Evangelical Church Kirchberg (Lahn)

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Church from the south

The Evangelical Church in Kirchberg (Lahn) was built from 1495 to 1508 as a late Gothic , asymmetrical two-nave hall church . Parts of a previous Romanesque building were used. The church played as end - and the parish church of the parish Kirchberg in the Middle Ages an important role. In addition to the three medieval bells, the late Gothic crucifix , three colored double tombstones from the Renaissance and the Rococo organ from 1777 are among the most valuable pieces of equipment. The church on the Kirchberg belongs to Lollar today and is a Hessian cultural monument .

history

West portal with building inscription from 1495, above the double coat of arms of the cockroach and the rough

It is believed that Iro-Scottish monks under Lullus built a first wooden chapel on the elevation of the Kirchberg between 770 and 780. The Kirchberg parish was probably founded by the Archdiocese of Mainz . In 1227 Reinherus de Kyrberg is documented as a pleban who was the resident pastor in Kirchberg. Kirchberg was a sending church and from an ecclesiastical perspective belonged to the Amöneburg deanery in the archdeaconate of St. Stephan in the Archdiocese of Mainz. In the 13th century, Daubringen, Lollar, Mainzlar, Odenhausen, Ruttershausen, Staufenberg, Salzboden, Wißmar and several later abandoned desolations belonged to the Kirchberg parish. In 1237, Kirchberg is documented as the seat of the central court in the county of Ruchesloh . Compared to other parishes, the place was of supraregional importance. Pope John XXII. in Avignon in 1327 issued a sealed letter of indulgence on parchment for the faithful in Kirchberg and the associated Wißmar, which indicates the importance of Kirchberg. They were granted a 40-day indulgence for praying the Ave Maria three times over the night bell.

In the 15th century, the settlements Burscheid, Daubringen, Dickenbach, Heibertshausen, Kirchberg, Lollar, Mainzlar, Odenhausen, Ruttershausen, Wißmar and Salzböden belonged to the Kirchberg district. The previous Romanesque building had a Marian patronage , which is documented once in 1483. One altar was dedicated to “Our Lady”, another to St. Catherine and a third to St. Nicholas . As the mother and send church of the surrounding villages, Kirchberg served the sacraments, pastoral care ( cura animarum ), baptisms ( baptisterium ), burials ( cimiterium or sepultura ) and the elevation of tithe.

In the years 1495 (inscription above the west portal) to 1508 ("MDVIII" as a painted inscription in the choir vault) today's hall church was built. For this purpose, parts of the previous Romanesque building were reused, especially for the church tower. The builders and noble donor families were von Schabe zu Staufenberg, who held the patronage , Messrs. Rau von Holzhausen and von Rolshausen and the Schutzbar family called Milchling , whose coats of arms are all preserved in the church several times. Then came the Lords of Trohe and the Counts of Ziegenhain , whose six-pointed star appears twice on the building.

View from 1646: In the center of the picture today's Ev. Church, to the right of it the Michaeliskapelle with the pointed tower

The introduction of the Reformation in Kirchberg took place in 1527 shortly after the introduction in Hesse by Philip the Magnanimous in October 1526. In Nassau-Weilburg, to which Kirchberg belonged at that time, Philipp III. from 1532 further measures and church ordinances through. The last Catholic pastor Heiderich Grebe (* around 1485, † around 1536) is referred to as the "Reformer of Kirchberg". In 1576 only Daubringen, Lollar, Mainzlar, Ruttershausen and Staufenberg belonged to the Kirchberg parish. Landgrave Ludwig IV. Headed the parish in a strictly Lutheran-Orthodox sense from 1567 until his death in 1604. It then became part of the Lutheran State Church of Hesse-Darmstadt in the superintendent of Gießen.

In 1637 galleries were built in and the pulpit was moved from the eastern column to the arch of the choir in the course of this or in the 18th century at the latest. The chapel in the cemetery, dedicated to Archangel Michael , which had a taller tower than the church, was abandoned after the Reformation. At times it served as an ossuary , which was last mentioned in 1699 and can probably be identified with the chapel. The current rectory was built in 1718 instead of the rectory from 1594.

