Church district Öhringen
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| Regional Church : | Evangelical Church in Württemberg |
| Prelature : | Heilbronn |
| Area : | 181 km² |
| Structure: | 21 parishes |
| Parishioners: | approx. 29,929 (December 31, 2009) |
| Address of the Dean's Office : |
Hunnenstrasse 10 74613 Öhringen |
| Dean : | Sabine Waldmann |
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The Evangelical Church District Öhringen is one of 44 church districts or church districts of the Evangelical Church in Württemberg . Its area is congruent with the dean's office in Öhringen.
geography
The church district of Öhringen is located in the north of the Württemberg regional church. Its area includes the south and west of the Hohenlohekreis , i.e. the area of the political cities and communities Bretzfeld (only the districts of Adolzfurt and Scheppach, the other districts belong to the church district of Weinsberg ), Forchtenberg , Kupferzell , Langenbrettach (only district of Langenbeutingen), Neuenstein , Öhringen , Pfedelbach , Waldenburg and Zweiflingen as well as the districts of Arnsdorf, Braunoldswiesen, Herdtlingshagen and Reisachshof of the community of Braunsbach and Brachbach and Leipoldsweiler (Utzenhof) of the community of Untermünkheim in the district of Schwäbisch Hall .
Neighboring church districts
The church district of Öhringen borders on the following church districts (starting clockwise in the north): Künzelsau , Schwäbisch Hall , Weinsberg and Neuenstadt am Kocher (all Heilbronn prelature).
history
Before 1803 the area of today's deanery Öhringen belonged to the historical Hohenlohe landscape , which was partly divided into several lines. Öhringen was a residence of the counts and princes of Hohenlohe. The Reformation in this room was introduced until 1556. After that, Öhringen was the seat of the General Consistory, i.e. the ecclesiastical administrative authority for the entire County of Hohenlohe. The preacher in Öhringen was also general superintendent, although this title was rarely or never used by the clergy. The term “Obersuperintendent” or “Obersuperattenden” was not passed down until the 18th century. However, the office was not always held by the preacher in Öhringen, but also, for example, by the pastor in Kupferzell. After the transfer to Württemberg, Öhringen became the seat of a Württemberg dean's office in 1807. The position of dean was then connected with the preacher at the collegiate church , although in the following period it was often only provisionally occupied, i.e. H. the actual incumbent the service z. B. could no longer afford due to old age. The dean's office in Öhringen initially belonged to the Schöntal Generalate, from 1823 to the General Superintendency Schwäbisch Hall and from 1913 to the General Superintendent Heilbronn, from which today's Prelature Heilbronn emerged .
As a result of the dissolution of some districts or higher offices in Württemberg in 1939, the church administrative districts were also partially restructured. With effect from April 1, 1939, the parishes of Gnadental and Neunkirchen were reclassified to the Schwäbisch Hall church district. With effect from January 1, 2003, the Geißelhardt parish was also reclassified to the Schwäbisch Hall church district.
Head of the church district
The church district is managed by the district synod , the church district committee (KBA) and the dean. The current dean has been Joachim Stier (* 1949) since 1997, who is also one of the pastors at the collegiate church in Öhringen .
Deans of the parish of Öhringen since 1807
not yet complete
- 1807–1812 Johann Wilhelm Hick
- 1812–1829 Karl Friedrich Eichhorn; he had been dean administrator since 1809
- 1830–1847 Karl Friedrich Dietzsch; from 1829 he was dean administrator
- 1847–1875 Gustav Adolf Dietzsch, dean administrator
- 1875–1877 Adolf Friedrich Fischer
- 1878–1901 Wilhelm Christian Heinrich Eidenbenz; until 1895 he was only dean administrator
- 1902–1926 Konrad Maisch
- 1926–1948 Gottlob Faber
- 1948 / 49–1954 Walter Röcker (1900–1954)
- 1955–1969 Martin Lang (1904–1988)
- 1969–1980 Willi Köpple
- 1980–1996 Adolf Erdmann (* 1933)
- 1997–2015 Joachim Stier (* 1949)
- since 2015 Sabine Waldmann
Parishes
There are a total of 21 parishes in the church district of Öhringen. Of these, three parishes have merged to form a single parish, but remain independent corporations under public law. The parish numbers given in brackets after the name of the parish relate to the year 2005 and have been rounded.
