Evangelical town church Gudensberg
The Protestant town church “St. Margaret " (also:" St. Margaret ") in Gudensberg is a certificate in its beginnings to the 13th century and since the Reformation by the Protestant used parish church in the central city of Gudensberg in North Hesse Schwalm-Eder-Kreis . It stands on the northern slope of the Schlossberg, south of the Alter Markt between Schlossstrasse and Am Schlossberg, and is shielded on the valley side by mighty retaining and defensive walls that rise vertically from the Alter Markt towards the old town.
history
Construction of the church began in the late 13th century. The choir, first built in the Gothic style with a yoke and 5/8 end , was consecrated in 1271 to Margaret of Antioch , the patron saint a . a. of peasants, virgins , wet nurses and women in labor The landgraves of Hesse owned the church patronage . The tracery of the east window in the choir is early Gothic and rich in ornaments , that of the other windows is late Gothic. The vault with pear ribs rests on consoles .
Only 65 years later, in 1336, the three-bay nave with its pointed arched windows and the tower were completed. In 1500 the oval-octagonal sacristy chapel was finally added on the northeast side of the choir , with a late Gothic vault - the keystone bears the year 1500 - and tracery windows. On the north-west side there is a round window with four fish bubbles .
The nave and tower have seen several changes over the centuries. The ship was changed for the first time in 1595. In the 19th century, a wooden barrel vault with transverse ribs was drawn in when the entire church was re- roofed. In 1851 wooden galleries were built. The massive tower in the west with the vaulted tower hall and the spiral staircase on the south side was given a baroque hood with a lantern in place of the original Gothic pointed helmet with four corner turrets after a fire in 1736 .
The neo-Gothic organ was built between 1851 and 1855 by the organ builders Carl and Gustav Wilhelm from Kassel and renewed in 1976. Two richly decorated epitaphs inside the church are those for Alexander Pflüger († February 11, 1575), landgrave bailiff of Gudensberg and Felsberg , and Jobb (Job) Schrendeis († 1574).
Footnotes
- ↑ Gustav Wilhelm was the last Elector Kassel court organ builder.
Web links
literature
- Werner Ide: From Adorf to Zwesten. Local history pocket book for the Fritzlar-Homberg district. Bernecker, Melsungen, 1971, pp. 152-153
Coordinates: 51 ° 10 '35.4 " N , 9 ° 22' 2.6" E