Church around 1850 with a view of Staufenberg
Sacrament niche in the western south side with the star of Ziegenhain in the arched field and below the coat of arms of Rau and Scheuertschloss

In 1746 some changes and modifications followed. An organ gallery was built into the choir and the organ moved there. In order to better illuminate the lower area, the southern choir window was lengthened and a high rectangular window was broken into in the southwest corner to the right of the sacrament niche. For the galleries in the ship, an external access was created on the south side with a wall breakthrough. The Gothic font was placed in the parish garden. When the roof structure was renewed in 1840, the Arnsburg monastery flag was placed on the top of the roof. After 1871 the sacrament niche was removed from the choir and walled in in the southern outer wall. In 1926 a major interior renovation took place under the direction of Heinrich Walbe . The aim was to restore the original state and uncovered the choir. In the course of this, the "Friedelhausen chair", which stood on the gallery in the tower hall until 1926, was removed. Its parapets were reused for the new, narrower tower gallery. Up to this time the tower hall was completely filled with galleries. On the east side of the choir, simple stalls were installed in two rows and a new staircase to the new location of the organ at the east end of the north gallery. The external staircase to the south pore was removed and the rectangular south window next to the sacrament niche was made smaller. The central mullions removed in 1746 were restored to the nave windows and the southern choir window was restored to its original size. Otto Linnemann from Frankfurt am Main designed the three colored glass windows in the choir.

With the reorganization of the Protestant regional church of Hesse and Nassau, a new dean's office in Kirchberg was created as part of the visitation district of Upper Hesse in 1950, which has only the name in common with the old parish. Because it includes not only the lower, but also the middle Lumdatal and the Wieseck valley. On August 31, 1976, an independent parish Kirchberg-Rutterhausen was set up.

Renovation work on the Kirchberg church was carried out from 1963 to 1965. The baptismal font was put back in the church, the roof was re-slated, the original color scheme of the interior was restored and an electric heating system was installed. Further interior renovations from 2002 to 2004 included the installation of a new warm water heating system and new lighting, electrical renovation, cleaning of the interior walls and plaster renovation as well as renovation of the organ.

architecture

Church with southern flank tower and east choir
Church from the north

The geostete church is surrounded on the north by the 1718-built parsonage (half-timbered) and on the south side by a tree-lined churchyard. Until 1840, the cemetery wall enclosed the entire area, which extended even further south. The church consists of four structures, the two-aisled nave, the retracted choir, the flank tower and the sacristy annex . A north window is in one piece, a west window in three parts. The otherwise two-part pointed arched windows with tracery are designed differently.

When the late Gothic hall church was built, the Romanesque tower was taken over from the previous building or rebuilt. The tower was originally continued in a north-south direction, as indicated by the remains of the wall. The small arched window in the east side and a profile bar in the choir extension date from the Romanesque period. The two-aisled hall and the polygonal choir were rebuilt in the late Gothic style. Both are closed by a gable roof. Contrary to the usual procedure at the time, the new church was built from west to east, as the dates on the building show. First the ship was demolished and the new two-aisled nave was built. During the construction period, the old choir continued to be used for worship purposes. In a second construction phase, the old choir was removed and the new Gothic choir created. A half-timbered wall at the eastern end of the nave roof served to close off the roof space during construction work on the choir.

On the nave, red sandstone was used for the structural elements, and gray sandstone on the choir. Both types of stone were used for the tower and the sacristy. The nave and choir have a base that is not found in the older tower. A stone cornice leads over to the church roof, while the tower has a wooden cornice . At the western end of the southern outer wall there is a sacrament niche , which is dated around 1500 and was originally placed in the choir. The ogival West portal has a profiled garment of red sandstone, are inserted over the two tables with the Gothic inscription of 1495 and with the double arms of cockroach and Rau. Three large round pillars with consoles and the corresponding wall services and wall consoles carry eight ribbed vaults in four bays of different widths. While the two east bays are almost square, the two west bays are a little deeper and narrower. The northern ship is a little narrower than the southern one. Two vaulted consoles in the west bear the Rolshausen / Milchling double coat of arms. In front of the choir arch, the keystone bears the Milchling coat of arms, in the northeast the Rolshausen coat of arms. The three southwestern keystones are unoccupied, the three vaults in the northwest intersect without keystones.