The area of the church district Öhringen mainly belonged to the historical Hohenlohe landscape. Like Württemberg, the Counts of Hohenlohe introduced the Reformation early on. Therefore, the area is predominantly evangelical. There is therefore a Protestant parish and mostly an old church in almost every village. Most Catholics did not move to all places until after the Second World War and some of them built their own parishes and churches there.
Parish of Adolzfurt-Scheppach
The parish of Adolzfurt-Scheppach (approx. 1,270) comprises the districts of Adolzfurt, Scheppach, Hälden, Hahnenbusch, Hohenacker and some smaller residential areas in the Bretzfeld community. In the Middle Ages, Adolzfurt was a church branch of Unterheimbach ( Weinsberg church district ). A chapel belonging to the Lichtenstern monastery to Our Lady in Adolzfurt came to Hohenlohe-Langenburg in 1563. In 1613 a separate parish was set up in Adolzfurt. According to plans of the architect Heinrich Schickhardt and construction management of the castle Vogts of Neuenstein, Georg Kern, St. Mary's church was 1618-1621 to cross church rebuilt and expanded to the south with three-sided gallery, Mr stalls along the 5/8 choir wall and patronage gallery opposite the pulpit. The free-standing altar with its wooden top (crucifix, Mary and John; a sawing with a plastic effect) dates from 1684. The church was partially destroyed in 1945 and was rebuilt by 1953. The artist Wolf-Dieter Kohler created three choir windows in 1967 (in the tracery from left to right: creator's hand, sacrificial symbol pelican, heavenly Jerusalem. In the motif windows on the left: Annunciation to Mary, birth, presentation of Jesus in the temple; middle: Last Supper, Gethsemane, crucifixion ; right: Resurrection, Emmaus, meeting of the risen Christ with disciples and Thomas).
Scheppach was originally a church branch of Waldbach (also church district Weinsberg). Through the announcement of the Oberkirchenrat on January 10, 1951, the Scheppach parish was separated from the Waldbach parish and assigned to the Adolzfurt parish and thus to the Öhringen parish. Both parishes (Adolzfurt and Scheppach) then formed the entire parish of Adolzfurt. By the announcement of the Oberkirchenrat on August 28, 1984, both the Scheppach parish and the entire Adolzfurt parish were dissolved. The Protestant residents of Scheppach were assigned to the Adolzfurt parish, which was also renamed the Adolzfurt-Scheppach parish.
Parish Baumerlenbach
The parish Baumerlenbach (approx. 450) includes the Baumerlenbach district of the city of Öhringen. A church of St. Salvator and St. Maria was first mentioned in 787 when Hiltisnot donated it to Lorsch Abbey . In 1037 it came to the Öhringen monastery. Möglingen (now an independent parish) and the later Ohrnberg also belonged to their district. After the abolition of the monastery, the church became Hohenlohe. The church was originally probably an aristocratic court. The current church was rebuilt in 1737 and renovated in 1966/67. The choir tower still has Romanesque foundations. The Baumerlenbach parish also looks after the neighboring parish in Möglingen.
Eschelbach-Kesselfeld parish
The parish of Eschelbach-Kesselfeld (approx. 430) comprises the districts of Eschelbach and Kesselfeld of the city of Neuenstein. Until 2003 there were still two independent parishes of Eschelbach and Kesselfeld, which together formed the entire parish of Eschelbach-Kesselfeld. On January 1, 2004, both the Kesselfeld parish and the Eschelbach-Kesselfeld parish were dissolved. At the same time, the Kesselfeld parish was merged with the Eschelbach parish to form the Eschelbach-Kesselfeld parish. On January 1, 2013, the parishes of Eschelbach-Kesselfeld and Neuenstein merged.
