Evangelical Church (Rodenhausen)

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Church in Rodenhausen from the south
Church from the East

The Evangelical Church in Rodenhausen in the municipality of Lohra in the Marburg-Biedenkopf district ( Hesse ) is a late medieval hall church . The listed church, which has been rebuilt several times, has a straight choir closure in the east and a roof turret in the middle .

history

In the late Middle Ages, Rodenhausen was ecclesiastically under the district of Lohra and was assigned to the Amöneburg deanery in the Archdeaconate of St. Stephan in the Archdiocese of Mainz . With the introduction of the Reformation , the place changed from 1526 to the Lutheran creed.

The church was probably built in the 16th century, as a parish in Rodenhausen is first mentioned for 1577 and 1582. Rodenhausen was the vicariate of Kirchvers in 1590 . Since that time Kirchvers formed a parish with Rodenhausen and Weipoltshausen . Probably in 1606 the parish under Landgrave Moritz accepted the Reformed faith, only to finally return to the Lutheran faith with his abdication in 1624.

The late medieval church has been rebuilt several times over the years. The flat ceiling was probably drawn in in the 16th century. The galleries built in 1617 were renovated at the beginning of the 18th century. The wooden vault in the choir was pulled in in 1700, and the pulpit and family chair were made in the same year. At the beginning of the 18th century, the church received additional items such as a crucifix and an organ. The parapet paintings from 1818 were uncovered in 1953.

Today Rodenhausen belongs to the parish III of the large parish Lohra in the parish of Marburg within the Evangelical Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck . Since 2016 Damm, Nanzhausen and Willershausen, which still belong to the parish of Lohra, have been cared for by the parish priest from Kirchvers.

architecture

The not exactly geostete , but something aligned to east-northeast rectangular building made of white plastered rubble masonry with straight Choir deadline is something built increases in the center. He is standing in a square cemetery area that is enclosed by a wall.

The nave and the rectangular choir have the same width but different heights. The slanted roof turret placed in the middle mediates between the gable roof of the nave and the higher roof of the choir. In the square shaft of the roof turret there are four rectangular sound openings to the south and north and two to the west and east for the bells. The final hipped roof is crowned by two spikes with a tower pommel. The tip of the western gable triangle is slated.

The church is accessed through two portals with sandstone surrounds in the south wall, a pointed arch portal in the west and a high rectangular portal in the choir. The interior is illuminated by three tall rectangular windows on the long sides and two rectangular windows in the east with walls made of sandstone. The west side is windowless.

Furnishing

Gallery paintings from 1818
Interior facing west
Old sermon timer on the pulpit with hourglasses

The interior of the nave is closed off by a low, flat beamed ceiling, which was probably drawn in in the 16th century. It rests on a longitudinal girder that is supported by a mighty round column in the middle of the church. The choir, on the other hand, is vaulted by a high, ogival barrel. Wooden ribs on a surrounding cornice imitate a stone vault. The three-sided galleries date from 1617 and were renewed at the beginning of the 18th century. They are supported by octagonal posts with cube capitals. The east gallery serves as the installation site for the organ. The south side with the two entrances and the pulpit is open to the sky.

The parapet paintings were created by Johann August Asmann from Gladenbach-Weidenhausen in 1818. The picture program shows 30 colored paintings in the rectangular panels of the parapet. They depict biblical scenes from the Old and New Testament and the apostles with their attributes. The short west gallery shows the paradise scene with Adam and Eve , Moses and the Old Testament prophets Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and Daniel. On the diagonal piece in the northwest Jesus Christ and Simon Peter are depicted, on the long north gallery the apostles Andrew, James the Elder , Johannes, Philip, Bartholomäus, Thomas, Matthäus, Jakobus the Younger , Simon Zelotes , Judas Thaddäus , on the diagonal piece in Northeast Matthew and the Annunciation scene, on the northern choir gallery the birth of Christ, the flight into Egypt and the baptism of Jesus, on the east gallery the Lord's Supper, the betrayal of Jesus, the condemnation of Jesus, crucifixion, burial, resurrection and ascension of Christ.

