Heiligenbösch
Heiligenbösch refers to the Protestant parish church of Heiligenbösch, west of Leisel, on the edge of the forest, with the adjoining cemetery and the Heiligenbösch leisure home.
Evangelical parish church Heiligenbösch
The small parish church stands on the bathing complex of a Roman villa rustica , the remains of the hypocaust complex were discovered below the church floor.
The oldest part of the church is the medieval tower, which is considered part of the pilgrimage church from the 13th century that has been handed down at this point . In 1730 a closed ship was added to the tower, which housed parts of the previous building on the south-facing side of the valley. The north side was completely rebuilt to expand the church space. For this reason, the tower with its high pointed spire and its square floor plan is not arranged in the middle of the nave, but almost ends with the south wall.
The entrance, which was originally let into the south wall, was relocated to the south side of the church tower during renovations in 1963 and 1964. The small transverse skylight between the tower and the two windows remains of the old entrance.
In the simple church hall, most of the furnishings from 1730 have been preserved. The hall contains a male gallery, which is accessible from the outside, on partly twisted wooden supports. The organ gallery is located above the masonry altar.
The organ is a single manual Stumm organ from 1838 with a three-tower tendril prospect .
The Evangelical Parish Church of Heiligenbösch has been the parish church of Leisel since 1744.
Heiligenbösch cemetery
Directly to the east of the Evangelical Parish Church of Heiligenbösch is the Heiligenbösch cemetery, which was laid out in 1838. The older cemetery was a few hundred meters south and is still recognizable today through a striking group of trees.
The cemetery, which is enclosed by a quarry stone wall, contains numerous old tombstones and crosses. The oldest preserved stone dates from 1857. The cast iron grave crosses are a series production and are attributed to the Asbacher Hütte as a production facility.
The war memorial for the dead of the First World War from the villages of Leisel, Schwollen and Hattgenstein , designed as a stele with a lion figure on top, stands in the old cemetery .
After the Second World War, the cemetery was expanded and created as a reform cemetery on the initiative of the Leisel pastor Kurt Hein . Essential features here are the sculptural tombstones and the layout of the graves on lawns without a grave border.
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- ↑ Ulrike Weber-Karge, Maria Wenzel (arrangement): District of Birkenfeld (= cultural monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate. Monument topography of the Federal Republic of Germany . Volume 11 ). Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft, Worms 1993, ISBN 3-88462-099-1 .
Coordinates: 49 ° 42 ′ 57 ″ N , 7 ° 11 ′ 0 ″ E