A church in Eschelbach is mentioned as early as 1365. At the latest after the Reformation it became a parish church. Today's Johanneskirche was built in 1667 instead of an older Bartholomäuskirche. The single-nave church was renovated in 1767. Kesselfeld originally belonged to the collegiate church of Öhringen. In 1499 the place was assigned to the newly founded parish of Neuenstein and in 1533 to the parish of Eschelbach. The subsidiary church Maria Magdalena Kesselfeld still has a Romanesque choir tower. In 1607 the church was renewed. After a fire it was renovated in 1710 and then again in 1963/65.
Eschental parish
The parish of Eschental (approx. 750) comprises the districts of Eschental and Goggenbach of the municipality of Kupferzell, the district of Arnsdorf of the municipality of Braunsbach and the Brachbach and Leipoldsweiler residential areas of the municipality of Untermünkheim. There has been a church in Eschental since the Middle Ages. It was donated in 1278 by the Lords of Limpurg to the Johanniterkommende in Schwäbisch Hall. This church was demolished in the 19th century. In its place, today's Kilian's Church was built by Christian Friedrich von Leins in neo-Romanesque style in 1873/75 . The nave of the church was demolished before 1959 and a tent- roofed nave was added to the neo-Gothic tower by architect Wilhelm Tiedje in 1959. The neighboring towns of Goggenbach and Arnsdorf have always belonged to Eschental. There are no churches there. Today Rüblingen also belongs to the parish of Eschental. It had a St. George chapel, which was first mentioned in 1430, but was demolished in 1871/72.
Parish of Ernsbach
The Ernsbach parish (approx.) Includes the Ernsbach district of the city of Forchtenberg. Ecclesiastically, Ernsbach initially belonged to Sindringen. But there was a chapel dedicated to John the Baptist, which was demolished in 1707. In 1708/09 Ernsbach had its own parish and a new church built, which was renovated in 1954. In 1945 the Ernsbach parish was repealed. Since then, the Ernsbach parish has been looked after by the Sindringen rectory again.
Forchtenberg parish
The parish of Forchtenberg (approx. 1,350) comprises the core city and the Muthof district of the city of Forchtenberg. Forchtenberg's original church was today's cemetery church, once the parish church of the Wülfingen settlement that was abandoned in the 13th century. This Romanesque Michaelskirche belonged to the Lords of Wülfingen. Wülfingen came to the Lords of Dürrn in 1212/19, who transferred the patronage of the Wülfingen church to the chapel in Forchtenberg in 1291. It thus became the parish church of Forchtenberg. Ecclesiastical law came to Hohenlohe through the Amorbach monastery in 1598, which had already introduced the Reformation. While the old church in Wülfingen was initially responsible for several places, the Forchtenberg church concentrated only on the town itself and the town of Muthof. In 1614 Muthof was re-Catholicized. The church in Forchtenberg was rebuilt in 1688 and rebuilt in 1934/35. After the Second World War, some Protestants returned to Muthof. Since then, these have belonged (again) to the Forchtenberg parish.
Parish Church Hall
The parish of Kirchensall (approx. 850) comprises the districts of Kirchensall and Neureut of the city of Neuenstein and the district of Mangoldsall of the municipality of Kupferzell. A church of St. Maria in Kirchensall was donated to the Gnadental monastery in the 13th century by Konrad von Krautheim . After the Reformation by Hohenlohe she became Protestant. Today's St. Mary 's Church was built from 1769 to 1776 and renovated in 1900 and 1958. The medieval tower was later increased. The church has a Markgräfler wall. Since 1993 the parish has also had a parish hall on Kirchenweg.
