Evangelical Church (Borsdorf)

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Church from the northeast
View from the southeast

The Evangelical Church in Borsdorf , a district of Nidda in the Wetterau district in Hesse , is a hall church from 1873. The neo-Romanesque church is a Hessian cultural monument for artistic reasons .

history

From 1316 Borsdorf was a branch in the independent parish of Ober-Widdersheim . Ecclesiastically, Borsdorf belonged to the Deanery Friedberg to the Archdiakonat St. Mariengreden in the Diocese of Mainz .

With the introduction of the Reformation , the parish changed to the Protestant creed. Already in the pre-Reformation period, the place had a small chapel, which became dilapidated in the 1580s, so that the community decided to "lay down their dilapidated church and to build it again". The project was delayed due to lack of funds. A new church was built in 1620 at a new location that was bought by the landgrave, and a gallery was built into it in 1667. After cracks appeared in the east choir and in the south wall in the middle of the 19th century, seven temporary supports were added to prevent a collapse. In 1868, the church was demolished between Easter and Pentecost due to its dilapidation, and construction began in the summer of the same year according to the plans of the building advisor Stein. After five years of construction, the inauguration took place on September 14, 1873.

In 1903 the two-meter-tall, wood-carved crucifix from the previous church, which had been stored in the attic, was placed in the choir, but was later removed again.

The community belongs to the dean's office Büdinger Land in the provost of Upper Hesse in the Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau .

architecture

Roof turret
Window in the north gable end

The church is not faces east , but aligned to the south-southeast. It is erected on a basalt base , slightly elevated above the ground level . The dark quarry stone masonry of the unplastered hall building contrasts with the structural elements made of light red sandstone. The church has a gable roof , which is hipped over the choir in the south and a roof turret is placed on it in the north . The base area is set off by a surrounding cornice .

The corner pilasters are highlighted by red sandstone. Four pilaster strips divide the long sides into five fields, which end in a round arch frieze below the eaves. The two-zone window arrangement is underlined by a cornice. Three large arched windows are symmetrically set in at the top and three small arched windows below, the arches of which are made of sandstone. On the east side, instead of the window, a round arch portal is let in. The slightly indented and lower five-eighth end in the south is illuminated by three arched windows. The south side of the gable is decorated with a round arch frieze.

The northern side of the gable is highlighted by an elaborately designed sandstone risalite , which is laterally joined by a round arch frieze. Above the arched portal, which is decorated with bulges, there is a rectangular building inscription: "Built in 1873". The upper zone of the gable side is dominated by a round arched window via two small consoles with architraves . The protruding arch is supported by two console stones. An eight-sided stone roof turret is attached to the north gable and is connected to the risalit. The slender, slated bell chamber has four rectangular sound openings. The octagonal pointed helmet is crowned by a tower pommel, a wrought iron cross and a weathercock.

Furnishing

Interior facing north
View of the chancel

The interior fittings from the construction period have been completely preserved and form a complete work of art. The interior is closed off by a flat, stepped beam ceiling, the choir is vaulted with ribs. A high arch opens the choir to the ship. Two beams rest on square wooden supports with bows , which include a three-sided gallery. The wooden pillars above the gallery are painted blue. The outer two-zone is reflected in the gallery design. On the coffered parapet, which is structured by pilasters , there are seven tablets with scriptures. The floor is covered with red sandstone slabs.

The altar area in the apse is raised by three steps. A crucifix of the three-nail type stands on the simple block altar . Wooden plaques below the modern stained glass windows commemorate the fallen of the First World War. The polygonal wooden pulpit on the eastern choir arch rests on a slender, eight-sided post. The blue-framed pulpit has round-arched, profiled fillings that are marbled in sand color. The sound cover is decorated with a circumferential gold-plated crown. A wooden parsonage is installed below the east gallery , which gives access to the pulpit. The door and window are structured by bars. The church stalls with carved cheeks leave a central aisle free.

organ

Bernhard organ from 1822

The previous church had a small positive before 1689 , which was purchased in the course of the gallery installation in 1667 or later. In the years 1821/1822 Johann Hartmann Bernhard built a new organ . The lowest pipe of the flute 4 ′ bears the inscriptions: "Hartmann Bernhard in Romrod 1821" and "This organ was demolished in 1869 due to a reconstruction of the church and put back up in 1873 by organ builder Bernhard from Gambach". It is about the grandson Karl Theodor Bernhard.

