Kilian's Church (Mundelsheim)
The Kilian's Church is one of the two Protestant churches in Mundelsheim in the Ludwigsburg district . It is located in the community cemetery on the corner of Kirchhofgasse and Kilianstraße.
history
8-15 century
The Kilian church was probably built between 742/752 and 811, as Mundelsheim briefly the newly established Diocese Würzburg belonged, the patron saint of the Holy Kilian is. In 1016 it was first mentioned in a document in a donation to the Oberstenfeld Abbey , namely as "Kilian zu Mundelsheim and Tiefenbach". The name Tiefenbach probably denotes a place south of Mundelsheim that has since disappeared.
In 1440 Mundelsheim was conquered by an army of the imperial cities, and the place and the Kilian's Church were destroyed.
Around 1451 / 52-1455, Anna von Venningen had the Kilian Church rebuilt as a burial place for her family. The choir tower was preserved, the nave was rebuilt in an enlarged form. Presumably in the late 1480s, their sons Konrad von Ahelfingen and Wilhelm von Urbach had the church extensively painted with late Gothic frescoes .
16th century until today
In the course of the Reformation , the frescoes in Kilian's Church were whitewashed and thus fell into oblivion. After Mundelsheim passed to Württemberg from Baden property in 1595 , the Nikolauskapelle in the center of the village was expanded into a Nikolauskirche and used as a parish church. As a result, Kilian's Church was only used as a grave and cemetery church, and the church threatened to deteriorate. In 1612, the entire framework part of the tower had to be replaced.
In 1662 a crack threatened to blow up the entire tower and it had to be held together with chains. In the 18th century the entire church was unusable for about 30 years due to the weather. So there were repeated discussions about the demolition of the church.
It was not until 1752/53 that the ceiling, chairs, pulpit and windows were extensively renovated and the sacristy was torn down. Two originally existing ciboric altars were removed and their pillars were used as supports for a newly built gallery on the west side. After the state confiscation of the church property, the church was threatened again with demolition in 1813 and 1865, which the parish and its pastor were able to avert. Even so, the condition of the church remained so poor that before 1892 it was only used to store equipment.
A comprehensive renovation from 1892–95 was financed by King Wilhelm II of Württemberg, the State of Württemberg, the Christian Art Association and private donations, with some of the frescoes being discovered and restored. In the neo-Gothic style, the window tracery was replaced by a new, gothic one.
From 1946 to 1984 Kilian's Church was used by the Roman Catholic parish that was newly established after the war. In 1950, a new sacristy was added to replace the old one. In 1966/67 the pulpit was moved from the choir arch to the east wall of the nave.
Another extensive renovation, in the course of which the pulpit was also moved to the south side of the east wall to make space for an organ, was carried out in 1971–1974.
In May 2011 it was determined that further renovation was urgently required: Damage to the supporting structures of the tower and nave had caused cracks in the western choir wall and in the choir vault, which endangered the existence of the frescoes in the choir. From March 2014, the choir masonry, tower roof and nave roof were renovated, as were the wall paintings in the choir and nave. In addition, the west portal was renewed and sandstones on the outer facade were replaced. New underfloor heating and new electrical and lighting technology were installed. After two years of renovation, the Kilian's Church was inaugurated again on Sunday, March 13, 2016 with a festive service. The Protestant parish of Mundelsheim was supported in the renovation by the German Foundation for Monument Protection, the State Monuments Office and the Mundelsheim community.
description
The church stands in the cemetery of the Mundelsheim community, on a hill in an east-west direction. The hill drops to the south to the valley of the Seebach, to the west to the Neckar.
Furnishing
Bells
The original two bells were stolen by French soldiers in 1693 during the War of the Palatinate Succession .
In 1896 a bell was moved from the Nikolauskirche to the Kilianskirche. After this bell was lost as a result of the war in the First World War , it was replaced by a cast steel bell that was cast around 1920.
The steel bell was exchanged in 1978 for the bronze bell with the strike tone e '' - 6, which is still available today.
Tombs
There are several tombs in the nave and choir. The oldest is the tomb of the church donor Anna von Venningen (1469) on the east wall of the nave.
