local history working group within the Evangelical Churches Villingen-Nonnenroth, Villingen-Nonnenroth 2006 ( online ).
  • Heinrich Walbe : The art monuments of the Gießen district. Vol. 3. Southern part . Hessisches Denkmalarchiv, Darmstadt 1933, pp. 327-330.
  • Peter Weyrauch : The churches of the old district of Giessen. Mittelhessische Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft, Gießen 1979, p. 136 f.

Web links

Commons : Evangelische Kirche Nonnenroth (Hungen)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c State Office for the Preservation of Monuments in Hesse: Cultural monuments in Hesse. 2008, p. 139.
  2. ^ Probst: The Church in Nonnenroth . 2006, p. 53.
  3. ^ Gerhard Kleinfeldt, Hans Weirich: The medieval church organization in the Upper Hessian-Nassau area. (= Writings of the institute for historical regional studies of Hesse and Nassau 16 ). NG Elwert, Marburg 1937, ND 1984, p. 24.
  4. ^ State Office for the Preservation of Monuments in Hesse: Cultural monuments in Hesse. 2008, p. 134.
  5. ↑ Nonnenroth. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS). Hessian State Office for Historical Cultural Studies (HLGL), accessed on July 25, 2019 .
  6. ^ Probst: The Church in Nonnenroth . 2006, pp. 30, 60.
  7. ↑ Butteron: Love home Nonnenroth. 1976, p. 194.
  8. ^ Weyrauch: The churches of the old district Gießen. 1979, p. 137.
  9. ↑ Butteron: Love home Nonnenroth. 1976, p. 196.
  10. ↑ Butteron: Love home Nonnenroth. 1976, p. 198.
  11. ^ Village history , accessed on July 25, 2019.
  12. ↑ Walbe: The art monuments of the district of Giessen. 1933, p. 330.
  13. ^ Weyrauch: The churches of the old district Gießen. 1979, p. 136.
  14. ^ Probst: The Church in Nonnenroth . 2006, p. 16.
  15. ^ Dehio: Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, Hessen I. 2008, p. 706.
  16. ↑ a b State Office for Monument Preservation Hesse: Cultural monuments in Hesse. 2008, p. 138.
  17. ↑ Walbe: The art monuments of the district of Giessen. 1933, p. 328.
  18. ^ Probst: The Church in Nonnenroth . 2006, p. 24.
  19. ^ Probst: The Church in Nonnenroth . 2006, p. 29.
  20. ^ Probst: The Church in Nonnenroth . 2006, p. 26.
  21. ↑ Walbe: The art monuments of the district of Giessen. 1933, p. 329.
  22. ^ Probst: The Church in Nonnenroth . 2006, p. 41.
  23. ^ Franz Bösken , Hermann Fischer : Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine (=  contributions to the Middle Rhine music history . Volume 29.2 ). tape 3 : Former province of Upper Hesse. Part 2: M-Z . Schott, Mainz 1988, ISBN 3-7957-1331-5 , p. 693 f .
  24. ^ Probst: The Church in Nonnenroth . 2006, p. 44.
  25. ↑ Walbe: The art monuments of the district of Giessen. 1933, p. 329 f.
  26. ^ Plenary session on YouTube , accessed June 1, 2016.

Coordinates: 50 ° 31 ′ 9.8 ″  N , 8 ° 54 ′ 30.8 ″  E