Evangelical Church Riedlingen
The Evangelical Church in Riedlingen is located in the Feuerbachtal on the road from the Rhine Valley to Kandern . The originally Romanesque church from the 11th and 12th centuries was exposed to wars in earlier centuries and had to be rebuilt several times due to destruction. Parts of the late Gothic wall paintings were exposed and restored in the 1930s and 1970s.
history
The village of Riedlingen , which is now part of Kandern, was first mentioned in 972 in a St. Gallen document from Otto II . Presumably the emperor confiscated the place, which is mentioned as villa Rithilinga in Brisgovia , from the rebellious Alemann count Guntram and donated it to the monastery Einsiedeln . The neighboring village of Liel is also mentioned in this context. The possession is confirmed in writing three more times in the 11th century and in 1147 by Pope Eugene III. the Cluniac priory of Ortisei. In 1232 the Margraves of Hachberg acquired the Sausenberg, which also included Riedlingen.
The first written mention of a parish church - plebanus in ecclesia Rudelicon in decanatu Fiurbach - goes back to the year 1275. However, it is certain that this had already existed a few centuries earlier. In 1297 ownership passed to the Provost Office Bürgeln and in 1324 Riedlingen was the seat of the Rötteln deanery . The Romanesque church, presumably damaged by fire, was renewed in the second half of the 13th century at the latest.
With the introduction of the Reformation in Markgräflerland in 1556, the Margrave took over the building obligation on the nave of the church. In the years 1634 to 1637, which are considered the worst of the Thirty Years' War in the Markgräflerland, the Riedlinger church also suffered damage; During the Dutch War it was used as a horse stable in 1676.
After a four-year dispute with the prince in Heitersheim was settled about whether only the eastern choir part or also the choir between the arches needed to be maintained, renovations of the church began in 1725. The church was re-covered and a new wooden ceiling was installed. The church tower also had to be renewed, as the old one could only carry light bells. In order to be able to offer the growing number of parishioners a place in the church service, a gallery with five rows of benches was installed. The benches in the nave were renewed along with the floor and the church, in addition to a new pulpit, also a parish chair . In addition, the brickwork of the church, which was in poor condition, was repaired and repainted and the church gate replaced. All work was completed in 1726.
According to a report by Bailiff Leutrum from 1746, the church had three bells. Until 1848, rights and obligations in the construction and maintenance of the rectory and the choir of the church remained with the Order of St. John in Heitersheim; then went to the state of Baden.
In the years 1897 to 1898 the church was renovated again and a new organ was installed on the choir arch . Contrary to the wish of the Karlsruhe building director Durm to expose the figure paintings on the choir, the walls were repainted for financial reasons.
In 1913, state curator Joseph Sauer stated that “the presented organ and curtains were separated from the actual church space ... only on the north wall to the right of the sacrament house the colored outlines of a small, apparently crowned figure”. The outlines determined by Sauer are no longer preserved today. He continues: “In the church proper, any wall paintings are even less noticeable than in the old choir; the whitewashing seems to have been even more thorough here than there. "
As a result of the First World War , the church bells had to be turned off in 1917; In 1923 new ones were consecrated. In 1930 the wall paintings were exposed through restoration work. However, some were so destroyed that repairs were no longer possible.
Except for the small bell, the ringing had to be made because of the Second World War . New bells were inaugurated on October 27, 1949.
After an exterior renovation in 1961 and the uncovering of the choir frescoes by Jürgen Brodwolf , an extensive overall renovation of the interior, the installation of a heating system and the repair of the wall paintings followed from 1970 to 1972. This work was completed by a re-consecration of the church on November 26, 1972.
description
Church building
The small hall church has on the west side a portal protected by a pent roof with late Gothic sandstone walls with small twisted columns; similar to the Peterskirche in Blansingen. The exact geostete church with a gable roof covered and has unusually, does not have a bell tower, but only has a ridge turret above the entrance to the west. The polygonal choir is closed on three sides and is somewhat narrower and lower than the nave. In addition, it is slightly shifted from the central axis of the nave. The narrow nave windows in Gothic form with tracery show through their design that they are post-medieval.
On the south wall there is a baroque sundial and an epitaph embedded in the wall , with the inscription Magdalena Steinkeller (in) († 1670), daughter of Friedlin Steinkeller, first married to Georgius Bürckin, Vogt, second married to Christian Schopferer, Vogt. The two chopped off holy water fonts were originally intended for the cemetery.
Interior and equipment
The interior is defined by two triumphal arches that are not exactly on one axis . Today's choir is located between these. The sacrament shrine with holy burial niche is set in here on the gospel side . The jewelry contained in it is no longer available. Of the former iron lock, only the beginnings of the lock and the hinges of the door can be seen. Judging by the fragments, the pages were decorated with small figures.
