Evangelical Church Reichenbach (Lautertal)

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View of the Reichenbacher Church

The Protestant church Reichenbach is a baroque church in Lautertal (Odenwald) . The associated parish includes the districts of Reichenbach , Elmshausen and Lautern and is the largest parish in the area with 2700 parishioners.

location

The church, located south-east of the Reichenbach market square on a small hill, can be reached via a staircase from the main street. Another way to get to the church is via the adjacent cemetery, which can also be used to drive cars or other vehicles directly to the church and the neighboring parish hall.

history

Reichenbach belonged to the Bensheim parish until 1430, when a separate village was formed from the villages of Elmshausen (Lautertal) , Hanrod, Grauelbach, Lautern (Lautertal) , Hohenstein, Gadernheim , Raidelbach , Breitenwiesen and Knoden . In 1556 the Reformation was carried out by Elector Ottheinrich . From a chapel, which stood on the site of today's church around 1430, a small church developed through extensions. Today's baroque church , built around 1748 with the support of the Counts of Erbach , was completely renovated in 1999 and 2000.

  • The altar of the church. The pulpit is in the center of the picture

  • The two galleries on the north side of the church

organ

The historic organ of the church on the gallery above the pulpit

The historic organ of the church was built in 1873 by the Zwingenberg organ builder Rothermel. The organ's prospectus and case, however, date from 1748. The mechanically operated organ has 15 registers , divided into two manuals and a pedal . The organ has a cone chest

I main work C – f 3
1. Quintadena 16 ′
2. Principal 8th'
3. Hollow flute 8th'
4th Covered 8th'
5. octave 4 ′
6th Hollow flute 4 ′
7th Quint 3 ′
8th. Mixture ΙV 3 ′
9. Flageolet 2 ′
IΙ subsidiary work C – f 3
10. Salicional 8th'
11. Dolce 8th'
12. flute 4 ′
Pedal C – d 1
13. Sub bass 16 ′
14th Principal bass 16 ′
15th cello 8th'

Other churches in Lautertal

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information on the history of the church http://lautertal.de/kirchen.html

Coordinates: 49 ° 42 ′ 43.6 "  N , 8 ° 41 ′ 34.7"  E