Behind the organ, two more monochrome trumpet angels are painted in a simple way on the east wall and two more monochrome trumpet angels in a cloud on the side walls. To the left of the organ there is an inscription on a renovation in 1700: "ANNO CHRISTI 1700. Has this church been RENOVIRET in honor of God with this new vault and taffel tower". The inscription on the right side corresponds to a Bible verse from Ps 103.20  LUT , which explains the depiction of the angels playing music: “Praise the Lord, you his angels, you strong heroes, who give you his command, that one hears the voice of his word. “The Bible verse from Ex 3.5  LUT can be read over the western door . The walled-up south portal is marked with the year 1717.

The oldest inventory item is the massive, cup-shaped, octagonal baptismal font made of red sandstone, which is placed in front of the pulpit and dates from the late Gothic period. The walled-up block altar is closed by a cafeteria plate. An altar cross with a crucifix of the three-nail type from the first half of the 18th century rests on it.

The polygonal wooden pulpit from 1700 has panels with round arches on the pulpit fields. The pulpit entrance on the left side has two diamond-like fillings with tendril ornaments and a lattice wall that is decorated with a top made of rocailles and lace. On the pulpit is an old sermon timer , which consists of rotating hourglasses in a wrought iron frame. Three of the four hourglasses have been preserved. Behind the pulpit is an oil painting showing Luther with the swan. On the south wall, the family chair from 1700 adjoins the east gallery. Above it has latticed rhombuses, below it has panels that are structured by pilasters . The church stalls that leave a central aisle are from the same period .

organ

Organ with a baroque case

The organ was built in or rebuilt in 1780 by the organ builder Johann Peter Rühl, who later became the son-in-law of Johann Andreas Heinemann . Originally it probably comes from Dreuth . The five-axis prospectus has an elevated trapezoidal central tower on which a spherical cross is placed. Two low flat pipe fields, over which a small coffered filling is attached, lead over to the outer pointed towers. Flat field and pointed tower are united under a common, profiled cornice. All pipe fields are finished with a gilded veil, the side blind wings and the attachments on the cornice have gilded rocailles . The pilaster strips between the fields are covered with garlands of flowers. A protruding, profiled cornice with a frieze mediates between the equally wide upper and lower case . Profile strips decorate the lower housing.

The gaming table of the formerly lateral work was laid out in front at an unknown point in time. In 1984 Bruno R. Döring from Neukirchen (Knüll) restored the organ, which amounted to a new building. Except for the historical case that was register Gedackt over 4 '. Instead of the gray version , the original polychrome version was exposed. Today the instrument has nine registers, which are distributed on a manual and pedal. The disposition is as follows:

I Manual C – c 3
Dumped 8th'
Gamba 8th'
Principal 4 ′
Ged. flute 4 ′
Quinta 3 ′
octave 2 ′
Flageolet 2 ′
mixture
Pedal C – c 1
Sub bass 16 ′

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 a. a. 2008, ISBN 978-3-422-03092-3 , p. 773.
  • Hans Feldtkeller (arrangement): The architectural and art monuments of the Biedenkopf district. Eduard Roether, Darmstadt 1958.
  • State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Hesse (ed.); Helmuth K. Stoffers (Red.): District of Marburg-Biedenkopf II (communities Ebsdorfergrund, Fronhausen, Lohra and Weimar) (= monument topography Federal Republic of Germany. Cultural monuments in Hesse ). Theiss, Darmstadt 2017, ISBN 978-3-8062-3550-0 , pp. 515-516.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Rodenhausen. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS). Hessian State Office for Historical Cultural Studies (HLGL), accessed on October 4, 2017 .
  2. ^ Wilhelm Classen: The ecclesiastical organization of Old Hesse in the Middle Ages, including an outline of the modern development. Elwert, Marburg 1929, p. 103.
  3. ↑ a b c d Dehio: Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler , Hessen I. 2008, p. 773.
  4. ↑ ev-kirche-lohra.de: Parish Official supply in large parish Lohra , accessed on 5 October 2017th
  5. ↑ Lohra-Wiki: Rodenhausen , accessed on October 4, 2017.
  6. ↑ a b c d e f State Office for Monument Preservation Hessen: District Marburg-Biedenkopf II. 2017. P. 515.

Coordinates: 50 ° 43 ′ 20.72 "  N , 8 ° 33 ′ 28.16"  E