Evangelical Church (Dossenheim)

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Evangelical Church, on the left the extension

The Evangelical Church in Dossenheim in the Rhein-Neckar district in northwest Baden-Württemberg was built in the 15th century. In 1932 it received an extension.

history

In 766 Dossenheim was first mentioned in the Lorsch Codex . A church in the village is mentioned for the first time in 794. In the 13th century, the right to appoint a pastor and to collect the church tithing was a worm fief of the Lords of Schauenburg . After they died out, the heirs sold the rights to the Worms cathedral chapter in 1293 . The Lords of Handschuhsheim became the owners of the Bailiwick and thus required to build a church . They built a new church in Dossenheim in 1375. The church was destroyed in 1460 during the Palatinate-Mainz war . Then it was rebuilt with stones from the Schauenburg, which was razed at the same time. In the Worms Synodale , a visitation report of the parishes in the diocese of Worms , the church consecrated to St. Pankratius was described in 1496 .

In 1556, Elector Ottheinrich introduced the Reformation in the Electoral Palatinate . However, for a long time there was a dispute between Kurmainz and the Electoral Palatinate over sovereignty over Dossenheim. In 1650 the dispute in the Bergstrasse recess was settled, after which the Catholics were allowed to use the church. They celebrated their services in the choir, the Reformed in the nave. The simultaneous use had until 1926 inventory until the Catholics the new Pancras Church St. built. Even for the Evangelicals alone, the old church had become too small due to the increased population. That is why a new nave was added between 1931 and 1932. In 1974 and 2000 the interior was renovated and redesigned.

The original Dossenheim cemetery was located by the church until 1807, the churchyard wall has been partially preserved. Since it was no longer possible to add the church to the cemetery, it was replaced by the Dossenheim cemetery , which was then laid out outside the village .

description

View from the southeast, on the right the late Gothic choir

The church is in the east of Dossenheim. It was originally faces east , which with a hipped roof covered 1932 Attached nave extends to the north. The tower is placed on the south side.

Herringbone cut stones from the 11th century were built on the ground floor of the tower. In the tower an inscription in Gothic majuscule reminds of the laying of the foundation stone by the Knights of Handschuhsheim on Pankratius Day in 1375. The old choir has a 5/8 end and late Gothic tracery windows . During the work in 1932, part of a sarcophagus lid from the 12th century was discovered in the choir.

The nave, which was added in 1932, was designed according to the goals of the Bauhaus . The sober hall has a gallery running around three sides. There are two wall paintings by Hans Adolf Bühler in the church. “The introduction of the Reformation in Dossenheim” is shown in the porch. A wooden wall was placed in front of “The Temptation of Jesus ” in the sanctuary in 1973 because of the “Germanic” depiction of Jesus. The organ was built in 2001 by Matz & Luge . The instrument has 22 registers on two manuals and a pedal .

literature

  • Rainer Laun: Rhein-Neckar-Kreis , in: Dagmar Zimdars u. a. (Ed.), Georg Dehio (Gre.): Handbook of German Art Monuments : Baden-Württemberg I. The administrative districts of Stuttgart and Karlsruhe . Munich 1993, ISBN 3-422-03024-7 .
  • State Archive administration Baden-Württemberg in connection with d. Cities and districts Heidelberg u. Mannheim (Hrsg.): The city and the districts of Heidelberg and Mannheim: Official district description , Bd. 2: The city of Heidelberg and the communities of the district of Heidelberg . Karlsruhe 1968.
  • Martin Kares, Michael Kaufmann, Godehard Weithoff: Organ guide Rhein-Neckar-Kreis . Heidelberg 2001, ISBN 3-932102-07-X .
  • Clemens Jöckle : Parish Church of the Assumption in Schriesheim . Regensburg 2005. ISBN 3-7954-6524-9 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Minst, Karl Josef [transl.]: Lorscher Codex (Volume 2), Certificate 536, May 28, 766 - Reg. 53. In: Heidelberg historical stocks - digital. Heidelberg University Library, p. 191 , accessed on March 1, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Minst, Karl Josef [trans.]: Lorscher Codex (Volume 2), Certificate 412, December 27, 794 - Reg. 2493. In: Heidelberger historical stocks - digital. Heidelberg University Library, p. 129 , accessed on March 1, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Worms Synodale . P. 310.
  4. ↑ Office for Building Construction (PDF; 736 kB)

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Coordinates: 49 ° 27 '2.5 "  N , 8 ° 40' 49.9"  E