Church district Calw
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| Regional Church : | Evangelical Church in Württemberg |
| Prelature : | Reutlingen |
| Area : | km² |
| Structure: | 37 parishes |
| Parishioners: | approx. 35,400 (2005) |
| Address of the Dean's Office : |
Altburger Str. 3 75365 Calw |
| Dean : | Erich Hartmann |
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The previous Evangelical Church District Calw has been merged with the previous Church District Nagold to form the new Evangelical Church District Calw-Nagold since January 1, 2019 , and within it one of 44 church districts or church districts of the Evangelical Church in Württemberg . Its area is congruent with the Dean's Office Calw.
geography
The church district of Calw is located in the west of the Württemberg regional church. Its area includes the center and partially the north of the district of Calw , i.e. the cities and communities Althengstett , Bad Liebenzell , Bad Teinach-Zavelstein , Bad Wildbad (only Aichelberg district), Calw , Gechingen , Neubulach , Neuweiler , Oberreichenbach , Ostelsheim , Simmersfeld ( only district Aichhalden), Simmozheim and Unterreichenbach (without district Kapfenhardt).
Neighboring church districts
The church district of Calw borders on the following church districts of the Reutlingen prelature beginning in the northeast: Leonberg , Böblingen , Nagold and Neuenbürg . In the extreme west as well as in the northeast it has a short border with the Evangelical Church in Baden .
history
The area of today's deanery or church district of Calw belongs to the old heartland of Württemberg, which introduced the Reformation from 1534, so that the area is completely evangelical. In 1555 Calw became the seat of a deanery, then called Specialsuperintendenz, which belonged to the Maulbronn Generalate. The parish priest of Calw was appointed dean. It is still associated with this office today. From 1823 the Calw deanery belonged to the Tübingen Generalate, from 1913 to the Reutlingen Generalate, from which today's Reutlingen Prelature 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. Thus, with effect from April 1, 1939, the parish of Dachtel was reclassified to the church district of Böblingen .
Up until 1981, the congregation at ceiling Pfronn also belonged to the Calw church district. With effect from January 1, 1982, it was reclassified to the Herrenberg church district . The same applies to the Aichelberg parish , which was reclassified to the Neuenbürg church district with effect from January 1, 2019 in connection with the merger of the two church districts Calw and Nagold to form the new church district Calw-Nagold .
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 since 2004 has been Erich Hartmann (* 1960), who is also one of the pastors at the town church in Calw .
Deans of the Calw church district
- 1797–1814 Johann Ferdinand Gaum
- 1815–1818 Christian Martin Plieninger
- 1818–1824 Christian Karl August von Haas
- 1824–1857 Ludwig Friedrich Fischer
- 1857–1864 Urban Heberle
- 1865–1871 Karl Johann Friedrich von Lechler (1820–1903)
- 1871–1880 Karl Albert Friedrich Mezger (1818–1886)
- 1880–1887 Karl von Berg
- 1887–1896 Paulus von Braun
- 1896–1915 Hermann Friedrich Roos
- 1915–1927 Paul Wolfgang Zeller (1859–1932)
- 1928–1933 Friedrich Roos
- 1933–1942 Johannes Hermann
- 1943–1945 Alfred Brecht
- 1946–1951 Friedrich Höltzel (1898–1990)
- 1951–1961 Hansulrich Esche (1905–1974)
- 1961–1977 Karl Frey (* 1909)
- 1977–1991 Gerhard Wirth (* 1929)
- 1991–2003 Eberhard Dieterich (* 1938)
- Since 2004 Erich Hartmann (* 1960)
Parishes
There are a total of 37 parishes in the Calw church district. 19 church congregations have merged to form a total of six total church congregations, but remain independent bodies 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 of Calw is predominantly evangelical. There is therefore a Protestant parish and mostly an old church in almost every village. In most places Catholics did not move in until after the Second World War.
Parish Altburg & Oberreichenbach
The parish Altburg & Oberreichenbach comprises the Altburg district of the city of Calw and the main town of Oberreichenbach . The Oberreichenbach districts of Würzbach, Oberkollbach (since 1951) and Igelsloch form independent parishes.
In terms of church, Altburg belonged to Althengstett as a branch and from 1515 to Calw. In 1573 Altburg became its own parish, to which Oberkollbach also belonged until the 20th century, before its own parish was established there in 1975. The oldest part of the Martinskirche , built as a fortified church, is the tower from the 12th century. The reticulated choir and the south wall are decorated with late Gothic wall paintings. In 1534 the parish Altburg became Protestant through the Reformation in Württemberg. After that, probably still at the end of the 16th century, the church was equipped with numerous seats without any expansion by installing a three-sided circumferential gallery in the nave and a north and east gallery in the choir, including floor-level choir seating, all of which are oriented towards the pulpit south inside the choir arch were; the altar was free. This facility, which was valid until 1954, complied with the requirements of the Württemberg church and church service regulations from the Reformation, according to which the preaching of the word should be at the center of the service - an example of the establishment of a transverse church in the existing building stock. During the renovation in 1954, the choir galleries and the south pore were removed and a new pulpit facing the ship and a glass painting by Adolf Valentin Saile with the motif of the mercy seat installed in the apex window . A choir organ was also set up.
In the associated Oberreichenbach there has been the Lukaskirche in the form of a tent since 1970 with a parish hall added later. Also Adolf Valentin Saile created the Tauffenster with the motif of baptismal and missionary mandate of Christ and a wall mosaic for the parable of the prodigal son for the new building.
The Altburg districts of Weltenschwann and Speßhardt were only assigned to the Altburg parish through an announcement by the Upper Church Council on April 12, 1956. Until then they belonged to the Zavelstein parish. In return, the place Alzenberg was detached from the parish Altburg and assigned to the mountain parish Calw.
