Sulz am Neckar church district

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Basic data
Regional Church : Evangelical Church in Württemberg
Prelature : Reutlingen
Area : km²
Structure: 36 parishes
Parishioners: approx. 40,600 (2005)
Address of the
Dean's Office :		 Dekanatstr. 6
72172 Sulz am Neckar
Dean : Ulrich Vallon
map
Location of the church district Sulz am Neckar within the Evang. Regional Church in Württemberg

The Evangelical Church District Sulz am Neckar is one of 44 church districts or church districts of the Evangelical Church in Württemberg . Its area is congruent with the Dean's Office Sulz am Neckar.

geography

The church district Sulz am Neckar is located in the southwest of the area of ​​the Württemberg regional church. Its area largely includes the foothills of the central Black Forest . It includes the north of the Rottweil district , i.e. the cities and municipalities of Aichhalden , Dietingen (without the main town and district of Gößlingen), Dornhan , Epfendorf , Eschbronn , Fluorn-Winzeln , Lauterbach , Oberndorf am Neckar , Schramberg , Sulz am Neckar and Vöhringen , the South-east of the Freudenstadt district , i.e. the towns and communities of Alpirsbach (only the districts of Peterzell and Römlinsdorf), Empfingen , Eutingen im Gäu (only the main town), Horb am Neckar (without the districts of Bittelbronn and Dettlingen) and Lossburg (only the districts of Betzweiler-Waele and Zwanzighöfe), the districts of Bierlingen, Felldorf and Wachendorf of the municipality of Starzach ( Tübingen district ) as well as the core city and the districts of Bickelsberg, Brittheim and Leidringen of the city of Rosenfeld in the Zollernalb district .

Neighboring church districts

The church district Sulz am Neckar borders on the following church districts (starting clockwise in the west): Freudenstadt , Nagold , Herrenberg , Tübingen , Balingen and Tuttlingen . In the southwest it has a border with the Evangelical Church in Baden .

history

Before 1800, the area of ​​today's deanery or church district belonged to a large number of rulers. Only a few of them, including Württemberg, introduced the Reformation. Therefore, the area is predominantly Catholic. The Sulz am Neckar area, where the Reformation was introduced from 1534, is particularly evangelical. The city soon became the seat of a special superintendent, which, however, was subordinate to the abbots of St. Georgen and Alpirsbach from 1583 to 1616. Sulz has been the seat of the special superintendent's office, today the Dean's office, since 1617. It initially belonged to the Generalate Bebenhausen, from 1810 to Tübingen, from 1823 to Reutlingen, from 1913 to Ulm and finally again to the Generalate Reutlingen, from which today's Reutlingen Prelature emerged .

Until 1919, the Alpirsbach parish also belonged to the Sulz am Neckar parish. By the announcement of the consistory of July 4, 1919, it was reclassified to the church district Freudenstadt.

Head of the church district

The church district is managed by the district synod , the church district committee (KBA) and the dean .

Deans of the Sulz am Neckar parish since 1793

  • 1793–1814 Johann Georg Bauder
  • 1815–1824 Johann Friedrich Christian Hartmann
  • 1824–1843 Gottlieb Friedrich Binder
  • 1844–1857 Dr. Karl Gottlieb Hegelmajer
  • 1857–1864 Paul Friedrich Lang
  • 1864–1870 Christian Friedrich Kalchreuter (1819–1904)
  • 1871–1877 Ulrich Finckh (1825–1897)
  • 1877–1887 Dr. Robert Kern
  • 1887–1892 Alfred Friedrich Klemm
  • 1892–1903 Hermann Friedrich Openinger
  • 1903–1917 Gottlob Meidele
  • 1918–1925 Wilhelm Keller
  • 1926–1936 Dr. Hermann Findeisen
  • 1937–1944 Albrecht Schmidt
  • 1944–1953 Ernst Rapp (1898–1988)
  • 1953–1968 Alfons Schosser (1905–1974)
  • 1968–1988 Karl Hartmann (1925–1998)
  • 1988–1996 Wilhelm Scheytt (* 1931)
  • 1997–2012 Claus-Dieter Stoll (* 1948)
  • since 2012 Ulrich Vallon (* 1959)

