Evangelical Church (Langd)

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The Evangelical Church in Langd , a district of Hungen in the district of Gießen ( Hessen ), consists of three structures. The early Gothic choir tower was built in the middle of the 13th century, the late Gothic sacristy in the 15th century and the hall church in the style of historicism between 1862 and 1864. The church is a defining feature of the locality and a Hessian cultural monument .

Church from the northwest

history

Michael as a dragon slayer in the old choir room points to the old patronage

From an ecclesiastical point of view, Upper and Lower Langd were branches of the mother church in Rodheim in the archdeaconate of St. Maria ad Gradus in the Archdiocese of Mainz in the Middle Ages . In the 13th century a church with a west tower and east apse was built in Langd and dedicated to St. Consecrated to Michael . Due to the early mention of the place around 1150 in the Codex Eberhardi , an older predecessor is assumed. For the years 1345 and 1352 a separate pastor is proven. A sacristy was added in the 15th century. With the introduction of the Reformation , the place changed to the Protestant creed. Johannes Wagner was the first Protestant pastor to work here from 1535 to 1541.

After the church had become dilapidated in the first half of the 19th century, the medieval nave was demolished in 1862 and a new nave was built on the west side of the tower under the direction of district builder Georg Friedrich Wilhelm Noack from Nidda. Originally it was bare. The previous east tower and the old sacristy were retained, but the choir room was converted into an entrance hall on the west side. In this context, the tower received a new helmet structure in 1864. The inauguration took place on October 9, 1864. In 1911, old wall paintings were uncovered in the basement of the choir tower.

Since 1939 Langd has been parish again at Rodheim . A major renovation was carried out in 1962. After the big bell had to be shut down in 2012 due to the risk of collapse, in the following years wood damage to the beams, the belfry and the staircases were found on the choir tower. The cost of a tower renovation, which will be carried out in 2020, is estimated at € 415,000. The renovation of the nave for € 860,000 will follow in a second construction phase.

architecture

Choir tower from the southeast

The church with the east tower and west choir is located on the northwest edge of the village. The tower, sacristy and church are made of quarry stone , the corner blocks are made of basalt, the window frames and cornices of the tower are made of lung stone , and the sacristy is made of red sandstone.

The oldest building is the early Gothic tower on a square floor plan, which has been used as an entrance room since the renovation in the 19th century and leads to the south-east corner of the nave . The vaulted basement has a cross vault with fluted ribs that rest on variously shaped pointed consoles. The keystone is covered with the lamb of God. The ogival triumphal arch in the west is walled up except for a secondary passage door, the seven steps of which lead up to the nave. On the east side, the ogival entrance door is let under a brick arch (for the original apse). The small pointed arch window on the north side is covered by the sacristy. The larger, originally two-part pointed arch window in the south wall has beveled walls made of lung stone. The central post and tracery have been removed, the sandstone arch is from a later period. The southern, probably arched priest door is walled up. Narrow, ogival slits are let in under the dividing cornice, above the cornice, in the former bell storey, ogive arch niches with two-part openings on each side. The helmet from 1864 is slated and leads in a pyramid shape to a narrow cuboid middle section with small sound holes in two levels. Above it rises an eight-sided pointed helmet, which is crowned by a tower knob, cross and a gold-plated weathercock, which was renewed in 2020.

The late Gothic sacristy added to the north is closed off by a pent roof. Like the tower, it has a cross vault with fluted ribs. A piscina can still be seen on the outside. The small east window has a straight lintel and three narrow pointed arch windows in the north. The ogival window with noses in the west, where the new ship adjoins, is walled up. The probably round arched door from the tower to the sacristy is walled up, the north portal with a bevel has a pointed arch.

The aisle church, which is attached to the tower and sacristy to the west, but shifted slightly to the north, has a rectangular floor plan and is built in the neo-Romanesque style and has elements of spa architecture . The longship is closed by a gable roof. On the long sides, three large, round-arched windows are symmetrically embedded in a large niche. The south portal under a shoulder arch , the former main portal, is bricked up today. The retracted western choir with five-eighth closure is illuminated through three narrow arched windows above a cornice.

Furnishing

Look at the choir

The medieval wall paintings on the lower floor of the tower show St. on the north wall to the left of the window. Christophorus , carrying the baby Jesus and with a staff, above the coat of arms with lily of the von Langd family, on the right side the archangel Michael slaying the dragon, on the east side above the portal in the apse niche a crucifixion group and on the right side of the portal Peter with key on the south side on the far left a female saint with a palm branch and scroll. Three consecration crosses and an unidentified figure on the north wall and two consecration crosses on the south wall have been whitewashed again today. The vault, painted with numerous stars, is a symbol of heaven.