The organ is largely preserved. The Lich company Förster & Nicolaus renovated the instrument in 1960 and built a new pedal tray for two registers and with a larger key range. Until then, the range of the violon bass 8 ′ only ranged from C to C (12 keys). Two registers have been added to the manual and the pitch has been lowered by a semitone by moving the action . Werner Bosch Orgelbau from Sandershausen replaced the two manual stops that were added later during a restoration in 1976. Since then, the organ has had ten stops on a manual and pedal with the following disposition :

I Manual CD – f 3
Dumped 8th'
Quintad 8th'
Principal 4 ′
flute 4 ′
Fifth 3 ′
octave 2 ′
Sifflet 1'
Mixture III 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Pedal CD – c 1
Sub-bass 16 ′
Chorale bass 4 ′

Peal

The roof turret houses two bells. The smaller one was cast by Johann Peter Bach in Hungen in 1769 . The larger bell was cast by Rincker in 1949 . The previous bell had to be delivered to the armaments industry in World War II.

No.
  		Casting year
  		Foundry, casting location
  		Mass
(kg) 		inscription
  		image
 
1 1949 Rincker , Sinn " O LAND LAND LAND HEAR THE WORD OF THE LORD
CASTED AS SUCCESSOR OF THE BELL DELIVERED IN THE WORLD WAR II BY THE BORSDORF CHURCH "
Evangelical Church Borsdorf Bells 01 (cropped) .JPG
2 1769 Johann Philipp Bach , Hungen " IN GOD'S NAME I
FLOODED [...] HUNGEN GOSS ME ANNO 1769 "
Evangelical Church Borsdorf Bells 02.JPG

literature

  • Ottfried Dascher (Ed.): Nidda. The history of a city and its surroundings. 2nd Edition. Niddaer Heimatmuseum, Nidda 1992, ISBN 3-9803915-8-2 , p. 275.
  • Georg Dehio : Handbook of the German art monuments . Hesse II. Darmstadt administrative district. Edited by Folkhard Cremer, Tobias Michael Wolf and others. 3. Edition. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-422-03117-3 , p. 100.
  • Wilhelm Diehl : Construction book for the Protestant parishes of the Landgraviate of Hessen-Darmstadt. (= Hassia sacra , vol. 5). Self-published, Darmstadt 1931, pp. 339-340.
  • State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Hesse (ed.); Siegfried RCT Enders (arr.): Cultural monuments in Hessen. Wetteraukreis I. (= monument topography Federal Republic of Germany ). Theiss, Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-528-06231-2 , p. 301.
  • Willfried Höll: Our churches: Borsdorf , in Together , Community Letter of the Middle Region, June-July-August 2009, pp. 6-7

Web links

Commons : Evangelische Kirche Borsdorf  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c d State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Hesse (ed.): Cultural monuments in Hesse. Wetteraukreis I. 1982, p. 301.
  2. ↑ Borsdorf. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS). Hessian State Office for Historical Cultural Studies (HLGL), accessed on November 3, 2015 .
  3. ↑ a b Diehl: Construction book for the Protestant parishes. 1931, p. 339.
  4. ^ Diehl: Construction book for the Protestant parishes. 1931, p. 340.
  5. ^ Deanery Büdinger Land , accessed on September 7, 2018.
  6. ↑ Dascher (Ed.): Nidda. The history of a city and its surroundings. 1992, p. 275.
  7. ↑ a b c Dehio: Handbook of German Art Monuments. Hessen II. 2008, p. 100.
  8. ↑ borsdorf-hessen.de: Borsdorf historically , accessed on November 3, 2015.
  9. ^ Franz Bösken, Hermann Fischer: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 3: Former province of Upper Hesse (=  contributions to the Middle Rhine music history 29.1 . Part 1 (A – L)). Schott, Mainz 1988, ISBN 3-7957-1330-7 , p. 148 .
  10. ^ Franz Bösken, Hermann Fischer: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 3: Former province of Upper Hesse (=  contributions to the Middle Rhine music history 29.1 . Part 1 (A – L)). Schott, Mainz 1988, ISBN 3-7957-1330-7 , p. 149 .

Coordinates: 50 ° 25 ′ 53.33 "  N , 8 ° 58 ′ 25.14"  E