Evangelical Church Burgbracht

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The Evangelical Church in Burgbracht is a transverse church , built between 1738 and 1741.

Previous construction

The first reports of a chapel dedicated to the Holy Cross come from the 15th century. In 1419 a chaplain Heinrich Yrmentrich zu Burgbracht is mentioned. He is named again as the rector of the chapel in “suburbio,” the suburb.

In the church accounts of the Wolferborn court from 1543 to 1554, Burgbracht is already included in the parish " Hitzenkirchen ".

The pastor's right of presentation was given to the von Lißbergs and, in 1450, to Rodenstein . The chapel belonged to the diocese of Mainz in the archdeaconate of St. Maria ad Gradus in Mainz , in the Landkapitel Roßdorf , send district Hitzkirchen.

The Reformation was started in the county of Ysenburg-Birstein by Count Reinhard von Ysenburg-Büdingen-Birstein, née. Introduced in 1518, in the 1640s. He issued a Lutheran church ordinance as early as 1544 . The pastors of the county rejected the demands of the Mainz visitation commission during the Augsburg interim in 1550. Count Wolfgang Ernst made the change from the Lutheran to the Calvinist creed in 1596, supported by the theologian Paul Crocius.

After the Thirty Years War , the community tried repeatedly to permanently repair the chapel. Finally, Count Wolfgang Ernst II zu Isenburg-Birstein (reigned 1718–1754) decisively promoted the construction of a new church . This also had the right of patronage .

The church from 1738

Building history

The count intended to "facilitate Sothane's construction."

The new construction of the village church began with a “solemn laying of the foundation stone” on June 11, 1738, at which the count with his entire family and many courtiers were also present. Contracts with the most important craftsmen had already been concluded in the spring. At the request of Count Wolfgang Ernst, the Burgbracht subjects were allowed to break limestone for lime burning in Count Maximilian zu Ysenburg- Wächtersbach's area . The wood was donated by Wolfgang Ernst, only the city of Wenings donated five logs for construction. The haulage services were done through "stately dishes."

Funding was raised through a Christmas collection in 1738 in the counties of Birstein and Offenbach , which had belonged to Wolfgang Ernst since 1718, and through collection patents for two collectors. In April 1739 the shell was completed. On September 3, 1740, the roof rider received a cross and button. The then prevailing need delayed the completion of the building, which was only inaugurated on October 11, 1741.

architecture

It was built as a transverse church. Ellwardt speaks of a “simple, rectangular hall building that looks like it is longitudinally oriented from the outside.” The alleged year of construction of the hall church in 1738 is above the west portal , above which is the coat of arms of the Isenburg-Birstein county .

The west facade is particularly emphasized by its end with the polygonal tower with a three-tier hood, which was built as a roof turret . It also serves as a bell tower . In 1890 there were two bells inside .

The interior of the transverse church with a three-sided wooden gallery , communion table and pulpit dates from the year it was built. The pulpit is on the free long side, in front of it the Lord's Supper, which is surrounded by a paradise grid.

The organ stands in the side gallery above the entrance.

literature

  • Klaus Peter Decker: The Holy Cross Chapel in Burgbracht and the new church from 1738. In: 1238 years Burgbracht. 250 years of the church. 50 Years of the Voluntary Fire Brigade 1998. pp. 110–121.
  • Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany. Cultural monuments in Hessen: Architectural monuments in Hessen. Wetteraukreis I. 1982 by the State Office for Monument Preservation (publisher), Christoph Mohr and Siegfried RCT Enders.
  • Kathrin Ellwardt: Church construction between evangelical ideals and absolutist rule. The cross churches in the Hessian area from the Reformation century to the Seven Years' War . Dissertation Marburg 2000. Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2004. ISBN 3-937251-34-0 .
  • Heinrich Wagner : Art monuments in the Grand Duchy of Hesse. Province of Upper Hesse. Büdingen district. Darmstadt 1890.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stephan Alexander Würdtwein : Dioecesis Moguntina in Archidiaconatus distincta I-IV (1767-1790). Vol. III, p. 197.
  2. ^ Gerhardt Kleinfeldt, Hans Weirich: The medieval church organization in the Upper Hesse-Nassau area. ND 1984, p. 39.
  3. ↑ Gustav Simon: The history of the rich house Ysenburg and Büdingen. Frankfurt am Main 1865, p. 79; Friedrich von Thudichum : Legal history of the Wetterau. Tübingen 1867–1885. Vol. 1, p. 160.
  4. ^ Heinrich Wagner: Art monuments in the Grand Duchy of Hesse. Province of Upper Hesse. Büdingen district. Darmstadt 1890, p. 113 f.
  5. ↑ Gustav Simon: The history of the rich house Ysenburg and Büdingen. Frankfurt am Main, 1865, p. 77.
  6. ^ Heinrich Wagner: Art monuments in the district of Büdingen. P. 113 f.
  7. ^ Wilhelm Diehl , Reformation book of the Protestant parishes of the Grand Duchy of Hesse. 2nd edition Friedberg 1917, p. 233 f, p. 540.
  8. ↑ Kathrin Ellwardt: Church building between evangelical ideals and absolutist rule. The cross churches in the Hessian area from the Reformation century to the Seven Years War. Dissertation Marburg 2000. Petersberg 2004, p. 230.
  9. ↑ Klaus Peter Decker: The Holy Cross Chapel in Burgbracht and the new church building from 1738. In: 1238 years Burgbracht. 250 years of the church. 50 Years of the Voluntary Fire Brigade 1998. pp. 110–121, p. 117.
  10. ^ Kathrin Ellwardt, Church building between evangelical ideals and absolutist rule. P. 230 f.
  11. ↑ a b Kathrin Ellwardt, Church building between evangelical ideals and absolutist rule. P. 74.
  12. ^ Heinrich Wagner: Art monuments in the district of Büdingen. P. 114.
  13. ↑ Monument topography of the Federal Republic of Germany. Cultural monuments in Hessen: Architectural monuments in Hessen. Wetteraukreis I. 1982 from the State Office for Monument Preservation . (Editor), Christoph Mohr and Siegfried RCT Enders, p. 262.

Coordinates: 50 ° 22 ′ 1 ″  N , 9 ° 15 ′ 32 ″  E