Evangelical Church Malchen

The Evangelical Church of Malchen is a church in Malchen in the southern Hessian community of Seeheim-Jugenheim .

Architecture and history

The church, which was built in the Middle Ages (first mentioned in 1514), was probably expanded and renovated at that time.

The small ship stands on a rectangular plan ; This is followed by an approximately equally long drawn-in, rectangular choir room .

The small church is kept simple outside and inside. A square roof turret with a four-sided pyramid helmet rises above the nave . The round-arched West portal is provided with a late Renaissance - Sandsteingewände : (dated 1693 in the keystone provided). The church was probably rebuilt in 1693.

The interior of the church is completely flat covered with boards ; which are decorated with tendril paintings . The surrounding wall painting is dated to the Gothic period around 1500.

The seating with ancient knobs on the cheeks is remarkable .

Renovations took place in 1860, 1936, 1984 and 1987.

The church, including its furnishings, is a cultural monument for artistic reasons and for reasons of local history .

The Evangelical Church Community Seeheim-Malchen is part of the Darmstadt-Land Dean's Office of the Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau .

Siegfried RCT Enders et al .: Darmstadt-Dieburg district. (= Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany , cultural monuments in Hesse .) Vieweg, Braunschweig 1988, ISBN 3-528-06235-5 , p. 527.

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