Evangelical Church Oberndorf (Solms)

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Church in Oberndorf from the southwest
View from the north

The Evangelical Church in Oberndorf in the town of Solms in the Lahn-Dill district ( Hesse ) is a choir tower church with a hooded ridge . The Roman system was in 1734 in the style of Baroque rebuilt and a clerestory of half-timbered increased. Because of its historical and urban significance, the church is a Hessian cultural monument .

history

The mention of the donation of a church on Solmsbach (“ecclesiam super fluvium Sulmissam sitam”) by clergyman Randolf in the Lorsch Codex in 788 allows identification with Oberndorf or Burgsolms. For Oberndorf it is asserted that this was always the mother church of Burgsolms. Oberndorf and Burgsolms formed a common parish and probably had no other branch churches. In the Middle Ages the parish belonged to the Archipresbyterat Wetzlar in the Archidiakonat St. Lubentius Dietkirchen in the Archdiocese of Trier . The predecessor of the Romanesque stone church is assumed to be a single-nave church made of timber framework. The Romanesque church was destroyed in the fire of Oberndorf in 1371 and renovated in Gothic style.

With the introduction of the Reformation , the parish changed to the evangelical confession in 1549 under Pastor Heinrich Rosarius (Rose or Roos). Under Count Konrad von Solms-Braunfels, the “Post Reformation” was decided on September 7, 1582 at the Hungen Synod and the Solms pastors accepted the Reformed Confession. During the Thirty Years' War , the community became Catholic for a few years from 1626 until the Swedes made it possible to practice the Protestant faith again in 1632.

In 1734 the medieval church was fundamentally rebuilt. The nave and choir were raised in half-timbering, a gallery was built inside the church and the existing organ was repaired. To secure the torn choir tower on the north side , a half-timbered wreath served as a ring beam to which a baroque bonnet was put on. A new entrance towards the village was created on the northern long side. In 1864 the church was renovated. In the second half of the 19th century, the helmet structure was increased.

Art nouveau ceiling paintings

When a community hall was added to the west in 1955/1956, the west gable of the church collapsed on September 21, 1955. The inauguration of the extension took place on May 13, 1956. In 1963/1964 the old building was completely renovated due to wood damage inside. After removing the wooden floor under the pews, the area was covered with stone slabs. The congregation had a rectory built in 1965/1966 and a parish hall in 1967/1968. In 1978 further measures followed inside the church. Medieval paintings in the window niches and ceiling paintings in Art Nouveau were uncovered. The end of the chancel to the sacristy, the organ staircase and the missing pulpit were renewed. As a result of flood damage in 1981, when the water was above the altar, the interior was renovated and the half-timbered structure was exposed again in 1981.

The parish of Burgsolms-Oberndorf was dissolved on November 1, 1964. Oberndorf was raised to an independent parish and received its first female pastor in 1965. Since August 1, 1976 there was a pastoral connection with Neukirchen . In 2016, Oberndorf and Burgsolms were connected to a parish office. The Evangelical Reformed parish was part of the Braunfels parish in the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland until the end of 2018 , which was merged into the Lahn und Dill Evangelical Church District in 2019 .

architecture

Stained glass window by Erhardt J. Klonk in the old south portal
Tower from the south

The east- facing hall church is built on the south-western outskirts of white plastered quarry stone masonry. The church stands in the middle of a round cemetery area, the wall enclosure with baroque portal has largely been preserved.

The Romanesque nave and the choir tower were raised in half-timbered style in the Baroque era. The nave and the western extension are covered by sloped roofs that penetrate one another. In the north and south of the nave there is a small dormer. Rectangular windows of different sizes and heights with honeycomb glazing illuminate the interior. In the half-timbering on the long sides of the ship, two windows with round-arched wooden frames are embedded, in the lower area two more on the south side and another on the north side. The arched portal at the eastern end of the south side and the herringbone bond on both long sides indicate the Romanesque origin . At the western end of the north side, a high rectangular portal was created in 1734. A modern stained glass window by Erhardt Jakobus Klonk from 1999 depicting the outpouring of the Holy Spirit is embedded in the former south portal . The south side of the tower has a rectangular window and the north side has a rounded and a rectangular window. The increase above the 0.80 meter wide masonry walls is designed as a clamshell with a 0.30 meter wide outer wall made of half-timbered and a 0.30 meter wide inner wall. The compartments of the half-timbered extension are filled with quarry stone on the outside and clay stake on the inside. Originally, the 0.20 meter wide hollow interior was probably filled with linseed capsules for thermal insulation . The western extension is offset slightly to the south and does not run in line with the nave walls.

