Kirchbrombach

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Kirchbrombach
Brombachtal municipality
Coordinates: 49 ° 44 ′ 7 ″  N , 8 ° 57 ′ 9 ″  E
Height : 287 m above sea level NHN
Residents : 1644  (Jan 2020)
Incorporation : 1st October 1971
Postal code : 64753
Area code : 06063
Churchyard and Evangelical Parish Church
Stairway between the main street and the churchyard
Houses in the main street. The house in the center of the picture and the village fountain are under monument protection. In the background the spire of the Evangelical Church

Kirchbrombach , also Kirch-Brombach , is the largest district with over 1600 inhabitants and at the same time the seat of the municipality of Brombachtal in the Odenwald district in southern Hesse .

Geographical location

Kirchbrombach is located on the gentle slopes of the Dorfbach , which, coming from the west, passes the local situation underground and flows into the Brombach at Langenbrombach . To the north of the village lies the deeply cut valley of the Balsbach with a group of homesteads of the same name and behind it the 339 meter high wooded Kirchberg . To the east of the hamlet of Balsbach (225 meters), the Herrenwäldchen settlement extends up the slope. The district consists mainly of agricultural land. Larger forest areas can only be found in the headwaters of the Balsbach and on the Kirchberg .

history

The existence of the place is documented under the name Branbach since 1324. On a flat mountain spur in the center of the village stood in the 13th / 14th. In the 17th century, the Kirchbrombach Castle . It formed the center of the Brombacher Zent belonging to the Breuberg lordship . In their place the church was built, which subsequently became part of the name of the place. Only remnants of the castle have been preserved in the curtain wall around the church. To the vast parish of the parish belonged to Wall Bach , Kilsbach , Affhöllerbach , Birkert , Böllstein , Hembach , sub-Gersprenz, upper Gersprenz, Ober-Kainsbach , Ober-Kinzig , Nieder-Kinzig , middle-Kinzig , Stiersbach , Holler Bach , Langenbrombach (half ), the hamlet of Balsbach, Gumpersberg and the deserted castle Schnellert .

On October 1, 1971, the municipality of Kirch-Brombach (official spelling) voluntarily merged with four neighboring municipalities to form the municipality of Brombachtal on the occasion of the regional reform in Hesse . The new municipality made the place the administrative seat and, unlike in the more distant parts of the village, waived the establishment of a local district and a local council .

Culture

The entire church hill complex with the late Gothic Protestant parish church from the mid-15th century, the rectory and the parish hall is under monument protection, as are a number of houses in Hauptstrasse and Höhenstrasse and, last but not least, the former schoolhouse in Schulstrasse .

Personalities

Evangelical parish church

Before the Reformation, the church belonged to the Canon Monastery of St. Alban near Mainz . The rectangular choir with diamond-shaped reticulated vaults and the square west tower date from the time it was built. The nave was renewed after a fire in 1714–15; The hood on the tower also dates from the Baroque period.

Inside, after restorations in 1923 and 1961/62, remains of frescoes on the choir walls (Last Judgment, St. Martin, Crucifixion) were uncovered; the conservation status is rudimentary. The ornamentation on the choir windows and the frescoes in the choir vault date from a later period.

The most valuable piece of equipment is a winged altar from the early 16th century. The wooden sculptures in the middle part depict Saint Alban of Mainz , flanked by two bishops; the side wings are painted with scenes from the life and suffering of the former patron. From a stylistic point of view, the characters, who are strongly moved in expression and habit, are associated with the master of the Babenhausen altar and with the circle of Matthias Grünewald .

In the churchyard there is a large linden tree from 1883; This is where the main court was located in the Middle Ages .

Transport and infrastructure

The county road K 88 leads through Kirchbrombach in an east-west direction to Langenbrombach to the state road L 3414. Inwardly, the K 86 branches off to the north in the direction of Nieder-Kinzig to the L 3318.

Sports

Golf course, hole 3
  • The TSV Kirchbrombach (disabled sports, handball, athletics, gymnastics) has existed since 1871.
  • A swimming pool was built on the western edge of the village.
  • Several marked hiking routes in the area start in Kirchbrombach, for example to Bad König, Birkert, Böllstein, Schnellerts Castle and Hembacher Flachsdörre.
  • The 18-hole golf course of the Golf Club Odenwald eV is located on a hill , partly with panoramic views from the hilly fairways of the village and its surroundings.
  • Bike / trail path through Kirchbrombach and the surrounding area.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kirchbrombach. In: website. Brombachtal municipality, accessed in August 2020 .
  2. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 358 .
  3. ↑ State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Hesse (ed.): Hauptstrasse 28: Evangelical Church with Wehrfriedhof In: DenkXweb, online edition of cultural monuments in Hesse
  4. ↑ MTB circuit "Around Bromisch"

literature

Magnus Backes, Hans Feldtkeller: Art-historical hiking guide Hessen. 1984, ISBN 3-88199-133-6 , p. 472 f.

Web links

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