Evangelical Church Hahn (Pfungstadt)
The Evangelical Church Hahn is a church building and monument in Hahn and was built between 1702 and 1703 under Landgrave Ernst Ludwig von Hessen-Darmstadt .
location
The church is located in the center of Hahn, which has been part of Pfungstadt since 1972 . The church, built in the center of the Gernsheimer-Strasse , Hirtenstrasse and Kleine Gasse blocks , can be reached via appropriate footpaths, for example from Kirchweg am Friedhof.
prehistory
The first evidence of a church building in Hahn dating from the year 1335. At that time, should be a small, who here Virgin Mary consecrated chapel have given. According to the documents, this chapel was donated by a Mrs. Hilge or Hildegard von Sachsenhausen. At that time, the Knights of Frankenstein had the patronage right over the chapel . With the takeover of the Frankenstein rule by Hessen-Darmstadt, the construction work for the chapel also passed to the landgraves.
In 1696 the "much needed repairs" on the chapel were determined. In 1700 the Oberamt Darmstadt reported to the Landgrave that the chapel was in such poor condition that the cost of the renovation would be wasted money and a new building was urgently required.
In contrast to the Knights of Frankenstein, who in 1628 objected to the conversion of the chapel into a church with the argument that their building maintenance obligation only extended to a chapel and not to a church , Landgrave Ernst Ludwig recognized his building duty in 1702 assume that a church is being built in Hahn.
Building history
A cost estimate yielded the sum of 1,732 guilders. There it was further stated: "The bricklayer for the old masonry to break off 25 guilders, the locksmith for 9 windows 90 guilders, for 6000 bricks for windows and for paving 30 guilders" . The means for building the church were obtained through a collection and grants from all church coffers in the country. The Landgrave took care of the material. For the drivers work the residents of Hahn had with the then associated calibration worry. The bricks came from the Bessunger quarry. The Landgrave delivered 190 tubs of lime from the manorial kiln near Hochstätten and 16.5 tubs from the Stockstadt brickworks for 77 guilders. The municipality was also granted a year and a half tax exemption and was allowed to conduct collections.
The plans for the church were made by Johann Nikolaus Schäfer .
On January 3, 1702, a contract was signed with the two carpenters, Matthes Lose von Eberstadt and Niclas Grüning von Pfungstadt, according to which they were entrusted with building the church for a wage of 230 guilders and 10 malter grain. The biggest problem during the construction period was delays on the part of the material suppliers.
The service took place in the town hall during the two years of construction. At the urging of the Landgrave, the construction work went faster. The church building ultimately only cost 1447 guilders - without wages.
It is not known when the church was consecrated. Today's church consecration is the first Sunday after Michali, but this can also be based on an older tradition.
In an inventory from 1821 it says: The church of Stein is listed, surrounded on 2 sides with a wall, dermal in good condition, located in the main street of the village and in the fire security cataster sub 34 with 6500 guilders, The tower builds the most gracious rule and maintains, made of oak on the church roof and covered with slate, about 50 feet high, the lowest law 15 feet in a square, at the top a round button and on it an iron cross with a weathercock.
Modern
The Grand Ducal House of Hesse Darmstadt held the building load until 1905, when it was replaced with 6350 marks.
The church suffered a major cut on July 15, 1917 after the large bell and the tin organ pipes were expropriated for armaments purposes during the war .
The blackest day for the church and the whole town of Hahn was March 24, 1945: after Volkssturm units fired at an American reconnaissance aircraft with carbines from the church tower, Hahn was bombed. Almost 80% of the church was destroyed and the roof was completely covered so that there was no longer any service in the church. After an emergency repair in 1948, the church could be used again.
In 1956 and 1957 the church was thoroughly renovated. In 1965 the carillon was extended by a bell so that three bells can now ring. In 1974 the church got a new electronic organ . The last major renovation took place in 1996 and 1997. Since then, the Hahn Church has been equipped with a transportable altar and chairs instead of benches.
The church is a cultural monument due to the Hessian Monument Protection Act .
pulpit
The pulpit stands in the church as an artistic gem and the pride of the evangelical parish of Hahn . All four evangelists are depicted on it. It originally comes from the castle chapel of the Kranichstein hunting lodge - according to other information from the castle chapel in Darmstadt - and was a gift from Landgrave Ernst Ludwig to the community in 1703. One legend has it that the Kanzelfuß the artistically gifted Landgrave himself gedrechselt was. The pulpit is also shown on the seal of the Protestant parish.
literature
- Siegfried Enders: Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany - cultural monuments in Hesse - Darmstadt-Dieburg district . Braunschweig 1988, ISBN 3-528-06235-5 , p. 452.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Monument topography.
Coordinates: 49 ° 47 ′ 39 ″ N , 8 ° 33 ′ 23 ″ E