Evangelical Church (Obbornhofen)

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Church from the northwest
Interior to the east

The Evangelical Church in Obbornhofen , a district of Hungen in the district of Gießen ( Hessen ), consists of a square choir tower from the 13th century and the rectangular hall church from 1741/1742. The church is a Hessian cultural monument .

history

The church patronage indicates a church in the 12th or 13th century. A pastor was first recorded for the place in 1333: Giselbert von Nordeck, followed in 1342 by Walther von Londorf. At the end of the Middle Ages, Obbornhofen belonged to the archdeaconate of St. Maria ad Gradus in the Archdiocese of Mainz and had its own sending district . With the introduction of the Reformation between 1554 and 1560, Villingen changed to the Lutheran and with Count Konrad von Solms-Braunfels around 1582 to the Reformed creed. Blasius Lundorp was the first Protestant pastor to work here until 1568.

Nothing is known about a renovation attested to in 1566. In the 1650s, the damage caused by the Thirty Years' War was repaired and new stalls and a new pulpit were purchased. The previous church was demolished in 1741 and renewed until 1742. Renovations took place in 1871 and 1911. In 1911 the interior of the church was repainted, the parapet paintings were exposed again, the east gable was slated and a new organ was installed.

After cracks of unknown cause appeared in the beams and masonry, a renovation concept was developed in two construction phases in 2018. Some of the damaged beams of the medieval construction were replaced and the load was shifted to the outer walls with additional wooden beams. The spire got a new weathercock. The connection between the choir tower and the younger nave was stabilized, the double-walled walls were fixed with stainless steel anchors and the cavities were filled with a lime injection. At the end of the external renovation, the roof turret and the choir roof received a new slate after the repair. Interior renovation followed in a second construction phase. In the course of this, the damaged stucco ceiling was renovated and painted white, the plaster repaired, the organ removed and reinstalled, the lighting and electrical installation renewed and the floor and wooden church furnishings refurbished. The cost was 750,000 euros. The re-inauguration took place on December 1, 2019.

architecture

North side of the church with the choir tower
South side of the church

The east- facing church is located in the northwest of the old village center. The lower part of the choir tower dates from the 13th century. It is solidly walled up and has corner blocks made of sandstone and lung stone . The upper part, made of slate, late Gothic half-timbering with an east gable and a flat half- hip supported by headbands were created in 1490. The winter 1489/1490 was proven dendrochronologically as the precipitation date. The choir is crowned by a very slender, eight-sided pointed helmet, the medieval construction of which has been preserved from 1490. The spire reaches a height of 36 meters. A tower pommel with an ornate cross and a gold-plated weathercock is attached to it.

A narrow, early Gothic pointed arched window on the north side with lung stone walls dates back to the time it was built. The wider east and south sandstone choir windows were built in around 1500. The south portal in the tower has a shoulder arch and sandstone walls, inside an arched arch. The choir hall is closed by a ribbed vault with grooved ribs on round corner pillars. The keystone is covered with a rosette, which is covered by the organ.

The white plastered nave is accessed through a door on the west and south side. The north portal is walled up. The south portal is richer than the other portals due to the triangular gable and the architrave as the main entrance. The interior is illuminated by segmented arched windows with profiled lintels on the south side. A round arched triumphal arch opens the choir to the nave. All structures and garments are made of sandstone. The west side is designed as a crested hip.

Furnishing

Pulpit from 1652
Stucco ceiling in 2014

The interior of the ship is of a flat ceiling with stucco completed, all white after renovation in 2019 adopted is. The angled gallery on the west and north side rests on wooden posts painted in red marbled. The gallery parapet has rectangular fillings. The floor is covered with slabs of red sandstone.

In the choir there is a sacrament niche with battlements in the north wall, a piscina with an iron door and a three-seat niche with a flat arch on the south wall and a device niche for the aquamanile on the east wall. The remains of the choir painting date from 1751. There are also remains of the Gothic painting as well as six consecration crosses , some of which overlap and indicate a double consecration.

A wooden parsonage with openwork latticework leads to the pulpit staircase. The polygonal pulpit from 1652 has an octagonal sound cover, which is crowned with openwork carving and gilded spheres with spikes. It rests on a square foot with herms . The wall piece between the lid and the pulpit has a polygonal filling with a Bible verse as an inscription: “Shout confidently, don't raise your voice like a trumpet: ESA: 58” ( Isa 58.1  LUT ). The pulpit has corner pillars and framed panels with relief-like tendril ornaments.

The stalls were created around 1650, so they come from the previous church. The wooden altar with coffered panels under the triumphal arch has steps to the front and back. The wooden candlestick is made of two hexagonal frames.

