Evangelical Church Nieder-Erlenbach
The Evangelical Church of Nieder-Erlenbach is a late Gothic , baroque redesigned church in the Frankfurt district of the same name, Nieder-Erlenbach . It is a cultural monument according to the Hessian Monument Protection Act .
history
Nieder-Erlenbach was first mentioned in the Lorsch Codex in 779 . From 1376 it belonged to the imperial city of Frankfurt . A presumably even older church has been found since 1346. At the time, Nieder-Erlenbach belonged to the archdeaconate of St. Peter in Mainz . The current church was built in the late Middle Ages and redesigned in baroque style in 1637. The tower, which was also used as a defense tower , was given its present form in 1715. The organ gallery dates from the end of the 17th century and the choir gallery from the end of the 18th century. A late Gothic winged altar from 1497 was sold to the Grand Ducal State Museum in Darmstadt in 1862 .
The interior was redesigned or renovated in 1955, 1978 and most recently in 2009. In 1955 the eastern part of the north gallery was demolished and the pulpit was moved to its current, original place. In 1978 the new sacristy was completed.
The baroque rectory is located northwest of the church at Alt-Erlenbach 27. It was built in 1748 as a house for the Frankfurt village schultheißen and converted into a rectory in 1866. It is a listed building and is now privately owned.
The Evangelical Church Community Nieder-Erlenbach belongs to the Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau .
architecture
The church is in the historic center of Nieder-Erlenbach in the street Zur Charlottenburg. The east-facing building is around 25 meters long and almost 10 meters wide. The outer walls of the pillar-less hall church consist of exposed natural stone and are designed with Gothic tracery windows. The gable roof is covered with slate . The nave has a straight end in the east.
The formerly fortified tower in the west characterizes the townscape. He had originally until its transformation loopholes . Above the masonry there is a slate-clad bell chamber and above it an octagonal lantern with a pointed helmet . An inscription on the west side indicates the redesign. An outside staircase built in 1637 on the north side of the tower leads to the gallery inside.
The former sacristy in the east is covered with a groin vault. The new sacristy in the southern part of the former churchyard is a pentagonal building. A roof spans a weather-protected entrance area between it and the south entrance of the church.
Entrances are in the south and north-west. The baroque interior is characterized by the galleries and the baroque organ that stands behind and above the altar. The two-sided choir and visitor gallery runs on the west and north side. The organ gallery is in the east. Instead of the originally flat ceiling, the interior received a stucco ceiling arched like a basket arch in 1637. Two bench blocks face the altar. A pointed arched doorway in the nave leads to the lower tower hall.
Furnishing
Three oval paintings are attached to the ceiling. They are surrounded with scrollwork and show the resurrection of Jesus, the dove as a symbol of the Holy Spirit and the ascension of Jesus. In 1955 they were restored to their original condition by the restorer Kratz. The organ gallery has decorative parapet paintings. An altar structure with three panels was created at the beginning of the 18th century. The Lord's Supper, the resurrection and the ascension of Jesus are depicted. The panel paintings were placed on the north wall in 1955 and today form the background for the font from 1637.
The pulpit from 1600 is decorated in the parapet area with pictures of the four evangelists. The templates for this are older. The sound cover is crowned by a dove. On the south wall hangs a plaque created by Johann Bernhard Schwarzeburger for Johann Ernst von Glauburg and his wife Maria Eleonora. Her tombstone, which was found under the altar pedestal in 1955, is also located there.
The organ with 25 registers and a manual was made in 1755 by Johann Conrad Wegmann or his colleague Johann Christian Köhler , first rebuilt by Emanuel Kemper and restored to its historical condition in 1984 by the Oberlinger brothers . It is the only surviving Frankfurt organ from the 18th century.
The church has three bells.
| No. | year | comment |
| 1 | 1709 | smallest bell |
| 2 | 1769 | 74 cm; Johann Georg I and Johann Georg II |
| 3 | 1790 | 120 kg; Johann Georg II |
Web links
literature
- Joachim Proescholdt, Jürgen Telschow: Frankfurt's Protestant Churches through the ages . Societäts-Verlag, Frankfurt a. M. 2011, ISBN 978-3-942921-11-4
- Rudolf Fritz: The Nieder-Erlenbacher Altar, in: Organizing Committee 1200 Anniversary Frankfurt a. M.-Nieder-Erlenbach (Ed.). Frankfurt a. M. 1979
- Jörg Michael Reich and A./WJH Eifler (church council): A festival for everyone. The Nieder-Erlenbacher Kirche invites you to the 650th anniversary. Frankfurt a. M. 1996
- Kurt Michel and Jörg Michael Reich (church council): The Wegmann organ in the Evangelical Church in Frankfurt Nieder-Erlenbach. Frankfurt a. M. 1984
Coordinates: 50 ° 12 ′ 6.9 ″ N , 8 ° 42 ′ 41.5 ″ E