Evangelical Parish Church (Ober-Mossau)
The Protestant parish church in Ober-Mossau , a district of the community Mossautal in the Odenwald district in Hesse , was built in the high Middle Ages as the seat of a Johanniterkommende and became Protestant at the time of the Reformation . As a cultural monument , the church is a listed building .
history
The church was mentioned for the first time in 1253 and was once the seat of a Johanniterkommende who owned large estates in the surrounding towns: in both Mossau, in Rehbach, Steinbuch, Gersprenz, Ober-Kainsbach and Langen-Brombach. The Order of St. John settled at the instigation of the Erbach taverns, and the building of the church probably goes back to him. The order withdrew at the time of the Reformation and the church became Protestant. The parish was dissolved in 1557 and only re-established in 1849.
description
The church is a single-nave choir tower church . Its core dates back to the early Gothic period , the nave was widened in 1501 and received its present portals, the spire was raised in the 19th century. Also in the 19th century the church got its current flat ceiling. In the ribbed vaults of the choir tower itself paintings have received from the 15th century. Other historical features include an early Gothic grave slab found in 1981, the organ from 1866 located on a separate gallery to the right of the choir arch, and the fragment of a stone cross ("Spinnmaid Cross", picture ) that once stood on the road to Spreng . Two plaited tombstones from 1778/79 have been preserved on the historic churchyard wall.
literature
- State Office for Monument Preservation Hessen (Ed.): Monument topography of the Federal Republic of Germany. Cultural monuments in Hessen. Odenwaldkreis. Wiesbaden 1998, p. 562/63.
Web links
- State Office for Monument Preservation Hessen (Ed.): Evangelical Parish Church In: DenkXweb, online edition of cultural monuments in Hessen
Coordinates: 49 ° 40 ′ 28 " N , 8 ° 55 ′ 35.4" E