Evangelical Church Steinbach

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South-east side of the Steinbacher Church

The Evangelical Church in Steinbach in the Hessian community of Fernwald was built between 1845 and 1848 in the neo-Romanesque style. It shapes the townscape and is a Hessian cultural monument .

history

Church tower from the street side

A predecessor chapel in Steinbach is mentioned for the first time in 1258 ( capella in Steynbac ), when provost Hartmut von Trohe listed the dues for the Schiffenberg monastery in a treasury certificate . Until then, the chapel belonged to the Archdiocese of Trier . By forging a document from 1141, Steinbach and five other villages appeared under parish law to the monastery. Other forged documents served to secure the deception. In the course of this dispute, the Hessian Landgrave Heinrich I was deceived and in 1285 renounced church patronage and the corresponding income in favor of the Schiffenberg canons . In the course of the Reformation Steinbach changed to the Protestant faith in 1532, but was under canonical law until 1838 the mother church on the Schiffenberg. Friedrich Fanilius was the first Protestant pastor from 1561 to 1573. In his first year, Steinbach appears as a branch from Schiffenberg. In 1607 Watzenborn was raised to an independent parish and separated from Steinbach. In 1838 Albach became a parish.

The rectangular Romanesque building with a square east tower and a stepped pointed spire was no longer sufficient for the requirements in the 19th century, when Steinbach's population rose sharply. At the same location, a new building was built between 1845 and 1848 according to plans by the Landgrave Provincial Master Builder Friedrich Wilhelm Müller from Gießen. After his death, the builder Holzapfel took over the construction management. The foundation stone was laid on June 4, 1845, the tower button and cross were attached on October 1, 1847, and the church was consecrated on September 3, 1848 in the year of the revolution . Until the beginning of 1847, services were held in the medieval church. After the old church was demolished, some of the building materials were reused for the construction of the new church. Including the organ and the new bells, the total cost was 44,400 guilders, of which the bourgeois community took over 19,000 guilders.

As early as 1859, facade stones from the north-east side towards Albach had to be replaced due to poor material. In 1872 the church received two large stoves, which burned out in 1892 and were replaced by a new one in the same year. The altar area was enlarged in 1890/91 by moving the choir stairs forward. On June 22, 1892, lightning strikes damaged the building and interior. The inauguration of the war memorial in front of the church for those who participated in the war from 1870/1871 took place on September 2, 1900. The kerosene lamps purchased in the 1880s were replaced by electric light in 1915. In 1920 a memorial for the fallen soldiers from Steinbach was erected to the left of the church, which was supplemented in 1925 by individual stones in the shape of a cross with the names and dates of the fallen soldiers. The church tower was repaired in 1923, the tower roof and weathercock were renewed in 1938, and the tower was finally renovated in 1966/1967. In 1976 a comprehensive interior renovation of the church followed. In 1982, 1987 and 1999 further renovation work on the tower was necessary, in 2000 it was re-covered.

architecture

Arched windows and arcades

The hall church has a rectangular floor plan and is closed off by a flat gable roof. A five-storey, plastered tower is built in the southwest, which also serves as the main entrance. The tower has Lungstein square blocks. The quarry stones come mainly from Londorf , the lung stone for the window reveals partly from Hohenstein . An open arcade vestibule with three round arches is built in front of the tower. On the third and fourth tower floors, coupled double windows are enclosed by arched fields. On the fifth floor there are triplet windows in the triangular gables on all sides. The movement was taken over from the previous construction. A slender octagonal pointed helmet is crowned by a tower button with a cross and a weathercock. The height is 45.6 meters to the lower edge of the sphere, and 50 meters to the weather valve.

A cornice divides the two floors of the plastered nave. On the two long sides, five large arched windows are attached in the upper zones. Below there are smaller arched windows and a central arched portal with double-tiered Lungstein walls. On the north-east side of the choir there is a triplet window, which is flanked by two arched windows. The gable is enlivened by a six-part rose window and a frieze . The adjoining cemetery, the area of ​​4085 m 2, is reached via the southern portal . The outer structure of the ship is taken up inside.

