Evangelical Church (Ottweiler)

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Protestant Church Ottweiler
Another view of the church
Bell tower

The Evangelical Church in the Saarland city ​​of Ottweiler is a place of worship of the Evangelical Church Community Ottweiler in the Saar-Ost parish of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland . In the list of monuments of the Saarland, the church is a single monument listed.

history

The current church building goes back to a chapel of the Neumünster monastery built in 1477 , which was taken over by the Ottweiler Protestants in 1684 and from then on served as a parish church . In 1701 the church was expanded to the west beyond the city ​​wall on which it was located.

In the years 1756 to 1757 an expansion to the east followed, as well as the conversion into a Protestant sermon church with galleries according to plans by the architect Friedrich Joachim Stengel ( Saarbrücken ). A baroque main portal was built on the east wall, the design of which Stengel's master craftsman Karl Abraham Dodel was probably responsible for. A double flight of stairs was built in front of the portal .

From 1958 to 1962 carried out restoration - and reconstruction measures in which a steel gallery before the east wall built, the floor with sandstone slabs laid out and new pews were installed. These measures were led by the architects Günther Mönke and Hubertus Wandel (Saarbrücken).

Furnishing

The church's equipment includes a. by the glass painter Georg Meistermann ( Karlsruhe designed) windows , which were designed in 1958 to 1962, one of ceramic -made sculpture .

The church organ was completed on July 17, 1976. It was built by the then VEB Orgelbau of the Jehmlich brothers ( Dresden ). The abrasive loading -instrument has 19 registers , spread over 2 manuals and pedal . The playing and stop action is mechanical.

Tower and bells

The bell tower is the oldest part of the church. It was built in 1410 as a defense tower . In 1442, as part of a renovation project, the tower was given a helmet with four control houses . The spire is the oldest wooden structure in Saarland.
In the years 2007 to 2008 the tower was subjected to a restoration and conversion according to plans by the architect Dieter Groß (Ottweiler), during which a steel staircase and a visitor platform were installed inside the tower .

In the tower is the bell of the church, consisting of three bells . The current bell was delivered in 2008 by the bell foundry Petit & Gebr. Edelbrock ( Gescher ). There are three bronze bells , cast by the bell caster Hans-Göran Hüesker, with a three-part Te Deum motif in F sharp '- a' - h '. It replaced a rust-prone chime, consisting of three cast steel bells from the Bochum Association in the tone sequence c sharp '- e' - f sharp 'from 1921. These bells are now in a park in Ottweiler and have been given a gray anti-rust coating.
During the First World War , two bells had to be handed in for war purposes in 1917: On the one hand, a bell cast in 1853 by Johann and Wilhelm Mabilon (both Saarburg ) and the so-called king bell, cast in 1882 by master Götzger from Kaiserslautern . The latter replaced a bell that cracked in 1882, which was part of a ringing made of three bells and dates back to the 18th century. A bell of this ringing broke as early as 1740. Until 1921 the church had a silver bell from the 16th century, which bore the inscription "GRACIA DIVINA DEPPELAT CVNCTA NOCIVA" with the year 1519 on the crown in Gothic fracture . It was sold to the parish of Leopoldsthal for 1,000 marks. Since 1954 there has also been a carillon in the tower , which consists of around 30 bells.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Church districts of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland On: www.ekir.de, accessed on June 10, 2013
  2. ↑ parishes on: www.evks-data.de ( Evangelical Saarland ), accessed on 10 June 2013
  3. ↑ List of monuments of the Saarland, sub-monuments list district Neunkirchen (PDF; 1.3 MB), accessed on June 10, 2013
  4. ↑ a b c d e Information about the Protestant Church Ottweiler at: www.kunstlexikonsaar.de, accessed on June 10, 2013
  5. ↑ Information about the organ at: www.kantorei-ottweiler.de
  6. ↑ The "Zibbelkapp" from Ottweiler - The tower of the Protestant parish church On: www.monumente-online.de, accessed on June 16, 2013
  7. ↑ a b c Description of Turbofreak89 ( Memento from April 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) On: www.youtube.com, accessed on June 16, 2013

Coordinates: 49 ° 24 '14.1 "  N , 7 ° 9' 37.8"  E