Evangelical Church (Nauborn)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Church in Nauborn from the south
Larger south portal in the west

The Evangelical Church in Nauborn in Central Hesse , a district of Wetzlar , is essentially a Romanesque hall church . In the 17th century it was extensively rebuilt and received its current appearance. The building is a Hessian cultural monument due to its historical, artistic and urban development importance .

history

In the Lorsch Codex it is reported that two Nauborn churches were transferred to the monastery. The basilica, given away in 778 by a woman named Theutbirg, can be identified with the Theutbirg basilica from the 8th century, which was discovered 1.5 km south of today's church in 1927 . The Marienkirche, founded by Engeltrut and Engelswint in 806, will be the village church on Engelsberg. As a result, a previous building already existed in Nauborn at the time of Charlemagne . The churches in Nauborn and the Michaelskirche in Wieseck are among the oldest attested churches in the region.

Secure evidence can be found in 1290 with the appointment of a pastor Ludwig von Voitsberg (Vetzberg). The neighboring Laufdorf also had a pastor in 1290. Both communities formed a parish in the late Middle Ages (proven in 1497 and 1526). In the Middle Ages this belonged to the Archipresbyterate Wetzlar in the Archdiaconate St. Lubentius Dietkirchen in the Archdiocese of Trier .

The Reformation was introduced in the middle of the 16th century . The first Protestant pastor was Johannes Heymann (1549–1580). The parish changed to the Reformed Confession in 1582 under Count Konrad von Solms-Braunfels . During the Thirty Years War , the place was under the Spaniards a few years Catholic (1626-1632) until the Swedes allowed the return to the Reformed faith.

The building history of the church cannot be clearly reconstructed. The western part with its thicker walls and arched windows, the southern wall with the two arched portals and the eastern wall with the choir arch and remains of a loophole-like structure point to the medieval origin. From 1583, the interior was gradually redesigned and painted white in the spirit of Calvinism. Presumably the eastern part was renewed in 1672. Renovations were carried out in 1952–1954. The east window from 1927 was redesigned and the roof structure boarded up. In 1968 an interior renovation and a new exterior plastering followed. In the course of this, the gallery balustrades were exposed and the east gallery pulled forward a little.

Although the parishes of Nauborn and Laufdorf were connected by parish office , the presbyteries met separately from one another from 1838. Since 1975 there have been joint meetings again. In 2020 the municipalities of Nauborn (1,600 members) and Laufdorf (900 members) merged. The new parish belongs to the Evangelical Church District on Lahn and Dill in the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland .

architecture

Roof turret from 1768
Rincker bell from 1696

The roughly east- facing , white plastered church is built on the northeastern edge of the village on a hillside made of rubble masonry. It is covered by a hipped roof, on which a hood ridge is attached to the west. The church stands on a cemetery area, the wall enclosure of which is only partially preserved.

The western part of the nave is characterized by thicker walls (0.80 meters) and by a small arched window at the end of the long sides. The southwest corner is reinforced by a mighty retaining wall. The eastern part with its narrower walls was probably renewed in 1672. On each long side there are two high-seated rectangular windows that illuminate the gallery in the north. In addition, a small rectangular window was broken into the eastern north wall. The two small arched windows in the east are in a niche with a basket arch. The west side is windowless. On the south side, two arched portals made of red sandstone, which can still come from medieval times, open up the church. The one on the left is larger than the one on the right, which leads to the pulpit. A small walled up round arch in the east wall indicates an apse , which was demolished together with the foundations.

The sloped roof is provided with two small dormers on each side. The gable surfaces of the narrow sides are also slated. From the four-sided shaft of the roof turret from 1768, the eight-sided attachment with a curved hood is developed, which is crowned by a tower knob, cross and weathercock. The bell chamber houses a triple bell. The oldest bell was cast by Jakobus Rincker in 1696 and bears the two-line inscription: “SOLI DEO GLORIA. THE HOUR, Sermon, FESTIVE TIME, BODIES, THU I TO NAUBERN ANZ / OWN, JACOBUS RINCKER FROM ASLAR GOS ME 1696 ”. In 1949, the community bought two new Rincker bells.

Furnishing

Interior to the east
18th century pulpit

The interior is simply furnished in accordance with Reformed tradition. It is completed by a flat wooden ceiling on a longitudinal girder. Below the roof ridge, an eight-sided, red-painted wooden post with bows supports the ceiling. The date "1672" was discovered during the renovation in 1953. Originally two posts supported the ceiling. The three-sided circumferential wooden gallery, which was built in the 17th and 18th centuries. It was built in several construction phases in the 19th century and rests on columns with arches of different shapes. The south wall of the church with the two portals and the pulpit is left open. The upright, coffered panels of the parapet bear Bible verses that were partially exposed in 1968.