Althengstett parish
The parish Althengstett comprises the main town of the parish Althengstett . The church in Althengstett, known as Marien and Markuskirche from 1310, was the mother church for Calw and Altburg. It was rebuilt in 1049. The patronage was initially held by the Counts of Calw, then the Counts of Eberstein-Zweibrücken, who sold it to Württemberg. In 1342 it was given to the Hirsau Monastery. The church was originally surrounded by a churchyard. In the Middle Ages, the Markuskirche was a fortified church. A small castle was built on the west side, which was surrounded by a moat. The castle was demolished in 1595. The tower of the church is still from the Middle Ages, the reticulated choir was added in the late Gothic period. The nave was redesigned several times. The last major renovation and redesign was in 1956/57. At that time, the organ loft in the choir was removed and the new organ built in deeper, so that the work of Professor Rudolf Yelin the Elder. J. designed colored windows come into their own better (left: Christ as gardener, unbelieving Thomas; middle: Ascension, heavenly Jerusalem; right: Emmaus, Pentecost).
The Althengstett parish has had a parish hall since 1974, which was expanded in 1999. It serves as a meeting point and rehearsal room for the numerous groups and circles, including the trombone choir, church choir and funeral choir.
Parish of Bad Liebenzell
The parish of Bad Liebenzell comprises the core town and the Monbachtal district of the town of Bad Liebenzell. In terms of the church, Liebenzell may have belonged to Möttlingen, but Liebenzell very early became its own parish, to which several villages in the surrounding area belonged. One church has already been mentioned in a donation from Uta to Hirsau. In 1423 it was referred to as St. Blasius Church. Hirsau ceded the patronage to Baden after the Reformation in 1556, and this to Württemberg in 1603. The church still has an early Gothic choir and a late Romanesque tower, otherwise the church was rebuilt from 1891 to 1893 by senior building officer Karl von Sauter and decorated with ornamental and figurative glass painting by the Munich court glass painting Gustav van Treeck (in the choir: crucifixion group). The originally belonging villages were mostly raised to their own parishes after the Reformation. With effect from December 6, 1993, the parish of Liebenzell was renamed "Parish of Bad Liebenzell".
Monbachtal was only reclassified by the law of September 5, 1989 from the Evangelical Church in Baden to the Württemberg State Church and was incorporated into the parish of Bad Liebenzell.
Until 1969, Maisenbach and Beinberg also belonged to the Bad Liebenzell parish as branch parishes. By the announcement of the Oberkirchenrat on April 23, 1969, they were separated from the association of the Bad Liebenzell parish and raised to independent parishes. Unterlengenhardt belonged to Bad Liebenzell as a branch church until 1974. Through the announcement of the upper church council on June 30, 1975, the Unterlengenhardt branch parish was also separated from the Bad Liebenzell parish and incorporated into the newly formed Maisenbach parish. The previous Bad Liebenzell parish had become obsolete.
In 1902 the German branch of the China Inland Mission , founded in Hamburg in 1899, settled in Bad Liebenzell . In 1906 it became an independent institution as the Liebenzeller Mission . From the Liebenzeller Mission, the Liebenzeller Community Association (LGV) emerged in 1933 , an association within the Evangelical Church in Germany that has a network of communities in southern Germany.
Until 1920 the branch parish of Ernstmühl also belonged to the total parish of Liebenzell. Through the announcement of the consistory of July 19, 1920 Ernstmühl was detached from the association of the parish of Liebenzell and assigned to the entire parish of Hirsau, but by further announcement of the upper church council of April 7, 1927, it was united with the parish of Hirsau.
Parish Bad Teinach
The parish of Bad Teinach comprises the districts of Bad Teinach, Emberg and Schmieh of the city of Bad Teinach-Zavelstein. With effect from April 7, 1992, the parish Teinach was renamed "Parish Bad Teinach". Until 2001, the Bad Teinach parish then formed the Bad Teinach parish with the parishes of Emberg and Schmieh. On June 27, 2001, the parishes of Emberg and Schmieh were dissolved and merged with the parish of Bad Teinach. At the same time, the previous Bad Teinach parish was dissolved.
In 1652/55 Duke Eberhard III founded von Württemberg a church in Teinach, a very small settlement around the stately bath near the town of Zavelstein, primarily for the court and the illustrious bathers. The builder was Matthias Weiß. In the Trinity Church in Teinach, in a winged picture shrine by Joh.Fr. Gruber, there is the kabbalistic teaching board of Princess Antonia of Württemberg , which depicts the Christian faith through a picture of paradise and a picture of the Sulamith bridal procession (guided tours from April to October every Thursday at 3 p.m. ).
The community was initially looked after from Zavelstein. In 1818 Bad Teinach became an independent political municipality. However, a separate parish was not established in Teinach until 1891. Since then, she has also looked after the villages of Emberg and Schmieh (previously part of the parish of Kentheim, Sommenhardt district). In Schmieh and Emberg, however, there are separate branch churches built in 1965/66: the Schmieh church with glass painting by the artist Wolf-Dieter Kohler , the Emberg Resurrection Church in octagonal tent design.
The EC Emberg is responsible for the youth work of the parish.
By the announcement of the Oberkirchenrat on February 26, 1987, the Bad Teinach train station, electricity and marble works and Teinacher Valley areas were assigned to the Bad Teinach parish. They previously belonged to the parishes of Altbulach, Liebelsberg, Sommenhardt and Stammheim.
Petruskirchengemeinde Beinberg, Maisenbach-Zainen, Unterlengenhardt
The Evangelical Petruskirchengemeinde comprises the districts Maisenbach, Beinberg and Unterlengenhardt of the city of Bad Liebenzell.
Beinberg always belonged to Liebenzell in the church. In 1959 a separate church, the Friedenskirche , was built and a separate branch parish was set up within the Bad Liebenzell parish as a whole. The glass artist Anna-Dorothea Kunz-Saile created lead-glazed colored windows in 1964/65 (entrance area: parable of the prodigal son, choir: the risen one appears to his disciples).
Also Maisbach belonged ecclesiastically always Liebenzell. In 1967, a separate church, the Christ Church , was built in Maisenbach and equipped with colored lead glazing by the Stuttgart glass artist Wolf-Dieter Kohler . A separate branch parish was also established as part of the Bad Liebenzell parish as a whole.
By the announcement of the Oberkirchenrat on April 23, 1969, the parishes of Beinberg and Maisenbach left the association of the Bad Liebenzell parish as a whole. Both were raised to independent parishes.
Also Unterlengenhardt always belonged to Liebenzell. In 1984 an evangelical parish center was established in Unterlengenhardt and a separate branch parish was founded within the Bad Liebenzell parish as a whole.