The choir tower is solidly walled up and also has a half-timbered extension. The two-storey baroque bonnet was raised in the 19th century. It is eight-sided and completely slated. A small point is attached to the curved hood, which is crowned by a tower knob with a simple cross.

The western extension from the 1950s has no windows in the north and south. The hipped west side has an arched entrance and four narrow, rectangular windows. The interior can be used separately or connected to the old church.

Furnishing

Interior towards the altar

The flat-roofed interior with longitudinal girders is dominated by the three-sided gallery in the nave and the pulpit wall in the east. The mint green combined galleries resting on gray circular columns and rectangular wall studs. It has a parapet with light blue rectangular panels.

The polygonal wooden pulpit was replaced in 1964 based on the original version when it showed severe wood damage. The gray pulpit fields have rectangular panels with gold-plated profiles and are closed at the top by a profiled cornice. The pulpit wall has entrances for the sacristy and the organ gallery. On the side of the pulpit there is an openwork diamond work. The area of ​​the organ loft behind the pulpit is left open for the rear access and is covered by a wooden structure with a flat triangular gable.

Like the baptismal font (1980s), the block altar (around 1810) is made of colored Lahn marble . The altar Bible was donated by Federal President Karl Carstens in 1982 . The Romanesque baptismal font came to Braunfels and has been in Burgsolms Church since 1956 . To the left of the altar, on the east wall of the ship, a round-arched marble plaque commemorates three fallen soldiers in the Franco-Prussian War . The simple church stalls leave a central aisle free.

organ

Hardt organ behind historical prospectus

The community bought an organ between 1830 and 1850, which was replaced by a new instrument in 1864. It was in need of repair in 1911. In 1917 the tin pipes had to be delivered to the prospectus for war purposes. They were replaced by zinc pipes. The organ was thoroughly renovated in 1935 by Orgelbau Hardt ; Another overhaul took place in 1955, when the organ received its tin pipes again in the prospectus. In 1978 Günter Hardt built a new organ behind the old prospectus, including part of the pipework. The organ has nine registers , which are divided between a manual and a pedal . The organ prospectus from 1864 is in three parts; two tall rectangular pipe flat fields with a profiled cornice are connected by a lower, wide flat field. The disposition is as follows:

I Manual C – f 3
Dumped 8th'
Pointed Gamba 8th'
Principal 4 ′
Reed flute 4 ′
octave 2 ′
Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Mixture III-IV 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Pedal C – d 1
Sub bass 16 ′
Violon 8th'

Peal

The bell chamber houses three bells . The older bell dates from around 1400 and bears the beginning of the Ave Maria as an inscription . Below is a crucifixion group and on the other side a depiction similar to a coat of arms. The second bell was cast by Dilman Schmid in 1698. It was delivered to the armaments industry in 1942, but escaped being melted down and was brought back in 1947 and reinstalled. In 1961 the community bought a third bell. In the course of this, the bells were electrified. In 1994 a fourth bell was added.

No.
  		Surname
  		Casting year
  		Foundry, casting location
  		Diameter
(mm) 		Mass
(kg) 		Chime
  		inscription
  		image
 
1 Marienbell around 1400 unmarked 700 200 d 2 " AVE - MARIA - GRATIA - PLENA - DOMINUS - TECUM (Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you)" Oberndorf Solms Ev. Church (05) .jpg
2 Our Father Bell 1698 Dilman Schmid , Asslar 610 125 dis 2 " STEPHANUS WINTER PASTOR TheBus SCHMIT / JOHAN PETER mountain hay JOHAN Emrich DIEHL / IN GOD'S NAME FLOS I / Dilman SCHMIT TO ASLAR GOS ME / MDCLXXXXVIII OBERNDORF / HAEC CAMPANA HOMENES AD TEMPLUM / CONVOCAT OMNES / QUI SUNTRACER IN PAGO UT dogmata / SACRA COLUNT (This Bell calls all the people who are in the village to the consecrated site so that they may keep the sacred teachings. Oberndorf Solms Ev. Church (06) .jpg
3 Christ bell 1961 Rincker , Sinn 550 99 f sharp 2 “ O COUNTRY, COUNTRY, COUNTRY, HEAR THE LORD'S WORD! JEREMIAH 22/29
NOW WE ASK THE HOLY SPIRIT FOR RIGHT FAITH ALL MOST. "		 Oberndorf Solms Ev. Church (07) .jpg
4th 1994 Karlsruhe bell foundry , Karlsruhe 390 b 2