On the east side of the northern triumphal arch pillar is a medieval grave. The stone slab of the grave shows a heraldic shield with an inverted chalice. To the left of the altar is a pulpit. Two smaller graves were found under the altar, suggesting that they were children’s graves.
In the old nave there is now a modern altar made of red sandstone slabs. It was made by the Lörrach artist Rudolf Scheurer .
Murals
From the wall paintings that have been preserved, it can be concluded with certainty that the village church was completely painted and originally contained the most important beliefs as visible instruction for the faithful. The conception of the pictures is laid out from left to right. The north wall, as the Gospel side, is decorated with the Passion , which began in the west with the entry into Jerusalem .
On the north side of the triumphal arch, which is oriented towards the parish hall, a crowned woman with narrow shoulders and a cloak is visible, framed by tendrils. She holds a vessel in her left hand; next to her is a cross with the sun and moon. The figure symbolizes the Church personified. No paintings can be seen on the south side of the arch.
On the south wall - the epistle side - you can see the Annunciation scene divided into two pictures. In the left picture you can see Maria sitting or kneeling - the lower half is no longer preserved - praying in front of a desk with a book in her hands. The youthful portrayal are intended to express their virginity. In the upper right corner of the picture, God the Father appears behind a cloud. An angel, only partially preserved, moves towards Mary. There is no longer any writing to be seen on the tape that the angel is holding in front of him.
The image to the west is cut off by the later transverse wall, which is now part of the second triumphal arch. Only a female figure with a nimbus and an outstretched arm is visible . The plants in the background reveal the scene that we are dealing with here: Mary, full of hope, goes to her cousin Elisabeth (Luke 1, 39 ff). The visitation scene - which is often left out of such depictions between the Annunciation and the birth - was possibly emphasized here because John the Baptist is the patron saint of St. John, who held the rights to the church well into the 19th century.
On the north side, a richly figured and dramatic picture shows the capture of Christ, the traitorous Judas Iscariot and a horde of henchmen pushing from all sides. Peter, marked by a halo, puts the sword in its scabbard and Malchus , who has fallen to the ground, receives his severed ear back by touching the gentleman. To the left is the Mount of Olives scene, in which Christ is shown praying in front of a rock.
A restorer uncovered a depiction of a crucifixion group on the choir arch of the new nave in 1930. The works were performed in the tempera technique and were thus assigned to the late Renaissance around 1700.
Bells
The ringing of the Riedlinger church consists of three bells. The two larger ones come from the Benjamin Grüniger foundry in Villingen and were cast in the Neu-Ulm plant in 1949 . The larger bell is tuned to the strike note g ′ and bears the inscription “Be of good cheer to death”. The middle b'-bell reminds with its inscription “Above home lies need and suffering. Lord, let me announce a better time. ”To the delivery of the two previous bells during the Second World War. The small bell with the strike note c ′ ′ dates from 1922/23 and was manufactured by Bachert in Karlsruhe. It bears the inscription "May the world go into ruins - God's grace endures".
organ
The year of construction and the exact origin of the older organ are unknown. Since 2006 there has been a mechanical slide organ from the Späth workshop in March- Hugstetten with two manuals and nine sounding stops in the church .
The organ has the following disposition :
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literature
- Johannes Helm : Churches and chapels in the Markgräflerland . Müllheim / Baden 1989, ISBN 3-921709-16-4 , pp. 146-148.
- Annemarie Heimann-Schwarzweber: Evangelical Church. Kandern-Riedlingen . (Little art guide No. 1246), Verlag Schnell and Steiner, Regensburg 1981, ISBN 978-3-7954-4965-0 .
- Karl List: On the building history of the church in Riedlingen . In: Das Markgräflerland , issue 2/1982.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Helm: Churches and chapels in the Markgräflerland , p. 146
- ^ Heimann-Schwarzweber: Evangelical Church. Kandern-Riedlingen , pp. 2–3
- ^ Heimann-Schwarzweber: Evangelical Church. Kandern-Riedlingen , p. 3
- ^ Heimann-Schwarzweber: Evangelical Church. Kandern-Riedlingen , p. 4
- ^ Heimann-Schwarzweber: Evangelical Church. Kandern-Riedlingen , p. 9
- ↑ a b Helm: Churches and chapels in the Markgräflerland , p. 148
- ^ Heimann-Schwarzweber: Evangelical Church. Kandern-Riedlingen , p. 13
- ^ Helm: Churches and chapels in the Markgräflerland , p. 147
- ^ List: On the building history of the church in Riedlingen
- ↑ Freiburg Orgelbau Späth: Disposition of the Ev. Kandern-Riedlingen Church , accessed on June 27, 2019
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Coordinates: 47 ° 42 '58 " N , 7 ° 38' 6.2" E