By the announcement of the upper church council on June 30, 1975, the parish of Beinberg was merged together with the parish of Maisenbach and the subsidiary parish of Unterlengenhardt, which until then still belonged to the parish of Bad Liebenzell, to form the new parish of Maisenbach. The three parishes were dissolved on January 1, 2017, at the same time the entire parish was renamed the Evangelische Petruskirchengemeinde Maisenbach.
General parish of Calw
The entire parish of Calw includes the core town and the districts of Alzenberg, Heumaden and Wimberg of the city of Calw. It was formed by the announcement of the Oberkirchenrat on July 10, 1957, when the until then sole parish of Calw was initially divided into two parishes, namely the town parish and the mountain parish, and these were merged into the new overall parish of Calw. The Ministry of Culture recognized the new general parish of Calw and its particular parishes as corporations under public law in a letter dated December 4, 1956. In 1971 the Reconciliation Parish Calw-Heumaden was formed, so that the entire parish of Calw has since consisted of three parishes. Each of the three parishes has a parish office. In addition, there is the position of a military pastor for the nearby Bundeswehr site.
City parish of Calw
The city parish of Calw includes the old town of Calw. Ecclesiastically, Calw initially belonged to Althengstett. In 1275 there is evidence of a church with a dean in Calw. The right of patronage came through the Counts of Calw and von Berg to Württemberg. In 1342 the church was incorporated into the Hirsau Monastery. In 1525 the church was named St. Peter and Paul. Württemberg introduced the Reformation between 1535 and 1555 and made the city the seat of a deanery (special superintendency). The nave of today's city church St. Peter and Paul was rebuilt in neo-Gothic style by the court building director Felix von Berner 1885–1888 after a fire in 1692, subsequent very economical and imperfect construction that took decades to complete and finally demolished in 1884 due to disrepair . The early Gothic choir of the previous church and the tower stump were retained. By 1914, several glass paintings (themes: Moses and prophets; life, suffering and resurrection of Jesus; western rosette: David with harp) were donated for the choir and made by the Munich workshops of Franz Xaver Zettler and Mayer . Further New Testament themes in the windows under the side galleries were created by Rudolf Yelin the Elder in 1930–1933 and 1959 . J. The Gothic St. Nicholas Chapel on the Enzbrücke is also part of the portfolio of sacred buildings in Calw. It was renovated in 1861 and decorated with sculpture and glass art during the renovation in 1925 by the young artists Ernst Yelin and Rudolf Yelin. Since the community grew after the Second World War, the mountain church was built in 1955 in the associated district of Wimberg. Therefore, the former parish of Calw was divided into two parishes, the town parish and the mountain parish. In 1971, the Reconciliation Church was built in the Heumaden district and an independent parish within the Calw parish was also established there.
Mountain church community Calw
The Bergkirchengemeinde Calw comprises the districts of Wimberg and Alzenberg of the city of Calw. Ecclesiastically, Alzenberg initially belonged to Calw and later to Altburg. Wimberg was also looked after by the church as a new housing estate from Calw. In 1955, however, his own church, the Bergkirche, was built in Wimberg by the architect Hermann Hornbacher and the choir windows by Rudolf Yelin the Elder. J. designed with glass paintings of New Testament mountain events. By the announcement of the Oberkirchenrat on July 10, 1957, the independent mountain parish of Calw was formed when the until then sole parish of Calw was divided into two parishes and these were merged into the new overall parish of Calw. Alzenberg had already been assigned by the Altburg parish to the Calw mountain parish through the announcement of the Upper Church Council on April 12, 1956.
Reconciliation Parish Calw-Heumaden
The Reconciliation Church Community of Calw-Heumaden comprises the Heumaden district of the city of Calw. Ecclesiastically, Heumaden always belonged to Calw. On August 26, 1962, the first service was celebrated in Heumaden, in a makeshift assembly hall. In 1965 his own church, the Reconciliation Church, was built by the architect Heinz Rall - with thick concrete-glass windows by Gerhard Dreher and a crucifix by Albrecht Kneer. With the announcement of the Oberkirchenrat on January 29, 1971, a separate parish was established within the entire parish of Calw. The Ministry of Education recognized the new parish as a public corporation in a letter dated October 5, 1970.
Parish of Gechingen
The parish of Gechingen includes the community of Gechingen . The Martinskirche, built in 1481, apparently had a previous building. The church name is reminiscent of Martin von Tours (around 316–397), so it is likely that the first church was built in Franconian times, around 700, as Martin was the patron saint of Franconia. The patronage was partly held by Baden and the Truchsessen von Waldeck, who handed it over to Württemberg in 1417/28. The Baden share was incorporated into the Catholic Canons of Baden-Baden in 1453 . It was not until 1806 that the church, which had become Protestant with the Reformation in 1534, came to Württemberg. The late Gothic church received a tower in 1568 and a new nave in 1743. Between 1865 and 1867 the church was enlarged by 120 seats. The church tower was increased from 24 to 42 meters in 1876. The three-part bell was cast in 1495 by the Heilbronn bell caster Bernhart Lachaman . The smallest bell had to be delivered for armaments production both in World War I and - after Neuguss - in World War II . In 1951 the peal was completed again by the casting of the small bell again by the Kurtz foundry in Stuttgart. The church was severely damaged in an air raid towards the end of World War II, and it was not repaired until the early 1950s. In this context, the Stuttgart glass artist Wolf-Dieter Kohler created the lead-glazed round window above the altar in 1954. It contains the symbol of the true Lord of the world, the Majestas Domini , in the middle , surrounded by four biblical scenes: the fall of man as well as the birth, baptism and deposition of Jesus from the cross.
Hirsau parish
The Hirsau parish includes the Hirsau district of the city of Calw. Church life in Hirsau begins in the 8th century with a Nazarius chapel built around 751/768 to the right of the Nagold. In 830/32, Bishop Noting von Vercelli transferred relics of Saint Aurelius from Milan to Hirsau to the Aurelius Monastery founded there. This first Aurelius monastery existed until around the year 1000. In 1049 Pope Leo IX ordered. to rebuild the monastery of St. Aurelius for his nephew, the Count of Calw. The second Aurelius monastery received a church as a three-aisled basilica. 1584 began the demolition of most of the Aurelius monastery. Of the secularized church, only parts of the ship and the towers remained. In 1956 these buildings were restored and since then have served the Catholic parish of Hirsau as the parish church.
