Evangelical Church (Gersbach)

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Evangelical Church in Gersbach

The Evangelical Church in the Gersbach district of Schopfheim was first mentioned in a document in the 12th century.

history

The first written mention of a church in Gersbach (ecclesia Gerisbac) dates back to 1166; a pastor (Hugo de Gerispach ecclesie plebanus) is mentioned for the first time in 1258. After the Reformation was introduced in Markgräflerland in 1556, Gersbach belonged to the parish of Hasel . Nevertheless, Gersbach had a certain degree of independence, as evidenced by the church registers, which go back to 1659. The place had its own pastor again in 1742. A church visit at the end of the 17th century found that the church was said to have been in poor condition. In 1755, a request from the parish and the pastor to Margrave Karl Friedrich to rebuild the church has been handed down.

After a new church was built in the same place in 1765, it fell victim to a village fire in 1784, which also destroyed a number of residential buildings as well as the parish and school house. In the same year it was rebuilt in the same form.

During the renovation in 1910, a new altar and a new pulpit were built . The remodeling between 1967 and 1986 partially returned the church to its original form. Among other things, the south and north galleries were removed to separate the sexes and a sacristy and a boiler room were set up under the west gallery. The entrance was moved to the north side through the tower.

description

Church building

The Gersbacher Church is located in the southeast part of the thoroughfare. The main building consists of a rectangular hall with a gable roof , which is closed off at the polygonal choir with a pyramid roof. The long sides have two rows of windows; the lower ones are rectangular, the upper ones are finished with a segmental arch. On the north side a five-story bell tower is built in the middle , which has a corner cuboid from the ground floor to the roof edge. The entrance portal has a small monopitch roof for protection .

On the fifth floor there are round arched sound arcades on each side , above which is the clock face of the tower clock. The tower is completed by a four-sided pyramid roof with a tower ball and weather valve .

Interior and equipment

inner space

The interior of the church is drawn in with a flat wooden ceiling. The main entrance is via the tower hall. In the chancel there is a crucifix and baptismal font that have been preserved from the time it was built. The altar and pulpit date from 1910.

Bells and organ

organ

The three-part bell is composed as follows:

Surname Chime Casting year foundry
Big bell f ′ 1922 Ulrich foundry, Apolda
Medium bell a ′ 1867 Benjamin Muchenberger , Wehr
Little bell c ′ ′ 1922 Ulrich foundry, Apolda

The organ was built in 1969 by Peter Vier and hangs on the north wall above the main entrance. The instrument works with an electric slide box and action and has two manuals , a pedal and 19 stops . The corresponding gaming table is located on the west gallery, on which there are also additional seats for churchgoers.

literature

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Document book of the city and landscape of Zurich , 1888 ff., 1st volume, p. 199
  2. ↑ J. Bader: The former Sanktblasische Amt Basel . In: ZGO 2, 1851, p. 197
  3. ^ H. Weidner: The church visitation of the years 1698 and 1699 in the two dioceses of Sausenberg and Rötteln . In: Das Markgräflerland , 1935, issue 3, p. 114
  4. ^ Helm: Churches and chapels in the Markgräflerland , p. 330 (12.1)
  5. ^ Helm: Churches and chapels in the Markgräflerland , p. 331 (12.2)
  6. ↑ a b Helm: Churches and chapels in Markgräflerland , p. 331 (12.3)
  7. ^ W. Bechtold (ed.), A. Heimann-Schwarzweber: Topography of historical sights . In: Der Kreis Lörrach , 1971, p. 97
  8. ^ Helm: Churches and chapels in the Markgräflerland , p. 331 (12.5)

Coordinates: 47 ° 41 '47.6 "  N , 7 ° 55' 52.4"  E