School deans in the parish of Sulz am Neckar

Together with the dean , the school dean forms the dean 's office. The official seat of the school dean for the church districts Sulz am Neckar and Freudenstadt is in Freudenstadt. The current school dean has been Hans Jörg Dieter since August 1, 2012.

not completely

  • 1979–1989 Gottfried Dinkelaker (* 1937)
  • 1989–1997 Dietrich Elsner (* 1937)
  • 1998–2012 Albrecht Winkler (1952–2013)
  • since 2012 Hans Jörg Dieter (* 1960)

Parishes

In the Sulz am Neckar church district there are a total of 36 parishes, seven of which have merged to form a total of three parishes, but they 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 Sulz am Neckar is mixed denominational. Old Protestant churches or parishes therefore only exist in those places that introduced the Reformation early on. Most of the Protestant residents moved to the predominantly Catholic towns after the Second World War , so that there are mostly young Protestant parishes there.

The parishes are grouped into six local areas. The individual parishes work closely together here. The individual near areas include the eponymous parishes and the following other parishes: the parishes of Dettingen and Mühlen am Neckar in Horb am Neckar, the parishes Bergfelden, Dürrenmettstetten, Holzhausen, Hopfau, Mühlheim am Bach, Renfrizhausen, Sigmarswangen, Vöhringen and near Sulz am Neckar Wittershausen, in the vicinity of Rosenfeld the parishes of Bickelsberg, Brittheim, Leidringen and Rotenzimmern, in the vicinity of Dornhan the parishes of Betzweiler, Waeler, Marschalkenzimmern, Weiden, Peterzell and Römlinsdorf, in the vicinity of Oberndorf am Neckar the parishes of Aistaig, Boll, Fluorn and Trichtingen and in the vicinity of Schramberg the parishes of Lauterbach, Locherhof, Rötenberg and Sulgen.

Until 2006, the Isingen parish also belonged to the Sulz am Neckar parish. However, on January 1, 2007, she moved to the Balingen church district at her own request.

Parish of Aistaig

The parish of Aistaig (around 800 members) comprises the district of Aistaig of the city of Oberndorf am Neckar, whereby the hamlet of Lautenbach was only reclassified from the parish of Oberndorf to the parish of Aistaig by the notice of the upper church council on May 10, 1928. A parish is mentioned in Aistaig as early as 1275. The church, originally a branch of Oberndorf am Neckar, was consecrated to St. Gallus. The current church was built in 1404, the nave in 1764.

Bergfelden parish

The Bergfelden parish (around 1,100 members) comprises the Bergfelden district of the city of Sulz am Neckar. The first church in the Franconian settlement (around the year 600) was already consecrated to its national saint Remigius, the Bishop of Reims. Today's fortified church , which is one of the most beautiful and best-preserved fortified churches in the country, was built in the years 1513–1517 and also consecrated to Saint Remigius. The three bells in the 36 m high defense tower were cast in 1427 and 1470, the oldest in the second half of the 14th century. During renovation work in 1940, valuable frescoes were uncovered on the north wall of the choir.

In the parish there is a church choir founded in 1935 with 25 members and a trombone choir with 31 members (as of the anniversary year 2008), which was founded in 1958 by the then pastor Auer. The Evangelicals from Bernstein, who belonged to the Bergfelden parish until 1957, were assigned to the Renfrizhausen parish by an announcement by the Oberkirchenrat on January 7, 1957.

