Evangelical Church (Rüddingshausen)

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South elevation of the church
Roof turret

The Evangelical Church in Rüddingshausen , a district of the municipality of Rabenau in the district of Gießen ( Hessen ), is a baroque hall church from 1768. The Hessian cultural monument with a two-storey roof turret characterizes the townscape.

history

In the Middle Ages, Rüddingshausen belonged to the sending district of Londorf and was ecclesiastically assigned to the Archdeaconate of St. Stephan in the Archdiocese of Mainz . With the introduction of the Reformation, Rüddingshausen switched to the evangelical creed. The church remained parish near Londorf in the post-Reformation period and has belonged to the parish of Odenhausen since 1925.

After severe damage in the Thirty Years' War, the church was repaired in 1667. As it fell into disrepair in the course of the 18th century, it was demolished in 1776 and a year later the new building was built according to a design attributed to the master builder FW Müller. A renovation took place in 1913, during which 17 oil paintings were discovered under the wooden altar panel and re-attached to the gallery parapet. In the course of this, the ceiling paintings were also exposed.

architecture

Sandstone portal on the south side

The almost east-facing church is raised in the center of the village from basalt quarry stone masonry in the middle of a walled churchyard. The church, which is now plastered white, has a base, corner blocks and wide window and door frames made of red sandstone. The gothic influence manifests itself in the three-sided east end. The slated gable roof has a two-storey roof turret in the west, which houses three bells. Curved monopitch roofs convey from the cuboid lower part to the eight-sided upper floor, which is closed off by a French hood. The helmet structure is crowned by a double tower pommel and a forged cross.

The interior is lit on the long sides through three narrow windows with arches and keystones. There are three corresponding windows in the east end. A south and a west portal with an elaborate frame open up the space. They have pilasters on the sides and a protruding cornice above which a round screen is attached. The frames are richly decorated with ornaments in the style of the Renaissance . That with 1768 on the keystone designated southern portal bears in straight overthrow the "Trett HER U. FALT ON YOUR KNEES BEFORE GOD MAJESTY ALHIE / IT IS HIS sanctuary AND HOUSE WHO SIN LOVE IS BEYOND" inscription, the west portal performs the following names in the fall: “MR. JACOB SOLL / JURISDICTIONS / HEINRICH SEIM / BUILDING MASTER; JOHA SCHWEISGUT / KASPER KLEIN / MAURER U. / STEINHAUER / MEISTER; MR. JACOB DIETZ / COURTS / JOHANNES DEUCKEN / BUILDING MASTER ”.

Furnishing

The original ceiling mirror is painted with a starry sky. The sun, moon and stars are surrounded by clouds on the outside, over which angel heads look on the east side. The Christ monogram IHS is affixed above the altar . Above the windows are figures from the Old Testament, some of which are named: Elijah, Elisha, a kneeling warrior, Esther with a harp, David, Solomon, a praying figure, a woman with a lance and a man in armor. The four-sided gallery is only interrupted above the south portal and the pulpit. It has parapet paintings in 21 panels with biblical scenes showing the birth and crucifixion of Christ, evangelists and apostles.

The polygonal pulpit at the south portal has profiled pulpit fields. On the stone altar there is a 0.90 meter high, wooden crucifix , which dates from the second half of the 18th century. The arms of the cross end in four passages , which are covered with angel heads.

organ

Link organ behind historic prospectus

In 1804 the church received an organ from an unknown organ builder, which was erected on the east gallery above the altar. It is assumed that the surroundings of Johann Hartmann Bernhard , whose brochures are designed similarly. The elevated central pointed tower is flanked by two further pointed towers. Flat fields are attached in between and outside. In 1912, the Link brothers built a new organ with a pneumatic cone shutter , including the historical prospectus . The single-manual instrument has seven registers. The front whistles are all dummies that don't sound. The disposition is as follows:

I Manual C – f 3
Principal 8th'
Covered 8th'
Salicional 8th'
Viola di gamba 8th'
Octav 4 ′
Reed flute 4 ′
Pedal C – d 1
Sub bass 16 ′

literature

  • Georg Dehio : Handbook of German art monuments , Hessen I. Administrative districts of Giessen and Kassel. Edited by Folkhard Cremer, Tobias Michael Wolf and others. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich a. a. 2008, ISBN 978-3-422-03092-3 , p. 794.
  • Wilhelm Diehl : Construction book for the Protestant parishes of the Landgraviate of Hessen-Darmstadt. (= Hassia sacra; 5 ). Self-published, Darmstadt 1931, p. 411.
  • State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Hesse (ed.), Karlheinz Lang (edit.): Cultural monuments in Hesse. District of Giessen II. Buseck, Fernwald, Grünberg, Langgöns, Linden, Pohlheim, Rabenau. (= Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany ). Theiss, Stuttgart 2010, ISBN 978-3-8062-2178-7 , p. 507 f.
  • Heinrich Walbe : The art monuments of the Gießen district. Vol. 1. Northern part. Hessisches Denkmalarchiv, Darmstadt 1938, pp. 314–317.
  • Peter Weyrauch : The churches of the old district of Giessen. Mittelhessische Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft, Gießen 1979, p. 162 f.

Web links

Commons : Evangelical Church  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Hesse (ed.), Lang (edit.): Cultural monuments in Hesse. 2010, p. 508.
  2. ↑ Rüddingshausen. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS). Hessian State Office for Historical Cultural Studies (HLGL), accessed on June 17, 2014 .
  3. ^ Dehio: Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, Hessen I. 2008, p. 794.
  4. ^ Diehl: Construction book for the Protestant parishes. 1931, p. 411.
  5. ^ State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Hesse (ed.), Lang (edit.): Cultural monuments in Hesse. 2010, p. 507.
  6. ^ Weyrauch: The churches of the old district Gießen. 1979, p. 163.
  7. ^ Weyrauch: The churches of the old district Gießen. 1979, p. 162.
  8. ↑ Walbe: The art monuments of the district of Giessen. 1938, p. 315.
  9. ↑ Walbe: The art monuments of the district of Giessen. 1938, p. 317.
  10. ^ Franz Bösken, Hermann Fischer: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine (=  contributions to the Middle Rhine music history . Volume 29.2 ). tape 3 : Former province of Upper Hesse. Part 2: M-Z . Schott, Mainz 1988, ISBN 3-7957-1331-5 , p. 830 .
  11. ^ Organ in Rüddingshausen , accessed on June 17, 2014.

Coordinates: 50 ° 41 ′ 17.8 ″  N , 8 ° 54 ′ 54.1 ″  E