Evangelical Church Wilnsdorf
The Evangelical Church in Wilnsdorf is a church building in Wilnsdorf and the main church of the Evangelical parish of Wilnsdorf, which existed until the end of 2010. Since January 1, 2011, the congregation has been part of the Evangelical Reformed Church Community of Rödgen -Wilnsdorf. It is part of the church district of Siegen in North Rhine-Westphalia .
Location
The church stands partly on the old foundation walls of the Wilnsdorf Castle, which burned down in 1233 . Located at an altitude of almost 380 m on the southeast slope of an eastern Elkersberg boom , the church overlooks a large part of today's Wilnsdorf and almost the entire place that existed at the time of construction. Part of the settlement to the right of federal highway 54 in the direction of Kalteiche and the buildings on the Hohenroth cannot be seen. The church is located about 100 m from the old and 460 m from the new or current center of Wilnsdorf.
history
prehistory
After the parish of the three Wilden parishes from Neunkirchen and Burbach to Wilnsdorf in 1892 , the former simultaneous church in Wilnsdorf was too small for the number of parish members. 302 seats were available. In March 1893 it was rebuilt to accommodate more worshipers . It was 1–2 m below the current one. In 1904 the number of parishioners from Wilnsdorf, Wilden and Wilgersdorf together was around 1400 people. Six years later, in 1910, the parish in Wilnsdorf had 500, in Wilgersdorf 655 and in Wilden 657, a total of 1,812 parishioners.
Construction planning
On April 16, 1904, the Herborn architect Ludwig Hofmann's plan for an extension building was not well received because it had 100 fewer seats instead of increasing the available space. In addition, they were dissatisfied with the planned "onion dome" of the church tower , which would not suit a Siegerland village. Hofmann worked out a new renovation plan and a plan for a new building. Since this was only supposed to be 15,000 marks more expensive than a reconstruction of the church and one was not bound to the low location of the church, the community decided to rebuild the church. However, the consistory in Münster, to which Hofmann presented the new building plan, considered the estimated construction cost of 75,000 marks to be too high and referred the community to the Hagen architect Gustav Mucke , who had built the church in (Dortmund-) Wellinghofen with 600 places for 54,600 marks . The congregation then commissioned Mucke to draft a plan for the new building of the church. This plan provided for a new building for only 50,000 marks. The old simultaneous church, built in 1789, was a listed building and therefore could not be demolished. The Arnsberg district government submitted the Muckes building plans to the responsible Prussian ministry. This approved the demolition of the old church, but rejected the construction plans. The community was advised to return to the architect Hofmann. However, this could not decide, so Pastor Friedrich Adrian, in office since 1904 as the successor to Pastor Böcking, traveled personally to the responsible ministry in Berlin on October 16, 1906 in order to obtain the building permit for the new church according to Mucke's plans. The question of architects for the new building became a point of contention there, as one was in the Ministry for Hofmann as a builder. However, the Wilnsdorf pastor was able to prevail and on February 8, 1908 the Wilnsdorf family received the permits for new buildings according to Muckes plans. Before construction began, the new construction costs, estimated at 73,300 marks, had to be covered. A church and house collection came to 19,260 marks, a fund collected since 1903 was 2800 marks, further voluntary income was 3000 marks and an aid fund approved by the Old Prussian Evangelical Church Council made another 12,000 marks. With the approval of a loan of 15,000 marks, 52,100 marks were available in early 1911. The missing 21,200 marks were covered by a royal gift of grace.
Construction and inauguration
After the financing of the building had been arranged, the groundbreaking ceremony for the new church took place on November 6, 1911 . The masonry work began on December 7th of the same year. Some of these were made of local quarry stone. The earthworks and masonry work were carried out by the entrepreneur F. Giebeler in Eiserfeld and the mason J. Oster in Westerburg . The old church could still be used until April 1912. Demolition began on April 9, 1912. The new building costs were exceeded by 10,000 marks, so a loan of 25,000 marks had to be taken from the Sparkasse of the Weidenau office . The outer wall was made of Ruhr sandstone from Herdecke , and the roof was covered with slate from Brachbach . In the winter of 1912/1913, work was mainly carried out on the interior. A steam heater was installed. The tower clock, which cost 900 marks, was donated by the Wilnsdorf bailiff. The organ, which cost 4500 marks, was delivered by the organ building workshop Paul Faust in ( Wuppertal -) Barmen .