Betzweiler parish

Evang. Betzweiler Church

The parish of Betzweiler (around 1,250 members) includes the districts of Betzweiler and twenty-four courtyards of the community of Loßburg. Ecclesiastically, Betzweiler initially belonged to Dornhan as a branch. A chapel dedicated to St. George was mentioned as early as 1353. In 1882 a separate parish was established in Betzweiler. The church in Betzweiler is late Gothic and is located in a walled cemetery. The rectory in Betzweiler also looks after the parish of Wilder. By the announcement of the upper church council on March 7, 1947, the twenty-four courtyards were reclassified from the parish of Dornhan to the parish of Betzweiler. There is no church in Twenty-Four Courtyards.

Bickelsberg parish

The parish of Bickelsberg (around 700 members) includes the Bickelsberg district of the city of Rosenfeld. Ecclesiastically, Bickelsberg initially belonged to Leidringen. A chapel of St. George was mentioned in 1322. It was raised to its own parish in 1505. The Reformation was introduced in 1534. The current church was built in 1746, but the tower is older. The Bickelsberg rectory has also looked after the neighboring parish of Brittheim since 1542.

Parish of Boll-Bochingen

The parish of Boll (about 900 members) comprises the districts of Boll and Bochingen of the city of Oberndorf am Neckar.

Boll initially belonged to the Alpirsbach monastery. A Nikolaus chapel is mentioned in 1439, but it has existed since at least 1360. It was a branch church of the Remigius Church in Oberndorf. With the Alpirsbach monastery, Boll came to Württemberg. From there the Reformation was introduced in 1535 and the place was assigned to the parish of Wittershausen. In 1836 Boll came (again) to the parish of Oberndorf and formed a branch parish of Oberndorf. In 1959 a parish administration was set up in Boll and by the announcement of the upper church council on November 16, 1962, the branch parish of Boll was separated from the mother parish of Oberndorf and raised to the status of an independent parish. In 1981 Boll became an independent parish to which Bochingen was also assigned. While in the middle of the 19th century all of Boll's residents were Protestants, the proportion of Protestants in 2006 was only around 58%.

The church in Boll is a single-nave hall church with a flat ceiling and a Gothic cross-ribbed vaulted choir, in which the altar and organ are located under the tower. The tower has a gable roof. It was originally used as a defense tower and was later increased. The sacristy was added to the east. The altar cross probably has a late Gothic body. In 1814 the church was extensively rebuilt. The roof and gable were changed, the entrance moved from the south to the west side and a gallery was built. In 1954 the gallery in the choir was dismantled and a new gallery was installed in the western part. Furthermore, the ceiling, the chairs, the altar and the pulpit were renewed in 1954. In 1993 the exterior and interior facades were renovated.

In 1894 the church received its first organ, which was replaced in 1954. This was expanded to two manuals in 1983. In 1829 and 1851 the church received new bells. The whereabouts of the old bells is unknown. In 1917 the large bronze bell was melted down. It was replaced by two steel bells in 1921. The small bronze bell was probably melted down in 1943/44. It was not until 1972/73 that today's three bells and a new tower clock with an electric bell system were installed. The rectory with community center and kindergarten was built in 1969.

Boll also has a church choir, which was founded around 1925.

Bochingen remained Catholic after the Reformation. Most of the Protestant residents who moved here after the Second World War were assigned to the parish of Boll.

Brittheim parish

The Brittheim parish includes the Brittheim district of the city of Rosenfeld. A church and parish was mentioned in Brittheim as early as 1275. In the 14th century, the church set belonged to the lords of Zimmer, then to some citizens of Rottweil, and finally to the Alpirsbach monastery. The Reformation was introduced in 1534. In 1542 the parish was united with Bickelsberg, where the parish seat has been since then. Today's All Saints Church in Brittheim was completely renovated in 1860/61, but is much older, including the tower. The parish of Brittheim is looked after by the Bickelsberg parish to this day.