Furnishing

Interior to the northeast

The flat-roofed interior is closed off by a coffered ceiling . The interior decoration dates from the time the church was built. A three-sided gallery rests on large arched arcades that stand on arched columns with capitals . The parapet is structured by wooden cassettes. The north-eastern choir area is separated from the nave by a large arch. Axially beneath a triple window is the polygonal pulpit made of red sandstone, which can be accessed via a double flight of stairs. The sound cover was installed in 1890. In front of the pulpit stands the raised sandstone altar with a crucifix acquired in 2000 and on the left a cup-shaped baptismal font, which is also made of red sandstone and was acquired in 1992.

The choir arch is flanked by large oil paintings in a gilded frame, showing Philipp Melanchthon on the left and Martin Luther on the right under a round arch. The two pictures originally flanked the pulpit. After the picture of Luther and another picture of the crucifixion of Jesus fell victim to a burglary in 1999, the painter Jürgen AR Brand from Butzbach created replacements for them and later other paintings. The previous building became the epitaph of pastor Wolfgang Rompf and his wife Walpurg geb. Wolff from 1595.

organ

Förster organ in Steinbach from 1849
Bernhard organ in Beuern from 1847 served as a model

The previous building received an organ for the first time in the first quarter of the 18th century , which was repaired around 1830. The congregation planned a new organ for the new church and placed the order with Johann Georg Förster , whose mother Anna Catharina nee. Schneider came from Steinbach. Forster's draft of July 7, 1846 was implemented in 1849 for 2548  fl 10 kr. The prospectus corresponds to that of Adam Karl Bernhard in Beuern from the year 1847. The building authorities had made a design for Beuern, which was carried out by Leib in Gießen. Förster recreated this prospectus, whose neo-Romanesque design was integrated organically into the new Steinbach church. The four pipe fields are structured by pilasters . The elevated central field with a flat gable emerges like a risk. There are two round-arched fields with domed arches, which are flanked on the outside by two rectangular fields. A large round arch panel with artistically executed, gilded tendrils spans the double central field, while smaller round arch panels with semicircular fan rosettes over a relief frieze spans the two outer fields. The case is crowned by an arched frieze with gold-plated tips.

The Steinbacher organ was Förster's first two-manual new building. Apart from his Hungen organ (1876, II / P / 25), it remained his second largest work. Förster himself complained about the somewhat stiff action in the first manual, not due to poor execution, but rather due to the system. In 1870 Förster replaced the viola di gamba and added a physharmonica in 1873 . An overhaul by Förster took place in 1899 after the instrument was damaged by lightning. In 1917 the tin prospect pipes had to be delivered and were replaced by zinc pipes in 1919. In 1977 it was repaired by Förster & Nicolaus Orgelbau . The side organ has 24 registers, divided into two manuals and a pedal, and is almost completely preserved. The tightly bored principal 8 ′ on the second manual is the only one from Förster that has been preserved and did not have to be delivered to the armaments industry in 1917. The disposition is:

I main work C – f 3
Bourdun 16 ′
Principal 8th'
Hollow flute 8th'
Viola di gamba 8th'
Bourdun 8th'
Octave 4 ′
Hollow flute 4 ′
Quinta 3 ′
Supper octave 2 ′
Cornetto III (from g 0 )
Mixture IV 2 ′
II Positive C – f 3
Wooden dacked 8th'
Principal 8th'
Flauto Dolce 8th'
Salicional 8th'
Octav 4 ′
Dumped 4 ′
Nassat 3 ′
Pointed flute 2 ′
Physharmonica 8th'
Pedal C – c 1
Principal bass 16 ′
Violon bass 16 ′
Sub-bass 16 ′
Octave bass 8th'
Dumped bass 8th'
Remarks
Mixture IV 2 ′
C: 2 ′ + 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ + 1' + 2 ⁄ 3 ′
c 0 : 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ + 2 ′ + 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ + 1'
c 1 : 4 ′ + 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ + 2 ′ + 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
c 2 : 5 1 ⁄ 3  ′ + 4 ′ + 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ + 2 ′
c 3 : 8th' + 5 1 ⁄ 3  ′ + 4 ′ + 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′

