Evangelical Church Vogelbach

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Evangelical Church Vogelbach

The Evangelical Church of St. Nikolaus is located in the Vogelbach district of the Malsburg-Marzell community in the Lörrach district . The church, which was completed in the 1770s, has a historic organ from 1836.

history

The first church in Vogelbach was documented to be the chapel dedicated to St. Nicholas from 1326 (“anno domini 1326 consecrata est capella santi Nicolai in Vogilbach”). It was only after the Reformation in the Markgräfler Land in 1574 that Vogelbach became independent and, as a parish, included the entire rear Kandertal.

The pastor made an application to enlarge the church as early as 1749. It was not until 1769 to 1770 that this application was followed and an enlarged new building was built. Whether and to what extent the old church was used for this is not clear. According to tradition, in 1826 not only five houses but also half of the church tower burned down. The ridge turret in the eastern gable was mentioned as early as 1829.

Extensive renovation work was carried out between 1975 and 1977, during which the main portal in the east was relocated to the south side and the sacristy was also housed in the new small annex . In the course of this work, the previous seating arrangement was rotated 90 degrees and some of the inventory items were replaced with new pieces.

description

Church building

Sundial on the south facade

The simple long house with a gable roof looks very inconspicuous in shape and height next to residential houses in the village. On the south facade there is an annex, also covered with a gable roof, which, in addition to the main entrance, also houses the sacristy. A small roof turret protrudes from the east side of the nave roof , which is covered by a pyramid roof crowned with a tower ball . The clock face of the church clock is on the south side of the roof ridge. There is also a sundial on the south wall .

On the outer east wall, a tombstone commemorates Pastor Walter Sütterlin († 1925) and his wife Emmy Sütterlin, née Theile († 1923).

Interior and outfit

The interior of the hall church is covered with a flat ceiling. The simple wooden altar is set up in the north, behind it there is an oak cross in front of a round window. The wall behind the altar is adorned with a handcrafted tapestry. Malsburg-Vogelbach-based artist Jürgen Brodwolf designed the windows and carpets in the 1970s. Right of the altar is a cockpit panel, the altar is left a red sandstone manufactured font with a round shell, which carries adjacent to the crest Baden the year 1727th

On the west wall there is an epitaph for Pastor Leopold Friedrich Hoffmann († January 14, 1738).

Bells and organ

Bell tower

The two-part bronze bell of the Evangelical Church in Vogelbach is composed as follows:

Surname Chime foundry
Big bell d ′ ′ Bachert bell foundry
Little bell fis ′ ′ Bachert bell foundry

The larger bell replaced one by Andreas Roost from Lörrach, which was cast in 1771. The smaller previous bell was cast by an unknown master in 1836. Both previous bells fell victim to the war.

The organ from 1836 comes from the organ building workshop Gebrüder Martin from Waldkirch and is considered to be their last work. In 1911 the Voit & Söhne instrument was greatly modified while retaining the historical case and reconstructed by Peter Vier in 1977 . The organ works with a mechanical game and stop action , a manual , a pedal and eleven stops .

literature

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Generallandesarchiv Karlsruhe : Kopialbuch 1187, Propstai Bürgeln
  2. ↑ G. Hoffmann: Vogelbach-Kaltenbach . In: 400 Years of the Evangelical Church District Badenweiler-Müllheim 1556–1956 , 1956, p. 134
  3. ^ Helm: Churches and chapels in the Markgräflerland , p. 183 (02.1)
  4. ↑ G. Hoffmann: Vogelbach-Kaltenbach . In: 400 Years of the Evangelical Church District Badenweiler-Müllheim 1556–1956 , 1956, p. 133
  5. ^ Helm: Churches and chapels in the Markgräflerland , p. 183 (02.2)
  6. ^ Helm: Churches and chapels in the Markgräflerland , p. 183 (02.3)
  7. ^ Helm: Churches and chapels in the Markgräflerland , p. 184
  8. ↑ Helm: Churches and chapels in the Markgräflerland , pp. 183-184 (02.3)

Coordinates: 47 ° 44 ′ 34.1 ″  N , 7 ° 42 ′ 13 ″  E