Evangelical Church Zeilsheim
The Evangelical Church Zeilsheim is a church in the style of historicism with design elements of Art Nouveau in the Frankfurt district of Zeilsheim . It is a cultural monument due to the Hessian Monument Protection Act . The Evangelical Church Community Zeilsheim belongs to the Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau .
history
Zeilsheim was first mentioned in a document in 794 and belonged to Kurmainz until 1803 and then to the Duchy of Nassau , which is why the place has remained Catholic since the Reformation. In 1384 a chapel was first mentioned in Zeilsheim, which was dedicated to Saint Gertrude . In 1432 the wooden chapel was replaced by a stone church dedicated to Saint Bartholomew .
Evangelical Christians moved to Zeilsheim in the late 19th century. Together with the Sindlingen Protestants, they formed the Evangelical Church Community of Sindlingen-Zeilsheim, which initially belonged to the Höchst Church Association before the association was separated in July 1905. In 1901 an Evangelical Workers' Association was founded, made up of men from the Rotfabrik ( Farbwerke Höchst ), which contributed significantly to the emergence of the Protestant church community. Between 1900 and 1910, the population grew from around 1080 to almost 3000 residents due to new housing developments, which also led to an increase in the number of Protestant Christians. As early as 1908, the community opened a Protestant kindergarten, which was financially supported by Else von Meister, the daughter of the founder of the Farbwerke company, Herbert von Meister . The Zeilsheim church also goes back to his initiative. The Farbwerke donated the building site for the church and a grant of 10,000 marks to the total cost of 79,000 marks. Herbert von Meister also commissioned the architect Alfred Günther with the planning. The church was consecrated on August 18, 1912. In 1954, the Zeilsheimer parish became independent through the separation from Sindlingen.
architecture
The church is located in the workers' settlement called the colony , just under 500 meters east of the historic town center. In the middle of the settlement designed as a garden city with numerous historic semi-detached houses , the church property is located at the intersection of the streets Neu-Zeilsheim and Frankenthaler Weg. The east-facing church building has a base area of around 22 meters in length and around 17 meters in width. The size and architecture of the church is based on the neighboring settlement houses. The landscaped open spaces around the church also correspond to the concept of the garden city.
The hall church ends in the east with a polygonal apse . To the north of the street, a lower transept in front divides the building volume into building parts of different heights and sizes. The facades are brightly plastered and designed with window reveals and arches made of red sandstone . The building rests on a base made of gray natural stone. The church is with a roof of red brick covered mainly as a gable roof is constructed. The lower roof area of the transept is hilted . The adjacent tower in the north-west rises on a square substructure, opens into an elongated, octagonal shaft, which is covered by a pointed helmet. The roof of the tower and the belfry below are clad with slate . A loggia forms the entrance to the church in the gable wall . It consists of a sloping roof that rests on round arches and slender pillars made of sandstone. It is reminiscent of the architecture of the Renaissance . The arched windows of the outer walls are again typical design elements of the Romanesque . The variety of elements of different stylistic epochs is characteristic of the architecture of historicism.
The interior is accessed via the loggia and two wooden porch doors. The church hall is illuminated through arched windows, the reveals of which are colored. The ceiling is clad with wood. Two rows of pews face the altar. The walls are brightly plastered.
Furnishing
organ
The organ from 1912 on the rear gallery comes from the organ builder Eberhard Friedrich Walcker . It was expanded in 1972 through renovation.
Peal
The church has four bells.
| No. | Nominal | Dimensions | year | inscription |
| 1 | f sharp 1 | 900 kg | 1951 | Be happy in hope |
| 2 | a 1 | 600 kg | 1951 | Patiently in hope |
| 3 | h 1 | 150 kg | 1951 | Stop in prayer |
| 4th | c 1 | 200 kg | 1912 |
Photo gallery
View from the west
West facade
lobby
Web links
- Website of the Evangelical Church Community Zeilsheim
- State Office for Monument Preservation Hessen (Ed.): Evangelical Church Zeilsheim In: DenkXweb, online edition of cultural monuments in Hessen
literature
- Joachim Proescholdt, Jürgen Telschow: Frankfurt's Protestant Churches through the ages . Societäts-Verlag, Frankfurt a. M. 2011, ISBN 978-3-942921-11-4
- Horst Debus: Church in the surf of time. Frankfurt a. M. 1987
Coordinates: 50 ° 5 ′ 41.2 ″ N , 8 ° 29 ′ 53.2 ″ E