Bells

The three bells ring

For the new church building, Friedrich Otto melted down the old bells in 1847 and bought a new triple bell (837 kg, 556 kg and 379 kg), which was paid for by the church (middle bell) and the community (large and small bell). In 1871 the small bell had to be cast around, this was done at Ph. H. Bach & Sons in Windecken. In 1917 the large and small bells were expanded by the Rincker company. While abseiling the pulley broke, the bell crashed and a small piece broke out of the wolm. Regardless of this, the two bells were later brought to the assembly point. In 1919 negotiations began with FW Rincker for a new bell. For financial reasons they had to do without bronze and in 1920 commissioned Rincker & Buderus (Wetzlar) to cast three bells “made of pure stainless steel” at a price of 7.50 marks per kilo. Despite the cheaper bells, the remaining middle bronze bell had to be sold. The total cost of the new bell was 24,813 marks.

No.
 		 Mass
(kg)		 Percussive
( HT - 1 / 16 )		 inscription
 
1 863 f 1 " A strong castle is our God " [Luther]
2 518 as 1 " Glory to God in the highest " [Luk 2,14]
3 378.5 b 1 " O land, land, land, hear the word of the Lord " [Jer 22:29]

Pastor

Tomb of pastor Johann Christoph Buff (18th century)

Pastors Fanilius, Reifschneider and Leusler were responsible for Schiffenberg and Steinbach. From 1587 the pastors lived in Steinbach. The evangelical pastors are completely proven.

  • 1561–1573 ?: Friedrich Fanilius (1573 also Caspar Rächtenbach)
  • 1573–1577 0: Johannes Reifschneider
  • 1577-1620 0: Valentin Leusler
  • 1620 : Konrad Knies (resigned his office after he had fatally wounded a citizen in a crowd in Homberg (Ohm) )000000
  • 1620–1633 0: Ludwig Wagner
  • 1633–1635 0: Sebastian Heylandt
  • 1635–1671 0: Caspar Bechtold
  • 1671–1689 0: Conrad Philipp Bechtold (son of Caspar Bechtold)
  • 1689–1706 0: Johann Jacob Reccius
  • 1706–1756 0: Johann Christoph Buff (grandfather of Charlotte Buff , born 1753, Goethe's "Lotte")
  • 1757–1785 0: Alexander Christian Ludwig Schunke
  • 1785–1806 0: Johann Wilhelm Becker
  • 1806–1836 0: Karl Friedrich Stückrath
  • 1838–1859 0: Karl Theodor Ludwig Völcker
  • 1859–1882 0: Gustav Eigenbrodt
  • 1883–1897 0: Wilhelm Georgi
  • 1897–1909 0: Karl Haacke
  • 1909–1922 0: Otto Köhler
  • 1922–1923 0: Adolf Storck (parish administrator)
  • 1923–1933 0: Wilhelm Krämer
  • 1933–1950 0: Otto Wilhelm Döll
  • 1950–1973 0: Wilhelm Volz
  • 1974–1981 0: Louis Ferdinand von Zobeltitz
  • 1981–2013 0: Ewald Steiner
  • 2014– : Heike Düver00000

