Evangelical Church (Dierdorf)
The Protestant parish church of Dierdorf in the Rhineland-Palatinate district of Neuwied was built in its current form in 1903 and 1904. Stones from the 1902 castle in Dierdorf were used as building material for the quarry stone church. The tower essentially comes from the previous church, which was built around 1200 and was dedicated to St. James. The church belongs to the church district Wied in the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland .
history
In the first documentary mention of the place Dierdorf from the year 1204, the "Parish Dyrdorph" is mentioned as the property of the Lords of Braunsberg and Isenburg . The church was dedicated to St. James .
In 1556, Count Johann IV von Wied († 1581) introduced the Protestant church constitution in Dierdorf. One of Johann IV's uncle was Hermann V. von Wied (1477–1552), who was Archbishop of Cologne from 1515 to 1547 and converted to the Protestant faith after his resignation from the office of bishop. For the church in Dierdorf, as well as for the county, the Heidelberg Catechism was introduced and the Catholic church customs abolished.
Parts of the church were destroyed in the Thirty Years War and after around 600 years, during which the church was certainly expanded and rebuilt, it was so dilapidated that a new building was necessary around 1900. At the time, the former castle in Dierdorf was a crumbling ruin. The community asked the Prince zu Wied for building material, ie for the demolition of the castle ruins, the Prince agreed on the condition that he would not incur any costs. The demolition of the castle ruins was carried out as an exercise by the demolition squad of the Koblenz pioneers, took six days and required 15 quintals of powder. When the church was rebuilt, essential parts of the tower were preserved.
Construction and equipment
The new building was designed by government architect Siebold in neo-Romanesque forms as a staggered church with low aisles and high galleries. The compact, late Romanesque west tower with three floors has been preserved from the old church. Old gravestones are built into the outer walls of the choir.
literature
- Georg Dehio: Handbook of the German art monuments - Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland . Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1984, ISBN 3-422-00382-7 .
- City of Dierdorf (Ed.): Dierdorf ... pretty much in front in the Westerwald - 650 years of the city , ISBN 978-3-00-021016-7 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Historic Churches. City of Dierdorf, accessed on October 3, 2017 .
Coordinates: 50 ° 32 ′ 47 " N , 7 ° 39 ′ 28" E