Evangelical Church Birkelbach

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Evangelical Church in Birkelbach

The Protestant Church Birkelbach is a listed church building in Birkelbach , a district of Erndtebrück in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district ( North Rhine-Westphalia ).

Parish

The parish of Birkelbach consists of the localities of Womelsdorf , Röspe , Birkefehl and Birkelbach, it currently has around 1,300 parishioners, is 25.82 km 2 and has a pastoral office under the patronage of the Princes of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg .

History and architecture

Evangelical Church in Birkelbach
Church from 1707, photographed before demolition in 1900

Today's church in the parish of Birkelbach is not the first church in Birkelbach. The first church in Birkelbach was the expansion of a pre-Reformation chapel with a wooden extension as part of the founding of the Birkelbach parish in 1619. The church was a typical chapel church, the exact appearance of which is unknown. The first church master and perhaps also a carpenter of the church was Hans Stephan Hes from Röspe.

Church from 1707, interior shot, before demolition in 1900

In 1707, after the chapel church was demolished, a new, second church was built in a construction period of 18 weeks. The church was 14.20 meters long and 9.63 meters wide. The base of the tower was 2.83 × 3.68 meters. This church was a simple functional building. A rectangular hall with a wooden vaulted tower, a single entrance on the south side and three windows on the east wall provided the lighting. In 1897 this church was closed due to dilapidation.

The third, still existing, Birkelbacher church was built in 1900 in place of the previous church. Since September 25, 1991 it has been entered in the list of monuments of the Erndtebrück community.

literature

  • Johannes Burkardt, Andreas Kroh, Ulf Lückel: The Wittgenstein Church District and its communities . In: The churches of the Wittgenstein church district in words and pictures , Bad Fredeburg 2001
  • Henning Debus: The Chossi Noh. From the history of the Evangelical Church Community of Birkelbach . In: Dorflesebuch, 525 years Birkelbach 1475-2000 , publisher Evangelische Kirchengemeinde Birkelbach / Dorfgemeinschaft Birkelbach - 525 years - GbR, p. 75 ff.
  • Christoph Lagemann: From the church history of the uppermost Edertal . In: Erndtebrück a home book of the upper Edertal , Ed. Werner Wied, Erndtebrück 1977, Volume 1, p. 501 ff.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Birkelbach parish. December 1, 2013, accessed on July 31, 2014 (German).
  2. ^ The church district Wittgenstein and its communities , in: The churches of the church district Wittgenstein in words and pictures, p. 16
  3. ↑ Henning Debus, The Chossi Noh. From the history of the Evangelical Church Community of Birkelbach . In: Dorflesebuch, 525 years Birkelbach 1475-2000, publisher Evangelische Kirchengemeinde Birkelbach / Dorfgemeinschaft Birkelbach - 525 years - GbR, p. 77
  4. ↑ Debus, The Chossi Noh. From the history of the Evangelical Church Community Birkelbach p. 78
  5. ↑ Lagemann. In: Erndtebrück , Volume 1, p. 512

Coordinates: 51 ° 0 ′ 55.5 ″  N , 8 ° 16 ′ 10.8 ″  E