literature

  • Georg Dehio : Handbook of German art monuments , Hessen I. Administrative districts of Giessen and Kassel. Edited by Folkhard Cremer and others. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-422-03092-3 , p. 860.
  • Wilhelm Diehl : Construction book for the Protestant parishes of the Landgraviate of Hessen-Darmstadt (= Hassia sacra; 5 ). Self-published, Darmstadt 1931, p. 342.
  • Gerd Espanion: Moments , Views of the Steinbach Church. A gem of contemporary history. GE Agency, Fernwald 2016 (illustrated book).
  • Hanno Müller: Churches and rectories in Steinbach . Festschrift of the Evangelical Church Community Steinbach. Evangelical parish, Fernwald-Steinbach 1998.
  • State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Hesse (ed.), Karlheinz Lang (edit.): Cultural monuments in Hesse. District of Giessen II. Buseck, Fernwald, Grünberg, Langgöns, Linden, Pohlheim, Rabenau (= monument topography Federal Republic of Germany ). Theiss, Stuttgart 2010, ISBN 978-3-8062-2178-7 , p. 179 f.
  • Ulrich Schütte (Ed.): Churches and synagogues in the villages of the Wetterau (= Wetterau history sheets 53 ). Verlag der Bindernagelschen Buchhandlung, Friedberg (Hessen) 2004, ISBN 3-87076-098-2 , p. 532 f.
  • Heinrich Walbe : The art monuments of the Gießen district. Vol. 1. Northern part. Hessisches Denkmalarchiv, Darmstadt 1938, pp. 393–395.
  • Peter Weyrauch : The churches of the old district of Giessen. Mittelhessische Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft, Gießen 1979, p. 176 f.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c d State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Hesse (ed.): Cultural monuments in Hesse. 2010, p. 117.
  2. ↑ Müller: Churches and rectories in Steinbach. 1998, p. 13.
  3. ↑ Walbe: The art monuments of the district of Giessen. 1938, p. 341.
  4. ^ State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Hesse (ed.): Cultural monuments in Hesse. 2010, p. 113.
  5. ↑ Steinbach. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS). Hessian State Office for Historical Cultural Studies (HLGL), accessed on August 21, 2013 .
  6. ^ Diehl: Construction book for the Protestant parishes. 1931, p. 272.
  7. ↑ Müller: Churches and rectories in Steinbach. 1998, p. 46.
  8. ↑ Müller: Churches and rectories in Steinbach. 1998, pp. 57-66.
  9. ↑ Müller: Churches and rectories in Steinbach. 1998, p. 58.
  10. ↑ Müller: Churches and rectories in Steinbach. 1998, p. 38.
  11. ↑ Müller: Churches and rectories in Steinbach. 1998, p. 66.
  12. ^ Franz Bösken , Hermann Fischer : Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. (=  Contributions to the music history of the Middle Rhine . Volume 29.1 ). tape 3 : Former province of Upper Hesse. Part 1: A-L . Schott, Mainz 1988, ISBN 3-7957-1330-7 , p. 118 f .
  13. ↑ Hans-Joachim Falkenberg: Epochs of organ history. Förster and Nicolaus 1842–1992. Orgelbau-Fachverlag Rensch, Lauffen 1992, ISBN 3-921848-24-5 , p. 172.
  14. ↑ Hans-Joachim Falkenberg: Epochs of organ history. Förster and Nicolaus 1842–1992. Orgelbau-Fachverlag Rensch, Lauffen 1992, ISBN 3-921848-24-5 , p. 32, quotes Förster's statement that "the Steinbach organ, which I built nine years ago, is already outdated in some ways".
  15. ^ Franz Bösken, Hermann Fischer: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 3: Former province of Upper Hesse (=  contributions to the Middle Rhine music history 29.2 . Part 2 (M – Z)). Schott, Mainz 1988, ISBN 3-7957-1331-5 , p. 902 f .
  16. ↑ Hans-Joachim Falkenberg: Epochs of organ history. Förster and Nicolaus 1842–1992. Orgelbau-Fachverlag Rensch, Lauffen 1992, ISBN 3-921848-24-5 , p. 27.
  17. ^ Organ in Steinbach , seen on July 29, 2016.
  18. ↑ Müller: Churches and rectories in Steinbach. 1998, p. 56.
  19. ↑ Müller: Churches and rectories in Steinbach. 1998, pp. 66-70.

Coordinates: 50 ° 33 ′ 3 ″  N , 8 ° 46 ′ 50 ″  E