Parish of Dettingen

The parish of Dettingen (around 1,400 members) comprises the districts of Dettingen, Betra, Dießen, Ihlingen and Rexingen of the city of Horb am Neckar and the districts of Fischingen and Glatt of the city of Sulz am Neckar. After the Reformation, Dettingen initially remained Catholic. At the beginning of the 19th century Pietism spread and there were conversions to the Protestant faith. A separate church was built as early as 1874 to 1876 and a separate parish was established in 1890, which initially belonged to the Mühlen am Neckar parish and was only established as an independent parish in the 20th century. Later, the Protestant residents of today's districts Betra, Dießen, Ihlingen (1951) and Rexingen (1951) as well as today's districts Fischingen and Glatt of the city of Sulz am Neckar were assigned to it, who remained Catholic after the Reformation and then partly moved to Dettlingen or Mills on the Neckar belonged. There are no Protestant churches in these parts of the city. Only in Rexingen has the former synagogue served as a Protestant church since 1952.

The parish of Dettingen initially belonged to the parish of the Hohenzollern Lands of the Evangelical Church of the Old Prussian Union . By contract of this regional church with the Evangelical regional church in Württemberg, the parish of Dettingen was reclassified with four other Prussian Protestant parishes into the Württemberg regional church with effect from April 1, 1950 and assigned to the parish Sulz am Neckar. In the Protestant parishes in Hohenzollern, the old Prussian form of worship continues to exist at the request of the parishes. The places Ihlingen and Rexingen, which previously belonged to the parish of Horb am Neckar, were assigned to the parish of Dettingen. In return, the places Dettensee, Dettlingen and Heidenhof were separated from the parish of Dettingen and assigned to the parishes of Mühlen am Neckar, Schopfloch (parish Freudenstadt) and Oberiflingen.

Until December 5, 1971, the community of Empfingen also belonged to the parish of Dettingen before it was affiliated to the parish of Mühlheim am Bach. There is now an independent parish there.

Dornhan parish

The parish of Dornhan (around 1,800 members) comprises the core city and the Busenweiler district of the city of Dornhan. The Marschalkenzimmern and Weiden districts form their own parishes. Likewise the district of Fürnsal, to whose parish the districts of Bettenhausen and Leinstetten also belong. The parish of Fürnsal was reclassified to the church district of Freudenstadt by an announcement by the upper church council on January 4, 1968 . At the same time the parish of Oberbrändi was newly formed there.

A parish church is mentioned in Dornhan as early as 1273 when it was incorporated into the Alpirsbach monastery. The towns of Busenweiler, Betzweiler, Gundelshausen and, until the 16th century, Neunthausen and Niederdobel also belonged to their district. Later, some parishes of their own were established there. Only Busenweiler still belongs to the parish of Dornhan to this day. The originally Romanesque west tower of the Dornhan Church has a late Gothic choir and a nave, which was redesigned in the Baroque period after a fire in 1718.

In the associated town of Busenweiler there is a church that emerged from an originally Romanesque chapel. This was changed in the Middle Ages and then again after a fire in 1718. Busenweiler formed an independent parish until 1925, which was only united with the parish of Dornhan through the announcement of the upper church council on January 7, 1925.

Until 1947, the place of twenty-four courtyards (today part of the municipality of Loßburg) belonged to the parish of Dornhan. On March 7, 1947, the Upper Church Council announced that the twenty-four courtyards were assigned to the parish of Betzweiler. Furthermore, by the announcement of the consistory of June 30, 1908, the station wards house No. 96 near Lossburg had been reclassified from the parish of Dornhan to the parish of Lossburg.

Parish of Dürrenmettstetten

The parish of Dürrenmettstetten comprises the Dürrenmettstetten district of the city of Sulz am Neckar. A chapel has existed since the Reformation or earlier. It was probably always a branch of Hopfau. It was demolished in the 18th century and today's Protestant church was built in its place from 1743 to 1745. The parish of Dürrenmettstetten is looked after by the Hopfau parish.

Fluorn parish

The Fluorn parish (around 1,550 members) includes the Fluorn-Winzeln parish and the Waldmössingen district of the city of Schramberg. In Fluorn a parish is mentioned as early as 1275 and a church in 1279, which was owned by the Augustinian convent in Oberndorf. The church sentence came to Württemberg in 1471 through the Lords of Geroldseck, who introduced the Reformation. The Romanesque-Gothic church is a former fortified church.