The huge influx of visitors to the Aurelius Monastery in Hirsau made it necessary to found a new St. Peter and Paul Monastery on the course of the river to the left of the Nagold in the 11th century. It was built between 1082 and 1091. The church with two west towers was completed in 1120. In 1474 the demolition of the Romanesque enclosure began, which was replaced by new Gothic buildings by 1516. In 1556, in the course of the Reformation, the monastery of St. Peter and Paul was converted into a Protestant monastery school. During the Thirty Years War, Benedictine monks from Weingarten returned to Hirsau.
The monastery of St. Peter and Paul was set on fire by French troops in the Palatinate War of Succession in 1692. Until 1808 the ruins were used as a "quarry". Only the surrounding walls of the monastery church and the cloister, the foundation walls of several monastery buildings, the late Gothic Marienkapelle and the 37 meter high "Owl Tower" made of red sandstone have been preserved.
The small settlement around Hirsau Monastery used to have a parish church, where a pastor was mentioned in 1260. Nothing is known about the whereabouts of the church. After the Reformation, the evangelical community celebrated its services in the monastery church. After it was destroyed in 1692, the parish used the Marienkapelle, which was the only building that remained undamaged during the great fire in 1692, as a place of worship. The monastery library was on the upper floor. In 1698 a separate parish was established in Hirsau. From 1888–1892, the Württemberg senior building officer Karl von Sauter redesigned the Marienkapelle in the neo-Gothic style . The westwork, net vaults and coloring date from this time, and remnants of the colored glazing from that time have been preserved in the portal tympanum. The glass artist Wolf-Dieter Kohler created the three choir windows in 1970 (left: birth and passion of Christ; right: resurrection and ascension; center: the Lord exalted, judging and coming). The north window of the choir from around 1920 to commemorate the fallen in 1914/18 was designed by the Stuttgart artist Käte Schaller-Härlin , who had lost her recently married husband in the war in 1917.
The village of Ernstmühl formed its own parish or branch parish until 1927, which initially belonged to the entire parish of Liebenzell and was detached from the association of the parish of Liebenzell and assigned to the entire parish of Hirsau by the consistory of July 19, 1920. By further announcement of the Oberkirchenrat on April 7, 1927, it was united with the Hirsau parish. There is a small church there with a half-timbered roof turret. The layout of the high hall building as well as the interior fittings with a coffered ceiling, a gallery on bulged wooden supports and the pulpit cage point to a construction time around 1700. The sandstone surround of the entrance from around 1500 may come from the previous building or from the former Hirsau Monastery, which was destroyed a few years earlier. It was integrated as a component in the new church.
Until 1926 the parish of Ottenbronn was looked after by the Hirsau parish. By the announcement of the Oberkirchenrat on January 2, 1926, Ottenbronn was assigned to the parish of Neuhengstett, with whose parish it has formed the entire parish of Neuhengstett-Ottenbronn since 2000.
Monakam-Unterhaugstett parish
The parish of Monakam-Unterhaugstett comprises the districts of Monakam and Unterhaugstett of the city of Bad Liebenzell . Ecclesiastically belonged Monakam initially Bad Liebenzell, but a daughter church of the Holy Cross in Monakam has already been mentioned in 1477. The current church was rebuilt in 1802. The winged altar of the previous church from 1497 was taken over. In 2018 the well-known glass artist Johannes Schreiter created two windows with the themes of Resurrection and Pentecost. In 1910 Monakam became its own parish.
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Unterhaugstett initially belonged to Möttlingen, from 1910 to the newly established parish Monakam. In 1966, a separate church, the Christ Church, was built in Unterhaugstett and a separate parish was established, which now forms a joint parish with Monakam. In 1966 the Christ Church Unterhaugstett was built by the Stuttgart architects Klaus Ehrlich and Walter Eppler using exposed concrete. The Stuttgart glass artist Wolf-Dieter Kohler designed the window cross in the altar wall (Christ the ruler of the world with evangelist symbols and six scenes on the 2nd Article of Faith) and the northern and southern side glazing, non-representational in completely different shades. The Unterhaugstetter artist Karl-Heinz Franke (1916–2006) donated the stainless steel object Tree of Knowledge on the Kirchwiese in 2004 , the Tübingen artist Johannes Kares painted seven cross cycle pictures in 2007 for the community rooms created in 1997.
Parish of Möttlingen
The Möttlingen parish includes the Möttlingen district of the city of Bad Liebenzell. One church, called Marienkirche from 1525, came to Hirsau Monastery via the Count Palatine of Tübingen at the end of the 14th century, to which it was incorporated in 1401. The church still has a Romanesque triumphal arch and a reticulated choir. The ship was built in 1746. Pastor Johann Christoph Blumhardt worked in the community from 1838 to 1852 . His son Christoph Blumhardt was born here in 1842. In 1957, the Stuttgart-based glass artist Adolf Valentin Saile created the lead-glazed colored windows in what is now the Blumhardtkirche .
Parish of Neubulach, Altbulach, Liebelsberg and Oberhaugstett
The parish of Neubulach comprises the core town and the districts of Altbulach, Liebelsberg and Oberhaugstett of the city of Neubulach. The district of Martinsmoos forms its own parish, which belongs to the overall parish of Zwerenberg.
Altbulach : Ecclesiastically it first belonged to Effringen, then to Neubulach. The place has an old church from the 12th century, which still has a Romanesque nave. In 1445 it was extended by a late Gothic choir with high pointed arched windows with their fine tracery, a sacrament house and the richly decorated net vault, and from 1508 onwards it was called St. Mauritius Church . The earlier importance and then the expansion and upgrading of the church was probably related to the local convent of the pious women’s community of beguines and the support from the Hirsau monastery . After the Reformation, larger window openings were broken into the Romanesque north and south walls of the nave so that more light could flow in and thus the bright light of the Gospel of Jesus Christ was underlined. A fundamental renovation was completed in 1966 with an increase in the nave using old parts of the roof, the removal of the north gallery and old pulpit, changes to the windows and the installation of a new altar. The remaining historical choir window slugs from 1493 were used for the nave and the choir windows were newly colored non-representationally by the Stuttgart glass artist Wolf-Dieter Kohler . The local sculptor Albert Volz created the stone block altar with impressive depictions of the biblical story of creation. Through the announcement of the Oberkirchenrat on February 26, 1987, there was a reallocation of areas. Then smaller areas of the parish Altbulach came to the neighboring parish Bad Teinach.
