Meißenheim Church

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Meißenheim Church
Grave of Friederike Brion

The Evangelical Church in Meißenheim is a baroque hall church in Meißenheim in the Ortenau district in Baden-Württemberg . It belongs to the Protestant parish of Meißenheim in the Ortenau church district of the Evangelical Church in Baden . It is known for its organ by Johann Andreas Silbermann and for the grave of Goethe's childhood sweetheart , Friederike Brion .

History and architecture

The building is a new building from the years 1733–1776 by Joseph Michael Schnöller . The church facade is composed as a point de vue in the townscape. The tower with hood and lantern rises from the risalit-like protruding, gable-crowned central axis, breaking through the volute gable . Inside, the five-axis, polygonal closed hall church is designed in accordance with the requirements of Protestant worship. In the middle is the block altar with a relief of the chalice and the host , surrounded by stalls. From the pulpit on the side, the entire room can be seen clearly. Two galleries are built into the room, opposite the entrance is the organ gallery.

Furnishing

The furnishings are unusually rich. The room is accentuated by an elongated, colorful ceiling painting framed by stucco with the Ascension of Christ and corner pictures in grisaille painting with the four evangelists, the birth and grave of Christ, which were created in 1765 by Johann Pfunner . The stucco marble work on the altar and pulpit as well as the large stucco cartouches with coats of arms and inscriptions were made by Christian Eitel in 1767. On the pulpit is a painting depicting the Good Shepherd by Sebastian Gretter, from whom the paintings on the gallery parapet are also from. Above the entrance, the youth story of Christ can be found in rocailles framed with decorative shapes of the plait style .

Of Heinrich Issel the 1900 figure of Christ created comes in the manner of Christ Statue of Bertel Thorvaldsen in Copenhagen Frauenkirche.

organ

The organ is a work by Johann Andreas Silbermann from 1776 with 21 stops on two manuals and pedal . In 1787 Johann Christian Sauer exchanged the wooden principal 4 ′ in the pedal for a trumpet register. In 1894 August Merklin intervened considerably in the original substance, built a new gaming table and replaced the positive with a swell with a cone drawer. In 1964, Ernest Mühleisen restored the instrument and reconstructed it to the state of 1787. The disposition is:

I main work C – c 3
Montre 8th' 1776/1964
Bourdon 8th' 1776
Prestant 4 ′ 1776/1964
Flood 4 ′ 1776
Nazard 3 ′ 1776
Duplicate 2 ′ 1964
Tierce 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′ 1964
Cornet V D 1776
Fittings III (2 ′) 1964
Cymbals II ( 1 ⁄ 2 ′) 1964
Trumpets 8th' 1964
II Positive (1964) C-c 3
Bourdon 8th'
Prestant 4 ′
Nazard 3 ′
Duplicate 2 ′
Tierce 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
Fittings III
Cromorne 8th'
Pedal C – c 1
Sub-bass 16 ′ 1776
Octave bass 8th' 1776
Trumpet bass 8th' 1787
  • Coupling : II / I, I / P, II / P
  • Subsidiary registers and playing aids : Tremblant Fort, Tremblant Doux

Surroundings

The church is surrounded by a walled cemetery with a representative staircase, wrought iron grille and garden door from around 1765/1770. The grave monument created in 1866 for Friederike Brion, who died in 1813 and who went down in history as Goethe's childhood sweetheart, can also be found there. The specified date of death “5.IV.1813” is incorrect, Friederike Brion died on April 3, 1813.

literature

Web links

Commons : Meißenheim Church  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information about the organ on orgbase.nl. Retrieved March 9, 2020 .


Coordinates: 48 ° 24 ′ 40.4 "  N , 7 ° 46 ′ 37.5"  E