Evangelical rectory (Horkheim)
The Protestant rectory in Heilbronn 's Horkheim district is located on Kirchgasse right next to the Georgskirche .
history
The first written mention of a rectory in Horkheim comes from the Thirty Years' War . In 1647 the spiritual administration in Weinsberg reported that the rectory in Horkheim burned down in 1642, after which the pastors had moved to Heilbronn. A new rectory was built from 1662 to 1666, which was replaced by the current building in 1769/70.
description
The two-story Horkheim rectory is an example of the architecture of a rural rectory in the Baroque style . The upper floor in plastered half-timbering rests on a brick ground floor. The building is characterized by a profiled eaves cornice and a crooked hip roof . The parish barn in the parish garden, which was demolished in 1904, could be reached through the arched gate passage. After the barn was demolished, the passage was walled up and later glazed. The portal of the building shows the Württemberg coat of arms . As a cultural monument , the building is under monument protection .
literature
- Gerhard Kuppler: From church history. In: One thousand years of Horkheim , Heilbronn 1976.
- Klaus Könner and Joachim Wagenblast: “Stand firm in my house in the world”, monument preservation - conception and implementation. Landesdenkmalamt Baden-Württemberg, 2nd edition 2001, p. 170 (Fig. Renovation of the historic front door).
- Julius Fekete , Simon Haag, Adelheid Hanke, Daniela Naumann: Heilbronn district . (= Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany , cultural monuments in Baden-Württemberg, Volume I.5.). Theiss, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1988-3 , pp. 199 .
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Coordinates: 49 ° 6 '54.6 " N , 9 ° 9' 59.4" E