Jesus Christ Church on the mountain of Allemühl
The Jesus Christ Church on the mountain of Allemühl is a Protestant church building in Allemühl, a district of Schönbrunn in the Rhein-Neckar district in Baden-Württemberg .
history
In the small town of Allemühl, which is part of the parish in the Schönbrunn district of Haag with a church and cemetery in Schönbrunn, about eight kilometers away, there was originally no church building or cemetery. The place received its own cemetery on Berg von Allemühl in 1939. From 1947, services were held in the Allemühl schoolhouse. The influx of summer vacationers in the period after the Second World War created the need for a separate church, the construction of which was discussed from 1953. In 1957, a plot of land on a hillside near the town's cemetery was acquired and a building committee was formed with representatives from the church and political community. The population favored a design by architect Wilhelm Fischer from Schwanheim, but the church building department in Heidelberg ultimately preferred the plans by the Heidelberg architect König. The groundbreaking ceremony for the church took place on October 6, 1957, the topping-out ceremony was celebrated in spring 1958 and the church was inaugurated on October 12, 1958.
The majority of the construction costs were taken over by the Protestant regional church in Karlsruhe, the rest was met with donations from the population and the political communities of Schönbrunn and Schwanheim. The church clock is a foundation of the parishes Schönbrunn and Schwanheim.
After a generous donation, the heating, the outside door and the lighting of the church were replaced in 2001.
description
The church is a plastered masonry structure. The rectangular nave, which can seat 70 people, faces south with the altar. A bell house has been raised above the entrance area in the north . A community center has been set up in the basement; to the east (towards the slope) there is a later added mortuary for the cemetery.
Altar , altar pedestal and pulpit are made of red sandstone typical of the region, the back wall behind the altar is provided with a natural stone mosaic by Heidelberg artist Harry MacLean .
In the bell room there are three bronze bells from the Heidelberg foundry Schilling . The big bell weighs 260 kg and bears the inscription Hope will not let you be ashamed and the symbol of a ship. The middle bell weighs 160 kg and bears the inscription Our faith is the victory that has conquered the world and the symbol of a palm branch. The small bell weighs 110 kg and bears the inscription If you confess with your mouth, you will be blessed and the symbol of the fish.
The organ of the church has ten registers and comes from the Echterdingen organ builder workshop in Weigle .
literature
- 20 years of church building in the Evangelical Church in Baden , Hans Thoma Verlag, Karlsruhe 1968
- Gertrud Seisler: Allemühl in the Little Odenwald in the past and present , Allemühl 2001
Coordinates: 49 ° 25 ′ 35.7 " N , 8 ° 57 ′ 29.6" E