Evangelical Church Obereggenen

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Evangelical Church Obereggenen from the southwest

The Evangelical Church Obereggenen in Schliengener district Obereggenen dates back to the 12th century.

history

The establishment of the Benedictine propstei Bürgeln by the monastery of St. Blasien and the removal of the pastorate by monks led to a dispute that was settled in 1130 at a conference in Liel. It was decided to build a church in Obereggenen, which was completed in 1132. There are no indications that parts of this church have survived to this day. In the middle of the 13th century this was replaced by a new building.

Extensive renovation work must have taken place around 1475. The dates on the ogival tower door (1472), the small tower window on the second floor (1473) and the side portal in the south wall of the nave (1475) bear witness to this.

In 1613, shortly before the Thirty Years War, the pulpit was replaced. In the following two centuries the area and the church were affected by various wars. In 1754 the proposal was made to enlarge the church. Except for the replacement of the baptismal font in 1781, there was no change in the next few decades.

In 1802 the dilapidated sacristy was demolished and the choir door walled up. When a new organ was installed in the choir in 1851, the altar had to be moved towards the nave. When the desire for enlargement arose in Nieder- and Obereggenen in the 19th century, the district office considered merging the two parishes and building a new church in the middle of both villages. However, the idea was not implemented, so renovations took place. In 1912 the church was painted and received a more modern altar. This was replaced in 1969 as part of extensive repair work by one made of red sandstone.

description

Church building

The church in Obereggenen consists of a rectangular nave and a three-story bell tower attached to the east . Both structures are lightly plastered. The gable roof covered nave has long on the sides of three round-arched final window. The main portal of the church is on the west facade. The entrance is protected by a pent roof and flanked by two epitaphs . The left one is reminiscent of Vogt Barthlin Blanck (en) horn († March 23, 1723), the right one to Vogt Mattheus Schnitzer († March 23, 1609).

The tower is structured by corner blocks from the ground to the lower edge of the roof and is closed off by a gable roof in the direction of the nave. On the lower floor there is a walled up door and the colored choir windows. On the middle floor there are only small viewing hatches, on the upper floor there are two-part Romanesque sound arcades on each side . The clock faces of the tower clock are on the gable ends of the tower.

The church is located in a walled lot with a cemetery on the northeast side.

Interior and outfit

View into the nave towards the choir

The nave and choir are separated by a triumphal arch . Looking towards the choir, there is a pulpit to the right of the arch . The choir housed in the tower hall houses the organ as well as the altar. The nave is covered with a flat wooden ceiling and has an L-shaped gallery on the west and north walls. On the south wall there is a grave slab for pastor Johann Friedrich Sonntag († August 5, 1744). Another epitaph is illegible, but can probably be assigned to Pastor Samuel Brodhag († 1692).

Bells and organs

In 1714 the church had two bells from the Weitenauer bell foundry in Basel. Since the little bell broke in 1739, the Lacher foundry in Kandern created a replacement for it. After further renovations, the community received a completely new bell from Grüninger Sons in 1911, who were tuned to the tones g ′, b ′ and d ′.

The current three-part steel bell is composed as follows:

organ
Surname Chime Casting year foundry
prayer c ′ 1948 Bochum Association
patience it' 1948 Bochum Association
peace G' 1948 Bochum Association

The community received the first organ in 1754. The instrument of the Hüningen organ builder Jean Louis Perny was placed on the west gallery. In 1851 Josef Merklin from Freiburg installed a new work and moved the location to the choir. Repair work was carried out in 1899 by August Merklin and from 1969 to 1970 by Peter Vier . The organ has slide chests , a mechanical game and stop action and has a manual , a pedal and 13 stops .

literature

  • Johannes Helm : Churches and chapels in the Markgräflerland , Müllheim / Baden 1989, ISBN 3-921709-16-4 , pp. 304–306.
  • Franz Xaver Kraus : The art monuments of the Grand Duchy of Baden , Tübingen and Leipzig, 1901, fifth volume - Lörrach district; Pp. 137-138 online

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ H. Trenkle: Local history of the communities Obereggenen and Sitzenkirch as well as the Propstei Bürgeln , 1930, p. 38
  2. ↑ A. Krieger: Topographical Dictionary of the Grand Duchy of Baden , Volume 1, 1904, Col. 466
  3. ^ Helm: Churches and chapels in Markgräflerland , p. 304 (13.2)
  4. ^ Helm: Churches and chapels in the Markgräflerland , p. 305 (13.4)
  5. ^ Helm: Churches and chapels in the Markgräflerland , p. 305 (13.5)
  6. ^ H. Trenkle: Local history of the communities Obereggenen and Sitzenkirch as well as the Propstei Bürgeln , 1930, p. 234
  7. ^ Helm: Churches and chapels in the Markgräflerland , p. 306 (13.5)
  8. ↑ a b Helm: Churches and chapels in Markgräflerland , p. 306 (13.6)
  9. ^ H. Trenkle: Local history of the communities Obereggenen and Sitzenkirch as well as the Propstei Bürgeln , 1930, pp. 120, 127
  10. ^ H. Trenkle: Local history of the communities Obereggenen and Sitzenkirch as well as the Propstei Bürgeln , 1930, p. 117

Coordinates: 47 ° 45 ′ 29.4 "  N , 7 ° 38 ′ 47.9"  E