Ditzingen church district
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| Regional Church : | Evangelical Church in Württemberg |
| Prelature : | Stuttgart |
| Area : | km² |
| Structure: | 10 parishes |
| Parishioners: | approx. 31,000 (end of 2019) |
| Address of the Dean's Office : |
Mittlere Str. 17 71254 Ditzingen |
| Dean : | Friedrich Zimmermann |
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The previous Evangelical Church District Ditzingen has merged with the previous Church District Vaihingen an der Enz to form the new Evangelical Church District Vaihingen-Ditzingen since January 1, 2020 , and within it one of 44 church districts or church districts of the Evangelical Church in Württemberg . Its area is congruent with the Ditzingen dean's office .
geography
The church district of Ditzingen is located in the northwest of the Württemberg regional church. Its area mainly includes the Strohgäu .
Neighboring church districts
The church district of Ditzingen borders on the following church districts (starting clockwise in the west): Mühlacker (Prelature Heilbronn), Vaihingen an der Enz , Ludwigsburg and church district Stuttgart (former church district Zuffenhausen , all prelature Stuttgart) and Leonberg (prelature Reutlingen).
history
In contrast to most of the deaneries of the Württemberg regional church, which were established soon after the Reformation, the Ditzingen church district is a new establishment from the 1970s. As a result of the population growth in the Stuttgart area, new church districts were founded, including the church district of Ditzingen. It was formed on January 1st, 1978 from 11 parishes of the northern parish of Leonberg and two parishes (Markgröningen and Schwieberdingen) of the southern parish of Ludwigsburg within the prelature of Stuttgart and included before the merger with the parish of Vaihingen to form the new parish of Vaihingen-Ditzingen on January 1st In 2020 there will still be 10 parishes, two of which, the Gerlingen parish and the Münchingen-Kallenberg group parish, each consist of two parishes. From 1992 to 2003 the church district of Ditzingen belonged to the Prelature of Ludwigsburg , and since then it has belonged to Stuttgart again.
Head of the church district
The district synod , the church district committee (KBA) and the dean are responsible for managing the church district .
Deans of the church district Ditzingen
- 1978–1994 Manfred Neun (* 1931)
- 1994–2000 Walther Strohal (* 1948)
- 2000–2012 Elisabeth Hege (* 1959)
- since 2013 Friedrich Zimmermann
Parishes
In the previous church district of Ditzingen there are a total of 10 parishes. Two parishes each have merged (Gerlingen with Petrus / Lukas and Matthäus to form the overall parish of Gerlingen and Münchingen with Kallenberg to form the union parish of Münchingen-Kallenberg), but remain independent. A special feature of the Ditzingen church district is the Korntal Evangelical Brethren Congregation , an independent Protestant congregation founded by Pietists in 1819, which, however, has signed a contract with the Evangelical Church in Württemberg, according to which regional church members in Korntal can also choose from the respective pastor according to their place of residence Brethren Congregation receive pastoral care, even if they are not themselves a member of the Brethren Congregation. All parishes belong to the political cities and communities of Ditzingen , Gerlingen , Hemmingen , Korntal-Münchingen , Markgröningen and Schwieberdingen in the Ludwigsburg district .
Several parishes together form one of four districts. These are loosely regional associations of parishes that often have a common history and cooperate in different areas. The districts do not have any special representation. For example, the parishes in a district organize joint church services, conferences, seminars and projects. In addition, the pastors of a district exchange ideas and can thus relieve each other.
The North District includes the parishes of Hemmingen, Markgröningen and Schwieberdingen, the Ditzingen district includes the parishes of Ditzingen, Heimerdingen, Hirschlanden and Schöckingen, the Korntal district includes the parishes Korntal and Münchingen-Kallenberg and the Gerlingen district includes the two Gerlingen parishes of the Petrus / Lukaskirchen and Matthäuskirche .
Parish of Ditzingen
The parish of Ditzingen includes the core town of Ditzingen .
Ditzingen was originally on the border between the dioceses of Constance and Speyer , which was formed by the Glems river. Therefore, Ditzingen originally had two parish churches, the Konstanz church and the Speyr church. After the Reformation was introduced, the Konstanz Church became the main Protestant church in the area. The Speyer Church was handed over to the Dominican convent in Pforzheim by the bishop in 1347 and acquired by Württemberg in 1565. After the Reformation it served as a cemetery church. After the establishment of the Ditzingen deanery in 1978, the Konstanz church in Ditzingen became the deanery church.