The parish in Fluorn also looks after the Protestant residents from Winzeln and Waldmössingen. In both places, which remained Catholic after the Reformation, Protestant residents did not move in until after the Second World War. They were assigned to the parish Fluorn.

Until 1911, the Protestant residents of Hochmössingen also belonged to the Fluorn parish. By the announcement of the Oberkirchenrat on November 9, 1911, these were assigned to the parish Marschalkenzimmern. Furthermore, the Protestant residents of Seedorf belonged to the parish of Fluorn until 1965. By announcement of the Oberkirchenrat on January 4, 1965, these were assigned to the parish of Sulgen.

From 1911 to 1959 the hamlet of Heiligenbronn (then the municipality of Sulgen) also belonged to the parish of Fluorn. It was reclassified in 1911 from the parish of Schönbronn (merged into the parish of Locherhof in 1960) to the parish of Fluorn. With the formation of the Sulgen parish in 1959, Heiligenbronn was also assigned to the new Sulgen parish.

Parish of Holzhausen

The parish of Holzhausen (around 600 members) includes the Holzhausen district of the city of Sulz am Neckar. Holzhausen was a branch of Bergfelden, of Vöhringen since the 15th century and later of Sulz. A chapel of St. Otmar has gone, the current church was built in 1780.

Hopfau parish

The parish of Hopfau (about 440 members) includes the Hopfau district of the city of Sulz am Neckar. In 1222 a folk priest is mentioned in Hopfau. The church came to the Alpirsbach monastery in 1278 from Count Hermann von Sulz. In the 16th century, Hopfau also became a parish for the towns of Neunthausen and Niederdobel. The originally Romanesque church was renovated in the late Gothic style in 1497. The choir dates from 1731.

The Hopfau parish also looks after the parish of Dürrenmettstetten.

Parish of Horb am Neckar

The parish of Horb am Neckar (around 3,950 members) comprises the core town and the districts of Altheim, Bildechingen, Grünmettstetten, Isenburg and Nordstetten of the city of Horb am Neckar and the capital of the community of Eutingen im Gäu. The district of Mühlen am Neckar forms its own parish, which also includes the districts of Ahldorf, Dettensee and Mühringen. The district of Dettingen also forms its own parish to which the districts of Betra, Dießen, Ihlingen and Rexingen also belong. The districts of Bittelbronn and Dettlingen belong to the parish of Schopfloch ( parish of Freudenstadt ) and the districts of Ober- and Untertalheim form the parish of Talheim within the overall parish of Haiterbach-Talheim (parish of Nagold ).

The city of Horb am Neckar and the entire surrounding area remained Catholic after the Reformation. Not until the 19th century, in the districts mostly after the Second World War, did Protestant residents move in. In 1866 a non-independent parish administration was set up in Horb. Pastor Jehle looked after it from Mühlen. The services in Horb took place in the Catholic churches. On May 9th, 1895, the foundation stone was laid for the construction of our own Protestant church in Horb. The consecration of the neo-Gothic church was on November 19, 1896, it was named Johanneskirche. The architect was Theophil Fey from Stuttgart. Inside, the colored choir window and the hanging crucifix by the sculptor Zeiser from Stuttgart deserve special mention. The window shows John the Evangelist, the Apostles Paul and Peter, and James. On the south side of the outer facade there are two stone sculptures depicting John as the Baptist and the Apostle. The organ installed in 1896 was replaced by a new one in 1991. The bell in the tower dates back to 1956 after the previous bells were lost in World War II.