Liebelsberg : Ecclesiastically it belonged first to Effringen, then to Neubulach. A branch chapel of St. Bartholomew was mentioned in 1537. It was converted into a school building in 1842. In 1978, a new building with service, parish and ancillary rooms was built on the preserved tower with tower choir. The choir of the Bartholomäuskirche received three choir windows from Wolf-Dieter Kohler (left the Old Testament personalities Moses, Elijah and Isaiah as references to Christ; middle: life and work of Jesus; right the goal of all paths: Last Judgment, fight against evil, rulership of Christ and heavenly Jerusalem). The altar cross with candlesticks was made by the Altbulach sculptor Albert Volz, the wall crucifix by the local sculptor Peter Steyer. Through the announcement of the Oberkirchenrat on February 26, 1987, there was a reallocation of areas. Then smaller areas of the parish of Liebelsberg came to the neighboring parish of Bad Teinach.
Neubulach : A church was probably built there when the city was founded. It was initially a branch of Effringen. In 1412 it is referred to as the St. Ulrich's Church, in 1508 St. Jodokus . It came to Konrad Grückler from Stein am Rhein monastery in 1379. In 1443 Neubulach became the seat of the parish instead of Effringen. The parish was finally confirmed after the Reformation. Today's church has a Romanesque tower from shortly after 1200. The Gothic nave, which was built around 1430, was only rebuilt in 1568 and changed in 1683 after the devastating city fire of 1505. Grave slabs and smaller stone sculptures indicate that for 400 years (from 1370 to 1790) Bulach was the "hereditary parish" of the wealthy and art-loving "church gentlemen" family Grückler. Behind the altar crucifix from 1648 is the middle choir window from around 1920 by the Stuttgart artist Rudolf Yelin the Elder. Ä. In memory of those who fell in World War I, it was designed with the image of the risen Lord Jesus Christ. For the light glazing of the two windows to the left and right of it, his son Rudolf Yelin the Elder created J. 1935 Bible texts and New Testament symbols as glass inlays.
Oberhaugstett first belonged to Effringen, then to Neubulach. The oldest part of the Bartholomäuskirche Oberhaugstett is the Romanesque tower choir with numerous frescoes depicting martyrs, the legend of Martin and the redeemed, who walk towards the heavenly bridegroom. In 1972 a new nave was added to it. The Stuttgart glass artist Anna-Dorothea Kunz-Saile created a choir window as early as 1966 (risen in the midst of the hearing disciples with the doubting Thomas, sent "all over the world", evangelist symbols in the corners of the window point in the four directions of the earth) and then in 1972 New ship building a pulpit window (the word from the cross in Annunciation and Sacrament, fish symbol).
Neuhengstett-Ottenbronn parish
The parish of Neuhengstett-Ottenbronn comprises the districts of Neuhengstett and Ottenbronn of the community of Althengstett . It was formed with effect from January 1, 2000 from the parishes of Neuhengstett and Ottenbronn, which - like the entire parish itself - continue to be independent corporations under public law.
Neuhengstett was founded as a Waldensian settlement in 1699 under the name Le Bourset and renamed Neuhengstett in 1711. In 1769 the small, simple reformed Waldensian church was built in its present form. In 1824 the Waldensian community was incorporated into the Evangelical Church in Württemberg.
Ottenbronn initially belonged to the Hirsau parish, but forms its own parish. Through the announcement of the Oberkirchenrat on January 2, 1926, Ottenbronn was assigned to the parish of Neuhengstett and since 2000 has formed the entire parish of Neuhengstett-Ottenbronn. As early as 1923, the Stuttgart architect Rudolf Behr gave Ottenbronn its own branch church, which was last extensively renovated and slightly expanded in 2003. In 1928, the art professor Erwin Hetsch (1895–1978) designed the altar wall with frescoes (Crucified, John the Baptist with the Lamb of God, Paul).
Neuweiler parish
The parish of Neuweiler comprises the main town, the districts of Agenbach and Hofstett of the parish of Neuweiler, Breitenberg and Oberkollwangen. Ecclesiastically Neuweiler initially belonged to Ebhausen. In 1471 Neuweiler was raised to a parish, to which the place Agenbach was assigned. In 1565 the first pastor of Neuweiler, Georg Silber, moved into the Protestant parsonage built in 1564.
The Agenbach Church of the Resurrection was designed by the Stuttgart architect Martin Stockburger (1929–2015) and inaugurated on October 29, 1967 (height: 12.5 m with cross). The bourgeois community supported the plans and had a laying out and equipment room built for the cemetery. The Stuttgart artist Wolf-Dieter Kohler designed the thick concrete glass window in 1967 (Palm Sunday motif: Jesus entering Jerusalem on a donkey) and in 1974 the wrought iron altar wall cross with bread and wine motifs.
Breitenberg initially belonged to Effringen ecclesiastically. In 1512 Breitenberg became its own parish. The originally Romanesque choir tower church was later changed several times.
