Evangelical Church (Hochstätten)
The Hochstätten Church is the listed Protestant parish church of Hochstätten in the Bad Kreuznach district . It is used as a parish church by the Protestant parish.
Building history
Hochstätten has probably had its own parish since 1261 . The Protestant church - with a late Baroque hall from 1772 and a Romanesque tower from the 13th century, the oldest part of the church - is still characteristic of the town today. Today's nave faces south and, in its exposed position, borders directly on the local thoroughfare. The church is now a listed building . During the last extensive interior renovation in 1999, it was redesigned. The theme was the redesign of the church interior with a new color concept for all architectural and furnishing elements in the baroque style.
Architecture and equipment
Building design
The slate-covered gable roof of the nave, hunched to the south, borders on the massive church tower . Remnants of the wall and foundations suggest that the nave used to face west and thus the typical east-west orientation . The church tower, built in Romanesque style, was changed with late Gothic elements. With its two meter thick foundation walls, a square floor plan of 7 meters and a height of about 25 meters up to the ridge of the gable roof, it looks compact and has the character of a defensive tower. The gable roof ends on the west and east side in the gable wall with a stone cross each. The tower windows are arranged like loopholes one above the other and horizontally under the eaves. With the octagonal roof turret with helmet and weathercock, the tower reaches its total height of approx. 31 meters. Today's main view is on the south side of the church building with a simple symmetrical structure. The entrance portal with a round window above and a roof structure with a built-in dial with pointers form the central axis, each framed by a high arched window.
Furnishing
The baroque interior includes the organ built by Philipp Daniel Schmidt from Meisenheim in 1776/77, the front of which is decorated with richly carved work, and the pulpit with parish stalls all round on three sides. The ringing with three bells and the clockwork, the drive shaft of which runs through the entire roof structure of the nave and drives the hands of the dial there, are installed in a bell cage in the tower below the eaves.
Chronicle / construction board
| Date / epoch | Event / construction project | Comments / construction description / execution | Builder / builder / architect | |
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| 1261 | First church | probably the first church building | ||
| 13th century |
Choir tower | with late Gothic changes | ||
| 1772 |
New construction of the nave | Extension on the south side of the tower, laying of the foundation stone on July 7th, 1772, inauguration on October 9th, 1773 |
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| 1777 |
Organ building | Philipp Daniel Schmidt, Meisenheim | ||
| 1989/90 | External repairs | Repair of the facade, renovation plaster, natural stone work on the base, sandstone walls of the windows, installation of a ring anchor to stabilize the building, scope of the construction work around EUR |
Client: Protestant parish Hochstätten, Landeskirchenrat Speyer - building department, project management: Spindler, A., Münster-Sarmsheim |
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| 1998-99 | Interior repairs | Comprehensive restoration of the woodwork (stalls, gallery), restorer Müller, R. u. Seibel, Ch., Alzey, renovation plaster, electrics, natural stone work, color design and lighting concept, scope of the construction project around 101,000 EUR |
Client: Protestant parish Hochstätten, Landeskirchenrat Speyer - building department, project management: arcotop - plan.buero hp.mohr, Rockenhausen |
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| 2000 | Rededication |
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Coordinates: 49 ° 45 ′ 53.2 " N , 7 ° 49 ′ 55.7" E