Evangelical Church (Wolfersweiler)
The Evangelical Church Wolfersweiler is the parish church of the Evangelical congregation in Wolfersweiler , a district of the Saarland community Nohfelden , St. Wendel district . The parish is assigned to the parish of Obere Nahe of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland . In the list of monuments of the Saarland, the church is a single monument listed.
history
There is no reliable information about the origin of the church. The substructure of the church tower , the masonry of which should date from the 13th century, is the oldest part of the church.
Wolfersweiler was in the territory of the Counts of Veldenz from the House of Geroldseck , which in 1444 fell to the dukes of Pfalz-Zweibrücken by inheritance . When Duke Ludwig II of Pfalz-Zweibrücken introduced the Reformation in his countries in 1523 , the Wolfersweiler family switched from the Catholic to the Protestant creed.
In 1586 the tower was increased, as evidenced by the year carved into the tower framework. The reconstruction of the tower was also associated with a restoration of the church.
Exactly 200 years later the nave had to be renewed because it was in a desolate condition. The plans for this were drawn up by the construction director of the Duchy of Pfalz-Zweibrücken, Friedrich Gerhard Wahl . Construction director Hellermann ( Meisenheim ) was responsible for the construction . The tower was not affected by the new building measures, which lasted from 1786 to 1788, and remained standing. On November 30, 1788, the newly built church was inaugurated. The construction costs amounted to 7184 guilders or 12 212 gold marks .
Church building
The church building is located in the old walled cemetery area on a hill above Wolfersweiler. It is a baroque hall church with a three-axis nave facing north to south . On the south side of the nave there is the tower, in which there is a portal with a straight lintel and profiled drapery . On both sides of the tower there is a round window in the south facade of the nave. In the top part of the tower there is an arched window with simple tracery . In the east and west facades of the nave, three high round arched windows are let in, with a straight lintel door under the smaller middle window on the west side. Another window is in the north facade of the nave. The tower has a sound opening on two sides . On the nave there is a hipped roof with small dormers , while the tower is crowned with a polygonal pointed helmet, which merges into a square floor plan in the lower area. The wall surfaces of the sacred building, which is made of natural stone , are mostly plastered and painted in white. The approximately one meter high base and the window frames are unplastered.
Bells
In 1956, the Saarlouiser bell foundry in Saarlouis-Fraulautern, which had been founded by Karl (III) Otto from the Otto bell foundry in Bremen-Hemelingen and Alois Riewer from Saarland in 1953, cast for Ev. Church in Wolfersweiler three bronze bells with the striking tones: g '- a' - h '. The bells have the following diameters: 1058 mm, 942 mm, 839 mm and weigh: 720 kg, 500 kg, 350 kg.
organ
The organ of the church was built in 1834 by the organ builders Gebr. Stumm ( Rhaunensulzbach / Hunsrück ) and is thus the oldest organ in Saarland. In 1968 the instrument was subjected to a restoration by the company Oberlinger ( Windesheim ) and was adapted to the prevailing taste of the time by expanding the pedal mechanism and changing the wind pressure. The prospectus , as well as the majority of the pipes and the work are still originally preserved.
The on a loft established sliderchest -instrument has 14 registers , distributed on a manual and pedal . The playing and stop action is mechanical. The disposition is as follows:
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- Pairing : I / P
- Remarks
- Tuning pitch: a 1 = 443.8 Hz
- Temperature: equal
literature
- Literature on the Evangelical Church (Wolfersweiler) in the Saarland Bibliography
- Weiler, Martin: 200 years of the Evangelical Church in Wolfersweiler . 1988.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Church districts of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland at: www.ekir.de, accessed on April 9, 2014
- ↑ Kirchenkreis Obere Nahe on: www.obere-nahe.de, accessed on April 9, 2014
- ↑ a b List of monuments of the Saarland, sub-monuments list of the district of St. Wendel ( Memento of the original from April 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF), accessed April 9, 2014
- ↑ a b c d From the past of the Protestant parish Wolfersweiler On: www.ekir.de/wolfersweiler, accessed on April 9, 2014
- ↑ The Protestant Church in Nohfelden-Wolfersweiler: Property description ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. From: www.baufachinformation.de, accessed on June 9, 2015
- ^ Gerhard Reinhold: Otto Glocken - family and company history of the bell foundry dynasty Otto . Self-published, Essen 2019, ISBN 978-3-00-063109-2 , p. 588, here especially 87 to 95, 567 .
- ↑ Gerhard Reinhold: Church bells - Christian world cultural heritage, illustrated using the example of the bell founder Otto, Hemelingen / Bremen . Nijmegen / NL 2019, p. 556, here in particular pp. 105 to 112, 518 , urn : nbn: nl: ui: 22-2066 / 204770 (dissertation at Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen).
- ↑ a b The organ of the Evangelical Church Wolfersweiler On: www.organindex.de, accessed on April 9, 2014
- ↑ The organ of the Evangelical Church in Wolfersweiler ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 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. From: www.ekir.de/wolfersweiler, accessed on April 9, 2014
Coordinates: 49 ° 33 '50.6 " N , 7 ° 10' 32.1" E