On April 20, 1913, the church was inaugurated with a procession from the rectory in the Herrengarten to the church. General superintendent Zöllner took over the consecration . Pastor Adrian gave the solemn sermon on verse 8 in Psalm 26, which is also written in large letters in the chancel. After the First World War , a memorial plaque for the fallen of the parish was hung in the rear part. During the inflation, Pastor Adrian paid the entire outstanding amount of the loan of 25,000 marks from his own resources, which he later received back from the community.
Monument protection
The church has been a listed building since 1977 . The reason was (quote): “The church, which was built in an exposed location on the hillside, is an unadorned Art Nouveau building made of rough bossed ashlar masonry with a tower on the side of the facade and slated roofs. The interior also shows characteristic features of a Protestant church building around 1910 with its wooden barrel above the central area, as well as the arrangement of organ - pulpit - altar and galleries. "
Remedial measures
- 1957: An electrical bell system was installed.
- 1961: Interior renovation including renewal of the organ . Cost: 70,745 marks
- 1963: The old slate roof was renewed, the heating system switched from coke to oil.
- 1966: The quarry stone retaining wall collapses. The restoration of the wall and the construction of a new staircase cost 70,000 marks.
- 1982: Installation of a steam heater.
- 1984: The joints of the external masonry were renovated for 75,000 marks with elastic special mortar.
- 1988: A new Mebold organ was installed, the chancel renovated. Cost: 235,000 marks
- 1989: The mechanical tower clock was equipped with radio control.
- 1995: A mobile partition was installed in the back of the church.
- 1997: The spire with cross and copper dome was renewed. As an energy-saving measure, protective glazing was used in all windows.
- 2000: The lighting was renewed and the loudspeaker system was renovated.
- 2002: An entrance was converted to make it accessible for the disabled. A children's corner has been set up in the back of the church.
- 2010: The heating system was exchanged for a new, more cost-effective system for 60,000 euros.
building
The church was built as an Art Nouveau building and has a size of 20 m by 14.5 m. The church tower was built at the rear or northeast end of the church and is 36 m high. The floor plan of the church shows a structural indentation of the corners in the rear part on both sides, larger on the right than on the left. In the front part, the right corner is pulled out to the side. There is one of the three stairs and a side entrance. Directly to the left of this part, below the bell tower , is the main entrance of the building. This leads into an anteroom, through which one comes to the front in the right side aisle and to the left behind the part of the church equipped with benches and to the right in the stairwell mentioned . In the back of the church there is a seating and children's play area that can be separated with mobile partition walls. This is followed by the second stairwell, which also has a second side entrance, which has been converted from the outside to make it accessible for the disabled.
The rows of benches extend over the entire width of the building to the front. In the width of the rear space and the separated is chancel centrally limited. Behind the chancel there is the sacristy and on the left a third staircase with a side entrance. The organ erected in 1988 stands above the sacristy. In the sanctuary of the church the verse "Lord, I love the place of your house and the place where your honor dwells" is written in large letters (Psalm 26, verse 8). On the left is the coat of arms of the Lords of Wilnsdorf, on the right a drawing of the destruction of Wilnsdorf in 1233. In the center of the chancel is the raised pulpit, which can only be reached through the sacristy. The galleries of the church adjoin the stairwells according to the structural conditions, the rear and largest part of it moves up to about half of the lower rows of seats. There is space for a total of 550 visitors in the building.
Bells
The chime consists of three cast steel bells that were cast by the Bochumer Verein .
The largest bell, also known as the "death knell", has a weight of 1400 kg and a diameter of 1494 mm and is only used in cases of death. The middle bell is used every day at noon and in the evening and every half hour on Sundays before the service, it weighs 1000 kg and has a diameter of 1330 mm. The smallest bell is rung at weddings and to ring in Sunday as well as for invitations to church services. It weighs 480 kg with a diameter of 1018 mm.
literature
- 1913-2003. 90 years of the Evangelical Church in Wilnsdorf. A short history of the Wilnsdorf Church. Wilnsdorf 2003.
- Franz Dango: Wilnsdorf. History and landscape. Vorländer Verlag, Siegen 1955.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Community letter of the Evangelical Church Community Wilnsdorf , issue 1/2011 (January / February)
- ↑ a b Text laying of the foundation stone in Wilnsdorf in the front part of the church, 1912
- ↑ a b Hot water instead of hot and expensive air . In: Siegener Zeitung . January 5, 2010, p. 9 .
- ↑ Ev. Parish Wilnsdorf - parish concept, status July 22, 2008; P. 14
Coordinates: 50 ° 48 ′ 56.5 ″ N , 8 ° 6 ′ 10 ″ E