A red sandstone tombstone commemorates Joh. Peter (1669–1739). The curved headpiece shows an angel's head with wings. A second tombstone is more weathered. An inscription is placed between two pilasters under an architrave . In the upper part there are two putti holding two tendrils. They end in volutes and enclose the initials "AMB". A crown forms the top.

organ

Organ behind the prospectus from 1843

In 1724 the community acquired an organ with seven registers from the Butzbach cantor Johann Christoph Henrici, which was probably installed in the new church. Organ builder Dreuth took care of the maintenance in 1851 and 1752. Friedrich Wilhelm Bernhard from Romrod built a new plant in 1843. The old organ was dismantled by Bernhard and sold to Elbenrod for 1940 marks . In 1911 Förster & Nicolaus Orgelbau built a new organ behind an older prospect. The movement with pneumatic cone chests has nine stops on a manual and pedal and has been preserved to this day. The disposition is as follows:

I Manual C – f 3
Principal 8th'
Gamba 8th'
Dolce 8th'
Bourdon 8th'
Octave 4 ′
Flute amabile 4 ′
Intoxicating fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3 
Pedal C – d 1
Sub bass 16 ′
Violon bass 8th'

Bells

Bach bell from 1888

The tower houses a triple bell with a major triad. Of the three Bach bells that were cast in Windecken in 1888, two had to be delivered in 1917 to be melted down. New ones were purchased to replace them in 1923, which were confiscated in 1941 and replaced in 1950.

No.
  		Casting year
  		Foundry, casting location
  		Diameter
(mm) 		Chime
  		inscription
 
1 1950 Gebr. Rincker , Sinn f sharp 1
2 1950 Gebr. Rincker, Sinn as 1
3 1888 Philipp Heinrich Bach, Windecken 730 c sharp 2 " HONOR TO GOD
ON HIGH PEACE ON EARTH
AND MANY PEOPLE A COMFORT "

literature

  • Georg Dehio : Handbook of German art monuments , Hessen I. Administrative districts of Giessen and Kassel. Edited by Folkhard Cremer, Tobias Michael Wolf and others. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-422-03092-3 , p. 709.
  • Wilhelm Diehl : Construction book for the Protestant parishes of the sovereign lands and the acquired areas of Darmstadt. (Hassia sacra; 8). Self-published, Darmstadt 1935, p. 190 f.
  • Hans Kammer, Johannes Fritzsche, Karl-Otto-Ruppel; Heimatverein Obbornhofen (Ed.): Obbornhofen. Village life in the previous century. Self-published, Hungen-Obbornhofen 2008.
  • 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 , p. 146.
  • Ulrich Schütte (Ed.): Churches and synagogues in the villages of the Wetterau. (= Wetterau history sheets 53 ). Verlag der Bindernagelschen Buchhandlung, Friedberg (Hessen) 2004, ISBN 3-87076-098-2 , p. 463 f.
  • Heinrich Walbe : The art monuments of the Gießen district. Vol. 3. Southern part . Hessisches Denkmalarchiv, Darmstadt 1933, pp. 332–335.
  • Peter Weyrauch : The churches of the old district of Giessen. Mittelhessische Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft, Gießen 1979, p. 140 f.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b State Office for Monument Preservation Hesse: Cultural monuments in Hesse. 2008, p. 146.
  2. ^ Weyrauch: The churches of the old district Gießen. 1979, p. 140.
  3. ^ Gerhard Kleinfeldt, Hans Weirich: The medieval church organization in the Upper Hessian-Nassau area. (= Writings of the institute for historical regional studies of Hesse and Nassau 16 ). NG Elwert, Marburg 1937, ND 1984, p. 30.
  4. ↑ Obbornhofen. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS). Hessian State Office for Historical Cultural Studies (HLGL), accessed on November 25, 2013 .
  5. ^ Diehl: Construction book for the Protestant parishes. 1935, p. 190.
  6. ^ Diehl: Construction book for the Protestant parishes. 1935, p. 191.
  7. ↑ a b Rose-Rita Schäfer: Old bar becomes jewelry. In: Gießener Anzeiger of September 8, 2018, p. 58.
  8. ^ Rose-Rita Schäfer: Church in Obbornhofen reopened after renovation with a solemn festival service. In: Gießener Anzeiger from December 3, 2019.
  9. ↑ Walbe: The art monuments of the district of Giessen. 1933, p. 332.
  10. ↑ a b Dehio: Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, Hessen I. 2008, p. 709.
  11. ↑ a b Weyrauch: The churches of the old district of Gießen. 1979, p. 141.
  12. ↑ Walbe: The art monuments of the district of Giessen. 1933, p. 334.
  13. ^ Franz Bösken , Hermann Fischer : Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine (=  contributions to the Middle Rhine music history . Volume 29.2 ). tape 3 : Former province of Upper Hesse. Part 2: M-Z . Schott, Mainz 1988, ISBN 3-7957-1331-5 , p. 965 f .
  14. ↑ Walbe: The art monuments of the district of Giessen. 1933, p. 334 f.

Coordinates: 50 ° 26 ′ 26.4 ″  N , 8 ° 49 ′ 50 ″  E