In 1897, Horb was appointed its own parish and parish administrator Kirn as the first city pastor. At that time the own parish of Horb was probably founded. The above-mentioned current districts of Horb were later assigned to it and, through the announcement of the consistory of February 1, 1913, the community of Eutingen im Gäu, which until then still belonged to the parish of Hochdorf in the parish of Nagold, was assigned. However, today's district of Bildechingen was only assigned to the parish of Horb am Neckar by the parish of Mühlen am Neckar following an announcement by the Upper Church Council on March 10, 1937. The Eutingen train station, located in the Rohrdorf district (today part of Eutingen), was only reclassified from the Tübingen parish (Eckenweiler parish) to the Sulz am Neckar parish and assigned to the Horb am Neckar parish following an announcement by the Upper Church Council on July 24, 1934. Today there are three parish offices within the parish of Horb, the Parish Office I, the Parish Office II and the Parish Office III.

In addition to the Johanneskirche, the Horb parish also has two parish halls, one in Weingasse and the Hohenberg parish hall in Lerchenstrasse, each of which has a kindergarten (Johanneskindergarten, founded in 1966 and Hohenberg kindergarten, founded in 1993) owned by the parish. In addition to the services in the Johanneskirche, services are also regularly held in the districts and in Eutingen im Gäu, for example in the nurses' home in Altheim, in the Catholic Church in Bildechingen, in Nordstetten Castle and in the parish barn of the Catholic parish of Eutingen.

The parish of Horb also has a church choir with about 20 members (founded in 1936) and a trombone choir with about 10 members. It issues a parish letter every three months.

Parish in Leidringen

The parish of Leidringen (around 850 members) includes the Leidringen district of the city of Rosenfeld. A church and parish is mentioned in Leidringen as early as 1179, from 1454 it was called St. Peter. The monastery of St. Georgen had the right of patronage. The Reformation was introduced in 1534. The church in Leidringen is essentially late Gothic and has an east choir tower. The Leidringen parish also looks after the Rotenzimmern parish.

Parish of Locherhof

The parish of Locherhof (around 1,650 members) comprises the parish Eschbronn with its two districts Locherhof and Mariazell, the parish Hardt, the Schönbronn district of the city of Schramberg and the main town of the Dunningen community (the Seedorf district is part of the Sulgen parish).

Locherhof is a village that emerged from several settlements, which became an independent municipality in 1806. In church terms, Locherhof used to belong to the parish and parish of Schönbronn, which was established in 1835 as a parish administration for the places Schönbronn, Sulgen, Schramberg, Locherhof, Mariazell and Dunningen. In 1857/58 a church was built in Schönbronn. She looked after the entire - predominantly Catholic - surrounding area, including the Protestant residents of Schramberg, until their own church was built there in 1874. In 1959 another church, the Christ Church, was built in Locherhof next to Schönbronn. It is covered with black slate. Locherhof had become a branch parish of Schönbronn even earlier. Through the announcement of the Oberkirchenrat on June 23, 1959, the subsidiary parish of Locherhof was separated from the mother parish of Schönbronn and raised to the status of an independent parish, until finally, by an announcement of August 3, 1960, the parish of Schönbronn was completely dissolved and its territory was assigned to the parish of Locherhof.

The Mariazell district also belongs to the parish of Locherhof. This place remained Catholic after the Reformation, or it was re-Catholicized after the temporary introduction of the Reformation. Most of the Protestant residents only moved in after the Second World War. They were then assigned to the parish of Locherhof. The same is true of the Hardt community, which was only separated from Mariazell in 1839 and raised to the status of an independent community. The Protestant residents then initially belonged to the parish of Schönbronn and were assigned to the parish of Locherhof after its dissolution in 1959. Dunningen also remained Catholic after the Reformation. Here, too, the Protestant residents were assigned to the parish of Locherhof. In Dunningen, however, Protestant services are now being held in the parish hall of the Dunningen Catholic parish.

General parish of Marschalkenzimmern-Weiden

The entire parish of Marschalkenzimmern-Weiden comprises the Marschalkenzimmern and Weiden districts of the city of Dornhan. It was created on January 1st, 2013 through the merger of the parishes Marschalkenzimmern and Weiden.