The unusual lateral position of the low tower on the south side is due to the previous Romanesque tower. A comparable flank tower is only known from Treis an der Lumda in the Gießen district . Originally wide openings in the basement flanked by four strong pillars, which were walled up secondarily. In the pre-Reformation period, baptisms were probably carried out in the tower hall. On the north and east side there are still Romanesque remains and fighter plates, a small Romanesque arched window on its east side. The slated spire extends from four triangular gables into a pyramid roof that towers over the church four meters.

The choir has an almost square floor plan with a 3/8 end and is attached to the east side of the somewhat wider south aisle. A net vault spans the choir, the ribs of which rest on 3/4 services with consoles and the donor's coat of arms. A large pointed triumphal arch opens the choir to the nave. The three coats of arms of the cockroach, Rolshausen and Rau can be seen above the central choir window. In front of the choir arch, the keystone bears the Milchling coat of arms, in the northeast the Rolshausen coat of arms. In the south wall a vaulted console shows the coat of arms of the cockroach, in the north wall a vaulted console shows the coat of arms of the Rolshausen. A double coat of arms of the Schabe and Rau is embedded outside in the southeast of the choir below the eaves.

After the completion of the church, the sacristy was added to the east of the tower and south of the choir under a towed roof in the first half of the 16th century, probably in the pre-Reformation period.

Furnishing

Pulpit and choir
Grave monument for Eberhart Magnus von Rodenhausen and Mrs. Margarete v. Buseck

The simple square pulpit on the south corner of the triumphal arch was created in the 17th century. It has profiled fillings in the fields and a small, polygonal sound cover. The small windows under the gallery, which have wooden frames instead of stone walls, date from the time the gallery was built in 1637.

A medieval, grooved plate (1.76 × 1.05 × 0.33 meters) rests on the bricked up altar. The late Gothic, life-size crucifix on the altar originally served as a triumphal cross . The octagonal baptismal font made of sandstone is also late medieval. It has a diameter of 0.99 meters and a height of 0.61 meters.

From the "Friedelhausen chair" on the tower gallery, which was removed in 1926, the parapet paintings behind the tower arch have been preserved on the south side. The alliance coat of arms obviously refers to the marriage of Caspar Reinhard von Weitolshausen called Schrautenbach with Anna Elisabeth von Nordeck zur Rabenau in 1628 . The oval painting shows the coats of arms in a wreath of leaves held by two flanking lions. Staufenberg's coat of arms is affixed to the small west gallery, which adorned the man's chair in the side aisle until 1926.

Three colored renaissance tombs from around 1600 show figurative representations of biblical scenes, antique ornaments and coats of arms. The epitaphs were originally set into the ground, but were distributed on the walls of the church during a restoration in 1840 after the church floor had sunk over the graves. There are five grave monuments in the choir, including three double stones:

  • Monument to the Hessian court marshal Friedrich von Rolshausen († 1564) in armor and his wife Anna von Ehringshausen († 1582) on the north wall above a base with a two-column inscription board. Life-size couple between ornamented pilasters , rows of coats of arms on the outside, architrave with two tablets, above a representation of the Resurrection with two small tablets, fittings on the side , crowning gable, 2.60 meters wide, about 5 meters high.
  • Monument to Eberhart Magnus von Rodenhausen († 1587) in armor and his wife Margarete geb. v. Buseck called Ruesser († 1586) on the south wall. Life-size couple over two tablets, flanked by two herms , architrave with a coat of arms frieze, crowned by a tablet with gable, 2.25 meters wide, about 4.50 meters high.
  • Monument to Philipp von Rodenhausen († 1605) in armor and his wife Elisabeth von Schwalbach († 1613), on the north wall above a base and two inscriptions. Life-size married couple between two pilasters , rows of coats of arms on the outside, architrave with two wide tablets, above a depiction of the crucifixion and crowning tablet in the shape of three passports. In the corners of the superstructure, ornamented fittings convey the impression. 2.75 meters wide, about 5 meters high.
  • Marble table for Anna Augusta von Selle and Friedelhausen born. Wolffen von Gutenberg († 1699) on the north-east wall, oval tablet, framed by rows of coats of arms, dead bones below, damaged crown with two putti, 1.02 meters wide, 2.35 meters high.
  • Epitaph of Benedictus von Düring († 1732), princely Hessian lieutenant colonel, married to Luise von Selle uff Friedelhausen on the southeast wall. Above the base, the writing stone, which is flanked by rows of coats of arms, tapers, a halo in the round arch, above it a putto between two coats of arms. Flags protrude from the side. 1.25 meters wide, 2.60 meters high.

