Evangelical Church Bobenhausen II

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Church from the north
Evangelical parish church from the southwest

The Protestant parish church is a listed church building in Bobenhausen II , a district of Ulrichstein in the Vogelsbergkreis ( Hesse ). The single-aisle hall church from 1765 in the Rococo style has a late Romanesque west tower from the first half of the 13th century with a defensive character.

history

The medieval church was first mentioned in the 12th century. It was consecrated to Saint Gangolf and the mother church of a parish with the branches Höckersdorf, Kölzenhain, Altenhain, Ober-Seibertenrod, Wohnfeld, Feldkrücken and Sellnrod. A figure from 1591 by Wilhelm Dilich shows it with a cross-shaped floor plan. With the introduction of the Reformation , the parish changed to the Protestant creed. In the first half of the 16th century, the west tower received its current pointed helmet.

In the first half of the 18th century the church fell into disrepair and was considered to be "undisputedly one of the most dilapidated in the so-called upper duchy". After a fire to the foundation walls in 1760, the church had to be demolished. When the nave was rebuilt from 1762 to 1765 under the direction of master builder Lorenz Friedrich Müller, the church tower was retained. As part of the new church building, the old tower received a new portal in 1763. In 1907 the hipped roof and the church ceiling were renewed under the direction of Friedberg architect Freundlieb and the interior was painted again.

The parish today extends over the five localities of Bobenhausen, Höckersdorf, Kölzenhain, Ober-Seibertenrod and Wohnfeld, some of which have their own churches. It belongs to the Evangelical Dean's Office Büdinger Land in the Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau .

architecture

South portal with Hessian coat of arms

The east- facing church is raised on the northern outskirts. It is plastered white; only the walls and corner structures made of red sandstone are left out. The church consists of two structures, the medieval tower and the nave from the 1760s. In accordance with the leading role of the church in the parish , a large and representative church was built.

The unstructured, compact church tower with corner blocks made of Lungstein is integrated into the church. The first floor has a small slot window on each side. The second floor has small ogival hatches under the eaves. The steep helmet structure from the late Gothic period is completely slated. Four characteristic dormers with triangular gables are attached to the pointed helmet. It is crowned by a tower knob, a wrought iron cross and a gilded weathercock. The west portal from 1763 is designed similar to the south portal, but without a coat of arms. The remainder of a holy water font has been preserved next to the portal. The tower hall has a barrel vault and serves as an entrance area. It is connected to the ship by a double door with a glazed upper part.

The large hall building on a rectangular floor plan with bevelled corners is divided into five axes by a two-storey window arrangement. The segment arch windows have keystones . Portals with richly profiled walls on the two long sides open up the nave. The rectangular portals have enlarged corners and keystones, of which the one in the south portal is marked with the year 1762. The south portal also has a blown gable with the coat of arms of Hessen-Darmstadt , which is held by two lions and flanked on the outside by two winged angel heads. The nave is covered by a high, slated mansard roof with two small dormers on each side.

A memorial for the fallen of World War II is formed from three steles in front of the south side of the church.

Interior

Parapet painting by Daniel Hisgen (1765): Josef's sale
Interior facing east

The cove ceiling with central mirror is structured by profiled stucco strips. The longitudinal room division is arranged symmetrically. Three-sided circumferential galleries were built, which rest on columns. A free-standing organ gallery supports the pulpit on the eastern side. The east gallery rests on a central support between two large branch arches with fighters . The pulpit is accessible from the rear. The pulpit and sound cover are decorated with late Baroque ornaments. The polygonal sound cover, which merges with the gallery, is crowned by vases and a volute crown. In front of it, the block altar with a sandstone slab stands freely in the room.

48 oil paintings on canvas by Daniel Hisgen are attached to the gallery parapets . In front of the organ they show the four evangelists and twelve apostles and in the other galleries a cycle of pictures with scenes from the Old and New Testament from the creation of the world to the outpouring of the Holy Spirit . The curved cheeks of the church stalls, which leave a central aisle free, have flat-carved acanthus and cartouches as well as attached spheres.

organ

Wegmann organ (1775)

The rococo organ was built by Philipp Ernst Wegmann in 1774/1775 after he had not kept his contractual agreements of 1766 and 1771. Four registers that were initially left out were added in 1778 by Wegmann's master craftsman Johann Gottfried Meynecke. Johann Georg Förster repaired the organ in 1844 and cleaned the reeds , which were later removed. Förster & Nicolaus Orgelbau renovated the organ in 1925. In 1961, Emanuel Kemper & Sohn from Lübeck overhauled the instrument and replaced two registers. During a further restoration from 1979 to 1982 by Gerald Woehl , the original condition was brought closer again. In the process, six lost registers were replaced. The organ has 21 stops and is one of the few historical two-manual instruments in the Hesse organ landscape that has largely been preserved. The prospectus is divided into seven axes: the large central round tower is followed by narrow, two-story flat fields. Two small round towers follow two medium-sized harp fields and two low harp fields on the outside. The disposition is as follows:

I main work C – d 3
Principal 8th' N
Bordon 8th'
Viola di gamba 8th'
Octava 4 ′
Vocara 4 ′ N
Duiflauthe 4 ′
Quint 3 ′
Octava 2 ′
Sexquialter II 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Mixture IV-V 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Trumpet B / D 8th' N
II Positive C – d 3
Lovely Gedackt 8th'
Calm Traversa (from g) 8th'
Principal 4 ′
Flöth 4 ′
Flageolet 2 ′
Vox humana 8th' N
Tremulant N
Pedal C – g 0
Sub-bass 16 ′
Violon 8th'
Fifth bass 6 ′ N
Trombone bass 16 ′ N
N = 1980/1982 newly manufactured registers

literature

Web links

Commons : Evangelische Kirche Bobenhausen II  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wilhelm Diehl: Hessen-Darmstädtisches Pastor and Schoolmaster Book. (= Hassia sacra; 1 ). Self-published, Friedberg 1921, p. 435.
  2. ^ A b c State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Hesse (ed.): Cultural monuments in Hesse. Vogelsbergkreis II. Part 2. 2016, p. 1000.
  3. ^ Diehl: Construction book for the Protestant parishes. 1931, p. 500.
  4. ↑ Georg Dehio ; Edited by Magnus Backes: Hessen . In: Handbook of German Art Monuments . First volume. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich, Berlin 1966, p. 88 .
  5. ^ Diehl: Construction book for the Protestant parishes. 1931, p. 501.
  6. ^ Deanery Büdinger Land , accessed on September 7, 2018.
  7. ^ Großmann: Art monuments and museums. 1987, p. 548.
  8. ^ Dehio: Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, Hessen I. 2008, p. 116.
  9. ^ State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Hesse (ed.): Cultural monuments in Hesse. Vogelsbergkreis. P. 1002.
  10. ^ Großmann: Art monuments and museums. 1987, p. 549.
  11. ^ State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Hesse (ed.): Cultural monuments in Hesse. Vogelsbergkreis. P. 1001.
  12. ^ Organ in Bobenhausen , accessed on March 26, 2015.
  13. ^ Franz Bösken : Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine (=  contributions to the Middle Rhine music history . Volume 7.1 ). tape 2 : The area of ​​the former administrative district of Wiesbaden. Part 1: A-K . Schott, Mainz 1975, ISBN 3-7957-1307-2 , p. 141-143 .

Coordinates: 50 ° 34 ′ 51.1 ″  N , 9 ° 8 ′ 13.6 ″  E