Parish Marschalkenzimmern

The Marschalkenzimmern parish (around 1,400 members) comprises the Marschalkenzimmern district of the city of Dornhan. A church is mentioned in Marshal's rooms as early as 1275. The patronage had the Counts of Lupfen as a fief of the local rulers. Württemberg introduced the Reformation in 1598. In 1635 the parish of Marschalkenzimmern was abolished and the place was assigned to Fürnsal, later to Dornhan. In 1682 the place had its own vicars again and in 1739 the parish was rebuilt. In 1634 the old church burned down. Therefore, a new one with a roof turret was built in 1712. The neighboring parish of Weiden also belongs to the parish of Marschalkenzimmern and, according to the announcement of the upper church council of November 9, 1911, Hochmössingen, which remained Catholic after the Reformation and has no church. In 1964 the Christ Church was built in Marschalkenzimmern.

Weiden parish

The Weiden parish (around 530 members) includes the Weiden district of the city of Dornhan. In church terms, Weiden has belonged to Aistaig since the Reformation, but from 1963 to Marschalkenzimmern. A church dedicated to the Holy Cross is mentioned in 1551, but the tower dates back to Roman times and probably served as a watchtower. Württemberg introduced the Reformation. The originally Romanesque church was changed in the Gothic style and secularized after the Reformation, but so-called "prayer hours" continued to take place. In 1836, however, it was reactivated for church purposes and is now called Nikolauskirche. The parish of Weiden is still looked after by the parish office of Marschalkenzimmern. In 1966 the cruciform church was renovated and restored mainly in the interior. The late Gothic crucifix from the Ulm school is particularly striking , and there are two of the oldest bells in the country in the church tower. The organ was built in 1870 by the Link Brothers organ building company in Giengen an der Brenz and has 5 manual stops and 2 pedal stops.

Parish of Mühlen am Neckar

The parish of Mühlen am Neckar (around 1,450 members) comprises the districts of Mühlen am Neckar, Ahldorf, Dettensee and Mühringen of the city of Horb am Neckar and the districts of Bierlingen, Felldorf and Wachendorf of the municipality of Starzach (Tübingen district). Until April 1, 1951, Dettensee still belonged to the Evangelical Church of the Old Prussian Union and was part of the parish of Dettingen / Hohenz (today Dettingen; see above). At that time Dettensee was reclassified to the Württemberg regional church and assigned to the parish of Mühlen am Neckar.

There is evidence of a church in Mühlen as a parish seat as early as 1275. The church set was partly with the county of Werdenberg-Heiligenberg, later entirely with the local rule, which introduced the Reformation. The church, known as St. Remigius Church from 1612, has a late Gothic tower with a Romanesque base, the nave dates from the 18th century.

In the districts belonging to the Mühlen am Neckar parish, there are usually no Protestant churches, as these places remained Catholic after the Reformation and Protestant residents mostly only moved in after the Second World War. Only in Mühringen was a separate church, the Friedenskirche, built in 1965. It is the same in the districts that belong to the municipality of Starzach today. The Protestant residents of these predominantly Catholic places were therefore also assigned to the parish Mühlen am Neckar, whereby Wachendorf belonged to the parish Remmingsheim in the parish of Tübingen until 1968 and was reclassified to the parish of Sulz am Neckar and the parish of Mühlen am by the notice of the upper church council of October 8, 1968 Neckar was assigned.

Until 1937, Bildechingen was also part of the Mühlen am Neckar parish. By announcement of the Oberkirchenrat on March 10, 1937, Bildechingen was assigned to the parish of Horb am Neckar.

General parish of Mühlheim am Bach

The entire parish of Mühlheim am Bach includes the districts of Mühlheim am Bach and Renfrizhausen of the city of Sulz am Neckar and the community of Empfingen. It was built in 1995 and today consists of the three following parishes Empfingen (since 2001), Mühlheim am Bach and Renfrizhausen.