organ

Rococo organ from 1777
Gaming table

The rococo organ from 1777 has been in the north gallery since 1926 . It was probably built by Johann Andreas Heinemann . The late baroque organ was modernized in 1968 by Förster & Nicolaus and the pitch of the organ was changed by a semitone. A restoration by the Lich organ building company in 2004 was based on the original condition. The prospectus has five axes with a raised central round tower and two round side towers that are connected by low flat fields. The pipe fields are closed at the top and on the case above the two flat fields with gold-plated rocailles . The single-manual instrument has 13 registers , most of which go back to Heinemann. The console is built in and has seven stops on each side. The disposition is:

I Manual C – e 3
Drone 8th'
Quintthön 8th'
Gamba 8th'
Principal 4 ′
Spitzfloet 4 ′
Dumped 4 ′
Quinta 3 ′
Octava 2 ′
Tertia
Mixture IV
Vox humana 8th'
Pedal C – d 1
Sub bass 16 ′
Octavbass 8th'

Bells

The church tower houses a triple bell that was taken from the Romanesque previous building. The bells come from the years 1310, 1380 and 1432 and sound almost in the major triad.

No.
 		 Casting year
 		 Diameter
(mm)		 Chime
 		 inscription
 		 image
 
1 1380 1050 g sharp 1 (-) " Orex glorie cristi veni cum pace
anno domini m o ccc o l xxx ipso die viti me f [udit] iohannes wydekyndy de marporg maria "		 Ev Church Kirchberg (Lahn) bell 1.jpg
2 1310 830 h 1 (+) " DVM TRAHOR AVDITE VOCO VOS AD SACRA VENITE
VIII C
A DNI M CCC X XI ID 'AVGVSTI "		 Ev Church Kirchberg (Lahn) bell 2.jpg
3 1432 700 e 2 (-) " Ave maria gracia plena dominus tecum
[crucifixion group]
[animal, lily]
anno doy m o cccc o xxxii o yn dye vrbany pp a e "		 Ev Church Kirchberg (Lahn) bell 3.jpg

Pastor

Only a few pastors can be found in the pre-Reformation period.

  • 1227 : Reinherus, Pleban00000
  • 1347 : Johann von Bernhartisburg00000
  • 1483 : Nikolaus Arnold00000
  • 1487 : Johann Heylige, altarist00000

The pastors have been fully attested since the time of the Reformation.

