Evangelical Church (Bad Hindelang)

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Exterior view
Anna Jungin's tombstone
Stucco work by Joseph and Johannes Dornacher

Today's Evangelical Lutheran Trinity Church in Bad Hindelang stands on a former plague church .

history

This church field on the banks of the Ostrach was laid out in 1628 and later provided with a wall and cross. A wooden chapel built in 1640 was dedicated to St. Michael , it was destroyed by a storm on January 18, 1739. In 1747/48 the stone successor building was built under Joseph and Johannes Dornacher, who also took care of all the stucco work. On October 30, 1748, the chapel was consecrated in honor of the Holy Trinity . At that time there was the altar by Jörg Lederer in the chapel , which has been in the Church of Our Lady in Ostrachtal and St. Jodokus since 1937 .

On September 2, 1939, the chapel was acquired by the Evangelical Lutheran parish of Sonthofen for 10,000 RM . The redesign of the church began with an altarpiece by the then very well-known church painter Rudolf Schäfer with a scene of the Emmaus disciples. The Protestant congregation celebrated its first service in its own church on September 3, 1939. The Trinity Church was officially inaugurated on May 19, 1940 for the Feast of Trinity . From 1956 to 1958 the nave was extended to double its length and a round building was added. The organ was built by GF Steinmeyer & Co. , Oettingen, and inaugurated on September 20, 1964. Since the gallery offered only limited space, the main organ was placed above the altar. A positive was also placed on the gallery. Schäfer's altarpiece found a new place on the north wall of the church. A crucifix was donated for the altar by church leaders Martha Utsch and Friedrich Weigmann .

The Protestants from Hindelang belonged to the Evangelical Lutheran parish of Sonthofen. On February 1, 1951, a Sonthofen Vicariate with its seat in Hindelang was established for the Sonthofen parish. On July 1, 1955, an exposed vicariate Sonthofen (seat Hindelang) was established with the abolition of the vicariate. Shortly before, on February 19, 1954, the Hindelang daughter parish was formed following the Sonthofen parish. On July 6, 1959, the Evangelical Lutheran Parish Hindelang was established with the abolition of the Exposed Vicariate Hindelang and the daughter parish of Hindelang was elevated to the parish of Hindelang.

On July 1, 2003, the parish and parish were renamed from Hindelang to Bad Hindelang . Since 2006 there has been a cooperation with the Evangelical Church Community Sonthofen, the pastor's office in Bad Hindelang has been relocated to Sonthofen under the name Sonthofen III with Bad Hindelang.

Exterior

The white plastered chapel has a shingled gable roof and a modern roof turret. A tombstone with an early baroque cross and the following inscription is walled into the north wall:

ANO. 1635. ON / OCTOBER 17. DIED / ANNA. IUNGIN: IWH / AVSFRAW. BEEN / CG THE. L.SEEL / AMEN.

Anna Jungin was supposedly the last representative of the Hindelang noble family.

Interior

The rectangular nave has two arched window axes. On the parapet of the west gallery an angel leads a boy between the jaws of hell on the right and the heavenly Jerusalem on the left. Jerusalem is depicted as a central church with a dome. The work from 1748 is by an unknown painter (incorrectly attributed to Balthasar Riepp from Reutte in 1969 ). A fresco by the same artist in the choir showed Mary as intercessor for the poor. This work was lost due to the renovation in 1956.

The original patron saint of the chapel, Saint Michael, can still be seen in the ceiling of the nave (the figure of the fallen Lucifer, however, was almost completely repainted in 1959). It is framed by Rococo stucco work by Joseph and Johannes Dornacher. In addition to the large stucco frame of the ceiling painting, there are two smaller ones. In the east there is a carved Holy Spirit dove by Joseph and Johannes Dornacher from 1748.

  • Ceiling painting with St. Michael

  • Holy spirit dove and stucco ornaments

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Official Journal for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria, 1951, p. 24
  2. ^ Official Journal for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria, 1955, p. 73
  3. ↑ Official Journal for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria, 1954, p. 44
  4. ^ Official Journal for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria, 1959, p. 83
  5. ↑ Official Journal for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria, 2003, p. 191

Coordinates: 47 ° 30 ′ 1.7 ″  N , 10 ° 22 ′ 13.1 ″  E