In Neureut, which belongs to the parish of Kirchensall, there was a castle chapel in Neufels in the 14th century, which was destroyed in 1441. After 1490 a new chapel was donated, but it was profaned in the 19th century and converted into a residential building. There is no church in Mangoldsall. In terms of the church, the residents always belong to Kirchensall, especially since the place was also politically part of Kirchensall until the beginning of the 19th century and only became an independent community in 1829/30, which was then incorporated into Kupferzell during the community reform. The Langensall and Tiergarten residential areas were separated and incorporated into the parish of Kirchensall, which in turn is part of Neuenstein today.
Until the Reformation, Westernach also belonged to the parish of Kirchensall, but was then assigned to the parish of Waldenburg.
Parish of Kupferzell
The parish of Kupferzell (approx. 1,950) includes the core town and the districts Feßbach and Kubach as well as some smaller hamlets in the parish of Kupferzell. A church cell in Kupferzell, from which a parish developed, is mentioned as early as the year 1000. In 1236 a dean is mentioned. The church belonged to the Counts of Hohenlohe and the Würzburg Monastery. Through Hohenlohe, Kupferzell became Protestant. The partly Romanesque church was rebuilt in 1799/1800 and expanded in 1900. Feßbach and parts of Kubach belonged to the parish of Kupferzell before 1800. In 1806 the remaining parts of Kubach (Hefenhofen, Rüblingen, Bullingsweiler), which previously belonged to the parish of Künzelsau and Eschental, were assigned to the parish of Kupferzell. There is no church in these places. Only Rüblingen had a St. Georg chapel, which was demolished in 1870/71.
Parish of Langenbeutingen
The parish of Langenbeutingen (approx. 940) includes the district Langenbeutingen of the parish of Langenbrettach. The Brettach district forms its own parish, which belongs to the Neuenstadt am Kocher church district .
A parish church in Weyer, which was consecrated to St. Martin, has been attested since 1303. It belonged to the local authority and was sold by Württemberg to Hohenlohe in 1591. The Weyer settlement opened up in what is now Langenbeutingen in the Middle Ages. The Romanesque choir tower of today's church received a larger nave in 1609.
In addition to the village church, there is also the so-called "Kirchle", also called "Lower Church". The core of this is a Romanesque choir tower church, which was rebuilt and expanded in 1509 (formerly Marienkirche). In 1627 it received a half-timbered tower on the nave and tower. However, in 1892 the church was profaned. The late Gothic ciboria altar is still preserved .
Church community Michelbach am Wald
The parish of Michelbach am Wald (approx. 750) includes the Michelbach am Wald district of the city of Öhringen. In the Middle Ages the place was a branch of the collegiate church in Öhringen. After the Reformation, Michelbach became its own parish. A Nikolauskapelle was first mentioned in 1458. In 1611 today's church was partly rebuilt from stones from the Gabelstein Castle and expanded in 1752 and 1785.
Parish Möglingen
The parish of Möglingen (approx.) Comprises the Möglingen district of the city of Öhringen. Möglingen has been a branch of Baumerlenbach since the 8th century. There was, however, a single-nave chapel with Romanesque and Gothic parts and a hexagonal east tower, in which services were occasionally held. In 1759 the church was rebuilt. The parish of Möglingen is still looked after by the Baumerlenbach parish.
Neuenstein parish
The parish of Neuenstein (approx. 3,000) includes the core town and the districts of Grünbühl, Kleinhirschbach and Obersöllbach with all associated residential areas of the city of Neuenstein and, through the announcement of the upper church council of April 17, 1961, also the Haberhof of the city of Forchtenberg. Ecclesiastically, Neuenstein initially belonged to the collegiate church of Öhringen. A chapel dedicated to St. Mary is mentioned in 1365. Its remains are probably contained in a building south of the church. In 1499 the chapel was raised to a parish and after the Reformation it was also responsible for the places Grünbühl, Kleinhirschbach and Obersöllbach, which also belonged to the collegiate church of Öhringen. The Neuenstein church received its present size through several alterations and renovations in the past four centuries. The ship was renewed in 1609/10 by Georg Kern. Several members of the Hohenlohe-Neuenstein family rest in the church's crypt. The tomb of Count Wolfgang Julius can be seen in the choir.
