Evangelical Castle Church (Allenbach)
The Evangelical Castle Church Allenbach is the Protestant village church of the Protestant parish Wirschweiler-Allenbach-Sensweiler in Allenbach im Hunsrück , a community in the Birkenfeld district in Rhineland-Palatinate . Today's church is a hall with a three-sided choir. The church owns a historic organ from the Stumm family.
history
From the Middle Ages to the end of the 19th century, Allenbach was a flourishing industrial center in the territory of the Hinteren Grafschaft Sponheim . Two copper works, the old smelter and the new one, have been documented since 1400 and 1450 respectively. In contrast to many copper smelters in the area, which were gradually discontinued from the 16th century onwards due to a lack of raw materials, the smelters in Allenbach remained in operation until 1801 and 1835 respectively. The history of the church , originally consecrated to the Virgin Mary , which was probably in the area of the castle, has always been closely linked to the history of the castle. Predecessor buildings are attested since 1330 as a branch church of the parish Siesbach in the office of Birkenfeld . Before 1334 it became a parish church. In 1557 the Reformation was introduced in the entire rear county of Sponheim.
After the Thirty Years' War and the associated loss of population, Allenbach and Wirschweiler formed a parish based in Wirschweiler. From 1753 until 1820 it was again a separate parish.
The old church (from 1567?), Described as narrow and dilapidated in 1608, was restored, especially on the roof in 1616/17 and 1620. Not least because of the war events that followed, it was considered dilapidated in 1729 and, according to a report from 1756, in danger of collapsing. After the partial collapse on September 12, 1777, the old, too small and very dark church was replaced by a new building.
Architecture and equipment
Today's church was built in 1780/81 according to plans by Friedrich Gerhard Wahl , building director from Zweibrücken . The church is a closed hall building with a gable facade and roof turret. The plastered hall church is built of quarry stone, has a semicircular eastern choir closure and a raised western gallery. It is 19.27 m long, 10.70 m wide and 6 m high. The western front is crowned by a classical gable. Above this there is a roof turret with sound openings and a helmet.
The church door, the altar by the master carpenter Johann Kellermann from Allenbach and the barred parish and presbyter chairs have been preserved from the original furnishings. The pulpit has a polygonal basket and a crown-like lid. The floor is covered with old sandstone slabs.
organ
The church owns an organ from the fourth generation of the Stumm family organ builders from 1832 with 12 stops, a manual and a pedal. The organ bellows have been preserved. The organ with two wings, Fries and corners is a work of Empire style and displays classical Laubwer- and Palmenttenschitzerei.
use
The parish of Wirschweiler-Allenbach-Sensweiler has been parishally connected to the Protestant parish of Schauren-Kempfeld-Bruchweiler since 2011. A total of 6 churches and 9 preaching posts are to be served in the two parishes. In Allenbach currently (2015) a service is celebrated on around three Sundays a month and on the church holidays.
literature
- Handbook of German Art Monuments . Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland . Munich 1984, p. 11.
- Hans Vogts : The art monuments of the district of Bernkastel (= The art monuments of the Rhine province Volume 15, 1). L. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1935, pp. 29-31.
- Ulrike Weber-Karge, Maria Wenzel (edit.): District of Birkenfeld (= cultural monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate. Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany . Volume 11 ). Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft, Worms 1993, ISBN 3-88462-099-1 , p. 200 .
Web links
- Allenbach-Hunsrück with a detailed description of the history of the place and the church
- Allenbach on the website of the Evangelical Church District Trier
- Sound samples of the silent organs and a. also in this church
Individual evidence
- ↑ Allenbach-Hunsrück with a detailed description of the history of the place and the church , accessed on June 4, 2015.
- ↑ Ulrike Weber-Karge, Maria Wenzel (arrangement): District of Birkenfeld (= cultural monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate. Monument topography of the Federal Republic of Germany . Volume 11 ). Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft, Worms 1993, ISBN 3-88462-099-1 .
- ↑ a b Hans Vogts: The art monuments of the district of Bernkastel (= The art monuments of the Rhine province Volume 15, 1). L. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1935, pp. 29-31.
- ↑ http://www1.ekir.de/trier/39.0.html Allenbach on the pages of the Evangelical Church District Trier
- ↑ Handbook of German Art Monuments. Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland . Munich 1984, p. 101.
- ↑ a b Ulrike Weber-Karge, Maria Wenzel (edit.): Kreis Birkenfeld (= cultural monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate. Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany . Volume 11 ). Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft, Worms 1993, ISBN 3-88462-099-1 , p. 418-419 .
- ↑ http://www.kirchenrecht-ekir.de/kabl/19333.pdf Announcement in the official gazette of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland, May 16, 2011; P. 283
- ↑ http://www1.ekir.de/trier/fileadmin/user_upload/gemeinden/wirschweiler/gemeindebrief2.pdf Gemeindebrief 2/2015
Coordinates: 49 ° 45 ′ 20.4 " N , 7 ° 9 ′ 59.5" E