Evangelical Church (Ilsdorf)

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Church from the northeast
View from the southwest

The Protestant church in Ilsdorf is a half-timbered church in the municipality of Mücke in the Vogelsbergkreis ( Hesse ). The small hall church with ridge turret from the mid-16th century from the nearby 1983/1984 Bernfeld translocated . The listed church shapes the townscape and is one of the oldest half-timbered churches in the Vogelsberg .

history

In 1417 the place was divided into the northern Hessisch-Ilsdorf and the southern Solms-Ilsdorf, which also resulted in a church division: Hessisch-Ilsdorf was connected with Flensungen and Solms-Ilsdorf with Lardenbach. In the course of the 15th century, Solms-Ilsdorf became a branch of Freienseen and from 1717 of Lardenbach.

With the introduction of the Reformation , the parish switched to the evangelical confession, presumably under Sintrum Lutz, who was pastor in Freienseen in the middle of the 16th century.

The current church was probably built in Bernsfeld in the middle of the 16th century instead of an older building. The wood of the old chapel was partly used for the construction of the town hall in Nieder-Ohmen, which was completed in 1555. Due to the poor condition of the church, there were demolition and new building plans in the 1750s, but these were not carried out. The Giessen building supervisor Helfrich Müller judged after an inspection in 1750: "And while this church is much too small, and nothing else can be helped with a new one, this old building does not merit further costs." Instead, a major repair took place in 1773. In the course of this, the galleries were built in and decorated with popular images of the apostles. Another renovation was carried out in 1899, the roof turret was replaced in 1934/1935 and the church was renovated again in 1949–1952. When the half-timbered church became increasingly dilapidated from the 1960s, the community decided to build a modern church, which was inaugurated in 1973. The unused half-timbered church was dismantled in 1972. The baroque pulpit and the gallery pictures were initially taken over in the new church, but had to be brought back to the half-timbered church for reasons of monument protection. Other furnishings were sold or stored in the warehouse of the monument protection authority in Munzenberg. A new monument protection law from 1974 saved the old church from demolition.

In 1978/1979 the parish of Groß-Eichen was restructured. Klein-Eichen was spun off and connected with Lardenbach in a parish office and Ilsdorf was united with Groß-Eichen. From 1979, church services were held every 14 days in the Ilsdorf village community center, the former school building. The foundation of an independent parish with its own church council took place in 1983. The old half-timbered church in Bernsfeld was also discussed as a place of worship. In addition, the “Association for the Preservation of Old Churches” from Marburg was interested in the building with the aim of cultural use on site. However, the Darmstadt church administration refused profanation , which implied a transfer. Since the Hessian monument protection authority refused to implement it and no agreement could be reached, the matter was brought before the petitions committee of the Hessian state parliament. The committee voted in favor of the plans of the Marburger Förderkreis, which the Hessian Church objected to. The case then came before the Hessian state parliament , which, with a narrow majority, was in favor of implementation in Ilsdorf. The Hessian minister of education , who had the last word on this matter , agreed .

The dismantling work under the direction of Peter Weyrauch began on April 27, 1983, which was carried out temporarily under police protection due to press reports that threatened to heat up the mood. After three weeks all parts were brought to Ilsdorf. The outer walls were in place in June, and the gable floor was added in September 1983. In 1984/1985 the last exterior work and interior work were carried out. After the first services from Christmas 1985 in the almost finished church, the official inauguration took place on March 23, 1986. The construction of the church cost around 400,000 DM, the equipment including an organ for 70,000 euros a total of 446,000 DM. The gallery pictures, which are now in the new Bernsfeld church had to be brought back to the half-timbered church, as did the pulpit. They are on permanent loan from the Bernsfeld Church as long as the Ilsdorfer Church is used for worship purposes.

A first bell was purchased in 1985 and another in 1992. After moisture had penetrated the walls and roof on the weather sides in the south and west in the winter of 1985/1986, both sides were clad in 1989. The roof tiles, which turned out to be too heavy, were replaced with red shingle in the same year.

architecture

East portal

The single-storey hall church on a rectangular ground plan with a straight choir deadline is not faces east , but was north and parallel to the Mückener street in the village center in rebuilt east-west direction in Ilsdorf. In Bernsfeld it was oriented to the north, so it was rotated by a quarter when it was moved. The half-timbered structure with red bars and white compartments is visible on the north and east sides, while the south and west sides are completely clad. The church is built in frame construction over a high base made of quarry stone masonry and has two surrounding bars. On each side, two storey-high swords characterize the building, each going through a center post and on each side through two compartments without hitting the neighboring post. The gable storey protrudes slightly over the beam heads and the upper half of the gable triangle, which is set off by a cornice, protrudes again.

The church is illuminated on the south side by three small rectangular windows with lattice structure, on the west side by two arched windows and on the north side by three large windows with arched arches. The east side with the entrance portal, which was in Bernsfeld in the north, has no windows. The arched portal rests on two stone bases and is highlighted above the plinth with a rectangular profiled frame.

The church is covered by a steep, red shingled gable roof . The six-sided roof ridge placed in the middle is completely slated. The shaft has sound holes on all sides for the bells. The pointed helmet is crowned by a tower knob and a weather vane, which is rare in the district.

Interior

View of the pulpit and organ
View to the east gallery

The interior space is closed off by a flat beamed ceiling that rests on a girder supported by two octagonal wooden posts with headbands . The beam heads of the crossbeams protrude outside. A wooden angular gallery was built into the church in the south and east, supported by octagonal posts with headbands on the east side. In Bernsfeld a three-sided gallery was built in, which included an organ gallery. The parapets are painted with 18 pictures of Luther, Christ, the four evangelists and the twelve apostles , which are marked with the year 1773.

