Evangelical Church Affoldern
The Evangelical Church Affoldern is a church building in Affoldern , a district of the municipality of Edertal , in the Waldeck-Frankenberg district ( Hesse ).
History and architecture
The tower, made of quarry stone, is part of a former Gothic fortification from around 1300. Its pyramid helmet with four guard houses , which was put on in 1761 , was destroyed in 1945 during the Second World War and renewed in 1953. The Gothic choir and the ship, which was built from 1754 to 1759 by the later Waldeck construction director, Lieutenant Engineer Johann Matthias Kitz , were destroyed in the Edersee catastrophe in 1943. The red quarry stone came from the broken-down Johanniter hospital in Nieder-Wildungen . The interior was a rectangular, baroque hall with entrances on the north and west sides. The walls were divided by three arched windows on the south and one on the north. There was a long circular window above the north and west entrances. The interior ceiling was vaulted. Like the walls, the vault was plastered and painted. Galleries were built into the north and west sides. The church tower was accessible via the northern gallery, the organ was on the northern gallery. The Gothic choir possibly originated from around 1300, its walls were divided by four small, ogival windows that only sparsely illuminated the room. The combination of a baroque nave and a Gothic choir was probably unique in the Waldeck area. After the destruction in the water disaster, the ruins were demolished. During the occupation of the town on March 30, 1945, the American soldiers set fire to the spire. During this action, the bell of 1411 melted and fell. The ruins were demolished.
The foundation stone for the new church was laid on August 4, 1950. The roof was covered with German hollow tiles in December 1950, and the roof of the choir was straightened in March 1951. The stone carving work on the door and window reveals was finished in November and the glazing was installed from the end of November. The pews were ordered in January 1952. The round window above the gallery was donated by the parish in Buhlen and installed in February 1952. The arch that separates the apse and the church interior was painted in early May 1952. The church was inaugurated on May 17, 1952 by Bishop Adolf Wüstemann of the Protestant regional church Kurhessen-Waldeck .
Furnishing
- The altar plate was donated by the Giflitz parish, the construction of the altar was paid for by the Mehlen parish.
- The altar wing from around 1500 has been exhibited in the Wolfgang Bonhage Museum in Korbach since 1971.
- On October 19, 1953, the reconstruction was completed with the crowning of the tower, consisting of a hollow brass ball containing documents, the cross and the cock.
organ
The church once housed an organ that was built by master organ builder Bornemann in 1778 and given a new work from 1913 to 1914 by organ builder Vogt from Korbach. After it was completely destroyed by the water disaster in 1943, the organ building company Werner Bosch in Sandershausen created a new organ, which was put into service on April 12, 1953. The purely mechanical instrument has 6 stops on a manual (C – f 3 : Gedackt 8 ′, Principal 4 ′, recorder 2 ′ and Mixtur 1 1 ⁄ 3 ′) and a pedal (C – f 1 : Subbass 16 ′, Choralbass 4 ′ ).
literature
- Georg Dehio , edited by Folkhard Cremer, Tobias Michael Wolf and others: Handbook of German Art Monuments, Hesse 1, Gießen and Kassel administrative districts . Deutscher Kunstverlag , 2008, ISBN 978-3-422-03092-3 .
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Coordinates: 51 ° 10 '0.2 " N , 9 ° 5' 13.4" E