Today there are two pastors working in the Neuenstein parish.
Parish of Öhringen
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The parish of Öhringen (approx. 9,300) comprises the core town and the districts of Büttelbronn, Cappel, Eckartsweiler, Möhrig, Ober Maßholderbach, Schwöllbronn, Untermaßholderbach, Unterohrn and Untersöllbach of the city of Öhringen as well as the district Westernbach of the municipality of Zweiflingen.
The parish of Öhringen goes back to a canon monastery established before 1037 , which goes back to Adelheid von Metz , the mother of Emperor Konrad II. The monastery became very popular and became the mother church of the entire Öhringen area. In 1253, the Lords of Hohenlohe were given important rights to and in Öhringen (so-called Öhringer Weistum). From the former Romanesque church of St. Peter and Paul, today's collegiate church was built from 1453 to 1497 . In 1499 separate parishes were established for some of the surrounding parishes. This is how the parishes of Neuenstein, Adolzfurt, Michelbach, Pfedelbach, Untersteinbach and Waldenburg came into being.
The Reformation was introduced by order of Count Ludwig Kasimir and Eberhard von Hohenlohe. In 1544, the Luther student Caspar Huberinus was employed, whose work substantially prepared the Reformation. After the Peace of Augsburg in 1555, the reorganization of the 41 Hohenlohe parishes was ordered, and in 1578 the final church order for Hohenlohe was issued. The Öhringen monastery was abolished as early as 1556. The partition wall between the choir and the nave was removed in 1581.
After the transfer to Württemberg, the collegiate church in Öhringen became the seat of a Württemberg dean's office. In 1888 the church was rebuilt in a neo-Gothic style. In addition to the collegiate church, there is also the St. Anna cemetery chapel, which was built in 1520. The hospital church St. Anna and Elisabeth from 1376 served since 1940 (until then in princely possession) the Catholic parish as a place of worship before it built its own church St. Joseph in 1960/61 and sold the hospital church to the evangelical parish in Öhringen.
The parish of Öhringen today comprises 5 parishes. There are no churches in the hamlets belonging to the parish of Öhringen. A chapel in Unterohrn was converted into a residential building around 1800. Only in Untersöllbach is there a Salvator Chapel, which was built in 1711/13. It still has Gothic remains. Untersöllbach was its own parish until 2001, which together with the parish of Öhringen formed the overall parish of Öhringen. With effect from November 11, 2001, the parish of Untersöllbach was dissolved and its area was incorporated into the parish of Öhringen. At the same time, the entire parish of Öhringen was dissolved.
Until 1993, the Lindelberg residential area (Pfedelbach parish) also belonged to the Öhringen parish. With effect from January 1, 1994, this was assigned to the parish of Pfedelbach.
Parish of Ohrnberg
The parish of Ohrnberg (approx. 570) comprises the Ohrnberg district of the city of Öhringen and the districts of Eichach and Pfahlbach of the municipality of Zweiflingen. The Ohrnberger church was formerly a branch of Baumerlenbach and came with the mother church in 1037 to the monastery Öhringen. In the Middle Ages it was consecrated to the church patrons Basilides, Quirinius and Nabor. A parish of Ohrnberg was first mentioned in 1270. The single-nave church with vaulted frescoes (evangelist symbols) in the Romanesque tower choir (now sacristy) was Gothic in 1370 and again in 1601/02 by expanding the nave to the north with a three-sided gallery there, with an altar and the pulpit above, as well as horseshoe-shaped pews Transverse church rebuilt. In 1704 the tower was given a half-timbered floor with an octagonal tent helmet. The gallery parapet consists of canvas pictures of Christ, the apostles and the evangelists. The ship was renovated by senior building officer Heinrich Dolmetsch in 1900 and restored by architect Walther-Gerd Fleck in 1962.