The baroque polygonal pulpit has stood on a square wooden support since the implementation. The marbled painted panels of the pulpit are structured by twisted columns. The latticed choir stalls and the parish chair , which originally led to the pulpit, were not taken over. The cup-shaped baptismal font and the altar cross were newly acquired. The wooden church stalls could be reconstructed based on the model of a preserved pew.

organ

Organ in the historic case from 1767

In 1870 Peter Dickel built a new organ for the Bernsfeld Church , which had nine stops on a manual and pedal . The instrument was taken over in the new Bernsfeld church and was therefore no longer available for the half-timbered church.

When the Ilsdorf community was looking for a new organ in 1985, they came across the Karl Lötzerich company, which offered an organ behind a monument. It was built in 1766/1767 by Georg Peter Wilhelm for Ehringen and originally had eight manual and two pedal stops. Lötzerich acquired the baroque case with an old wind chest in the 1970s and completely renewed the interior, partly including older stocks, while Wilhelm took over the historic pipework in a new organ in Ehringen. The middle round tower is elevated and is flanked by two smaller round towers. They are connected by low flat fields. Since then the instrument has eight registers and has the following disposition :

I Manual C – c 3
Dumped 8th'
Principal 4 ′
Reed flute 4 ′
Octave 2 ′
Forest flute 2 ′
Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
mixture 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Pedal C – d 1
Sub bass 16 ′

Peal

Rincker bells

The roof turret houses a double bell. The two bells were cast by the Rincker company in 1985 and 1992 . In 1985 the bell cage was newly installed, in 1992 a new bell system was purchased and in 2010 the bell motor was renewed.

No. Casting year Foundry, casting location Mass (kg) Chime inscription
1 1992 Rincker , Sinn 96 g 2 " We want to serve the Lord * our God * and listen to his voice + Joshua 24/24 + "
2 1985 Rincker, Sinn 55 b 2 " You will hear my voice and will become a flock and a shepherd + Joh. 10,16 b + "

literature

  • Irmgard Bott et al. (Arrangement): Half-timbered churches in Hessen . Ed .: Förderkreis Alte Kirchen eV, Marburg. 4th edition. Langewiesche, Königstein im Taunus 1987, ISBN 3-7845-2442-7 .
  • Georg Dehio : Handbook of German art monuments , Hessen I: Administrative districts of Giessen and Kassel. Edited by Folkhard Cremer and others. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-422-03092-3 , p. 451.
  • Wilhelm Diehl : Construction book for the Protestant parishes of the Landgraviate of Hessen-Darmstadt. (= Hassia sacra; 5 ). Self-published, Darmstadt 1931, pp. 484–485.
  • Kerstin Kiehl: Two villages, one church and a lot of trouble. The "eventful" history of a historic half-timbered church in Vogelsberg. Editiones Originum, Saarbrücken 2014, ISBN 978-3-639-54001-7 .
  • Georg Kratz (ed.): The district of Alsfeld. Konrad Theiss, Stuttgart / Aalen 1972, ISBN 3-8062-0112-9 .

Web links

Commons : Evangelical Church (Ilsdorf)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Dehio: Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, Hessen I. 2012, p. 451.
  2. ^ Kratz: The district of Alsfeld. 1972, p. 119. In older literature, because of the demolition plans in the 1750s, the construction date is sometimes given as 1758, for example in: Herbert Jäkel: Landkreis Alsfeld. Monograph of a Landscape. Mushake, Trautheim on Darmstadt 1965, p. 158.
  3. ↑ Ilsdorf. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS). Hessian State Office for Historical Cultural Studies (HLGL), accessed on January 25, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Kiehl: Two villages, one church and a lot of trouble. 2014, p. 12.
  5. ^ Diehl: Construction book for the Protestant parishes. 1931, p. 485.
  6. ↑ Kiehl: Two villages, one church and a lot of trouble. 2014, p. 16.
  7. ↑ Kiehl: Two villages, one church and a lot of trouble. 2014, pp. 21, 30.
  8. ↑ Kiehl: Two villages, one church and a lot of trouble. 2014, p. 22.
  9. ↑ Kiehl: Two villages, one church and a lot of trouble. 2014, p. 26.
  10. ^ Bott: half-timbered churches in Hessen. 1987, pp. 21, 63.
  11. ^ Kassler Sonntagsblatt dated May 25, 2011: When the church was under police protection ( Memento from January 24, 2017 in the Internet Archive ).
  12. ↑ a b Kiehl: Two villages, one church and a lot of trouble. 2014, p. 31.
  13. ↑ Kiehl: Two villages, one church and a lot of trouble. 2014, p. 38.
  14. ^ Bott: half-timbered churches in Hessen. 1987, p. 20.
  15. ^ Kratz: The district of Alsfeld. 1972, p. 119.
  16. ^ Franz Bösken, Hermann Fischer : Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine . Volume 3: Former province of Upper Hesse. Part 1: A – L (=  contributions to the music history of the Middle Rhine . Volume 29.1 ). Schott, Mainz 1988, ISBN 3-7957-1330-7 , p. 110 .
  17. ^ Historical half-timbered church in Ilsdorf , accessed on April 10, 2019.

Coordinates: 50 ° 36 ′ 41.8 "  N , 9 ° 2 ′ 29.6"  E