Evangelical parish hall Pfeddersheim
The Protestant parish hall in Pfeddersheim , a district of Worms in Rhineland-Palatinate , goes back to the old Lutheran church of the place.
history
Lutheran Church
Pfeddersheim has been part of the Electoral Palatinate since the 15th century and shares its changeful church history. After various religious changes, Catholic , Reformed and Lutheran confessions were tolerated side by side in the originally Reformed Electoral Palatinate in 1689 . In 1700, a Lutheran church was founded in Pfeddersheim. Since the Simultaneous Church, which was temporarily used , was divided between the Reformed and Catholic parishes according to the Palatinate Religious Declaration of 1705, the Lutheran parish built its own church in 1714 as a simple hall with a roof turret . In 1822 the Lutheran and Reformed congregations of Rheinhessen merged in a united church . The Lutheran congregation in Pfeddersheim initially refused to unite and even after the merger held on to its own church services in its own church. In 1839 the roof turret was demolished because it was in disrepair. The bells of the church came to the Pfeddersheim simultaneous church. In 1840, the Lutheran services were finally stopped due to the dilapidation of the entire building. Apart from the occasional use for church services by the German Catholics , the building remained unused for over 20 years. In 1863 the facility was sold.
Casino
In 1864 the Protestant teacher Kleinhanß acquired the building and a few years later transferred it to the Bürgercasino Association , which set up a wine bar with an event hall in the building. The hall was not only used by the casino company for events, but also served as a theater and exhibition space. In 1919 the casino room was briefly confiscated to accommodate soldiers. In the early 1930s, the Protestant parish failed several times to buy back the building, the last time in 1935, when they did not want to risk a confrontation with the anti-church NSDAP . After the casino association was brought into line, the building came into the possession of the Pfeddersheim community in 1936.
Changing use from 1938
The National Socialist People's Welfare set up a kindergarten in the building in 1938 , which replaced the village's former Protestant kindergarten. The building was also used by the Nazi youth organizations. After the end of the Second World War, the building was used for temporary living and storage purposes. However, the situation was chaotic, so that there were numerous thefts, which were not limited to items stored in the building. Even the bowling alley that had once been built on disappeared, its stones, bricks and parquet planks were welcome building materials. In 1947, the local administration initially advocated the demolition of the now ruinous building, but then allowed the youth group Die Falken , the SPD and the Arbeiterwohlfahrt to carry out repairs so that the building , which was then called the House of Friendship , could be used for meetings. After the three groups were gradually able to move into other meeting rooms from 1953, the building was vacant again from 1966.
Parish hall since 1973
On January 1, 1967, the Protestant parish acquired the building from the property of the city. In 1972/73 the building was renovated by the parish itself and converted into a parish hall. In the years after 2000 the plan matured to add an annex to the parish hall. After several years of planning and financing, the extension was finally built from 2008 and inaugurated in September 2010.
literature
- A house that is a parish - Festschrift for the rededication of the Evangelical parish hall Pfeddersheim , Worms 2010
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Coordinates: 49 ° 38 ′ 17.4 ″ N , 8 ° 16 ′ 23.5 ″ E