Orendelsall parish
The total parish of Orendelsall (approx. 1,000) includes the parish of Zweiflingen without the districts of Eichach and Pfahlbach (both belonging to the parish of Ohrnberg) and Westernbach (belonging to the parish of Öhringen). It is divided into the three parishes Orendelsall, Tiefensall and Zweiflingen.
Orendelsall parish
The parish of Orendelsall (approx.) Comprises the districts Friedrichsruhe, Heiligenhaus and Orendelsall of the municipality of Zweiflingen as well as the districts of Hohensall, Metzdorf, Orbachshof, Schwarzenweiler and Wohlmuthausen (excluding Haberhof, which was assigned to the parish of Neuenstein in 1961) of the city of Forchtenberg. The Kilian Church in Orendelsall is one of the oldest churches in the Öhringen area. The patronage rights came from Murrhardt Monastery , to which the church belonged in 1314, to Württemberg, which introduced the Reformation. The nave of the church was added to the Romanesque tower in 1672, expanded in 1728, but replaced by a new building in 1791. There is no church in the hamlets, which always belong to the parish of Orendelsall, and in Wohlmuthausen.
Parish of Tiefensall
The parish of Tiefensall (approx.) Includes the district of Tiefensall in the municipality of Zweiflingen. In terms of church, Tiefensall has always belonged to the parish of Orendelsall, but the place forms its own parish within the entire parish of Orendelsall. Tiefensall has a St. Martin's Chapel with a Romanesque choir, which was first mentioned in 1499. Inside you can see frescoes from the 15th century, which were restored in 1950.
Parish of Zweiflingen
The parish of Zweiflingen (approx.) Includes the core of the municipality of Zweiflingen with a few associated hamlets (excluding Tiefensall, Eichach and Pfahlbach). Zweiflingen always belonged to the parish of Orendelsall, but forms a separate parish within the Orendelsall parish as a whole. Zweiflingen has a St. Nicholas Church with a Romanesque choir and frescoes that were only uncovered in 1962.
Parish of Pfedelbach
The parish of Pfedelbach (approx. 3,800) includes the core town and the districts of Buchhorn, Heuberg, Oberohrn and Windischenbach of the Pfedelbach community. Like Oberohrn and Windischenbach, Pfedelbach was originally a branch of the collegiate church in Öhringen. In 1567 Pfedelbach became its own parish, to which the towns of Oberohrn and Windischenbach also belonged. In 1577 its own consistory was established, especially since Pfedelbach was expanded into a residential town. In 1728 the consistory was abolished. The Church of St. Peter and Paul was built in 1588/89 instead of an older chapel and renovated in 1890 with the exception of the tower and the choir.
Oberohrn has belonged to the Pfedelbach parish since the Reformation. The medieval chapel of St. Christoph was rebuilt in 1688 as the Salvator Mundi Church . Parts of the previous church were used. Inside there is a pietà and altar figures from the 15th century.
Windischenbach has belonged to the Pfedelbach parish since the Reformation. The single-nave branch church was refurbished in 1679 and the tower renewed in 1725. The Lindelberg residential area belonging to Windischenbach belonged to the parish of Öhringen until 1993. With effect from January 1, 1994, however, this was assigned to the parish of Pfedelbach.
Parish of Sindringen
The parish of Sindringen (approx.) Comprises the Sindringen district of the city of Forchtenberg . A Holy Cross Chapel in Sindringen was first mentioned in 1230. 1328 she became the lords of the vineyard to the monastery Schöntal given. In 1405 the Counts of Hohenlohe set up a measuring foundation which also supplied the neighboring Ernsbach. The church, built around 1100, was originally a three-aisled Romanesque basilica, which was renovated and expanded around 1600. In 1963/64 frescoes from the 14th century were exposed. The rectory in Sindringen now looks after the neighboring parish of Ernsbach.
