Evangelical Church Sitzenkirch
The Evangelical Church of Sitzenkirch in the district of the same name in Kandern in southern Baden dates back to the 12th century. In the 13th and 14th centuries, the church served as the burial place of the Margraves of Hachberg-Sausenberg .
history
The church, consecrated to the patronage of St. Hilary , indicates a correspondingly old age of the church. According to one hypothesis, the church is said to have been a small chapel of Celtic Christians, which may have been built as early as the 3rd century. The Celtic word sizen for "small" would allow the place name meaning "small church".
The monastery church of the Benedictine nuns
The first written mention of the Sitzenkircher church goes back to the year 1145. A deed of foundation dated November 3, 1151 documents the handover to the St. Blasien Monastery , which was carried out by the then still existing monastery in Sitzenkirch . That was destroyed as a result of a war between several nobles against the Bishop of Basel and the city of Neuchâtel in 1272 and the church was badly damaged.
The church was rebuilt with donations and was consecrated on January 12, 1277 with two altars by Auxiliary Bishop Inzeler in honor of Jesus Christ , Mary , Saints Hilary, Nicholas and Cycillia as well as Saints Benedict and Blasius. Another altar was donated by Queen Agnes of Hungary in 1305 , which stood on the west gallery and was reserved for the nuns. This altar, consecrated by the Basel Bishop of Basel in 1309, was consecrated to the 10,000 martyrs and St. Benedict. The church received a fourth altar in 1371, which was built by Margrave Otto (1302-1384) and his nephew Rudolf III. (1343–1428) was donated.
In the 13th and 14th centuries, the church was used as a burial place for the Margraves of Hachberg-Sausenberg, who built their ancestral seat above the town, the Sausenburg , around 1240 . In addition to Margrave Otto, Margrave Heinrich von Hachberg-Sausenberg , Margrave Hugo (a brother of Margrave Rudolf IV von Hachberg-Sausenberg ) and Verena von Fürstenberg (born von Hachberg-Sausenberg and wife of Count Heinrich V von Fürstenberg) are supposed to be here be buried.
After a fire in 1493, two windows with simply profiled sandstone frames were created in the north and three in the south wall of the nave. In the following centuries, among other things due to the looting in the Peasants' War on May 3, 1525, the condition of the building deteriorated. The nuns who fled to Basel did not return (except for one) and the monastery of St. Blasien appointed a monastery brother as a conductor who administered the monastery property.
The Protestant Church
In 1710 a new roof structure was set up and in 1778 the roof turret on the east gable had to be demolished due to dilapidation. In 1787, for the same reason, the choir was torn down and rebuilt a little smaller.
In 1826, by enlarging the gallery, more space was created for the parishioners and in 1878 a new roof turret was built; this time over the west gable. In 1879 the stalls were replaced and in 1898 a new wooden ceiling was finally installed.
The last major renovation was carried out in 1973, when a sacristy was added to the south wall of the nave . During this work, a grave slab decorated with a coat of arms and without an inscription was discovered, which was set up on the south choir wall.
description
Church building
The small hall church with a gable roof covered and has on its west side a small hexagonal roof skylights which a slim pyramidal roof is completed. There are five arched, long windows on the long sides of the nave. Two smaller, also arched windows can be seen above the main portal on the west facade. A sundial is mounted in the middle above the two windows .
On the west facade to the right of the entrance portal is a memorial plaque for the dead of both world wars, to the left of the entrance a grave slab for the rod holder Urban Keizer († February 22, 1673).
There is a small cemetery around the church, around which a wall has been drawn.
Interior and outfit
The church in Sitzenkirch is a hall church . The nave is drawn in with a flat wooden ceiling. The middle is crossed by a thick bar. The altar area in the choir and the nave are separated from each other by a triumphal arch . The modern block altar is made of red sandstone . To the right of this is a pulpit. There is a crucifix to the left of the triumphal arch . The font with a copper finish and the other furnishings were designed by the artist Jürgen Brodwolf .
In the choir on the north side is the grave slab of Margrave Otto and the epitaph of the chaplain and monastery founder Bartholomäus Ramspach († April 11, 1581).
Bells and organs
The church bell consists of two bronze bells. The smaller a ′ ′ bell was cast by Bachert in 1921 , the larger f ′ ′ bell also by Bachert in 1950.
The organ was built between 1826 and 1827 by the Martin brothers from Waldkirch . The instrument, which originally had seven registers , was expanded to nine registers in 1836. The organ, which was in need of repair, was replaced by a newly built one in 1904. This also gave rise to complaints again and again, so that in the years 1972 to 1973 the Peter Vier organ workshop completely restored an old organ from 1815 by Andreas Ubhauser from Heidelberg. Your housing is now a listed building. The instrument with mechanical action has a manual , a pedal and eleven stops.
literature
- Johannes Helm : Churches and chapels in Markgräflerland , Müllheim / Baden 1989, ISBN 3-921709-16-4 , pp. 148-150.
- Franz Xaver Kraus : The art monuments of the Grand Duchy of Baden , Tübingen and Leipzig, 1901, fifth volume - Lörrach district; Pp. 144-147 online
- Eduard Christian Martini: Sitzenkirch. In: Schau-ins-Land: Annual booklet of the Breisgau-Geschichtsverein Schauinsland, 3.1876, pp. 85-89 digitized version of the Freiburg University Library
- Columban Reble: Liber Originum Monasterij Sancti Blasij In Silva Hercynia: That is: An old-written book from the origin of the Gotts-Haus St. Blasien on the black forest . Waldshut, 1716, pp. 198-203 online
Web links
- Benedictine convent Sitzenkirch in the database of monasteries in Baden-Württemberg of the Baden-Württemberg State Archives
Individual evidence
- ^ H. Trenkle: Local history of the communities Obereggenen and Sitzenkirch as well as the Propstei Bürgeln , 1930, p. 36
- ^ E. Martini: Sitzenkirch in: Schau-ins-Land , 1876, p. 86
- ^ H. Trenkle: Local history of the communities Obereggenen and Sitzenkirch as well as the Propstei Bürgeln , 1930, p. 42
- ^ H. Trenkle: Local history of the communities Obereggenen and Sitzenkirch as well as the Provost Office Bürgeln , 1930, pp. 42–43
- ↑ see Kraus p. 145
- ↑ since 1537 Bartholomäus Ramspach who married the only remaining nun Dorothea Sebechin or at least lived with her
- ^ Helm: Churches and chapels in the Markgräflerland , p. 150
Evangelical Churches: Feuerbach | Wood | Kandern | Riedlingen | Sitzenkirch | Tannenkirch | Wollbach
Roman Catholic Church: Kandern
Coordinates: 47 ° 44 ′ 11.5 " N , 7 ° 40 ′ 22.3" E