The Neuweiler Stephanuskirche was built in several construction phases. The Romanesque barrel vault in the tower chamber on the ground floor is the only reminder of a previous Romanesque chapel. It had the typical location at a crossroads and may have been standing before Neuweiler was developed as a Waldhufensiedlung in the 11th or 12th century. The red sandstone tower that encloses the chapel can be assigned to the 12th century in terms of its design (pincer holes in the carefully carved corner stones). The reliquary and name of the fortified church: Stephanuskirche , probably dates back to this time of secured settlement . Parts of the nave and the Gothic font are to be assigned to the 15th or 16th century. The wooden gallery in the younger nave bears the year 1526 on a main column. The four evangelist bell from 1456 was cast by the Reutlingen bell caster Hans Eger. The tower, which is 33 meters high today, must have been without a roof in those days; the bell was attached to a belfry in the open air, which is betrayed by old traces of the weather. The church tower was not roofed over until the Baroque period (total height with church tower cock: 36 m). With the lift of the first pastor Georg Silber in 1565, Neuweiler received its own Protestant parish. The church wall dates from 1822 and surrounds the churchyard. The earlier southward orientation of the interior from the end of the 16th century was related to the post-Reformation understanding of worship and the new cross-church concept : wide orientation of the numerous listening and seating areas as close as possible to the pulpit on the southern long side. The Neuweiler church owes its current interior view to the fundamental redesign in 1955/1956. The old altar, a mighty boulder, has been lost since then. The altar, baptismal font and pulpit were moved from the south side of the nave to the east. The Gothic baptismal font (in the center of the church until 1955) was given its new place in front of the new baptismal window. The choir and baptismal windows were artistically designed by Wolf-Dieter Kohler , as was the coffered ceiling. The organ was integrated into the sacristy annex. A Romanesque consecration cross that was exposed in the process was transformed into an altar cross by Helmuth Uhrig with a corpus.
Oberkollwangen initially belonged to Effringen. There was already a branch church in Romanesque times, which was first mentioned in 1411. In 1512 a common parish was established for Breitenberg and Oberkollwangen. The church in Oberkollwangen was consecrated to Saints Catherine, Barbara and the Twelve Apostles. It has been called the Church of Our Lady since 1525 . The current construction of the church dates mainly from 1595, the tower is still Romanesque.
Ostelsheim parish
The parish of Ostelsheim comprises the parish of Ostelsheim . The previous church in Ostelsheim probably came through the Counts of Tübingen to the Söler von Richtenberg, who sold it to Württemberg in 1439. In 1443 it was incorporated into the Herrenberg Abbey. The late Gothic village church from 1488 is centrally located in the village, the rectory and the parish hall in the former tithe barn are in the immediate vicinity. In 1546, the Reformation was introduced in Ostelsheim, which has since been influenced by Protestants, whose motto adorns the sound cover of the pulpit in the church: "The word of our God remains forever". The pulpit painting from 1751 with Christ and the globe in the middle of the four evangelists as well as the paintings on the gallery parapet adorn the nave. Professor Rudolf Yelin the Elder J. created the stained glass in the choir window in 1961 (Descent from the Cross / Entombment, Resurrection, Heavenly Jerusalem) and thus replaced a work by his father Rudolf Yelin the Elder. Ä. from the beginning of the 20th century.
Simmozheim parish
The parish of Simmozheim includes the parish of Simmozheim and the Büchelbronn district, which was founded in 1802. The Evangelical Trinity Church is the most striking landmark of the place. It stands slightly elevated on the northern edge of the valley floor. At night, too, its square tower is brightly lit and can be seen from afar. In 1299 the predecessor church came to Württemberg as Count Vaihingen's fiefdom of the Urbach family. In 1391 the Stuttgart monastery bought the Simmozheim church, probably donated by a member of the Conz family, from Pfaff Konrad von Weil. In 1482 the church was sold by the Stuttgart monastery to the Herrenalb monastery for 1200 guilders. In 1497 the monastery replaced the dilapidated church with a new building. The small nave between the nave and the tower still bears witness to this church. According to old descriptions, it was surrounded by a wall and a moat.
A large nave was added to the existing small nave in 1748. The old tower remained standing then and was rebuilt from 1758 to 1766 after a lightning strike. Originally the church with the gallery had 350 seats. The last exterior renovation took place in 1963 and was carried out by architect Werner Hermann Riethmüller under the artistic direction of Professor Rudolf Yelin the Elder. J. also an extensive interior renovation to take place in 1964, with the main entrance was moved from the west side to the east side of the tower. After the community gallery was removed and the organ gallery significantly expanded, Yelin's altar, baptismal font (now replaced) and pulpit found their place on the west side. His large, silver cross in front of a colored background (representation of the heavenly Jerusalem) is now the eye-catcher behind and above the altar. These changes were intended to symbolize a completely new beginning after the Second World War. The church also received new glazing and electric heating. The two large bells from 1524 and 1525 come from the Sydler bell foundry in Esslingen. A third from 1889 had to be delivered during the Second World War. In 1984, when the wooden bell cage was replaced by one made of steel, two new, smaller bells were commissioned. At Easter 1985 the four-note bell rang for the first time. The pneumatic organ from the Esslingen company Weigle dates back to 1907.
The parish has had a parish hall since December 1994, which was built in the former parish garden next to the rectory. Numerous groups and circles like to use this facility, including the youth groups, church choir (founded in 1924), the funeral choir (founded in 1933), senior circles and Bible courses.
Parish of Stammheim
The parish of Stammheim-Holzbronn comprises the districts of Stammheim and Holzbronn of the city of Calw. A church in Stammheim already belonged to the Hirsauer Stiftsgut in 830, to which it was incorporated in 1326. In 1503 the church was named St. Martin. Today's church is a late Baroque building from 1790. The choir tower of the previous church was retained. During the renovation from 1929–1931, the four-part south window (Old Testament: Jakobs Himmelsleiter, Jakob am Jabbok; New Testament: poor Lazarus and the Rich) were designed by the Stuttgart painter Berger and executed by the Wilhelm workshop in Rottweil. The glass artist Wolf-Dieter Kohler created the baptismal window, the Martin window and a narrow ornament window in 1964.
Through the announcement of the Oberkirchenrat on February 26, 1987, there was a reallocation of areas. Then smaller areas of the parish of Stammheim came to the neighboring parish of Bad Teinach. As early as the announcement of April 17, 1952, there had been a small area reallocation from the parish of Stammheim to the neighboring parish of Sommenhardt in the Kentheim area.
Ecclesiastically, Holzbronn belonged to Validlingen, but had its own branch church. In 1892 a parish administration was established. In the 20th century Holzbronn became its own parish. The Bernhardskirche Holzbronn , since 1998 with this name, was built between 1907 and 1908 according to plans by senior building officer Heinrich Dolmetsch († 1908) and his son Theodor. Formative Art Nouveau elements have been preserved or reused: the charming windows by the Stuttgart glass artist Kurt Glasche (Black Forest animal and plant ornaments ) and the original terrazzo floor . The chancel was changed during two renovations: In 1972 the axial arrangement of the font, altar and pulpit in front of an Art Nouveau picture wall had to be redesigned and a large-format mural by Rudolf Yelin the Elder. J. soft. His isosceles wooden cross with spatula-applied motifs and gold leaf was preserved during the renovation in 2006, while his mural was covered by a screen. The pagoda-like spire is affectionately known by the people of Holzbronn as the "yellow turnip".