General parish of Gerlingen
The entire parish of Gerlingen includes the city of Gerlingen . It was formed by the announcement of the Oberkirchenrat on January 4, 1965, when the until then sole parish of Gerlingen was divided into the three parishes, Lukaskirchengemeinde Gerlingen, Matthäuskirchengemeinde Gerlingen and Petruskirchengemeinde Gerlingen, and these were at the same time merged into the newly established general parish of Gerlingen. In a letter dated November 26, 1964, the Ministry of Education recognized the Gerlingen parish as a whole and its parishes as corporations under public law. On the 1st of Advent 2019, the two parishes Petruskirche and Lukaskirche merged to form the new Evangelical parish Petrus and Lukas Gerlingen . With 5500 parishioners, it is by far the largest parish in the church district of Vaihingen-Ditzingen. Together with the Evangelical St. Matthew Congregation, it forms the Evangelical General Church Congregation in Gerlingen.
Parish of Petrus and Lukas Gerlingen
The previous Petruskirche parish was the parish of Alt-Gerlingen. The Petruskirche was built from 1463, but a church in Gerlingen was mentioned as early as 1275. The Schiller graves are located on the southern outer wall of the sacristy. Friedrich Schiller's youngest sister and father , who both died in 1796, are buried here. This Petruskirchengemeinde was formed by the announcement of the Oberkirchenrat on January 4, 1965, when the until then sole parish of Gerlingen was divided into three parishes and at the same time these were merged into the newly established parish of Gerlingen. It opened on the 1st of Advent 2019 in the new parish of Petrus and Lukas Gerlingen .
The previous Lukas church parish of Gerlingen essentially comprised the Gehenbühl district of the city of Gerlingen, which was created in the 1950s and 1960s and is located directly on the city limits of Stuttgart. This Lukas parish was formed by the announcement of the upper church council on January 4, 1965, when the until then sole parish of Gerlingen was divided into three parishes and these at the same time merged into the newly established parish of Gerlingen. It opened on the 1st of Advent 2019 in the new parish of Petrus and Lukas Gerlingen . The Lukas Church was built in 1967.
Matthew parish of Gerlingen
The Matthäuskirchengemeinde Gerlingen essentially comprises the districts or housing estates Forchenrain, Schillerhöhe and Waldsiedlung of the city of Gerlingen. Today's Matthäuskirchengemeinde was formed through the announcement of the Oberkirchenrat on January 4, 1965, when the until then sole parish of Gerlingen was divided into three parishes and these at the same time merged into the newly established parish of Gerlingen. The Matthäuskirche was built in 1967. The parish of the clinic on the Schillerhöhe also belongs to the Matthäuskirche parish. Church services are also held regularly in the clinic chapel.
Heimerdingen parish
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The parish Heimerdingen includes the district of the same name from Ditzingen . The Peter and Paul Church is probably a foundation of the Weissenburg Monastery in Alsace, to which it belonged in the 9th century. However, today's church was only built in 1777 after the fire (1776) of the previous church in 1484. The tower measures 36 meters. It is crowned by a so-called "Welsche hood" with a gilded tower cross and a tower cock. The interior shows a hall church without a choir, which only got its present shape after the renovation in 1964.
Parish of Hemmingen
The parish Hemmingen includes the eponymous municipality Hemmingen .
The oldest parts of the Laurentius Church in the lower tower walls go back to the 12th century. Around 1330 the church was extended by a Gothic choir with a cross-vaulted yoke. A late Gothic sacristy was added around 1520. In the years up to 1600 the church was widened to the south. It then received a magnificent portal with, among other things, full sculptures of Peter and Paul. In 1785 the church was expanded to the north in a classicistic style, the roof was raised and adapted to the widened church. In 1856 it was redesigned by the architect Christoph Leins. In the years 1956–1961 the interior of the church was renovated and the medieval paintings in the choir were uncovered.
Parish of Hirschlanden
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The parish Hirschlanden includes the district of the same name from Ditzingen .
A church was first mentioned in Hirschlanden in 786. The name St. Oswald is first recorded in 1485. After several renovations, today's nave was rebuilt in 1748. In 1962 and again in 1996 the church was rebuilt and renovated.
The parish has a kindergarten on Lindenstrasse and the "Hirschlander Lädle" (a second-hand shop for children's clothes with childcare) and a one-world shop with a tea room.
Korntal parish
The Korntal parish includes the district of the same name in Korntal-Münchingen .
