Evangelical Church (Eschelbronn)

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Evangelical Church Eschelbronn

The Evangelical Church of the once predominantly Protestant community of Eschelbronn in the Rhein-Neckar district ( Baden-Württemberg ) is located on the town's market square and is now a listed building . It was built in the early 19th century on the site of the old Eschelbronn church . Like the Evangelical Church in Neidenstein , it belongs to the Evangelical Church Community of Eschelbronn-Neidenstein.

history

The Evangelical Church was built from 1810 to 1811 or 1813 directly next to the rectory built in 1782 according to plans by the Schwetzingen master builder Georg Frommel in the classicist Weinbrenner style . The cost was 10,000 guilders. Parts of the tower of the old Eschelbronn church were used in the construction.

Legal dispute over construction costs

The inscription above the side entrance indicates the year the church was built

On February 26, 1800, 78 citizens submitted a petition to Baroness Henriette von Venningen with the request to replace the now ailing Lutheran church, built in 1575 by the Lords of Seckendorf and von Bauz, with a new building. The dilapidation of the old building was confirmed on April 16, 1801 by the building inspector Köster. According to the municipality, the construction and maintenance obligations were the responsibility of the Freifrau. However, this stated that the costs were to be borne by the parish and demanded in a letter dated June 11, 1801 reasons and evidence for the building debt. Negotiations between the baroness and the electoral consistory were also unsuccessful, whereupon the parish withheld the "great tithe with arrest" after consultation with the consistory. Von Venningen then brought an action before the Reich Chamber of Commerce in Wetzlar . In order to be able to start construction before the court ruling, the parish should pay a deposit of 10,000 guilders in the event that it should lose the trial. With the consent of the relatively small number of Reformed and Catholic residents, the community properties were pledged for this purpose.

The old church was closed due to its dilapidated condition in 1805 and demolished in 1807. The Dilsberg office had already ordered its closure in 1803. The service was then moved to the Eschelbronn town hall .

After the end of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation, jurisdiction for the legal dispute was transferred to the Grand Ducal Baden Court Court in Mannheim , as Eschelbronn was no longer part of the Electoral Palatinate , but rather Baden . In a judgment of February 3, 1808, the court ruled in favor of the parish, whereupon Baron von Venningen appealed. This was rejected on September 1st of the same year.

Another lawsuit was carried out because of the church seats that were procured in 1815, which the Baroness von Venningen also lost.

Renewal of organs and bells in the 19th century

In the 1810s a new organ with twelve registers was purchased. It had to be repaired in 1831 by the organ builder Overmann from Heidelberg for 70 guilders. In 1832, Louis Neubert, a bell founder from Ludwigsburg, cast an eight hundredweight bell for 234 guilders. Likewise in 1863 a bell weighing five hundred pounds for the same price. In 1898 another investment was made in a new organ.

Renovation work in 1906

The church on a postcard drawing from before 1900

In 1875 the church was damaged by two hailstones. In 1906 extensive renovation work was carried out, which is why the services were held outdoors from July 1st. Among other things, the windows were renewed, the benches worked out, a terrazzo floor was laid and the altar was renewed. 1150 marks were invested in a new tower clock from the Buerer company Edmund Korfhage and Sons and the striking mechanism was connected to the church bells. The renovation work resulted in costs totaling 18,500 marks. Of this, 10,500 marks were raised by the local church tax and 8,000 marks were paid from surpluses of the church fund.

The altar and pulpit clothing were made in the art embroidery school of the Badischer Frauenverein and donated by Grand Duchess Luise von Baden . The renovated church was consecrated on December 2, 1906 after a delay.

The year of the renovation work is still incorporated into the wrought iron gate of the church portal.

First World War

The bells from 1833 and 1863 are given to be melted down for military armor.

During the First World War , Leopold Cordier was the Protestant pastor of the Eschelbronn community. He published the newsletter of the homeland messengers and remembered the fallen parishioners. A memorial plaque in the church still commemorates the fallen. The bells of the church had to be given in to be melted down for military armor in 1917 and were replaced on September 13, 1921. The solemn handover was documented by the court photographer "Her Majesty the Queen of Sweden and Norway" Max Kögel from Heidelberg.