In addition, some grave slabs of the Baden officials who administered Mundelsheim from 1513 to 1595 have been preserved. The best preserved are those of the last bailiff Johann Wolff (east choir), his mother Katharina Heygelin (north nave) and his wife Christina Bühel (north choir). They are attributed to the sculptor Jakob Müller (1565–1611).
organ
The small organ of Kilian's Church, which was originally built by Johann Victor Gruol the Elder (1766–1835) around 1800 for the Protestant Ottilia Church in Hofen , is a registered cultural monument.
It was bought from the parish in Hofen, restored and installed as part of the renovation from 1971 to 1974.
crucifix
The original crucifix of Kilian's Church (around 1400/1430) is made of lime wood and its setting was made in the 18th century. Today it is part of the collection of the Württemberg State Museum in Stuttgart.
Murals
The themes of the murals are (in addition to the representation of the Kilian legend) death - sin - forgiveness - last judgment, and therefore perfectly suitable for a cemetery church:
Choir
vault: depictions of the four evangelists and four church fathers,
north wall: wafer mill ,
east, south and west wall: Kilians cycle in 10 pictures (9 of which are preserved)
Triumphal arch
garments: Depiction of the wise and foolish virgins from the parable of Jesus of the same name (Matthew 25: 1-23)
Longhouse
south wall: Cycle of Mary (based on the Proto-Gospel of James ) and Last Judgment, above the gallery: Saint George
north wall: Public work of Jesus and Passion cycle
east wall left: Man of Sorrows and Madonna in protective cloak, below Saint Martin
east wall right: Mary's death, below Saint Valentine and Saint Sebastian
west wall below the gallery: 10 commandments cycle (cf. Exodus 20)
Todays use
Today the Kilian's Church is still the cemetery church of the Evangelical Parish of Mundelsheim, where the funeral ceremonies take place.
The service is celebrated in the Kilian's Church on the first Sunday of every month. The Kilian's Church is also used for weddings, baptisms, youth services and concerts.
literature
- Angelika Fink: The history of Mundelsheim - an overview, in: Mundelsheim. Weinort am Neckar, Mundelsheim 1995, pp. 13-26.
- Herbert Heiss-Hasala: The Protestant parish - Nikolauskirche and Kilianskirche, in: Mundelsheim. Weinort am Neckar, Mundelsheim 1995, pp. 515-530.
- Ute Fessmann: The Kilian's Church in Mundelsheim . Ev. Parish of Mundelsheim, Mundelsheim 2012.
- Mundelsheim community (ed.): Mundelsheim. Wine village on the Neckar. History - landscape - people. Mundelsheim community, Mundelsheim 1995. ISBN 9783980417709 .
- Anja Brodbeck-Holzinger, Dörthe Jakobs, Karsten Preßler: How the Kilian's Church in Mundelsheim and its wall paintings were saved. In: Preservation of Monuments in Baden-Württemberg No. 3/2016, pp. 167–176. [not evaluated]
Individual evidence
- ↑ cf. Fessmann, pp. 5-8 and Fink, pp. 14 f.
- ↑ cf. Fessmann, pp. 7 + 9 f.
- ↑ See Fessmann, p. 8 f. and Heiss-Hasala, pp. 517-519 + 522
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from September 17, 2016 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. , accessed September 17, 2016
- ↑ http://www.marbacher-zeitung.de/inhalt.mundelsheim-kilianskirche-nach-771-tagen-wieder-offen.849b8aa3-79cf-4c40-b2a4-acd933f84d84.html
- ↑ http://www.denkmalschutz.de/presse/archiv/artikel0/article/engagierte-gemeinde-wird-unterstuetzt.html
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from September 17, 2016 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.
- ↑ See Fessmann, p. 13.
- ↑ cf. Fessmann, p. 11 ff.
- ↑ See Fessmann, p. 8 f.
- ↑ See Fessmann, p. 13
- ↑ cf. Fessmann, pp. 15-58 and Heiss-Hasala, pp. 523-529.
- ↑ cf. Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated December 4, 2015 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.
Web links
- Website of the municipality of Mundelsheim
- Website of the Evangelical Church Congregation Mundelsheim
- Link to 360 ° interior photos of Kilian's Church
Coordinates: 48 ° 59 ′ 45.7 " N , 9 ° 12 ′ 35.2" E