Parish of Untersteinbach
The parish of Untersteinbach (approx. 1,450) includes the districts of Harsberg and Untersteinbach and their associated hamlets Obergleichen and Unterleichen, all of which belong to the Pfedelbach community, as well as the Obersteinbach and Sailach districts of the city of Waldenburg. Untersteinbach originally belonged to the collegiate church of Öhringen. A church is mentioned as early as 1368. In 1525 the Untersteinbach chaplain became its own parish. The old chapel was rebuilt and enlarged in 1623/25 by master builder Heinrich Schickhardt . The single-nave church still has Romanesque remains and has been equipped with west and north galleries, paintings on the gallery parapet and in the square tower choir since 1969 with a large choir window by the artist Anna-Dorothea Kunz-Saile . Obersteinbach has always belonged to Untersteinbach in the church. There is no church in Obersteinbach.
Parish Waldenburg
The parish of Waldenburg (approx. 1,900) includes the town of Waldenburg (excluding the districts of Obersteinbach and Sailach, which belong to the parish of Untersteinbach) and the districts of Beltersrot, Lochholz, Neukupfer and Westernach of the municipality of Kupferzell. Waldenburg originally belonged to the collegiate church of Öhringen. After the Reformation, Waldenburg became its own parish in 1558. There was, however, a Chapel of the Aegidius and a chapel dedicated to St. George (later a cemetery chapel) in Waldenburg. The medieval Aegidius Chapel was expanded in 1562, but was demolished a short time later except for the choir. A three-aisled hall church with cross vaults on 4 pillars in the Renaissance style was added to the choir from 1589 to 1593. The choir became the burial place of the count's house, several epitaphs decorate the church. The Württemberg builder Heinrich Schickhardt was involved in an advisory capacity. The square, 32-meter-high tower with five floors and a beautifully shaped, slate-covered helmet roof has become a landmark of Waldenburg, visible from afar, along with the Mändles and Lachner storms. In 1780 the church was redesigned in baroque style. In 1972/74 the church was structurally changed, among other things the side galleries and the organ gallery in the choir were demolished, the church stalls were expanded and replaced by variable seating with approx. 200 seats, the Ehrlich organ was rebuilt and relocated. In 2004 the church received a stained glass window from Prof. Hans Gottfried von Stockhausen, which has the Sermon on the Mount and the Beatitudes as its theme.
Westernach, which today belongs to the municipality of Kupferzell, belonged to the parish of Kupferzell until the Reformation, but was then assigned to the parish of Waldenburg. The village church of St. Wolfgang in Westernach is a single-nave church that was built on Romanesque choir foundations around 1420 to 1470. It was renovated between 1970 and 1974. Among other things, the pulpit was replaced by a lectern and the sanctuary was enlarged. It has a baptismal font from 1715 and an old crucifix.
In addition to these two churches in Waldenburg and Westernach, there is another preaching place in Beltersrot, the former schoolhouse.
literature
- The Evangelical Württemberg - Its church offices and clergy from the Reformation to the present, collected and edited by Christian Sigel, pastor in Gebersheim, 1910.
- The state of Baden-Wuerttemberg - official description according to districts and municipalities (in eight volumes); Edited by the Baden-Württemberg State Archives Department; Volume IV: Stuttgart District - Regional Associations Franconia and East Wuerttemberg, Stuttgart, 1980, ISBN 3-17-005708-1 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Website of the Adolzfurt-Scheppach parish
- ↑ Walther-Gerd Fleck: The Protestant Church in Ohrnberg (Krs. Öhringen). The rural example of an early Protestant preaching room ; in: News bulletin of the preservation of monuments in Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart 1966, volume 3/4, page 101-107 - PDF viewable [1] - The last paragraph of the article as well as the preceding church listing is groundbreaking for the type of Protestant transverse church