Transfer of ownership to the parish

From 1925 to 1952 Arthur Friedrich Beck was the responsible pastor for Eschelbronn and Neidenstein . During his tenure in 1929, the church was transferred free of charge from the local congregation to the parish and the question of the building load was thus finally clarified. According to further agreements, the local community took over the costs for the 11 o'clock ringing and was given the right to use the bell in return for events such as fire alarms, floods, danger of war and patriotic celebrations.

World War II and post-war period

During the Second World War , two of the three church tower bells procured in 1921 had to be handed in for the production of cannons and grenades. On September 15, 1949, accompanied by a pageant, the new bells of the Rincker brothers were brought in and consecrated on October 30 of the same year by the Oberkirchenrat Dürr from Karlsruhe. They bear the same inscriptions as the previous models (see below).

With the influx of displaced war refugees after 1945, the number of Catholics also increased, who initially attended services in the Evangelical Church in Neidenstein , as there was currently no Catholic church. In response to a request from the parish administrator Josef Anton Maier from Waibstadt , it was decided on September 23, 1946 at an extraordinary meeting of the parish council that in future the Catholic masses should also be held in the Evangelical Church in Eschelbronn. On November 30th of the same year the resolution was approved by the Evangelical High Church Council in Karlsruhe . The settlement of the usage costs was contractually regulated on July 1, 1949 between the Protestant parish and the Waibstadt parish office. The Catholic services took place in the Protestant church until the consecration of St. Joseph's Church in 1958.

Further modernization measures

Memorial plaque to Antonius Jacobus Henckel
Memorial plaque for Joshua Harrsch

In 1949 small renovations were carried out on the church and ended with a festive service on September 4th. In 1958, by resolution of the parish council, it got an electric bell system with an acquisition value of 3,090 D-Marks . Previously, the bells were rung manually by students under the supervision of the clerk.

From June 1974 to March 16, 1975, the Heidelberg architect Hermann Fischer-Barnikol laid the heating ducts and covered the floor with natural stone slabs, replaced the benches, the altar , the baptismal font and the pulpit and removed the youth gallery, taking into account the monument protection regulations. The interior was kept in the colors light blue and ocher. The wrought-iron altar cross with gold inlay was donated by a parishioner, and the candlesticks by the confirmands. After the expansion, the church offered space for 350 people. The renovation costs amounted to 164,000 D-Marks. Of this, 33,000 marks each were taken over by the parish and the regional church and 98,000 marks were financed through a loan from the regional church.

In 1976 the previous organ was replaced by the current model. The new organ was used for the first time on February 10 of the same year as part of a festive church service and was consecrated by the regional bishop Hans Heidland .

During an exterior renovation between 1982 and 1985, the tower's beams were replaced and the roofs re-covered. The cock on the top of the church tower was replaced because of several bullets and a handicapped accessible ramp was built on the south door. The monument office also requested that the window frames be painted with the same gray mineral color typical of the Weinbrenner style. The costs totaled 220,000 marks.

As part of this renovation work, the following inscription was discovered on the panel of the door at the southern side entrance in 1984:
"Gottlieb Grünn from Ludwigsburg Schreiner Gesel hadt did the work on the church in 1913".

On October 23, 2010, on the 5th German-Pennsylvanian Day , which took place in Eschelbronn this year, a new memorial plaque was unveiled on the outside wall of the church for Pastors Antonius Jacobus Henckel and Josua Harrsch .

Furnishing

organ

The church has a slide organ made by GF Steinmeyer & Co. from 1976 with a mechanical action, two manuals and 19 stops . These are as follows scheduled :

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
Principal 8th'
Wood-covered 8th'
octave 4 ′
Gemshorn 2 ′
Terzian 2 times 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′ + 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Mixture 4 times 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
II upper structure C – g 3
Pointed flute 8th'
Flute principal 4 ′
Small set 4 ′
octave 2 ′
Sharp 3-4 times 2 ⁄ 3 ′
Pedal C – f 1
Sub-bass 16 ′
Octave bass 8th'
Viol flute 8th'
Chorale bass 4 ′

Bells

Weight purchase volume inscription
481 kg September 15, 1949 a ' "Bell of Faith."
"Our faith is the victory that has conquered the world."
280 kg September 15, 1949 c " "Bell of love."
"Love never stops."
175 kg September 13, 1921 d " "Bell of Hope."
"God is my hope from my youth."

