Evangelical town church Geislingen
The town church , which was built between 1424 and 1440 and is now a Protestant church, is one of the most impressive sights in the Baden-Württemberg town of Geislingen an der Steige with its high central nave and 63 meter high tower . It belongs to the Protestant parish Geislingen in the church district Geislingen an der Steige of the Evangelical Church in Württemberg .
history
The Geislinger Stadtkirche is probably the work of the Ulm Minster Builder and its builder Hans Kun. It was built from 1424 at the instigation of the imperial city of Ulm. As early as 1428, the church was consecrated in honor of St. Mary by the auxiliary bishop of Constance. The pace of construction required an efficient construction hut. At that time the church was able to accommodate the entire citizens of Geislingen.
Around 1890, the incumbent dean of the Geislingen church district , Karl Albert Wilhelm Bacmeister , made a significant contribution to the renovation, renovation and beautification of the Geislingen town church. The renovation and neo-Gothic redesign was entrusted to the well-known Kirchbau architect Heinrich Dolmetsch . It was completed with the re-inauguration on December 18, 1892.
Between 1973 and 1976, the interior was again restored under the direction of the Ulm architect Folker Mayer , during which the altar, font, stalls and floor were renewed. Other neo-Gothic changes were largely reversed (sculptures removed, ashlar paintings whitewashed on the walls of the ship) and the choir windows redesigned. Only the side aisle windows from 1892 were retained.
An extensive exterior renovation with stone renovation was carried out in two stages in 2005 and 2010.
architecture
From the architecture it can be concluded that the construction of the late Gothic pillar basilica was under the direction of the Ulm Minster Bauhütte . Because of the porous tuff stone used from the Geislinger "stone pit", which hardly allowed sculptural processing, the building is kept very simple. There are almost no jewelery sculptures dating from the period outside. “It was not until the years 1856 to 1858 that the three naves of the nave were vaulted. The tower, half of which is built into the nave, was renewed in 1861, in the course of which the tower dome with the four gables and the high tent roof was put on. ”Due to the construction and design measures by building officer Heinrich Dolmetsch up to 1892, the interior of the church changed from a transverse church for the longitudinal orientation desired again in the 19th century. The character and the interior of a transverse church can be assumed at the latest from the installation of the pulpit in 1621 on the central north pillar - at a point in time when cities (Göppingen, Ulm, Vaihingen / Enz, Waldenbuch) and villages adopt this concept in the immediate and wider vicinity Both ducal-Württemberg and imperial city influence had become common.
Vault
- The choir vault is original from the 15th century. Remnants of the painting were uncovered and modeled as early as 1892, and renewed somewhat reduced in 1973–1976.
- The nave vaults: They were installed in the main aisles and the side aisles instead of the flat ceilings from the early construction period only in the years 1856–1858 with wooden ribs and lath and cane construction as plaster supports. The painting was done with symbolic motifs, which were taken from Christian iconographic tradition and partially provided with quotations from the Bible.
Furnishing
Choir stalls
The 1512 by Jörg Syrlin the Elder is particularly worth seeing . J. carved oak choir stalls. It is complemented by the Levite Bank . The imperial eagle and the Ulm and Geislingen coats of arms are recognizable.
Altar shrine
There is a Marien or Sebastian altar in the church. It was created by the Ulm master Daniel Mauch around 1529. Clearly recognizable in the center of the shrine is St. Virgin Mary. She is the patron saint of the church. Two group representations of the purgatory can be seen below the altarpiece, presumably by Jörg Syrlin the Elder . On the inside of the wings are St. Rochus (left wing) and St. Elisabeth (r.) To be found. The representation of Saint Sebastian can be seen in the canopy . The altar is located in the choir of the church, but originally served as a side altar and was the only one of eight city church altars to survive the post-Reformation iconoclasm .
Portals
In the field above the north portal, you can see the relief of the donor, renewed in 1678, today the only sculpture on the outside of the church. It shows the symbolic handover of the city church by the Ulm councilor Claus Umgelter. In 1467, Hans von Windsheim gave the south portal on the church square a vestibule formed from the five sides of an octagon, the "church", made of Donzdorf sandstone, which allows for sculptural processing ( e.g. pinnacles ).
pulpit
The pulpit with fittings and mighty sound cover dates from 1621. From its traditional location on the central north pillar, it was moved one yoke further to the east during the fundamental renovation and redesign at the end of the 19th century, and at the same time the new ground floor chairs were aligned to it.
Stained glass
Nothing more is known about the neo-Gothic colored glazing of the three choir windows, which probably originated in the 1860s and was retained in 1892, than their themes (birth, death and resurrection of Christ). In the course of the renovation in 1975/76, the town church was enriched by three new choir windows and additional colored glazing, designed by the glass painter Hans Gottfried von Stockhausen . They wrap the room in the subdued light of their transparent colors. All windows are kept very small. In terms of their theological themes, the choir windows in particular are coordinated with one another.
