Evangelical Church (Bruchweiler)

Church from the outside

The Evangelical Church Bruchweiler is the church in Bruchweiler of the Protestant parish Schauren-Kempfeld-Bruchweiler in Schauren in the Hunsrück , a municipality in the Birkenfeld district in Rhineland-Palatinate . Today's church is similar to the church in Schauren, a baroque hall from the 18th century with an altar, galleries and pulpit from the time it was built. The organ by the Stumm brothers and the parapet paintings on the west gallery are remarkable.

history

Choir from the gallery

pulpit

Bruchweiler was first mentioned in a document in 1279. The chapel belonged to the Wirschweiler parish for a long time , after the church was built in 1746 it was connected to Sensweiler as a separate parish .

Architecture and equipment

West gallery

Pictures on the gallery

The east-facing church was built in 1744–46 as a plastered quarry stone building. The choir has a three-sided choir closure, six arched windows and an ox-eye on the west side. The iron frames are made of Hunsrück iron.

The entrance area on the west side is protected by a porch typical of the Hunsrück. The inscription on the lintel of the rectangular entrance on the south side reads: BEWARE YOUR FOOT WHEN YOU GO TO GOD'S HOUSE THAT YOU COME AND HEAR WHAT GOT SAYS THROUGH HIS SERVANT. ANNO 1744.

The furnishings come from the time it was built: the presbyter and parish chairs are fretwork. The pulpit with a polygonal basket and crown-shaped sound cover is made of wood with acantus carvings at the corners and the four evangelist images . The paintings on the arched wooden ceiling are no longer preserved, but 19 pictures from the Old Testament and the life of Jesus on the parapet of the gallery. Unlike in Schauren, scenes from the Old Testament are also shown.

The roof turret at the west end of the ship is square at the bottom and merges into an octagon at the top.

organ

Organ gallery with Stumm organ above the altar

On the gallery built in 1833 with Ionic diagonal columns above the sandstone altar there is an organ from the Stumm family of organ builders from 1833 with a classicist prospect with flowers, vases and leaf tendrils. It comprises 12 registers on a manual and pedal . The disposition is:

manual Bordun B / D 8th' Flauto travers D 8th' nameless register, probably gamba 8th' Principal 4 ′ (in the brochure) flute 4 ′ octave 2 ′ Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′ Mixture III 1' Trumpet B / D 8th' Tremulant

Pedal C-f Sub bass 16 ′ Octave bass 8th'

• Pairing : I / P

Bells

Bell jar

The church's bell from 1863 originally consisted of three bells, two of which had to be delivered in the First World War and melted down.

use

The parish Bruchweiler belonged temporarily to the parish of Sensweiler, then again to Schauren. The current parish of Schauren-Kempfeld-Bruchweiler has existed since 1974 and has been parochial with the Protestant parish of Wirschweiler-Allenbach-Sensweiler since 2011. A total of six churches and nine preaching posts are to be served in the two parishes. In Bruchweiler currently (2015) a service is celebrated once every three weeks (alternating with Schauren and Kempfeld ) and on the church holidays.

literature

• Handbook of German Art Monuments . Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland . Munich 1984, p. 11.
• Hans Vogts : The art monuments of the district of Bernkastel (= The art monuments of the Rhine province. Volume 15, 1). L. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1935, pp. 335-337.
• Ulrike Weber-Karge, Maria Wenzel (edit.): District of Birkenfeld (=  cultural monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate. Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany . Volume 11 ). Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft, Worms 1993, ISBN 3-88462-099-1 , p. 210-211 .

Web links

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

• Internet presence of the Schauren-Kempfeld-Bruchweiler parish (last update 2007)
• Look at the pages of the Evangelical Church District Trier
• The organ in stummorgel.de
• Information about the church at bruchweiler.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Handbook of German Art Monuments. Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland . Munich 1984, p. 165.
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Hans Vogts: The art monuments of the district of Bernkastel (= The art monuments of the Rhine province Volume 15, 1). L. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1935, pp. 342-343.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Church and History. Bruchweiler on the website of the Evangelical Church District Trier, accessed on June 9, 2015
4. ↑ Ulrike Weber-Karge, Maria Wenzel (arrangement): District of Birkenfeld (=  cultural monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate. Monument topography of the Federal Republic of Germany . Volume 11 ). Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft, Worms 1993, ISBN 3-88462-099-1 , p. 210-211 .
5. ↑ The organ in stummorgel.de
6. ↑ Information from the Trier church district
7. ^ Announcement in the official gazette of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland, May 16, 2011; P. 283
8. ↑ Congregational Letter 2/2015

Coordinates: 49 ° 47 '55.6 "  N , 7 ° 13' 29.3"  E