Johannes Church in Grünhaus / Mertesdorf
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The Johannes-Kirche zu Grünhaus / Mertesdorf is a church in parish 2 of the Protestant parish Ehrang in Mertesdorf below Grünhaus Castle . The chapel stands on a piece of land that was given to the parish by the von Schubert family. The family itself has committed itself to maintaining the local worship service and the housekeeping for eternity. A commitment that continues to this day e.g. B. in a membership in the presbytery shows.
history
The first room for church services for the Protestant Christians from the Ruwertal was an economic building of the Weingut Maximin Grünhaus . After the Second World War, it was in the state of a barrack due to war damage and the lack of building materials. At the christening of the current (2015) owner of the winery, Carl Ferdinand von Schubert, his father Andreas von Schubert was asked by the local pastor to provide a more dignified meeting place. He donated the building site to the parish and they had the current building erected using local building materials.
Architecture and equipment
The small church was built between 1956 and 1958 according to plans by the architect Heinrich Otto Vogel . In the compact structure, a partition wall separated the church from the parish room. When they were removed, today's worship room was created. The stove that originally heated both rooms was replaced by an oil heater. The stone-faced building made of local red sandstone is completed on the front side with a half-timbered construction. On the roof there is a bell beam above the gable. The interior is oriented towards the altar. There is a rafter roof above. Vogel took up the concept of the church again in the construction of the Protestant church in Mariahütte in Saarland. On the altar there is a glass ball, a Buddha eye, a Catholic cross (Christianity) with the crucified. The chancel is vaulted by a large wooden cross made of beams from the Mount of Olives (Jerusalem) . The blue leaded glass window in the back wall of the chancel was designed by Jakob Schwarzkopf and manufactured by the Binsfeld workshops in Trier. The theme of the glass window is the Holy Spirit with its effects in grain and grape. They refer not only to the Lord's Supper , but also to the agriculture of the region and the gratitude of the people for the yields of creation. A take plate on the pulpit shows the wedding at Cana . It was manufactured in Neunkirchen (Saar) , in the steelworks of Carl Ferdinand von Stumm-Halberg , an ancestor of the Schuberts. The organ is from Hugo Mayer Orgelbau .
use
The church is used by Parish 2, alternating with the parish hall in Gusterath, twice a month and on festive days for services. The parish comprises 23 villages and places - roughly the area of the Ruwer Association . In addition to being used for church services, individual concerts take place. In 2008, the 50th anniversary of the chapel was celebrated with several events.
literature
- Ewald Wegner (arrangement): District of Trier-Saarburg. Verbandsgemeinden Ruwer, Schweich, Trier-Land (= monument topography Federal Republic of Germany , cultural monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate . Volume 12.2 ). Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft, Worms 1994, ISBN 3-88462-110-6 , p. 88 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Website of the community of Mertesdorf, accessed on June 21, 2015 ( Memento of the original from June 21, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Ewald Wegner (arrangement): District of Trier-Saarburg. Verbandsgemeinden Ruwer, Schweich, Trier-Land (= monument topography Federal Republic of Germany , cultural monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate . Volume 12.2 ). Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft, Worms 1994, ISBN 3-88462-110-6 , p. 88 .
- ^ Pastor Matthias Jens, Trier-Ruwer
- ↑ ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: Newsletter Evangelischer Kirchenkreis Trier - October 2008 )
Coordinates: 49 ° 46 '13.2 " N , 6 ° 43' 5.7" E