Choir window
- Left window - The creation: The 1st day of creation: The light - The 2nd day of creation: Heaven and earth - The 3rd day of creation: The dry and the wet - The 4th day of creation: Separation of light and darkness - The 5th day of creation: Creation of birds and fish - The 6th day of creation: Creation of man - The 7th day: "And rested on the seventh day from all his works that he did"
- Middle window - Redemption: In the middle window the life of Jesus is thematically placed in connection with the works of mercy
- Right window - The pictures of the church in the New Testament: The church, God's building - The royal priesthood - The new man - Shepherd and flock - The great web - The tree of life - Vine and branch
More windows
- The west window deals with the end-time visions of the Revelation of John.
- In the Paulus Beck room under the gallery there is a Mary window. It shows Mary with the child sitting on a rainbow.
Sculptures and wall design
Crucifixion group
The late Gothic crucifixion group, hanging high above the altar, was probably made before 1500. The sculptor is unknown, but probably from a well-known Ulm workshop. Next to the crucified one stand Mary and John. An angel with a blood chalice connects the death of Jesus with the Lord's Supper.
Former neo-Gothic furnishings
Some elements of the neo-Gothic furnishings - removed from 1973–1976 - should be mentioned for historical documentation, especially since there are plans and photos as well as stored pieces. In church building at the end of the 19th century, a rich ornamental and symbolic decoration was given great importance in the proclamation and transmission of religious content, which was then lost after the Second World War. In Geislingen in particular, it played a role that the local Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik (WMF) was able to produce inexpensive sculptures and portrait medallions for sacred purposes with the newly developed electroplating , whereupon church authorities in particular for artistic and financial reasons and in an effort to design modern church interiors gladly received. Electroplated portraits were placed in three places in the Geislingen town church:
- In the “Kirchle” at the south portal, the door center console was provided with a statue “The Good Shepherd”. The model to - donated by Württemberg Association for Christian art - created the Stuttgart sculptor Albert Gäckle, the companion painting to the statue in the tympanum of the Stuttgart church painter Theodor Bauerle . Around the middle of the 20th century, it found a new place in the church on the north wall opposite the pulpit. Her whereabouts since 1976 are not known.
- Six angels making music and a statue of David on the west wall above the organ. They are - incomplete - in the attic of the Martinskirche Geislingen-Altenstadt.
- The large Christ medallion on the choir arch, a foundation of the WMF company. Its whereabouts since 1976 are not known.
The free vault painting in the choir and nave and the stenciled decorative painting (design: Baurat Heinrich Dolmetsch) on the walls of the nave was created by the Kgl , who was active in many churches in Württemberg between 1880 and 1910 . Court decoration painter Eugen Wörnle .
View from the south portal of the rectory
Keystone above the south portal
South portal of the city church
View from the east of the town church
view from above
organ
The organ of the town church has 69 registers on three manuals and a pedal . The registers of the previous choir organ have been integrated, which can be individually coupled to each manual and pedal as a positive and substructure.
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Pairing :
- Normal coupling : I / II, II / I, III / I, III / II, Pos / I, Pos / II, Pos / III, UnterW / I, UnterW / II, UnterW / III, I / P, II / P, III / P, Pos / P, UnterW / P
- Sub-octave coupling: III / I, III / II, III / III,
- Super octave coupling III / I, III / II, III / III, III / P
- Remarks
- (P) = prospectus pedal
- (G) = large pedal
- (K) = small pedal
- (S) = solo pedal
Today's appreciation
A multi-part series about the Geislinger Stadtkirche appeared in the local newspaper in the summer of 2005. To preserve this and two other churches, the Evangelical General Church Community has established a foundation: the Geislinger Drei-Kirchen-Stiftung .
literature
- Church leaders: Eva Leistenschneider, Karlheinz Bauer: Evangelical town church Geislingen an der Steige ; Series Kleine Kunstführer Volume 2784, Regensburg 2011
Web links
- Geislingen church district: Evangelical town church
- Reformation churches in Württemberg: The Geislinger Stadtkirche
Individual evidence
- ↑ Website of the Evangelical Church Community Geislingen an der Steige
- ^ A b c Ellen Pietrus: Heinrich Dolmetsch - The church restorations of the Württemberg builder ; Dissertation University of Hanover 2003, published by the regional council of Stuttgart, State Office for Monument Preservation, in: Research and reports on building and monument preservation in Baden-Württemberg, Volume 13, Stuttgart 2008, pp. 233–236
- ↑ Renovation report see [1]
- ↑ Commemorative sheet for the inauguration of the Protestant town church in Geislingen ad Steige , 1892
- ↑ Johannes Merz: The good shepherd ; Editorial article Christliches Kunstblatt; Born in 1894, issue 3, Stuttgart 1894, pages 34–37
- ↑ Birgit Meißner and Anke Doktor, Galvanoplastik - History of a technology from the 19th century; in: bronze and electroplating. History, material analysis, restoration, workbook 5 of the State Offices for Monument Preservation Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt, Dresden 2001, pages 127-137 - see [2] , last accessed on July 13, 2020
- ↑ Plan drawing in the Deutsches Architekturmuseum München, Heinrich Dolmetsch holdings , see [3]
- ↑ More information about the organ
- ↑ Series of articles see [4]
- ↑ Geislinger Drei-Kirchen-Stiftung see [5] , last accessed on July 15, 2020
Coordinates: 48 ° 36 '47.1 " N , 9 ° 50' 35.8" E