Evangelical Church (Zaisenhausen)
The Evangelical Church in Zaisenhausen , a community in the district of Karlsruhe ( Baden-Württemberg ), was built in 1834/36. The church, located on the main road, is a monument worthy of protection .
history
The Protestant church in Zaisenhausen, also called Liebfrauenkirche , was built in place of the dilapidated old Gothic village chapel from 1499. The plans for the church come from Karlsruhe's senior building officer Heinrich Hübsch , a Weinbrenner student who was considered one of the most important architects of his time. The largest part of the construction costs of around 19,000 guilders was raised by the community, partly through voluntary work.
The church received two towers, each 36 meters high, integrated into the facade. The two towers are intended to remind of the two previous buildings: the Church of Our Lady and the St. Peter's Church in the Gewann Hofrecht, which was destroyed by lightning in 1807 .
In the run-up to the new building, there had been a heated discussion in the village: renovation of the Gothic village chapel from 1499 or the demolition and new construction? The pastor Hamel at the time and the village school teacher Samuel Friedrich Sauter finally convinced the population of the necessity of a new building with a building report by the Bruchsal master builder Schwarz. The new church was built a little further in the direction of Kohlbachaue to create a larger space in front of it. In addition, Heinrich Hübsch wanted to realize the new building in a "picturesque" environment. Since the subsoil was less stable there, the church was built on a foundation of 192 oak piles.
Of the churches planned by Heinrich Hübsch, the Zaisenhausen Church has a special position. While Hübsch normally built in the round arch style, the Liebfrauenkirche is built in a "frey treated pointed arch style" . The reason for this is the reuse of remains from the two previous buildings. Because, contrary to the building fashion of the time, Hübsch did not realize a plastered church. Out of respect for the previous churches, he wanted to build a stone-faced church. To do this, he used the well-preserved stone parts of the two old churches, which is particularly recognizable by the Gothic window frames above the church portal and the cornices.
So Hübsch wrote in his draft: “... but one would have to consider it to be a sad event in two respects if the well-preserved parts of the two beautiful medieval churches, especially the window decorations and massive cornices, were thrown into the foundation and thrown into one To build a church with ephemeral and therefore more expensive wooden cornices - with a plastered, painted facade in a place near which the most beautiful ... stones are ” (GLA 422/1868)
The interior has three aisles with surrounding galleries. In the church there are also two beautiful stained glass windows from 1499 and a crucifix from 1608 from the previous Gothic building. A bronze bell from 1598 from the former village chapel has also been preserved. The organ dates from 1803.
Another special feature is the original and rarely found pulpit chair, a mixture of sacristy and pulpit. The pastor can get into the pulpit through an outside door at the rear of the church without having to cross the church.
Particularly noteworthy is the roof structure newly developed by Heinrich Hübsch. This reduced the pressure on the outer walls and also saved around a third of the wood compared to the conventional designs at the time.
In 1939 the interior of the church was renovated on the occasion of the 100th anniversary. Another renovation took place in 2009, which cost almost € 400,000. The stone-faced facade was repaired, the roof of the church building and the two towers were re-covered. The church clock received a new dial.
- Pictures of the interior of the church
Left lead glass window
Right stained glass window
crucifix
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Coordinates: 49 ° 6 '25.7 " N , 8 ° 49' 2.5" E