Evangelical Church Hausen (Hunsrück)
The Evangelical Church Hausen (Hunsrück) is a church in Hausen (Hunsrück) the Protestant church Rhaunen -hausen in the Birkenfeld district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It goes to the early 8./9. Century back.
history
The nucleus of Hausen was a court of the imperial abbey of St. Maximin in Trier . The church in "Husin" appears for the first time in 1051 in the abbey's property lists. In the Middle Ages, the parish of Hausen formed the largest parish in the rural chapter of Kirn alongside the Kirchberger . Among other things, Laufersweiler , Lindenschied and Woppenroth were parts of the parish, as well as the places Oberkirn and Schwerbach , which belonged to the parish of Hausen until the end . The first Protestant pastor, Friedrich Schuhmacher, was dismissed in 1553 by Karl von Wiltberg, the Catholic noble pastor of Hausen and Canon of Worms. Another attempt at Reformation by Wild and Rhine Count Philipp Franz failed in 1555. At the end of 1560, Friedrich Schuhmacher was able to return with the protection of the wild and Rhine Count and push through the Reformation against Karl von Wiltberg.
The church, which fell into disrepair during the Thirty Years' War , was restored in 1652. The foundation walls of this church building can still be seen in the western area of the church. The nave was rebuilt in 1747. The spire was renewed, repainted and refurbished in 1913. Today, only the baroque porches and the wooden altar remain.
Architecture and equipment
The wood-covered hall church is a plastered quarry stone building at a height on the edge of the village with a three-sided choir closure facing east. The church is 20.30 m long and 11.40 m wide. A grave slab with a standing knight and illegible inscription in Gothic minuscule is set in the southern porch . The interior of the church was completely redesigned from 1978–1979. By installing a transverse wall, the church part was shortened to the eastern part and a community center was set up in the western part. The baroque pulpit with a crown-like sound cover was moved. The baroque organ front was lost and was replaced by a modern organ front.
tower
The tower was part of the medieval church and has been preserved in the lower four tapered floors set off by cornices. Several stone relief fragments are walled up in the upper tower masonry: one stone with a five-petalled rose, one stone with a roughly worked ancient head with arched eyebrows , another rectangular stone shows a crouching dragon with a man stuck in its mouth.
use
The church is one of two churches in the former parish of Hausen, which had been parochial with Rhaunen since 2004 and merged in 2012. There is a branch church in Oberkirn . The community of Rhaunen-Hausen has been connected to Hottenbach - Stipshausen and Sulzbach since 2011 . There are nine preaching sites in the community. Services take place about once a month.
literature
- Hans Vogts : The art monuments of the district of Bernkastel (= The art monuments of the Rhine province Volume 15, 1). L. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1935, pp. 310-311.
- Ulrike Weber-Karge, Maria Wenzel (edit.): District of Birkenfeld (= cultural monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate. Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany . Volume 11 ). Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft, Worms 1993, ISBN 3-88462-099-1 , p. 400 .
Web links
- Hausen on the website of the Evangelical Church District Trier , accessed on June 30, 2015
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Information from the Trier parish on the parish of Hausen
- ↑ a b c d Ulrike Weber-Karge, Maria Wenzel (arrangement): District of Birkenfeld (= cultural monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate. Monument topography of the Federal Republic of Germany . Volume 11 ). Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft, Worms 1993, ISBN 3-88462-099-1 , p. 400 .
- ↑ a b c Hans Vogts : The art monuments of the district of Bernkastel (= The art monuments of the Rhine province Volume 15, 1). L. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1935, pp. 310-311.
Coordinates: 49 ° 52 ′ 21.6 " N , 7 ° 22 ′ 23.6" E