The interior of the ship is largely from the time it was built. In contrast to the Romanized exterior, the interior is Gothicized. In the nave, the staggered wooden ceiling is supported by square wooden posts that include the three-sided gallery. In addition to the wooden figures of the four evangelists Martin Luther and Philipp Melanchthon are placed in the galleries .

organ

Förster organ from 1865

Nothing is known about an organ in the previous church. In 1863 Johann Georg Förster was commissioned with a new building, which he completed two and a half years later. The instrument has twelve registers, which are divided into two manuals and pedal. Through transmission (double loops) the registers of the main work can also be played on the pedal. The disposition is as follows:

I main work C – f 3
Quintatön 16 ′
Principal 8th'
Hollow flute 8th'
Gamba 8th'
Drone 8th'
Octave 4 ′
Flute dolce 4 ′
Acuta IV 2 ′
II Positive C – f 3
Flute amabile 8th'
Dolce 8th'
Flutdacked 4 ′
Pedal C – d 1
Sub bass 16 ′
Quintatön 16 ′
Octave 8th'
flute 8th'
violoncello 8th'
Dumped 8th'
Octave 4 ′
flute 4 ′
Acuta IV 2 ′

Bells

Peal

The tower houses a triple bell. Andreas Hamm from Frankenthal cast three bells with a diameter of 900, 700 and 600 mm in 1878. In 1917 the two largest were delivered to the war armor, the third was given in payment in 1920 when a new bell was purchased.

No.
  		Casting year
  		Foundry, casting location
  		Diameter
(mm) 		Chime
  		inscription
  		image
 
1 1949 Gebr. Rincker , Sinn Evangelical parish church Langd bells 04.JPG
2 1949 Gebr. Rincker, Sinn Evangelical parish church Langd bells 02.JPG
3 1920 FW Rincker, Sinn 575 “ Tear your people out of sin and need. " Evangelical parish church Langd bells 03.JPG

literature

  • Georg Dehio : Handbook of German art monuments , Hessen I: Administrative districts of Giessen and Kassel. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-422-03092-3 , p. 534 f.
  • Wilhelm Diehl: Construction book for the Protestant parishes of the Landgraviate of Hessen-Darmstadt. (Hassia sacra; 5). Self-published, Darmstadt 1931, p. 334.
  • State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Hesse (ed.); Karlheinz Lang (Red.): Cultural monuments in Hesse. District of Giessen I. Hungen, Laubach, Lich, Reiskirchen. (= Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany ). Theiss, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-8062-2177-0 , pp. 131-133.
  • Heinrich Walbe : The art monuments of the Gießen district. Vol. 3. Southern part . Hessisches Denkmalarchiv, Darmstadt 1933, pp. 172–175.
  • Peter Weyrauch : The churches of the old district of Giessen. Mittelhessische Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft, Gießen 1979, p. 102 f.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ State Office for the Preservation of Monuments in Hesse: Cultural monuments in Hesse. 2008, p. 133.
  2. ^ Dehio-Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, Hessen I. 2008, p. 534 f.
  3. ↑ a b Weyrauch: The churches of the old district of Gießen. 1979, p. 102.
  4. ↑ Langd. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS). Hessian State Office for Historical Cultural Studies (HLGL), accessed on November 13, 2013 .
  5. ↑ a b c Gießener Allgemeine Zeitung from July 31, 2020: Church tower in Langd has to be renovated for 415,000 euros , accessed on August 1, 2020.
  6. ↑ Walbe: The art monuments of the district of Giessen. 1933, p. 173.
  7. ↑ Walbe: The art monuments of the district of Giessen. 1933, p. 174.
  8. ↑ a b State Office for Monument Preservation Hesse: Cultural monuments in Hesse. 2008, p. 132.
  9. ↑ Diehl (Ed.): Building book for the Protestant parishes. 1931, p. 334.
  10. ^ Weyrauch: The churches of the old district Gießen. 1979, p. 103.
  11. ^ Franz Bösken , Hermann Fischer : Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine (=  contributions to the Middle Rhine music history . Volume 29.1 ). tape 3 : Former province of Upper Hesse. Part 1: A-L . Schott, Mainz 1988, ISBN 3-7957-1330-7 , p. 538 f .
  12. ↑ Walbe: The art monuments of the district of Giessen. 1933, p. 175.

Coordinates: 50 ° 28 ′ 20 ″  N , 8 ° 57 ′ 1 ″  E