  • 1515–1536: Heyderich Grebe, under him the Reformation is introduced
  • 1536–1564: Johannes Girwig
  • 1564–1611: Georg Halbwinner from Fredeberg in Westphalia, gravestone preserved in the sacristy
  • 1611–1612: Kaspar Halbwinner, son of Georg Halbwinner
  • 1612–1636: Gerhard zur Avest from Riga, studies in Rostock and Gießen, pastor in Lützellinden and Büdesheim (Wetterau)
  • 1636–1677: Johann Daniel Trygophorus (German "yeast carrier") from Wildungen, son-in-law of his predecessor Gerhard zu Avest, previously pastor in Wildungen and court preacher in Gießen
  • 1678–1715: Johann Christoph Trygophorus, son of his predecessor, vicariate with his father
  • 1715–1742: Johann Lorenz Dieffenbach, from Bechtolsheim in Rheinhessen, field preacher, father of 10 children
  • 1743–1761: Johann Dietrich Römheld, from a Marburg merchant family
  • 1761–1778: Johann Georg Selzam, from Altenbuseck, a deacon with his father, brother-in-law of his predecessor and son-in-law of his predecessor. 1778–1779, his son managed the pastor's office.
  • 1779–1804: Heinrich Dieter Gebhard from Butzbach, adjunct (assistant pastor) in Alsfeld, pastor in Nieder-Rosbach. 1794–1804 his son Georg Ludwig Gebhard is his adjunct
  • 1805–1849: Johann Georg Ludwig Klingelhöffer, one of the most important pastors in the parish. Born in Biedenkopf in 1772 as the son of a bailiff and councilor, studied in Gießen, 1794–1804 preacher on the mount in Thalitter. His vicars in Kirchberg were Friedrich Heinrich Welcker, Wilhelm Nebel (author of a Kirchberger Chronik) and Ludwig Bang. Klingelhöffer had six children and two of his sons moved to America. He vaccinated over 600 children against the leaves and published several articles about it in the Reichsanzeiger. In 1844 he became a church councilor and died in Gießen in 1854.
  • 1855–1871: Wilhelm Klöpper from Sprendlingen, vicar in Offenbach, pastor in Wenings
  • 1872–1884: Friedrich Heinrich Welcker, formerly vicar in Kirchberg, then pastor in Watzenborn and Allendorf / Lumda
  • 1885–1896: Heinrich Heintze from Hartmannshain, vicar in Queckborn, administrator in Herbstein, Gelnhaar and Usenborn, pastor in Lißberg and Gettenau near Büdingen
  • 1896–1936: Ludwig Gußmann from Hirzenhain, son of the mayor Johann Gußmann, parish administrator in Gettenau, dean of the Gießen deanery. His grave behind the Kirchberg church has been preserved.
  • 1936–1947: Friedrich Metzler from Gau-Odernheim, parish assistant in Alzey, went to Wiesbaden in 1947, wrote the commemorative publication “Our parish” for the 700-year first mention in 1927.
  • 1947–1957: Wilhelm Krämer, previously pastor in Ober-Breidenbach
  • 1957–1975: Heinz Simon b. 1911 in Ober-Mossau (Odenwald), parish assistant in Mümling-Crumbach, pastor in Güttersbach; died 1976.
  • 1977–1980: Rolf Boge, went to Frankfurt am Main in 1980
  • 1980–1994: Martin Breidert b. 1946 in Erzhausen near Darmstadt. Studies in Tübingen, Mainz and Marburg, parish priest in Groß-Eichen and Freienseen, 1978–1980 active in the service of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana in West Africa. His wife Ellen Hojgaard Breidert b. Jensen is the pastor of the Kirchberg-Ruttershausen parish.
  • 1995–1999: Uwe Martini shares the duties of Kirchberg-Ruttershausen and the parish of Kirchberg I / Staufenberg with his wife Jutta Martini.
  • 1995–2020: Jutta Martini is the pastor of Kirchberg for the parish of Staufenberg (Kirchberg I).
  • 1999–2004: the parish office in Kirchberg-Ruttershausen, which has been designated as a half pastor's post, is vacant. Carl Heinz Alsmeier takes over the representation of the parish of Kirchberg-Ruttershausen.
  • since 2008 0 : Andreas Lenz is the pastor of Kirchberg for the Kirchberg-Ruttershausen parish.

literature

  • Georg Dehio : Handbook of German art monuments , Hessen I: Administrative districts of Giessen and Kassel. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-422-03092-3 , p. 800.
  • Wilhelm Diehl : Construction book for the Protestant parishes of the Landgraviate of Hessen-Darmstadt. (= Hassia sacra; 5). Self-published, Darmstadt 1931, pp. 258–260.
  • Reinhold Huttarsch, Michael Müller: Lollar on both sides of the Lahn. City of Lollar, Lollar 1984.
  • Johannes Kögler: The late Gothic parish church of Kirchberg an der Lahn. In: Archive for Hessian History and Archeology. NF Volume 53, 1995, pp. 35-99.
  • State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Hesse (ed.), Karlheinz Lang (edit.): Cultural monuments in Hesse. District of Giessen III. The communities of Allendorf (Lumda), Biebertal, Heuchelheim, Lollar, Staufenberg and Wettenberg. (= Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany ). Theiss, Stuttgart 2010, ISBN 978-3-8062-2179-4 , pp. 211-213.
  • Lollar City Council: 750 years of Lollar. 1242-1992. City of Lollar, Lollar 1992.
  • Jutta Martini; Ev. Pfarramt Kirchberg I (Ed.): The Protestant Church in Kirchberg through the ages. 2nd Edition. Ev. Pfarramt Kirchberg I, Staufenberg 2008.
  • Ernst Schneider: The Kirchberg parish. Self-published, Lollar 1964.
  • Heinrich Walbe : The art monuments of the Gießen district. Volume 1. Northern part. Hessisches Denkmalarchiv, Darmstadt 1938, p. 250 f.
  • Peter Weyrauch : The church on the Kirchberg. In: The churches of the old district of Gießen. Mittelhessische Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft, Gießen 1979, p. 96 f.

