Evangelical Church (Siegelbach)
| Basic data | |
| Denomination | evangelical |
| place | Kaiserslautern, Germany |
| Building history | |
| architect | Ludwig Levy |
| construction time | 1905-1907 |
| Building description | |
| Architectural style | Art Nouveau, New Baroque |
| Furnishing style | Altar, organ, building block |
| Construction type | two-aisled gallery hall with vestibule, red sandstone block construction |
| 49 ° 28 '6.8 " N , 7 ° 41' 29.8" E | |
The Evangelical Church is a Protestant parish church in the Siegelbach district of the city of Kaiserslautern . It is a listed monument as a single monument.
history
The church was built between 1905 and 1907 based on designs by Ludwig Levy .
architecture
The asymmetrical red sandstone church faces east. The two-aisled hall with a mighty gallery ends in a recessed rectangular choir with a monastery vault. The exterior of the church is a mixture of neo-baroque and art nouveau forms . The southern long side has a three-bay front with tail gables and a high flank tower with a square floor plan and an octagonal sound floor. A Welsche hood with a lantern closes the tower. A neo-baroque portal sits on the western gable side. Two oculi above it. Finally, in the curved bent gable, there are two coupled windows. The portal with a double-leaf door leaf with a round arch is framed by pilasters with an elaborately decorated gable. In the central cartouche inscription with the Bible verse: "I want my apartment among you" ( Leviticus 26:11 EU ). There is a simpler, upright rectangular portal on the first floor of the tower.
The main nave of the church is surmounted by a barrel vault. The three bays of the show facade form an aisle inside, the transverse barrels of which are supported by mighty round columns. You enter the church hall through a vestibule. There is a sacristy on the southeast corner. The wooden gallery in the side aisle, which continues into the western third of the main nave, is striking.
The sculptural decorations in and on the church were created by Jakob Jausel based on designs by Heinrich Bauer from Karlsruhe.
Furnishing
The simple furnishings have largely been preserved in the original. The altar dates from the time it was built. The base of the former pulpit is now a font. The organ comes from the company H. Voit & Sons from Durlach. The Art Nouveau ceiling chandelier has also been preserved. The glass windows are kept bright and show figurative motifs in the choir, otherwise geometric decors. Stucco and banding also adorn the interior.
Surroundings
In the church garden there is a war memorial created in 1927 by the sculptor J. Jausel for the fallen soldiers of the First World War. The monument, reminiscent of a high altar, consists of a stepped base. This is followed by a three-tiered top made of red sandstone with coats of arms and swords in the lower part, an eagle above and a wide cross on top. In 1957, August Deubzer's memorial was expanded for the fallen and missing of the Second World War. The sculptor placed a cube with a sacrificial bowl next to the old memorial.
literature
- Mara Oexner (arrangement): City of Kaiserslautern . (= Volume 14, Monument Topography Federal Republic of Germany. Cultural Monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate ), State Office for Monument Preservation, Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft, Worms 1996, p. 171f
Individual evidence
- ↑ Informational directory of cultural monuments. Independent city of Kaiserslautern , Directorate General for Cultural Heritage, May 4, 2016, p. 19 (PDF)