Evangelical Church Bischmisheim
The Evangelical Church of Bischmisheim (also: Schinkelkirche Bischmisheim ) in Kirchstrasse 1 in the Saarbrücken district of Bischmisheim is a listed monument and is considered an outstanding work of classicism in southwest Germany.
history
The first church in the village belonged to the bishops of Reims . In the 12th century, the St. Remi Abbey transferred the eastern regions of Reims, including Bischmisheim, first to the Kusel monastery and then to the St. Remigiusberg provost; However, it remained in Reims possession, as can be deduced from the fact that the Abbey of St. Remi in a wisdom from the 15th century still appears as the owner of the Remigiusland and thus also of Bischmisheim. In 1524 the place became part of the County of Nassau-Saarbrücken , and the Junkers von Kerpen in Illingen received the right to collage . Not much is known about the medieval church, it was a rectangular building with a west tower and was renovated in 1714 and 1813, but had to remain closed from 1813 due to dilapidation and was finally demolished. As early as 1818, the Saarbrücken master builder Johann Adam Knipper the Younger submitted a design for a new building, which was rejected as too expensive. From 1822 to 1824, Knipper built a new building based on plans by Karl Friedrich Schinkel . The church was consecrated in 1824. The organ came from the organ builder Dees from Saarbrücken.
In 1898/99 the wooden pillars were replaced by stone pillars by the architect Hausmann. In 1928/29 the architect Karl Schlück replaced the wooden roof structure with a reinforced concrete ceiling and the church got heating.
From 1964 to 1968, the building was extensively restored by the Trier architect Heinrich Otto Vogel and a spiral staircase to the gallery was built in, which replaced the two previous wooden stairs at the entrance. In the 1980s, the church's original color scheme was no longer preserved. In 1987/88 renovation measures to restore the color scheme were initiated. Because color analyzes did not produce satisfactory results, it was decided to completely redesign the color version based on Schinkel's drawings. The painting work was carried out by the painter Manfred Bleßmann from Berlin , who was commissioned there to paint the Schinkel's Nazareth Church according to Karl Friedrich Schinkel's original color plans . A warm yellow was chosen as the basic tone of the painted sandstone blocks for the church, the pillars were given painted fluting , and a dark red was chosen for the ornamentation. In 2002 the church was restored again under the direction of the Saarbrücken architect Frank Huwig.
architecture
The two-story church has an octagonal floor plan and is strictly symmetrical. Each side has two arched windows on the ground floor and two on the upper floor, which are separated by a surrounding cornice. Also the windows of both floors have a revolving impost . The entrance consists of two unadorned portals. The unplastered building consists of sandstone blocks with a flat pyramid roof with an octagonal pointed roof turret for the bells. Inside there is a gallery made of wood that is supported by eight columns with composite capitals . Above, eight other columns under a beam hold the flat ceiling with star-shaped stucco. The altar on a stepped pedestal is opposite the entrance and stands in front of a small room that serves as a back entrance with sacristy and also houses the pulpit. The organ stands above it.
Furnishing
Altar , pulpit and organ front were refined and installed by Knipper according to Schinkel's plans.
Bells
The first bells were from 1917. Today's ringing consists of two bells that were cast in 1920 by the Mabilon bell foundry in Saarburg .
organ
The two-manual organ comes from the workshop Hermann Eule Orgelbau in Bautzen , built 1968th The instrument has slide chests and mechanical action . The disposition is as follows:
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Couple
- Normal coupling: II / I, I / P, II / P
literature
- Walter Zimmermann: The art monuments of the city and the district of Saarbrücken . Unchanged reprint of the original edition from 1932, Verein für Denkmalpflege im Saarland, Saarbrücken 1975, pp. 214–216
- Hans Caspary, Wolfgang Götz, Ekkart Klinge (arrangement): Rhineland-Palatinate / Saarland . (= Georg Dehio (†): Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler ). Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1984, p. 117
- Josef Baulig, Hans Mildenberger, Gabriele Scherer: Saarbrücken architecture guide . Historical Association for the Saar Region, Saarbrücken 1998, p. 62
- Werner Karg: The history of the village of Bischmisheim in the Middle Ages, Bischmisheim 2006
- Ute Kegel: Schinkel's ideal building for a Protestant village church. The octagon from Bischmisheim, Karlsruhe 2011, 128 pages with many illustrations, ISBN 978-3-938560-24-2
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of monuments of the Saarland, partial list of monuments of the state capital Saarbrücken ( Memento of the original from January 16, 2014 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. , P. 39
- ^ Organs in Saarland ( Memento of the original from February 21, 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.
Coordinates: 49 ° 13 '8.9 " N , 7 ° 4' 0.7" E