Basdorf Church (Vöhl)
The Protestant church in Basdorf , a current district of Vöhl in the north Hessian district of Waldeck-Frankenberg , has been the center of the place for centuries.
history
The current church was completed and consecrated in 1863. It was built between 1861 and 1863 by Bergmeister Pfannmüller from Thalitter . However, there was one (or more?) Predecessor structures. In the synodal register of the Werbe monastery from around 1300 , from which Basdorf was also cared for, a chapel in Basdorf is mentioned. The year 1662 above the archway to the old cemetery (behind the church) also comes from the Basdorf chapel. However, it is no longer possible to say exactly whether it refers to a repair or a new construction of the chapel. In 1843 the old chapel was demolished.
The legacy of a Basdorf citizen served as the basis for the new building. An inscription above the church portal says: “Built by the community as a result of a foundation by A. Katharina Wetzel, geb. Dietrich of 1000 Fl. . “(Fl. = Darmstadt guilder). It is reported that almost all Basdorf families helped build the church.
Building
The nave is provided with a gallery and covered with a wooden coffered ceiling. The stained glass windows in the sanctuary are reminiscent of the Father-Son-Holy Spirit trinity. Brown is the color of the earth, blue is the color of the sky, loyalty and infinity; white is the color of light, the color for Christ; and red is the color of love. In the middle of the church is the altar. In 1922, new church bells were procured as the old ones were being used to melt down for ammunition for the First World War . During the Second World War, these bells suffered the same fate. The current bell is from 1950.
In 1987 the church was completely renovated inside and in 2000 outside.
In September 2011, lightning struck the church tower and the badly damaged tower roof had to be removed and replaced.
Parish
To the little evang.-luth. Basdorf parish has about 325 parishioners. Since 1984 Basdorf has formed the parish Nieder-Werbe - Basdorf with Ober-Werbe and Nieder-Werbe .
Basdorf is an old settlement. The earliest verifiable roots can be seen with the establishment of the Werbe monastery around 1124/30, from which Basdorf was looked after by the church. Basdorf is first mentioned in documents there in 1206. The missionary work here in the old Ittergau began around 741 from the diocese of Büraberg near Fritzlar by Sturmius .
In 1529 Basdorf became a branch of the parish Vöhl during the Reformation.
In 1892 Basdorf became an independent parish with the Oberwerba branch; Nieder-Werbe (with Scheid) was added in 1937 and Ober-Werbe in 1949.
A special monument is the "Basdorf court linden tree" behind the church. This historically valuable court linden tree was planted in 1527 when the Counts Philip IV of Waldeck-Wildungen and Philip III. von Waldeck-Eisenberg introduced the Reformation in the county of Waldeck. Until the old chapel was demolished, the mayor let the community ring the bell “under the linden tree” for meetings.
The altar windows
The three altar windows of the Basdorf church were designed and installed in 1974 by the artist Erhardt Klonk and represent the three articles of the creed: father (left, pulpit sides), son (center), Holy Spirit (right, baptismal font).
The structures and colors of the windows are visible from afar. The irregular structures symbolize life; but they are not disordered. They come together with an upward orientation. Many small and large parts become a whole, the vertical alignment of which represents the transcendence of life to God.
The colors also symbolize life: brown - (dominating above all in the left window) the color of the earth, of firm belief - faith, blue - (dominating in the middle window) the color of the sky, water, loyalty - hope , Red - (condensed in the right window) the color of fire, the church, the spirit - love.
From a distance, the windows remind of the words “But now faith, hope, love these three remain” ( 1 Cor 13:13 EU ). These “main colors” are supplemented by other colors: yellow and white - the color of light, of eternity, green - the color of growth, of creation.
On closer inspection, even more details can be seen.
The left window refers to the article from the Creed: "I believe in God, the Father, Almighty, the Creator of heaven and earth". In the lower area of the window the creation is indicated with the orderly separation of water and land and the primary currents of paradise. The sun, moon and stars can be seen in the upper half of the window, because “God said: Let there be light! And there was light! ”In the middle of the window, light, earth and green are connected to one another. In between "artificial and fine" drawn: plants, animals and two people, Adam and Eve.
The middle window refers to the text “I believe in Jesus Christ, God's only begotten Son, our Lord”, which is the center of faith. That is why the center of this window shows the star of Bethlehem, and in the middle of it is the child in the manger. People are represented around it, be they shepherds or kings or people of our time; they come to worship. The picture is carried by the lower part of the window: thorns, suffering, dying - the crucified and crowned with thorns. But in the middle of it a bright ray symbolizes the light upwards, the resurrection to eternal life.
The right window relates to the part "I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy, Christian Church." With red and yellow colors it radiates warmth, light and love. At the center is the Pentecost event, the outpouring of the Holy Spirit; People receive the spirit of love with their hands raised and talk to one another and comfort one another. But the people who are gripped by the Holy Spirit do not float in a vacuum. The scene is anchored in the lower half of the picture, rooted in the earth, in the reality of life. From there the church grows as the vine of Christ upwards to heaven, to eternal life, to heavenly Jerusalem, to the new heaven and to the new earth, which is supposed to represent the abundance of light and love with the colors red and yellow.
Web links
Footnotes
- ↑ Interesting facts about Basdorf
- ↑ "Church in Basdorf has lost its tower", Waldeckische Landeszeitung , September 26, 2011
- ^ "Court of Justice in Basdorf" State Historical Information System Hesse
Coordinates: 51 ° 12 ′ 20.3 ″ N , 8 ° 58 ′ 38.6 ″ E