Web links

Commons : Evangelische Kirche Kirchberg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Hesse (ed.): Cultural monuments in Hesse. 2010, p. 213.
  2. ↑ Homepage of the parish: The history of the Kirchberg , accessed on April 18, 2020.
  3. ↑ a b Huttarsch, Müller: Lollar on both sides of the Lahn. 1984, p. 24.
  4. ↑ Huttarsch, Müller: Lollar on both sides of the Lahn. 1984, p. 27.
  5. ^ Kögler: The late Gothic parish church of Kirchberg an der Lahn. 1995, p. 51.
  6. ↑ a b Diehl: Construction book for the Protestant parishes. 1931, p. 258.
  7. ^ Kögler: The late Gothic parish church of Kirchberg an der Lahn. 1995, pp. 55-61.
  8. ↑ a b c Weyrauch: The church on the Kirchberg. 1979, p. 96.
  9. ^ Kögler: The late Gothic parish church of Kirchberg an der Lahn. 1995, p. 51 f.
  10. ↑ Huttarsch, Müller: Lollar on both sides of the Lahn. 1984, p. 29.
  11. ↑ Martini: The Protestant Church in Kirchberg through the ages. 2008, p. 15.
  12. ↑ Martini: The Protestant Church in Kirchberg through the ages. 2008, p. 18.
  13. ↑ Martini: The Protestant Church in Kirchberg through the ages. 2008, p. 21.
  14. ^ Diehl: Construction book for the Protestant parishes. 1931, p. 259 f.
  15. ↑ Martini: The Protestant Church in Kirchberg through the ages. 2008, p. 23.
  16. ↑ Martini: The Protestant Church in Kirchberg through the ages. 2008, p. 25.
  17. ↑ Homepage of the parish: Renovation , accessed on April 18, 2020.
  18. ↑ Walbe: The art monuments of the district of Giessen. 1938, p. 250.
  19. ^ State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Hesse (ed.): Cultural monuments in Hesse. 2010, p. 212.
  20. ↑ Martini: The Protestant Church in Kirchberg through the ages. 2008, p. 5.
  21. ↑ Martini: The Protestant Church in Kirchberg through the ages. 2008, p. 10.
  22. ↑ Walbe: The art monuments of the district of Giessen. 1938, p. 251.
  23. ↑ a b Dehio-Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, Hessen I. 2008, p. 500.
  24. ↑ Walbe: The art monuments of the district of Giessen. 1938, p. 256.
  25. ↑ Walbe: The art monuments of the district of Giessen. 1938, p. 253.
  26. ^ Weyrauch: The church on the Kirchberg. 1979, p. 97.
  27. ^ Kögler: The late Gothic parish church of Kirchberg an der Lahn. 1995, p. 41.
  28. ^ Kögler: The late Gothic parish church of Kirchberg an der Lahn. 1995, p. 56.
  29. ^ Kögler: The late Gothic parish church of Kirchberg an der Lahn. 1995, pp. 41, 48.
  30. ↑ Walbe: The art monuments of the district of Giessen. 1938, p. 254.
  31. ↑ Walbe: The art monuments of the district of Giessen. 1938, p. 259.
  32. ↑ Walbe: The art monuments of the district of Giessen. 1938, p. 255.
  33. ↑ Walbe: The art monuments of the district of Giessen. 1938, pp. 260-262.
  34. ^ Franz Bösken, Hermann Fischer: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine (=  contributions to the Middle Rhine music history . Volume 29.1 ). tape 3 : Former province of Upper Hesse. Part 1: A-L . Schott, Mainz 1988, ISBN 3-7957-1330-7 , p. 518 .
  35. ↑ Robert Schäfer: Hessian bell inscriptions (PDF file; 37.7 MB), in: Archives for Hessian history and antiquity. 15, 1884, pp. 475-544, here: pp. 529 f.
  36. ↑ Walbe: The art monuments of the district of Giessen. 1938, p. 260 f.
  37. ↑ a b Homepage of the parish : Parish directory , accessed on April 18, 2020.

Coordinates: 50 ° 39 ′ 41.2 "  N , 8 ° 42 ′ 57.8"  E