Korntal was founded in 1819 as a pietistic congregation under the name " Evangelische Brüdergemeinde Korntal ". She received several privileges and managed all matters independently. The community therefore did not belong to the Württemberg regional church. Initially, only members of the Brethren could move to Korntal. With the establishment of the German Empire in 1871, the Korntal special rights were for the most part abolished, which means that non-members of the Brethren Congregation could also move in. A small regional church community developed steadily, but was initially looked after by the neighboring community of Weilimdorf. The establishment of its own regional church congregation did not lead to success until the 1950s. The Evangelical Church Community of Korntal was founded on March 23, 1955 after the Ministry of Culture recognized the new church community as a corporation under public law in a letter dated March 17, 1955. Since then, two independent corporations have existed side by side in Korntal. The regional church community received its own parish in 1957 and built the Christ Church from 1958 to 1959. A second parish was founded in 1959. Several contracts have been concluded with the Korntal Brothers Congregation, which regulate how the Protestant population interacts with the members of the Brothers Congregation.
Parish of Markgröningen
The parish of Markgröningen comprises the core town of Markgröningen . The Unterriexingen district has its own parish, which is part of the Vaihingen an der Enz church district .
The Bartholomäuskirche is a Gothic vaulted basilica, which was rebuilt essentially at the beginning of the 14th century after the fire of 1277. The choir comes from Aberlin Jörg. The former hospital church is now a Catholic parish church. The Markgröningen clinic parish also belongs to the parish of Markgröningen.
Verbundkirchengemeinde Münchingen-Kallenberg
The Verbundkirchengemeinde Münchingen-Kallenberg consists of the two parishes Münchingen and Kallenberg.
Parish of Münchingen
The parish of Münchingen includes the district of the same name in Korntal-Münchingen . The Johanneskirche is a west tower with a reticulated choir. It was built in 1488 by Aberlin Jörg and Bernhard Sporer .
Until 1969, the Kallenberg settlement also belonged to the parish of Münchingen.
Kallenberg parish
The Kallenberg parish includes the district of the same name in Korntal-Münchingen . The district was created in the 1950s on the Stuttgart-Heilbronn motorway. For the young part of town, Dr. Helmut Votteler the Emmaus Church, which was built in 1956 on his behalf. In 1968 a separate parish was established at the Emmaus Church and, with effect from January 1, 1969, the independent branch parish Münchingen-Kallenberg was established as a subsidiary of Münchingen. The parsonage belonging to it was initially named "Münchingen II". By order of the upper church council of August 31, 1976 it was renamed "Pfarramt Kallenberg". With effect from May 31, 1995 the parish was also renamed "Kirchengemeinde Kallenberg".
Parish of Schöckingen
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The parish Schöckingen includes the district of the same name from Ditzingen .
The church, which was previously consecrated to St. Mauritius, was mentioned as a chapel in 1267. Today 's church is a choir tower with late Romanesque and late Gothic parts. It contains tombs of the lords of Nippenburg and von Gaisberg from the 16th and 17th centuries.
Parish of Schwieberdingen
The parish Schwieberdingen includes the eponymous municipality Schwieberdingen .
The Georgskirche was probably built in the 14th century and changed in the 15th century. The choir was built by Peter von Koblenz and completed in 1498. The church has grave monuments of the Lords of Nippenburg and others from the 14th to 16th centuries. In 1996 the church was completely renovated inside and out.
Evangelical Brethren Congregation Korntal
See explanations at the Evangelical Church Community Korntal or own main article .
literature
- The state of Baden-Württemberg - official description by districts and municipalities (in eight volumes). Edited by the Baden-Württemberg State Archives Directorate. Volume III: Stuttgart District - Middle Neckar Regional Association, Stuttgart, 1978, ISBN 3-17-004758-2 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Website of the Evangelical Church District Vaihingen-Ditzingen
- ^ Website of the parish of Ditzingen
- ^ Website of the entire parish of Gerlingen
- ↑ a b Website of the parish Petrus and Lukas Gerlingen
- ^ Website of the Matthäuskirchengemeinde Gerlingen
- ^ Website of the parish of Heimerdingen
- ^ Website of the parish of Hemmingen
- ^ Website of the parish of Hirschlanden
- ^ Website of the Korntal parish
- ^ Website of the parish of Markgröningen
- ↑ a b c Website of the Verbundkirchengemeinde Münchingen
- ^ Website of the Schöckingen parish
- ^ Website of the Schwieberdingen parish