Evangelical Church Neuenweg
The Evangelical Church Neuenweg in the same locality Neuenweg , in the municipality of Small Wiesental , was built in the early 19th century. The first church dedicated to St. Nicholas is mentioned for the first time in the 14th century.
history
prehistory
The first church in Neuenweg was mentioned in a document in 1310. The Nikolauskirche stood in the middle of the village; it was still a subsidiary church of Tegernau until 1689 , when it was raised to an independent parish that year . The very dilapidated condition of the church at the beginning of the 18th century required such serious renovations that it almost amounted to a new building. The bells of this church must have been cast before 1556.
While the structural substance of the church was described as good in the middle of the 18th century, the interior was described as poor. In addition, complaints about increasing space problems increased. Despite the repair of damage and an extension of the structure by a third, the measures remained only inadequate patchwork. A visitation protocol from 1791 stated that the church was in a very bad condition and too small. In addition, a storm tore off part of the roof in 1801; In 1804 it was forbidden to ring the bells for security reasons. After the completion of the new church in 1808, the dilapidated church was demolished.
Today's church
The order for a new church in Neuenweg was placed as early as 1788. However, due to lack of funds, the plans of state master builder Meerwein could not be implemented. It was not until the beginning of the 19th century that the project was taken up again and foreman Ludwig Christian Krämer created plans from 1804 to 1805 based on Friedrich Weinbrenner's specifications . Since they were not satisfied with these, they resorted to existing Weinbrenner plans of the church in Kleinsteinbach near Durlach , which, however, again turned out to be too expensive. As a compromise, it was decided to create the church from a synthesis of plans by the church in Tutschfelden near Emmendingen and a simple implementation of the Kleinsteinbach church.
The foundation stone was laid on June 17, 1807 and the most important work was completed on December 2 of the same year. The construction management was the responsibility of the architect Rebstock and foreman Krämer. The new church was inaugurated in the first half of 1808.
On October 6, 1929, two paintings by the Karlsruhe painter Carl Vocke for the altar wall were unveiled in a ceremony .
In the years 1972 to 1974 extensive renovations and redesigns were carried out in the interior. The two wall paintings were also covered and a simple wooden cross was placed over the altar. After the exterior renovation was completed, the church was consecrated again on April 28, 1974. In the years 1996 and 1997, the interior was carefully renovated to historicize, which again approximated the original classicist impression of the room through a slightly different color scheme.
description
Church building
The Evangelical Church in Neuenweg is a rectangular hall building that has four arched windows on each of the long sides of the nave . A square roof turret rises above the entrance portal on the gable roof covered nave , on whose truncated pyramid roof is in turn a small square tower with a pyramid roof. The arched sound arcades are located in the lower part of the roof ridge. Above the entrance portal is the city coat of arms of Baden-Baden and a plaque with personalities who held offices during the time the church was built. The church stands significantly higher than the town center in the middle of the cemetery.
Interior and equipment
A flat wooden ceiling has been drawn into the simple hall structure. The church has individual chairs that are arranged in rows on both sides of the central aisle. The north wall forms the choir; a simple wooden cross is attached to its wall. The altar table stands on a small pedestal, to the right of which there is a pulpit and to the left a font . Above the main entrance is carried by four pillars organ empore .
Bells and organ
Today's three-part steel bell is composed as follows:
| No. | Chime | Casting year | Caster |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | b ′ | 1870 | Benjamin Muchenberger , Blasiwald |
| 2 | G' | 1950 | Bachert, Karlsruhe |
| 3 | c ′ ′ | 1950 | Bachert, Karlsruhe |
In 1820 Mathias Martin from Waldkirch created a slider chest organ that was in operation until 1954. In 1957 the movement was replaced by an electric action and had a pedal and 13 stops . The organ of the Neuenweger church was accidentally damaged during the renovation work in the mid-1970s and was removed from its housing with the exception of a few wooden pipes. Since then, an electrical shop from Ahlborn has taken over their function.
literature
- Johannes Helm : Churches and chapels in the Markgräflerland , Müllheim / Baden 1989, ISBN 3-921709-16-4 , pp. 254–256.
- Werner Störk: The enigmatic epitaph at the Evangelical Church of Neuenweg . In: Das Markgräflerland , Volume 2014, pp. 85–99
- Gudrun Welsch-Weis: The St. Nikolauskirche zu Neuenweg , Schopfheim 1972
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ G. Welsch-Weis: The St. Nikolauskirche in Neuenweg , 1974, p. 1
- ^ A. Feßler: Parishes, churches and schools of the small meadow valley . In: Das Markgräflerland , 1936, issue 1, p. 9 (digitized version from Freiburg University Library)
- ^ Helm: Churches and chapels in the Markgräflerland , p. 254 (02.2)
- ^ Helm: Churches and chapels in the Markgräflerland , (02.2) p. 254
- ^ Helm: Churches and chapels in the Markgräflerland , (02.3) p. 254
- ↑ G. Welsch-Weis: The St. Nikolauskirche zu Neuenburg , 1974, pp. 6–9
- ^ Helm: Churches and chapels in the Markgräflerland , (03.2) p. 255
- ^ G. Welsch-Weis: The St. Nikolauskirche zu Neuenburg , 1974, p. 13
- ^ Helm: Churches and chapels in the Markgräflerland , p. 256 (03.2)
Coordinates: 47 ° 47 ′ 47.9 " N , 7 ° 49 ′ 36.5" E
