Evangelical Church (Weitershain)

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View from the northwest
View from the southeast

The Evangelical Church in Weitershain , a district of Grünberg in the district of Gießen ( Central Hesse ), is a neo-Gothic hall church with five-sided closure, which was built in 1876/1877 according to the plans of the district architect Carl Wilhelm Christian Dieffenbach. With its protruding , stone roof turret, the church shapes the townscape and is a Hessian cultural monument .

history

In the Middle Ages, Weitershain was a branch of Londorf , which was assigned to the Archdeaconate St. Stephan in the Archdiocese of Mainz , and belonged to the Londorfer Send district . With the introduction of the Reformation , the parish changed to the Protestant creed.

The previous half-timbered building probably came from the 16th century. It had suffered severe damage in the Thirty Years' War and, according to a report from 1677, was "brought back to good baw". Presumably the chapel was enlarged in this context. In 1741 the church had a "Thurn" (roof rider), a choir and a small organ, which was described as missing. After the church had become increasingly dilapidated at the beginning of the 19th century, it was demolished in 1872. The construction of the new church according to the plans of the Grünberger building councilor Carl Wilhelm Christian Dieffenbach (1820–1903) began in 1876. The foundation stone was laid on December 20, 1876 . The inauguration took place on November 11, 1877 by the superintendent Habicht.

From 1924 Weitershain was parish at the church in Odenhausen .

architecture

Building inscription

The north-facing hall church made of unplastered Londorfer basalt lava is built in the center of the village. The drawn-in end of the choir in the south is five-sided. The church is illuminated on the long sides and in the choir through three high-seated narrow pointed arch windows. The northern street front is designed symmetrically. The church is accessed on the north side of the gable via an outside staircase and a rectangular portal with a stepped pointed arch. It bears the inscription: “GOD DEDICATED NOV 11. 1877 FROM THE WEITERSHAIN MUNICIPALITY UNDER MAYOR WF “[Wilhelm Faulstich]. A plaque inside reads: “The builder of this church was Dr. Carl W. Chr. Dieffenbach Gr. Baurath in Grünberg 1876–1877 ”.

The central portal is flanked at the bottom by two very small rectangular windows, above which two narrow pointed arch windows are let in in the upper area. The portal area is closed off by a cornice, which is continued like a risalit into the gable area and corresponds to the protruding, two-tier roof turret. It has the same width and is made entirely of stone. The gable has a pointed arch frieze. The roof turret, which is square in the lower part, encloses another pointed arch window, above which the gilded clock face of the tower clock is attached. The substructure of the roof ridge merges into an octagonal lantern with four ogival sound holes and four ogival diaphragms. The two old bells from the previous building were transferred to the bell chamber. The pointed stone helmet is crowned by a finial . The church in Weitershain served as a model for the church in Röthges , which was built by Dieffenbach in 1878/1879.

Furnishing

Interior facing south

The interior is closed off by a flat slab that rests on two longitudinal beams . A three-sided circumferential wooden gallery is installed, which rests on octagonal posts with capitals. An ambulatory leads through the arch and connects the two galleries on the long sides. A high arch opens the choir to the ship. The choir is increased by two levels. Under the arch is the block altar with a base. A wooden crucifix of the three-nail type hangs above it . The organ is set up on the gallery above the entrance area. The wooden pulpit is designed in neo-Gothic shapes and has an elaborate sound cover with small battlements and slender points downwards and upwards. The polygonal pulpit rests on an octagonal foot and is accessible via a pulpit staircase. To the left of the arch, a wooden sacristy with pointed arched windows is built under the gallery . The church stalls leave a central aisle free after being divided in 1962. The upper third of the choir is decorated with ornamental paintings.

organ

Dickel organ from 1877

In the hall book of 1741 it is reported that the previous church had “a small, crumbling organ”. This church received an organ in 1778 . For the new building in 1877 , Peter Dickel created a sideways parapet organ with ten registers distributed over a manual and pedal. The flat prospect is neo-Gothic and blends in well with the church. Four pilasters , which are crowned by slender pointed towers and finials , structure three pointed arch fields. The case with a pointed arch frieze is completed by small battlements. The middle pipe field has a triangular gable. The Lich company Förster & Nicolaus Orgelbau overhauled the completely preserved instrument in 1978. The disposition is as follows:

I Manual C – f 3
Principal 8th'
Salicional 8th'
flute 8th'
Dumped 8th'
Octave 4 ′
Flauto dolce 4 ′
Octave 2 ′
Mixture III 2 ′
Pedal C – d 1
Sub-bass 16 ′
violoncello 8th'

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 / Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-422-03092-3 , p. 936.
  • Wilhelm Diehl : Construction book for the Protestant parishes of the Landgraviate of Hessen-Darmstadt. (= Hassia sacra; 5 ). Self-published, Darmstadt 1931, p. 412.
  • 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. 262 f.
  • Heinz P. Probst: The architectural and art monuments in the greater community of Grünberg. Issue 1. Churches. (= Series of publications of the Verkehrsverein 1896 Grünberg eV Local History Series , Vol. 2). Grünberg-Queckborn: Heinz Probst, 2001, pp. 65-67.
  • Heinrich Walbe : The art monuments of the Gießen district. Vol. 1. Northern part. Hessisches Denkmalarchiv, Darmstadt 1938, p. 359.
  • Peter Weyrauch : The churches of the old district of Giessen. Mittelhessische Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft, Gießen 1979, p. 188 f.

Web links

Commons : Evangelische Kirche Weitershain  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Hesse (Ed.), Lang (Ed.): Cultural monuments in Hesse. 2010, p. 263.
  2. ↑ Walbe: The art monuments of the district of Giessen. 1938, p. 359.
  3. ↑ Weitershain. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS). Hessian State Office for Historical Cultural Studies (HLGL), accessed on October 31, 2014 .
  4. ^ State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Hesse (ed.), Lang (edit.): Cultural monuments in Hesse. 2010, p. 262.
  5. ^ Diehl: Construction book for the Protestant parishes. 1931, p. 412.
  6. ↑ a b Weyrauch: The churches of the old district of Gießen. 1979, p. 188.
  7. ^ Dehio: Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, Hessen I. 2008, p. 936.
  8. ↑ Probst: The architectural and art monuments. 2001, p. 67.
  9. ^ Weyrauch: The churches of the old district Gießen. 1979, p. 189.
  10. ↑ Probst: The architectural and art monuments. 2001, p. 66.
  11. ^ 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. 961 .

Coordinates: 50 ° 39 ′ 58.1 ″  N , 8 ° 57 ′ 44.8 ″  E