Parishes of Unterreichenbach & Kapfenhardt
The parish Unterreichenbach includes the main village of Unterreichenbach with Dennjächt. The Kapfenhardt district forms its own parish, which until the end of November 2013 belonged to the Neuenbürg church district . In terms of church, Unterreichenbach initially belonged to Liebenzell. However, a separate branch church of St. Wendelin is attested in Unterreichenbach as early as 1495. In 1527 Unterreichenbach became its own parish, in which the Reformation was only introduced in 1596 . The current church was built in the neo-Gothic style in 1892/93 by the Württemberg chief building officer Karl von Sauter . The early Gothic choir of the previous church was retained. In the meantime it has been rebuilt and restored several times (most recently in 2004/05). The Stuttgart glass artist Adolf Valentin Saile created three choir windows in 1968 with the themes of the birth and baptism of Jesus, Christ as ruler of the world and Pentecost .
The parish of Kapfenhardt includes the district of Kapfenhardt of the municipality of Unterreichenbach. In terms of church, Kapfenhardt initially belonged to Brötzingen, then until the end of November 2013 always to Langenbrand in the church district of Neuenbürg. With the change, the political community reform was also reflected in the church. The Kapfenhardt Church of the Resurrection was built in 1961. Wolf-Dieter Kohler created a five-part stained glass window for the new building with the theme of an invitation to a great meal .
Parishes of Würzbach & Oberkollbach / Igelsloch
The parish of Würzbach includes the district of Würzbach with the associated hamlet Naislach of the municipality of Oberreichenbach . Ecclesiastically Würzbach first belonged to Kentheim, then to Altburg. In 1909 a parish administration was established and in 1914 an independent parish was established. The originally late Gothic Nikolauskirche Würzbach from 1411 was renewed in 1860.
The parish of Oberkollbach includes the district of Oberkollbach with Eberspiel and the district of Igelsloch of the community of Oberreichenbach. Ecclesiastically Oberkollbach initially belonged to Calw. In 1401 a branch church dedicated to Our Lady is mentioned. She was dependent on Altburg. In 1951/52 Oberkollbach again received its own church, the Johanniskirche , built by the architect Hermann Hornbacher. The choir window with the life stages of Jesus up to the crucifixion and resurrection was designed and manufactured by Adolf Valentin Saile . By the announcement of the upper church council on July 26, 1951, the independent parish of Oberkollbach was initially formed as a daughter parish of Altburg. The Leonhardskirche Igelsloch seems to have had its origins before the 13th century. It was first mentioned in 1420 and rebuilt in 1954. She received a colored choir window from the Stuttgart glass artist Wolf-Dieter Kohler . In 1975 Oberkollbach became its own parish, which also looks after the Igelsloch parish. In terms of church, Igelsloch first belonged to Bad Liebenzell, then to Schömberg ( church district Neuenbürg ). By the announcement of the upper church council on September 2, 1986 the parish Igelsloch was reclassified into the church district Calw. In 1975 Igelsloch was assigned to the newly founded parish of Oberkollbach, where, after a short transition period, the common parish office was relocated from Würzbach to Oberkollbach at the beginning of 2020.
Zavelstein parish
The parish of Zavelstein comprises the districts of Zavelstein, Rötenbach and Sommenhardt (with Kentheim) of the city of Bad Teinach-Zavelstein. It was formed with effect from November 11, 2007, when the previously independent parishes of Rötenbach, Sommenhardt and Zavelstein were dissolved and the entire parish of Zavelstein, which was formed from the three previous parishes, was renamed the parish of Zavelstein. The Zavelstein parish already looked after all three previous parishes before the merger and continues to take care of three preaching posts (Zavelstein, Rötenbach and Kentheim / Sommenhardt) within the Zavelstein parish.
Ecclesiastically, Rötenbach belonged initially to the parish of Kentheim (Sommenhardt district), and later to Zavelstein. Presumably there was a church for a long time, which was replaced by the current building in 1765. In 1966, the artist Wolf-Dieter Kohler created three choir windows with the themes of the risen with disciples, the outpouring of the Holy Spirit and the Last Judgment. In 1980 the church was renovated.
The church center of Sommenhardt has always been the St. Candidus Church in Kentheim , a small hamlet outside of Sommenhardt. The church from 1075 was originally a branch of Stammheim and then became the parish church for the entire Nagold Valley. It was owned by the Hirsau Monastery. After the Reformation the church became a branch of Zavelstein. The nave of the Romanesque choir tower was later extended and the choir tower was raised with a half-timbered building. Inside, wall paintings from the 14th century, discovered in 1840, have been preserved. Through the announcement of the Oberkirchenrat on April 17, 1952, there was a small area of reallocation from the parish of Stammheim to the former parish of Sommenhardt in the Kentheim area. Through a further announcement of February 26, 1987, smaller areas of the former parish Sommenhardt were assigned to the neighboring parish Bad Teinach. In Sommenhardt, architect Georg Olivier from Neuenbürg completed the Church of the Resurrection in 1972, a building in the shape of a tent with a tower on the side. The painter Professor Gottfried Ehninger from Calw designed the concrete glass windows with the themes of the resurrection and the pouring out of the Holy Spirit.
Zavelstein initially belonged to Kentheim, but already had a chapel on the ground floor of the tower of the castle, which is first attested in 1379. In 1491 it was called St. George's Church. In 1545 the Duke of Württemberg created a parish there and with a simultaneous extension (with choir) to the south and west, the enlarged chapel was raised to a parish church in 1578 (instead of Kentheim). The nave was built as a transverse church with a west and north gallery and stalls facing the pulpit in the middle of the south wall. Gravestones and epitaphs of the Württemberg court junkers and barons Bouwinghausen-Wallmerode, fief recipients since 1616 and buyers of the Zavelstein manor in 1620, are still there. The west window was designed in 1996 by Anna-Dorothea Kunz-Saile with the themes of the Descent from the Cross and the Resurrection of Christ, as well as the dragon fight and martyrdom of St. George, the namesake of the church. Until 1956, the Altburg districts of Weltenschwann and Speßhardt also belonged to the Zavelstein parish. By the announcement of the upper church council of April 12, 1956, these places were assigned to the parish Altburg.
