Evangelical town church Bad Wildungen

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The city church
The city church
Evangelical town church, aerial photo (2016)

The Protestant town church is a listed church building in Bad Wildungen , in the Waldeck-Frankenberg district , ( Hesse ). Quarry stone walls support the terrace on which the church building is located. The high church tower shapes the cityscape from afar.

History and architecture

The church, originally dedicated to St. Nicholas of Myra , stands on the highest point of the city hill. The terrace on which the building stands is supported by stone walls . Construction of the gothic hall church of the Hessian school began around 1300. City builders were in charge of construction; they were elected annually by the citizens. The high altar was consecrated in 1306. The nave dates from the second half of the 14th century. The tower , which dominates the town from afar, was originally crowned with a pointed helmet over four stone gables. Its upper floors were completed in 1489. After the Reformation , the church became Protestant . The current Welsche Haube was put on by Theodor Escher from 1809 to 1811. The side aisles of the three-aisled nave with four bays are slightly larger than half the width of the central nave . The central nave and the choir with 5/8 end are under one roof. The side aisles are covered with cross- pitched gable roofs with stone gables. On the south side of the choir there is a chapel-like , triangular extension. The space (today sacristy ) between this and the south aisle was probably closed by a wall in the 14th century. In a niche on the outside there is a man of Sorrows from the 15th century. The old sacristy is on the north side of the choir. Wall services in the choir and slender round pillars in the nave support the cross vaults . In the side aisles, they were placed on the capital zone to avoid stilting the vaults .

The Geismarsche grave chapel was built between 1483 and 1505, it is on the north side of the tower. It served as a burial place . The 24 coffins placed there were transferred to the princely Waldeck burial chapel in 1962, and the room has been used as a prayer chapel since 1993.

Furnishing

Wildunger Altar

Wildunger Altar
The glasses apostle

The most valuable piece of equipment is the Wildunger Altar , a winged altar by Conrad von Soest from around 1403. The year of the inscription is almost completely destroyed, so it could also have been 1404 or 1414. The altar is one of the most important works of German panel painting . Along with the altar in the Marienkirche in Dortmund , it is one of the master's main works. Individual parts of the right side wing are workshop work. The main bright colors are gold, ultramarine, deep red and green. On the inner wings, 13 pictures depict the childhood and suffering of Christ . The crucifixion, rich in figures, can be seen in the middle picture . On the outside of the wings there are depictions of St. Catherine, John, Elisabeth and Nicholas. When open, the altar is 7.60 m wide. The coloring and splendor of the robes, especially on the depiction of the Crucifixion, are influenced by French book illumination around 1400. The structure was essentially based on older Westphalian altars. The liquid preliminary drawings are still visible beneath the surface of the painting . A picture of the altar shows the oldest representation of glasses north of the Alps. It is also the first altar north of the Alps to be signed and dated by its creator.

Gravestones of the Counts of Waldeck-Wildungen

Tomb of Count Josias von Waldeck
Tomb of Count Karl-August-Friedrich vom Waldeck
  • Tomb of Count Samuel von Waldeck (1528–1570). It was elaborately worked on by Georg von der Tann in the Renaissance style, with numerous coats of arms from the domain being depicted
  • Tomb of Count Josias II von Waldeck (1636–1669), created by the sculptor Heinrich Papen in 1674 in the high baroque style.
  • Tomb of Prince Karl August Friedrich von Waldeck (1704–1763), a late Baroque work with figures representing justice and strength, as well as piety and wisdom. Fama , the herald of fame, hovers above it .

organ

organ

The organ was installed in 1982 by Gerhard Schmid from Kaufbeuren , some registers of the Walcker organ from 1857 were revised and taken over. In 2011 a renovation was carried out by the company Mitteldeutscher Orgelbau A. Voigt from Bad Liebenwerda . The instrument has 43 registers, which are distributed over three manuals and pedal . The game actions are mechanical, the stop actions are electric. The disposition is as follows:

I Rückpositiv C – g 3
1. Wooden dacked 8th'
2. Prefix 4 ′
3. Piccolo 2 ′
4th octave 1'
5. Cymbel III 1 ⁄ 2 ′
6th Krummhorn 8th'
Tremulant
II Hauptwerk C – g 3
7th Gedacktpommer 16 ′
8th. Principal 8th'
9. Pointed flute 8th'
10. octave 4 ′
11. Coupling flute 4 ′
12. Chamois fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
13. octave 2 ′
14th Mixture V 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
15th Spanish trumpet 8th'
Zimbelstern
III Swell C – g 3
16. Bourdon 16 ′
17th Wooden flute 8th'
18th Willow pipe 8th'
19th Beat 8th'
20th Principal 4 ′
21st Transverse flute 4 ′
22nd Nasat 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
23. recorder 2 ′
24. third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
25th Sif flute 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
26th Seventh 1 1 ⁄ 7  ′
27. None 8 ⁄ 9 ′
28. Plein Jeu IV 2 ′
29 Dulcian 16 ′
30th oboe 8th'
31. Schalmey 4 ′
Tremulant
Pedal C – f 1
32. Principal 16 ′
33. Sub bass 16 ′
34. Octave bass 8th'
35. Dacked bass 8th'
36. Major third 6 2 ⁄ 5  ′
37. Major sept 4 4 ⁄ 7  ′
38. Choral bass 4 ′
39. Forest flute 2 ′
40. Rauschbass IV 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
41. trombone 16 ′
42. Trumpet 8th'
43. Clairon 4 ′
  • Coupling : I / II, III / II, I / P, II / P, III / P
  • Playing aids : Computer-controlled typesetting system

Other equipment

  • The large baptismal font from 1350 is in the south aisle. On the base there is a Latin inscription: BABTISMUS EST FUNDAMENTUM ET IAUNA ALIORUM SACRAMENTORUM (Baptism is the foundation and the door to the other sacraments). The baptismal bowl is embedded.

Reminder of witch hunt

“Resist evil, preserve human dignity!” - memory of the victims of the witch hunt

A rose was planted on the city church wall on the Day of Repentance and Prayer in 2004 to commemorate “the many innocently accused and murdered women, men and children” who perished in witch trials in Bad Wildungen between 1532 and 1664.

literature

  • Georg Dehio: Handbook of German art monuments , Hessen I, administrative districts of Giessen and Kassel. Founded on the Day of the Preservation of Monuments in 1900, continued by Ernst Gall, edited by Folkhard Cremer, Tobias Michael Wolf and others. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-422-03092-3 .
  • Stefanie Westphal: The work of art of the month. Westphalian State Museum for Art and Cultural History Münster, December 2004 (scientific treatise on the Wildung Altarpiece).

Web links

Commons : Evangelische Stadtkirche Bad Wildungen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Commons : Photos from the Wildunger Altar  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tower dome
  2. ↑ Description and photos for: The Altar of Conrad von Soest / 600 Years Wildung Altarpiece
  3. ↑ coloring
  4. ↑ Georg Dehio ; Edited by Magnus Backes: Hessen . In: Handbook of German Art Monuments . First volume. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich, Berlin 1966, p. 57 and 58 .
  5. ↑ Image of the glasses apostle
  6. ↑ Georg Dehio ; Edited by Magnus Backes: Hessen . In: Handbook of German Art Monuments . First volume. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich, Berlin 1966, p. 38 .
  7. ↑ Signature  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.hr-online.de  
  8. ↑ Information about the organ

Coordinates: 51 ° 7 ′ 10.5 ″  N , 9 ° 7 ′ 24 ″  E