The Last Supper table was donated by Count Karl zu Solms-Braunfels in 1794. The block altar made of black Lahn marble was created at the end of the 18th century. The 18th century pulpit on the south wall rests on one foot and has no sound cover. The tall rectangular panels of the pulpit are painted in marbles and have gilded profiles.

Two gray stone epitaphs commemorate Pastor Jonann Andreas Pfaffius († 1763) and his wife Anna Elisabeth († 1760). The panels were originally located in the central aisle of the church and are now placed on the southern outer wall. Both have long inscriptions. A winged angel's head is attached to each round arch.

organ

Walcker organ from 1953

In 1836 Abicht reported that the organ in the Nauborn church was of mediocre quality. In 1953, EF Walcker & Cie. a two-manual, front-playing organ with twelve stops behind a free pipe prospect on the east gallery. The pedal mechanism was housed in the northeast corner behind a crate with an openwork diamond mechanism. Two empty loops were prepared for expansion for additional registers. Orgelbau Hardt later expanded to include Krummhorn 8 ′ and super octave 2 ′. Since then, the disposition has been as follows:

I Manual C-g 3
Principal 8th'
Dumped 8th'
octave 4 ′
Wooden flute 4 ′
Super octave 2 ′
Mixture III-IV 2 ′
II Manual C-g 3
Music-playing 8th'
Night horn 4 ′
Principal 2 ′
Sif flute 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Krummhorn 8th'
Pedal C – f 1
Sub-bass 16 ′
Octave bass 8th'
Chorale bass 4 ′

literature

  • Friedrich Kilian Abicht: The district of Wetzlar presented historically, statistically and topographically. Part: 2. The statistics, topography and local history of the district. Wigand, Wetzlar 1836, pp. 127-130 ( online ).
  • Folkhard Cremer (Red.): Dehio-Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, Hessen I: Gießen and Kassel administrative districts. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-422-03092-3 , pp. 669–670.
  • Gerhard Kleinfeldt, Hans Weirich: The medieval church organization in the Upper Hesse-Nassau area (= writings of the institute for historical regional studies of Hesse and Nassau 16 ). NG Elwert, Marburg 1937, ND 1984, p. 201.
  • State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Hesse (ed.); Reinhold Schneider (arrangement): Cultural monuments in Hesse. City of Wetzlar (= monument topography Federal Republic of Germany ). Theiss, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8062-1900-1 .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g State Office for Monument Preservation Hesse (ed.): Schillerplatz 8 In: DenkXweb, online edition of cultural monuments in Hesse
  2. ↑ Fred Schwind: Castle, Village, Monastery, City. Contributions to the history of the state of Hesse and the medieval constitutional history. Selected essays. Hessian State Office for Historical Regional Studies, 1999, ISBN 978-3-942760-30-0 , p. 34.
  3. ↑ Irene Jung: Wetzlar. A little city history. Sutton Verlag, Erfurt 2010, ISBN 978-3-86680-715-0 , p. 17, limited preview in the Google book search.
  4. ↑ Friedrich Kilian Abicht: The district of Wetzlar, presented historically, statistically and topographically. Volume 2. Wigand, Wetzlar 1836, p. 129 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
  5. ↑ Goswin von der Ropp (ed.): Document book of the city of Wetzlar. 2nd volume: 1214-1350. Elwert, Marburg 1943, 161.
  6. ↑ Kleinfeldt, Weirich: The medieval church organization in the Upper Hessian-Nassau area. 1984, p. 201.
  7. ↑ Nauborn. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS). Hessian State Office for Historical Cultural Studies (HLGL), accessed on May 20, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Uta Barnikol-Lübeck: New founding of parish celebrated , accessed on May 20, 2020.
  9. ↑ a b c Dehio: Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, Hessen I. 2008, p. 670.
  10. ↑ Hellmut Schliephake: Bell customer of the district of Wetzlar. In: Heimatkundliche Arbeitsgemeinschaft Lahntal e. V. 12th yearbook. 1989, ISSN  0722-1126 , pp. 5-150, here p. 139.
  11. ↑ Friedrich Kilian Abicht: The district of Wetzlar, presented historically, statistically and topographically. Volume 2. Wigand, Wetzlar 1836, p. 128 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
  12. ^ Franz Bösken : Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine (=  contributions to the Middle Rhine music history . Volume 7.2 ). tape 2 : The area of ​​the former administrative district of Wiesbaden. Part 1: L-Z . Schott, Mainz 1975, ISBN 3-7957-1307-2 , p. 637 .
  13. ^ Organ in Nauborn , accessed on May 20, 2020.

Coordinates: 50 ° 31 ′ 56.1 ″  N , 8 ° 29 ′ 32.5 ″  E