Evangelical Church of Grävenwiesbach
| Evangelical Church of Grävenwiesbach | |
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 Evangelical Church of Grävenwiesbach |
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| Data | |
| place | Graevenwiesbach , Hesse |
| builder | Friedrich Joachim Stengel |
| Construction year | 1737/38 |
| height | 36 m |
| Floor space | approx. 450 m² |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 23 '18 " N , 8 ° 27' 27" E |
| particularities | |
| Prospectus of the original Köhler organ 1750 | |
The Evangelical Church of Grävenwiesbach is a village church in the municipality of Grävenwiesbach in the Hochtaunus district . It is a listed building .
Location and use
The Evangelical Church of Grävenwiesbach, Kirchgasse 3, is used by the parish of the same name and for the villages of Hasselborn, Heinzenberg, Hundstadt, Laubach, Mönstadt and Naunstadt. The parish belongs to the Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau .
A parish hall is attached to the sacred building on the same area, where church services take place in the winter months. The church is the landmark of the community of Grävenwiesbach that can be seen from afar and is very easy to reach via the Taunusbahn . However, neither the building nor the property can be entered outside the times when they are used by the parish.
Building history, organ and bells
The Protestant church was commissioned by Prince Karl of Nassau-Usingen Castle architect Friedrich Joachim Stengel in the style of classical baroque designed and built 1737/38. Typical is the design of the church as a cross church , consequently, the placement of the tower centered on the northern long side. Entrances are in the main portal to the south, two side portals to the east and west and an entrance on the tower side to the sacristy.
The simple exterior is continued in the interior, which is flooded with light through numerous windows with uncolored glass and which largely dispenses with paintings and ornaments. Rows of benches and galleries are aligned around an altar and pulpit area in front of the tower entrance, to which the small organ on the loft of the main portal on the south side corresponds opposite.
The original Köhler organ 1750 with one manual, one pedal and 15 registers was expanded by another manual and 7 registers in 1961/63 by the organ building company Günter Hardt & Sohn , Weilmünster-Möttau, founded by Daniel Raßmann . The organ was renovated in 1996.
There are four bells hanging in the tower of the church (see web links).
The church has been renovated in several phases since the second half of the 20th century, in 1995 the outdoor area as well as wooden balustrade and benches, in 2009 the church roof covered with old German slate .
Layout
Church, parish hall and community center (right)
inner space
Organ loft
Organ prospectus of the original Köhler organ
literature
- Eva Rowedder: Hochtaunuskreis . Ed .: State Office for Monument Preservation Hessen (= monument topography Federal Republic of Germany , cultural monuments in Hessen ). Konrad Theiss Verlag, Darmstadt 2013, ISBN 978-3-8062-2905-9 , pp. 175-176 .
- 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 . Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2004, ISBN 3-937251-34-0
- Cornelia Kalinowski ea: Churches in the Hochtaunuskreis. (PDF; 4.9 MB) Bad Homburg vd H. 2006. Ed. By the district committee of the Hochtaunus district, p. 30
