Johanneskirche (Aalen)

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The Johanneskirche from the northwest

The Johanneskirche , also called Johanniskirche or St.-Johann-Kirche , is a Protestant church in Aalen . The church named after John the Baptist is located on the St. Johann cemetery directly in front of the east gate of the former Roman fort Aalen and below the current Limes Museum . Several Roman spoils were used to build the north and west walls.

history

It can be assumed that shortly after the Alemanni invaded the Roman Empire over the Limes in the 3rd century, a sacred building with building material from the fort was built on the site of today's church , and there could also have been a place at the same place before Roman temple . The current church was probably built in the 9th century as the village church of what is now the desert village of Aalen , making it one of the oldest churches in Württemberg. In the 13th century and again in 1561 the building was extended to the east and renewed. Around 1550 the cemetery of the city of Aalen was moved from the city ​​church to the Johanneskirche outside the city walls.

In 1802 the church was rebuilt to make room for the installation of the organ.

Facility

Last Supper fresco on the west wall
Epitaph (detail) with cityscape in the background

The interior of the church measures 20 × 6 meters and is up to three meters high. On the west wall inside the church there is a cycle of Romanesque frescoes in Secco technique from the early 13th century. On the east-south side of the church there are epitaphs , some of which depict the city of Aalen around 1570 in the background.

A Roman consecration altar for Iupiter Dolichenus was tipped to the left and walled into the foundation, this altar was discovered during a renovation in 1973; the tilted position is interpreted as a symbol for the replacement of the Roman religion . The Romanesque south gate was also exposed again during the renovation in 1973.

organ

The Allgeyer organ from 1802

The organ of the Johanneskirche was built in 1802 by the Wasseralfingen organ builder Joseph Nikolaus Allgeyer and supplemented in 1829 with an independent pedal mechanism with four registers. The then Aalen councilor Christian Friedrich Fürgang donated it out of gratitude for the return of his daughter who had run away from home. In 1947, the organ, which had been largely in its original state, was rebuilt under the direction of Helmut Bornefeld according to his taste and with the loss of the original substance. In 1974, as part of the church renovation, pipes were added according to the rediscovered original disposition. After the original wind turbine with bellows and ducts was found in the attic in 2010 and further information about the original condition was discovered during cleaning, the decision was made to carry out a restoration true to the original, which was completed in 2014 by Kristian Wegscheider .

The instrument has 14 registers on a manual and pedal. The actions are mechanical.

Manuals C – c 3
1. Holtz principal 8th'
2. Viola da gamba 8th'
3. Big covered 8th'
4th Principal 4 ′
5. flute 4 ′
6th Fifth 3 ′
7th flute 2 ′
8th. Octave 2 ′
9. Mixture IV 2 ′
10. flute 4 ′
Pedal C – c 1
11. Sub-bass 16 ′
12. Octave bass 8th'
13. Trombone bass 8th'
14th Bass mix

Web links

Commons : Johanneskirche  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans Pfeifer: From the early Middle Ages to the end of the old empire . In: Diethelm Winter (ed.): The Ostalbkreis . 2nd Edition. Theiss , Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-8062-0891-3 , pp. 119 ff .
  2. ↑ a b Konrad Theiss: Art and cultural monuments in the Ostalb district . Theiss, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-8062-0596-5 , pp. 37 ff .
  3. ↑ St. Johann Church , City of Aalen, accessed August 24, 2014
  4. ^ Aalen - City History , accessed on August 24, 2014.
  5. ↑ Peter Rempis: Martinus - Soldat und Christ ( Memento of the original from December 7th, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved January 3, 2010 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / homepages.uni-tuebingen.de
  6. ↑ Orgeln in Aalen ( Memento of the original from July 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Förderverein Stadtkirchenorgel Aalen, accessed January 3, 2010 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.stadtkirchenorgel-aalen.de
  7. ↑ More information about history and disposition

Coordinates: 48 ° 50 ′ 11.8 "  N , 10 ° 5 ′ 12.5"  E