literature

  • Friedrich Kilian Abicht: The district of Wetzlar, presented historically, statistically and topographically. Volume 2. Wigand, Wetzlar 1836, pp. 148-149 ( online ).
  • Irmgard Bott et al. (Arrangement): Half-timbered churches in Hessen . Ed .: Förderkreis Alte Kirchen eV, Marburg. 4th edition. Langewiesche, Königstein im Taunus 1987, ISBN 3-7845-2442-7 , p. 76-77 .
  • Georg Dehio : Handbook of German art monuments , Hessen I. Administrative districts of Giessen and Kassel. Edited by Folkhard Cremer, Tobias Michael Wolf and others. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich a. a. 2008, ISBN 978-3-422-03092-3 , p. 737.
  • State Office for Monument Preservation Hessen (Ed.), Maria Wenzel (Ed.): Cultural monuments in Hessen. Lahn-Dill District II (old district of Wetzlar). (Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany). Theiss, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 978-3-8062-1652-3 , p. 487.
  • Gerhard Kleinfeldt, Hans Weirich: The medieval church organization in the Upper Hesse-Nassau area. (= Writings of the institute for historical regional studies of Hesse and Nassau 16 ). NG Elwert, Marburg 1937, ND 1984, p. 203.
  • Heinrich Köster: Chronicle 1200 years Oberndorf Church 788–1988. Published by the Protestant parish in Oberndorf in the city of Solms. Süss-Druck, Solms 1988.
  • Wolfgang Wiedl: History of the city of Solms and its districts. Vol. 1. City Council, Solms 1989.
  • Wolfgang Wiedl: History of the city of Solms and its districts. Vol. 3. City Council, Solms 1994.

Web links

Commons : Evangelische Kirche Oberndorf  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Hesse (ed.): Evangelical Parish Church In: DenkXweb, online edition of cultural monuments in Hesse
  2. ↑ August Schoenwerk: History of the city and district of Wetzlar. 2nd edition. Pegasus Verlag, Wetzlar 1975, ISBN 3-87619-005-3 , pp. 28-29.
  3. ↑ Kleinfeldt, Weirich: The medieval church organization in the Upper Hessian-Nassau area. 1984, p. 203.
  4. ↑ Köster: Chronicle 1200 years church Oberndorf 788–1988. 1988, p. 31.
  5. ↑ Köster: Chronicle 1200 years church Oberndorf 788–1988. 1988, p. 33.
  6. ^ Wiedl: History of the city of Solms and its districts. Vol. 1. 1989, p. 186.
  7. ^ Wiedl: History of the city of Solms and its districts. Vol. 1. 1989, p. 179.
  8. ^ Burgsolms. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS). Hessian State Office for Historical Cultural Studies (HLGL), accessed on April 27, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Abicht: The district of Wetzlar, presented historically, statistically and topographically. Volume 2. 1836, p. 149 ( online ).
  10. ^ Bott: half-timbered churches in Hessen. 1987, p. 77.
  11. ↑ a b Dehio: Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, Hessen I. 2008, p. 737.
  12. ↑ a b c d Wiedl: History of the city of Solms and its districts. Vol. 3. 1994, p. 390.
  13. ↑ Köster: Chronicle 1200 years church Oberndorf 788–1988. 1988, p. 44.
  14. ^ Frank Rudolph: 200 years of evangelical life. Wetzlar's church history in the 19th and 20th centuries. Tectum, Marburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-8288-9950-6 , p. 26.
  15. ↑ Köster: Chronicle 1200 years church Oberndorf 788–1988. 1988, p. 36.
  16. ^ Bott: half-timbered churches in Hessen. 1987, p. 76.
  17. ↑ Köster: Chronicle 1200 years church Oberndorf 788–1988. 1988, p. 46.
  18. ↑ Köster: Chronicle 1200 years church Oberndorf 788–1988. 1988, p. 50.
  19. ^ Wiedl: History of the city of Solms and its districts. Vol. 1, 1989, p. 192.
  20. ↑ Köster: Chronicle 1200 years church Oberndorf 788–1988. 1988, p. 38.

Coordinates: 50 ° 31 '31.17 "  N , 8 ° 24' 36.82"  E