Others

The cover of the book Dorfgeschichten by Marliese Echner-Klingmann shows a drawing of the church.

literature

  • Evangelisches Pfarramt Eschelbronn (Hrsg.): 200 years Evangelical Church Eschelbronn. Eschelbronn 2011.
  • Heimat- und Verkehrsverein Eschelbronn: Eschelbronn - your home. 1957.
  • Mayor's office of the municipality of Eschelbronn: 1200 years of Eschelbronn. 1989.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Inscription at the side entrance: “Evangelisch Luth. Kirch / built in 1811 "
  2. ↑ 1984 discovered the inscription on the panel of the door at the southern entrance: "Gottlieb Grün from Ludwigsburg Schreinergesell hadt done the work on the church in 1813"
  3. ↑ a b Heimat- und Verkehrsverein Eschelbronn: Eschelbronn - your home. 1957, p. 80
  4. ↑ Source according to the Evangelical Church Community (Hrsg.): 200 years of the Evangelical Church Eschelbronn. 2011, p. 16 .: Sambel, Eschelbronn - Volume 1, page 38
  5. ↑ Source according to the Evangelical Church Community (Hrsg.): 200 years of the Evangelical Church Eschelbronn. 2011, p. 16 .: Sambel, Eschelbronn - Volume 1, page 46
  6. ↑ Source according to the Evangelical Church Community (Hrsg.): 200 years of the Evangelical Church Eschelbronn. 2011, p. 16 .: Letter from the Electoral Office Neckargemünd 1803 (Evangelical Parish Archives Eschelbronn)
  7. ↑ Source according to the Evangelical Church Community (Hrsg.): 200 years of the Evangelical Church Eschelbronn. 2011, p. 16 .: Letter from the Grand Ducal Badischer Hofgericht Mannheim, September 1, 1809 (Protestant Regional Church Archive Karlsruhe)
  8. ↑ Eschelbronn Local and Tourist Office: Eschelbronn - your home. 1957, p. 81
  9. ↑ Source according to the Evangelical Church Community (Hrsg.): 200 years of the Evangelical Church Eschelbronn. 2011, p. 19 .: Landbote (From City and Country), November 30, 1906, Sinsheim City Archives
  10. ↑ Source according to the Evangelical Church Community (Hrsg.): 200 years of the Evangelical Church Eschelbronn. 2011, p. 18 .: Letter from the General Director of the Grand Ducal Civillist (October 8, 1906), Evangelical Parish Archives Eschelbronn
  11. ↑ Source according to the Evangelical Church Community (Hrsg.): 200 years of the Evangelical Church Eschelbronn. 2011, p. 18 .: Landbote (From City and Country), December 3, 1906, Sinsheim City Archives
  12. ↑ a b c d Evangelical parish: 200 years of the Evangelical Church in Eschelbronn. 2011
  13. ↑ a b c Heinz Lemmer: The Protestant parish. In: 1200 years of Eschelbronn 789–1989. Mayor's office of the municipality of Eschelbronn, p. 62
  14. ↑ Source according to the Evangelical Church Community (Hrsg.): 200 years of the Evangelical Church Eschelbronn. 2011, p. 20 .: Agreement on the provision of the Evangelical Church for Catholic services of June 1, 1949, Evangelical Parish Archives Eschelbronn
  15. ^ Heinz Lemmer: The evangelical church community. In: 1200 years of Eschelbronn 789–1989. Mayor's office of the municipality of Eschelbronn, p. 58
  16. ↑ Joachim Friedel: "Then I'll start my plane ..." In: 1200 Years Eschelbronn 789–1989. P. 160 ff.
  17. ^ German-Pennsylvanian Day 2010. In: German-Pennsylvanian Association. June 28, 2010, accessed June 14, 2019 (German).
  18. ^ Piet Bron: Eschelbronn, Germany (Baden-Württemberg) - Evangelical Church. In: Orgeldatabase. October 27, 2016, accessed November 29, 2018 (Dutch).

Coordinates: 49 ° 19 '11.6 "  N , 8 ° 52' 1.9"  E