Evangelical Church (Kaltenbach)

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Kaltenbach Evangelical Church from the north-west

The Evangelical Church of St. Michael is located in the Kaltenbach district of the Malsburg-Marzell community in the Lörrach district . The nave was built in the 1780s; the origins of the church are in the late 11th or early 12th century.

history

The exact origins of the church in Kaltenbach are not certain. It is certain that it was built by Werner the Elder of Kaltenbach with his wife Ita and that it was built by Bishop Gebhart III. was consecrated by Constance as Michael's Church ("ecclesia sancti Michaelis archangeli Caltenbach"). Sources give both the year 1095 and the period between 1103 and 1105 as a possible origin. According to another variant, a Michelskirche already existed in the castle of the Lords of Kaltenbach, which had been moved to the village. Since the parish was too poor to survive on its own, it was incorporated into the Bürgeln provost in 1155.

In the years 1785 to 1786 the old nave was replaced by a new and larger building. The new church was inaugurated on December 3, 1786.

In the course of the renovation between 1963 and 1964, the church was given new glazing; at the same time, the interior was shortened.

Between December 2015 and June 2018, the church was redesigned again by the state of Baden-Württemberg, represented by Vermögen und Bau Baden-Württemberg , Amt Freiburg at a cost of 700,000 euros and inaugurated on June 3 with a festive service.

description

Church building

Church from the East

The church on the eastern outskirts of Kaltenbach, located on a slope at the cemetery, consists of a classicist rectangular hall building. With a gable roof covered building is on the side of the choir to the east hipped . The rectangular building has rectangular windows arranged in two rows on each side. The church has ten windows on the north and south façades, the choir wall in the east has six and the west wall has four windows. The side portal in the south bears the Baden coat of arms.

The four-storey Romanesque bell tower attached to the nave in the west is only slightly higher than the upper edge of the roof of the nave. This makes the tower look very massive and compact. The main portal in the west leads to the nave via the tower hall on the lower floor with its barrel vault. The tower with corner blocks has narrow wall slits on the second and third floors. On the top floor it has round arched, two-part sound arcades with tracery decorations .

Interior and outfit

View to the altar

After entering through the main portal, one stands in the old tower hall, via which a staircase leads to the nave from the 18th century. The interior is drawn in with a flat wooden ceiling and the walls are brightly plastered. In the choir area there is a simple altar table on a small pedestal, to the right of it a pulpit and to the left a baptismal font . The organ is on the north wall between the prayer room and the altar. On the south wall above the entrance to the tower hall there is a gallery with further benches.

The colorful stained glass windows, as well as the candlestick and crucifix on the altar table come from Jürgen Brodwolf .

  • organ

  • pulpit

  • Rear view of the gallery

Bells and organ

Bell tower

The three-part bronze bell of the Evangelical Church in Kaltenbach is composed as follows:

Surname Chime Casting year foundry
Big bell cis ′ ′ 1950 Benjamin Grueninger
Medium bell e ′ ′ 1950 Benjamin Grueninger
Little bell fis ′ ′ 1950 Benjamin Grueninger

The organ from 1839 was bought from the demolished church in Auggen . Before the First World War , the work, manual and action were replaced by the organ builder Anton Keine from Waldkirche . In the listed case, Peter Vier built another new work using the previous wind chests and some registers . The instrument with mechanical action has a manual, a pedal and ten stops.

literature

Web links

Commons : Evangelische Kirche Kaltenbach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A. Krieger: Topographical Dictionary of the Grand Duchy of Baden , 2nd edition, 1 volume, 1904, Sp. 1118
  2. ^ F. Pfaff: The foundation of the provost of Bürgeln , 1912. P. 34
  3. ^ A. Lehmann: The development of the patronage relationships in Archidakonat Breisgau . In: FDA 41 (NF 14), 1913, pp. 10-11
  4. ↑ G. Hoffmann: Vogelbach-Kaltenbach . In: 400 Years of the Evangelical Church District Badenweiler-Müllheim 1556–1956 , 1956, p. 135
  5. ^ Helm: Churches and chapels in the Markgräflerland , p. 183 (01.3)
  6. ^ B. Sulzmann: Historische Orgeln in Baden , 1980, p. 186

Coordinates: 47 ° 45 ′ 13.8 "  N , 7 ° 43 ′ 42.4"  E