Evangelical Church Mappach

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Long side of the church in Mappach

The Mappach Evangelical Church is located in the Mappach district of the southern Baden community of Efringen-Kirchen . The nave of the church was rebuilt in the 19th century; its origins go back to the 9th century, making it one of the oldest churches in the Lörrach district . The church still shows remains of wall paintings from the 15th century.

history

The first written mention of a church in Mappach ("basilica in Madebach") goes back to the year 874. Excavation work confirmed that the church must have stood as early as the first half of the 9th century. The then tower with a trapezoidal floor plan was joined to the west by a nave of roughly the same width. It remains to be seen whether a sacristy was attached to the north side of the bell tower .

In the Romanesque period the church was extended to the west and the altar and baptismal font were moved from the tower to the nave and a piscina was set up under the triumphal arch .

In the 14th century, a new building with a two-storey tower was built in place of the previous church. In a niche on the east wall there was a statue of St. Catherine , which is now in the Museum am Burghof in Lörrach . Around 1490 he created a series of picture paintings which, in addition to Old Testament prophets, also depict saints from the New Testament and the legend of the legend. According to research, the nave was probably completely painted.

Due to wars in the second half of the 17th century, the church was in a damaged state. In 1694, a master mason from Wintersweiler was commissioned to repair the roofless church and the dilapidated masonry. During a further renovation in 1721, the pulpit was moved to the triumphal arch . In addition, four consoles were attached to the corners of the choir , bearing either apostle or donor figures.

The advancing dilapidation required a completely new building of the nave. The old nave was demolished in 1830. The construction management was carried out by Johann Georg Köbel from Kandern, who redesigned the church in the Weinbrenner style. Among other things, the triumphal arch was walled up and the tower hall was now only accessible via a door behind the altar, over which a pulpit was installed. A gallery was built along the north, west and south walls and the organ was moved to the western part. In addition to the new nave windows, the church received a further entrance in the south wall in addition to the redesigned main portal. On August 14, 1831, the church was returned to its intended use.

During repair work on the tower in 1930, the old frescoes were rediscovered, which were uncovered in the following years. The triumphal arch between the nave and the tower hall, which was bricked up in the 19th century, was reopened during renovation work between 1969 and 1970. This enabled the restored frescoes in the basement of the tower to be included in the service again. The altar, pulpit, font and glazing were redesigned by Jürgen Brodwolf .

description

Church building

The church in the center of Mappach is surrounded by neighboring houses. A small forecourt on the main portal of the west facade also serves as the back yard of older residential buildings. The nave is a gable roof covered while the west side hipped is. A massive bell tower is built to the east and is covered by a gable roof that runs parallel to the nave. The tower has an ogival sound arcade on the south and north sides and a clock face to the side of the tower clock. The long sides of the nave have four narrow, arched windows.

Interior and outfit

Choir

Inside the church is hung with a flat ceiling. The basement of the tower is used as a choir and is connected to the nave via a triumphal arch. The wall paintings of varying degrees of preservation can be seen on the walls of the tower hall and the inside of the triumphal arch. The representations on a frieze show scenes from the life of Jesus, the presentation in the temple, the baptism of John and the entry into Jerusalem . The choir itself is painted on all four sides and shows the legend according to the Legenda aurea and twelve life-size apostles holding banners and attributes. The lively depictions are among the most precious medieval church paintings in the Markgräflerland.

The altar is arranged between the choir and the nave. The organ stands on a concrete gallery above the main entrance.

  • Depiction of apostles (below), communion scene (above)

  • View into the nave to the choir

  • organ

Bells and organ

Bell tower

The three-part bronze bell is composed as follows:

Surname Chime Casting year Caster
big bell a ′ 1951 Bachert bell foundry , Karlsruhe
Our Father Bell H' 1763 Andreas Roost, Loerrach
little bell d ′ ′ 1951 Bachert bell foundry, Karlsruhe

The body of the organ probably goes back to Franz Josef Merklin and was built in 1830 - it is now a listed building . The factory was built by Voit & Söhne in 1911 and renovated in 1972 by Peter Vier . The instrument works with a mechanical action , has two manuals , a pedal and twelve stops .

literature

  • Johannes Helm : Churches and chapels in Markgräflerland , Müllheim / Baden 1989, ISBN 3-921709-16-4 , pp. 87-88.
  • Eugen Eble: On the building history of the Mappach church , In: Das Markgräflerland, Issue 1/2 1971, pp. 83-89 digitized version of the Freiburg University Library

Web links

Commons : Evangelical Church (Mappach)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ H. Wartmann: Document book of the Sanct Gallen Abbey , 1863 ff., Volume 2, p. 192
  2. ↑ E. Eble: From the history of the Mappach church . In: F. Schülin, S. Eckard: Mappach 874–1974 , 1974, p. 75
  3. ^ Helm: Churches and chapels in the Markgräflerland , p. 87 (19.1)
  4. ↑ E. Eble: From the history of the Mappach church . In: F. Schülin, S. Eckard: Mappach 874-1974 , 1974, pp. 76-77
  5. ↑ E. Eble: From the history of the Mappach church . In: F. Schülin, S. Eckard: Mappach 874-1974 , 1974, pp. 79, 83-84
  6. ↑ E. Eble: From the history of the Mappach church . In: F. Schülin, S. Eckard: Mappach 874–1974 , 1974, p. 87
  7. ↑ E. Eble: From the history of the Mappach church . In: F. Schülin, S. Eckard: Mappach 874–1974 , 1974, p. 78
  8. ^ Helm: Churches and chapels in the Markgräflerland , p. 88 (19.5)
  9. ^ Landesarchivdirektion Baden-Württemberg, Landkreis Lörrach (ed.): Der Landkreis Lörrach , Volume I (Aitern to Inzlingen), Jan Thorbecke Verlag Sigmaringen 1993, ISBN 3-7995-1353-1 , pp. 661-662
  10. ^ Helm: Churches and chapels in the Markgräflerland , p. 88 (19.6)

Coordinates: 47 ° 40 ′ 56.7 "  N , 7 ° 35 ′ 54.9"  E