Jakobuskirche (Haberschlacht)

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Jakobuskirche in Haberschlacht

The Jakobuskirche in Haberschlacht , a district of Brackenheim in the district of Heilbronn in northern Baden-Württemberg , has been documented since the Middle Ages and received its present form in 1795 through renovation and expansion.

history

The patronage of St. James suggests the origins of the church in Haberschlacht during the Romanesque period . The oldest part of the church is the choir tower , the base of which is spanned by an early Gothic ribbed vault. The church was a branch church of Brackenheim until 1472 and was then raised to an independent parish.

In 1743 a spectacular disaster occurred when lightning struck the church, struck the pastor in the pulpit and set the church on fire. It was not until 1791 that the poor community succeeded in replacing the burned-out nave with a slightly larger new building with a flat ceiling.

The interior of the church is kept simple. The pulpit, altar, gallery and organ are modern. The choir has a stained glass window by Walter Kohler with scenes from the life of Jesus. An older stained glass window shows Christ as the good shepherd. Other traditional furnishings include the wooden altar crucifix from around 1500 and the remains of the pulpit, which was destroyed by lightning in 1743.

Bells

In the Palatinate War of Succession in 1694, the old bells of the church were stolen by the French. Using what was left of the battered bells, two replacement bells about 80 and 150 pounds were cast. The larger of the bells shattered in 1725 and was then cast at Johann Schultheiss in Ludwigsburg. The smaller of the bells was destroyed by lightning in 1753, then probably replaced by a new bell, which in turn was cast again in 1869 at the Bachert bell foundry in Kochendorf . During the First World War, the historic bell from 1725 was delivered for armament purposes and replaced in 1920 by a bronze bell cast by Bachert. This bell has the nominal tone e '', a diameter of 61 cm and a weight of 129 kg. Their inscription reads: AFTER THE FIGHT AND ARBIT, AT THE BLESSING TIME, TOEN YOUR GELAEUT! HABERSCHLACHT 1920. CAST BY GEBR. BACHERT IN KOCHENDORF. The bell from 1869 was then delivered during the Second World War. A bronze bell cast by Heinrich Kurtz in Stuttgart, the memorial bell for the fallen, was replaced in 1953 . It has the nominal tone c sharp '', a diameter of 73.6 cm and a weight of 245 kg. Its inscription reads GRANT US PEACE MERCY . DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THE FALLEN. HABERSCHLACHT HK 1953. In 1966 the bell was extended by a third bell. This was cast again by Bachert, now in Heilbronn, has the nominal tone h ', a diameter of 84 cm and a weight of 337 kg. Its inscription reads BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO HEAR AND KEEP GOD'S WORD.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Norbert Jung: hilf got vnd ​​maria, contributions to the history of bells in the city and district of Heilbronn , Heilbronn 2008, pp. 29–31.

literature

  • Heinz Rall: Historic churches in Zabergäu and the surrounding area . Forum-Verlag, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-8091-1088-4 , pp. 32/33.
  • Julius Fekete : Art and cultural monuments in the city and district of Heilbronn . 2nd Edition. Theiss, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-8062-1662-2 , p. 125.

Coordinates: 49 ° 5 ′ 51.1 ″  N , 9 ° 1 ′ 26 ″  E