Evangelical Church Baumerlenbach
The Evangelical Church in Baumerlenbach , a district of Öhringen in the Hohenlohe district , is considered the oldest church in the district.
history
The Church in Erlenbach tree is the oldest church in the Hohenlohekreis and was well on gaugräflichem own property built. Hiltisnoot, the sister of Count Maorloch, is considered the client. In 887 the church, whose patronage at that time were Salvator (the Redeemer) and Mary the Mother of the Redeemer, came as a gift from the Hiltisnoot to the Lorsch Monastery . In the deed of gift is also a monasterium ( monastery ) mentioned. However, there is no evidence of a former monastery near the church, only on the nearby steep slope of the Kocher valley in the Gewann Nonnenstuhl , the folk legend tells of a monastery that is also not otherwise proven. The branch communities Möglingen and Wächlingen or Ohrnberg once belonged to the church .
From Lorsch possession, the church then came into the possession of the family of the Regensburg bishop Gebhard , who donated it to the Öhringen monastery in 1037 to furnish it. The right of patronage then lay with the Öhringen monastery for several centuries and came to the Neuenstein branch of the Hohenlohe family in the course of the Reformation in the 16th century .
The church was given its present form through renovation in 1732.
description
The church faces east with the tower choir . A one-story gallery has been moved in to the west of the nave. Inside the church, many of the historical furnishings have been preserved, including an ornate painted pulpit with a sound cover to the right of the choir arch as well as the gallery with partially painted parapets and the historic church organ. Various tombs of pastors and pastors' wives have also been placed in the church, including the particularly ornate tomb of Sabrina Dederer, who died in childbirth in 1709, to the left of the choir arch.
literature
- Jürgen Hermann Rauser: Ohrntaler Heimatbuch. XI. Volume: Öhringer book. Weinsberg 1982, pp. 157-170.
Coordinates: 49 ° 14 '24.9 " N , 9 ° 26" 25.1 " E