Verbundkirchengemeinde Zwerenberg
The Verbundkirchengemeinde Zwerenberg comprises the districts of Aichhalden and Oberweiler of the community of Simmersfeld, the districts of Gaugenwald and Zwerenberg of the community of Neuweiler, the Hornberg district of the city of Altensteig and the Martinsmoos district of the city of Neubulach. It consists of the five following parishes Aichhalden, Gaugenwald, Hornberg, Martinsmoos and Zwerenberg. Before 1907, the mountain town of Aichelberg, which is now part of Bad Wildbad, was part of the parish of Zwerenberg. The other two mountain towns of Meistern and Hünerberg, including Rehmühle, belonged to the Neuweiler parish before 1907. Aichelberg, Hünerberg, Meistern and Rehmühle have been part of a common parish since 1907 (see Aichelberg).
Aichhalden parish
The parish of Aichhalden (approx.) Comprises the districts of Aichhalden and Oberweiler of the community of Simmersfeld. All other Simmersfeld districts belong to the Nagold church district. In terms of church, Aichhalden initially belonged to Ebhausen, and since 1489 it has been looked after by the Zwerenberg parish. The small and simple Protestant St. Martin's Church seems to have undergone few external changes for centuries. The sturdy three-story choir tower with corner blocks still contains frescoes from the construction period around 1300 in the choir . The church was probably a pilgrimage church in the past. In 1965, the glass artist Wolf-Dieter Kohler created the choir window with Christ in the mandorla and the evangelist symbols for Matthew, Markus, Lukas and Johannes.
Parish of Gaugenwald
In terms of the church, Gaugenwald initially belonged to Ebhausen, in 1849 it was assigned to the parish of Zwerenberg. The smallest village church in Baden-Württemberg, in which a church service takes place regularly, was first mentioned in a document in 1080. The one-room hall church , which is owned by the bourgeois community, burned down in 1688, was demolished and replaced by the current building. The Stuttgart artist Wolf-Dieter Kohler designed the altar window with the Pentecost motif in 1961 as part of the church renovation.
Parish of Hornberg
The Hornberg parish includes the Hornberg district of the city of Altensteig. The other Altensteiger districts belong to the Nagold church district. A church dedicated to Our Lady was first mentioned in 1368. It belonged to the Ebhausen parish, from which it was separated in 1489. Later she came to the parish of Zwerenberg, from which she is looked after until today. The Hornberg Church was named as a chapel "Our Lady" as early as 1368 in a document from the Reuthin Monastery . The colored glass windows were also created by Wolf-Dieter Kohler.
Parish of Martinsmoos
The parish of Martinsmoos comprises the Martinsmoos district of the city of Neubulach. In terms of the church, Martinsmoos initially belonged to the Ebhausen parish, from the 16th century to the Zwerenberg parish. The church in Martinsmoos goes back to an originally Romanesque chapel. A new nave was added to the late Romanesque tower of the church originally dedicated to St. Conrad in 1955 and the choir window in the tower choir was designed by Stuttgart glass artist Adolf Valentin Saile with excerpts from the Passion and Easter stories. The crucifix is probably a carving from around 1500.
Parish of Zwerenberg
The parish of Zwerenberg (approx.) Includes the district of Zwerenberg in the community of Neuweiler. In terms of church, Zwerenberg initially belonged to Ebhausen. Since the Romanesque period there was a separate branch church. In 1489 Zwerenberg became an independent parish. The choir tower of today's church dates in parts from the 12th and 13th centuries. The new building plans in 1840 by Calwer building inspector fishermen were from Württemberg court architect Gottlob Georg Barth revised and according to the "normal plan established by the State Churches" in 1847 Kameralamtsstil realized. After the reconstruction between 1955 and 1959, the original pulpit altar wall became free for the large mural by Wolf-Dieter Kohler : In the center the motif of the mercy seat (God's hand offers the world the sacrifice of the crucified, and the dove of the Holy Spirit testifies to the divine mission Christ). Angel choirs float around adoring the love of God revealed on the cross. From below, the cross of Christ receives meaning and interpretation for the history of lost humanity. On the left is temptation and fall, and thus the origin of sin and death. In contrast to the tree of knowledge with its disastrous fruit, the cross of Christ is interpreted as the tree of life, and a stream of living water flows from there towards the thirsty human being. On the right opposite Christ is shown with the victory flag, how he takes power from death and how Michael fights the dragon.
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 V: Karlsruhe District; Stuttgart, 1976, ISBN 3-17-002542-2
Sources and further information
- ^ Website of the Evangelical Church District Calw-Nagold
- ↑ Website of the parish Altburg & Oberreichenbach
- ^ Website of the parish of Althengstett
- ^ Website of the Bad Liebenzell parish
- ^ Website of the Bad Teinach parish
- ^ Website of the parish of Beinberg, Maisenbach-Zainen, Unterlengenhardt
- ^ Website of the parish of Calw
- ↑ Website of the parish of Gechingen
- ^ Website of the Hirsau parish
- ^ Website of the parish of Monakam-Unterhaugstett
- ^ Website of the parish of Möttlingen
- ^ Website of the parish of Neubulach, Altbulach, Liebelsberg and Oberhaugstett
- ^ Website of the Neuhengstett-Ottenbronn parish
- ^ Website of the parish of Neuweiler, Breitenberg, Oberkollwangen and Agenbach
- ^ Website of the parish of Ostelsheim
- ^ Website of the parish of Simmozheim
- ^ Website of the parish of Stammheim-Holzbronn
- ^ Website of the parish in Unterreichenbach
- ↑ Website of the parish Kapfenhardt
- ^ Website of the parish of Würzbach
- ^ Website of the parish of Oberkollbach / Igelsloch
- ^ Website of the parish of Zavelstein
- ^ Website of the Verbundkirchengemeinde Zwerenberg