Evangelical Church (Riegelsberg)

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The Protestant Church in Riegelsberg
View inside the church
View to the organ gallery

The Evangelical Church Riegelsberg is the parish church of the Evangelical congregation Güchenbach in Saarland Riegelsberg in the church district Saar-West of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland . In the list of monuments of the Saarland, the church is a single monument listed.

history

The church was in the years 1886 to 1889 to plans by the architect cathedral architect Reinhold Wirtz ( Trier built) and for ideas of Regierungsbaurat Eduard Held Berg (Trier). From 1955 to 1963 the church underwent restoration and reconstruction work. The gallery in the north transept arm was removed. Architect Franz Lang ( Webenheim ) directed the measures. In 1993 another restoration took place.

Architecture and equipment

The church building was built in the neo-Gothic style. The structure is the church tower with a pointed helmet , to which the nave , then a transept and finally the three-sided choir adjoins. The floor plan corresponds to the shape of a Latin cross .

The church's furnishings include five windows by the architect and glass painter György Lehoczky ( Saarbrücken ), which were created in 1962/63. They deal with the birth of Jesus , the crucifixion , the resurrection or ascension , the Sermon on the Mount and the wedding at Cana .

The altar , the ambo and the baptismal font come from the architect Franz Lang (Webenheim), who designed them in 1962. Also created in 1962 were paraments by textile artist Dorothea Zech ( Heusweiler ) with the themes of the altar ( Christ monogram , Holy Spirit , four rivers, cross and crown of thorns ) and pulpit (cross and crown, procession of the saints, four evangelists , young men in the furnace).

organ

The organ of the church was built in 2002 by Hugo Mayer Orgelbau (Heusweiler). The organ case , for the color of which the company Mrziglod ( Tholey ) was responsible, is made of solid fir. The abrasive loading -instrument has 23 (24) register , divided into 2 manuals and pedal . The action mechanism is mechanical, the stop action is electric. The disposition is as follows:

I main work C – a 3
1. Pommer 16 ′
2. Prestant 8th'
3. Flauto major 8th'
4th Octave 4 ′
5. Reed flute 4 ′
6th Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Octave 2 ′ (advance copy)
7th Mixture III-IV 2 ′
8th. Trumpet 8th'
II Swell C – a 3
9. Lead-covered 8th'
10. Salicional 8th'
11. Voix céleste 8th'
12. Violin principal 4 ′
13. Portal flute 4 ′
14th Nazard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
15th Flautino 2 ′
16. third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
17th Scharff III 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
18th oboe 8th'
Tremulant
Pedal C – f 1
19th Sub bass 16 ′
20th Principal 8th'
21st Dacked bass 8th'
22nd Chorale flute 4 ′
23. bassoon 16 ′
  • Coupling : II / I, I / P, II / P
  • Playing aids : 128 individual combinations on 2 levels with key switch, sequencer forwards and backwards

literature

  • Kristine Marschall: Sacred buildings of classicism and historicism in Saarland . Institute for Regional Studies in Saarland, Saarbrücken 2002, ISBN 3-923877-40-4 .
  • György Lehoczky working group (ed.): György Lehoczky, 1901-1979 . St. Johann GmbH, Saarbrücken, Saarbrücken 2010, ISBN 3-938070-49-8 , p. 176 ( galerie-st-johann.de [accessed on September 7, 2012]).
  • Evang. Parish of Güchenbach (ed.): 125 years of the Evangelical Church of Güchenbach in Riegelsberg: Festschrift for the church consecration anniversary 2013 / [ed. on behalf of the presbytery of the Evangelical parish of Güchenbach for the 125th anniversary of the parish] . Riegelsberg 2013, p. 72 .

Web links

Commons : Evangelical Church (Riegelsberg)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Church districts of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland On: www.ekir.de, accessed on March 15, 2014
  2. ↑ parishes on: www.evks-data.de ( Evangelical Saarland ), accessed on March 15, 2014
  3. ↑ List of monuments of the Saarland, partial list of monuments Regional Association Saarbrücken ( Memento of the original from January 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF), accessed on March 15, 2014  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.saarland.de
  4. ↑ a b c Information on the Evangelical Church Riegelsberg at: www.kunstlexikonsaar.de, accessed on March 15, 2014
  5. ↑ The organ on the Mayer website at: www.orgelbau-mayer.de, accessed on March 15, 2014
  6. ^ The organ of the Evangelical Church in Riegelsberg on: www.organindex.de, accessed on March 15, 2014

Coordinates: 49 ° 18 ′ 16.9 ″  N , 6 ° 56 ′ 39.1 ″  E