Parish of Empfingen

The parish Empfingen (about 650 members) includes the parish Empfingen. The place remained Catholic after the Reformation. Protestant residents also moved in mainly after the Second World War. They were assigned to the parish of Mühlheim am Bach. With effect from November 11, 2001, the district of Empfingen was spun off from the parish of Mühlheim am Bach, and from this district the independent parish of Empfingen was newly formed within the overall parish of Mühlheim am Bach. To this day, however, the parish of Empfingen is looked after by the Mühlheim am Bach rectory. Church services are held regularly in the Empfingen cemetery chapel.

Parish of Mühlheim am Bach

The parish of Mühlheim am Bach (around 1,200 members) comprises the Mühlheim am Bach district of the city of Sulz am Neckar. In terms of the church, Mühlheim am Bach was initially a branch of Empfingen. After the Reformation, Mühlheim am Bach became its own parish. The old church from 1550 was replaced by the current building in the 18th century. Part of the tower was also used. In 1995, the parish of Mühlheim am Bach and the parish of Renfrizhausen were merged to form the entire parish of Mühlheim am Bach.

From December 5, 1971 to 2001, Empfingen also belonged to the Mühlheim am Bach parish, which was previously part of the Dettingen parish. With effect from November 11, 2001, the district of Empfingen was spun off from the parish of Mühlheim am Bach and the independent parish of Empfingen was formed within the entire parish of Mühlheim am Bach. The parish office in Mühlheim am Bach also looks after the congregations of Empfingen and Renfrizhausen.

Parish Renfrizhausen

The parish Renfrizhausen comprises the Renfrizhausen district of the city of Sulz am Neckar. Ecclesiastically Renfrizhausen belonged first to Empfingen. After the Reformation it was assigned to the newly founded parish of Mühlheim am Bach. The originally Romanesque choir tower church received a new nave in 1725. In 1995 the parish of Renfrizhausen and the parish of Mühlheim am Bach were merged to form the entire parish of Mühlheim am Bach. The parish of Renfrizhausen is still looked after by the parish office in Mühlheim am Bach.

Through the announcement of the Oberkirchenrat on January 7, 1957, the Evangelicals from Bernstein, who until then belonged to the Bergfelden parish, were assigned to the Renfrizhausen parish.

Parish of Oberndorf am Neckar

The parish of Oberndorf am Neckar (around 2,800 members) comprises the core city and the districts of Altoberndorf and Beffendorf of the city of Oberndorf am Neckar. The districts of Aistaig (with the hamlet Lautenbach, which was reclassified from Oberndorf to the parish of Aistaig by the announcement of the upper church council on May 10, 1928) and Boll form their own parishes, with the Bochingen district also belonging to Boll. The district of Hochmössingen belongs to the parish of Marschalkenzimmern (city of Dornhan).

Oberndorf am Neckar remained Catholic after the Reformation as it belonged to Austria. Only at the beginning of the 19th century did Protestant residents move in. In 1820 the first Protestant service was celebrated in Oberndorf am Neckar. The church of the former Augustinian monastery served the young community as a place of worship. In 1836 a separate parish was established in Oberndorf and in 1916 the Protestant town church was built. Due to the large influx of people, it became necessary to found a second parish. This is how the Lindenhof parish came into being, which also looked after the Protestant residents of Beffendorf. The Lindenhof has its own community center. Today the two parish offices in Oberndorf am Neckar are called Parish Office I and Parish Office II.

Altoberndorf and Beffendorf also remained Catholic, as they did after the Reformation. Most of the Protestant residents who moved in after the Second World War were assigned to the parish of Oberndorf am Neckar.

From 1908 to 1969 Epfendorf also belonged to the parish of Oberndorf am Neckar. It was reclassified from the Trichtigen parish to Oberndorf through the announcement of the consistory of November 12, 1908, but was then reassigned to the Trichtingen parish through the announcement of the upper church council of November 3, 1969.

Entire parish of Peterzell-Römlinsdorf

The total parish (about 700 members) includes the districts of Peterzell and Römlinsdorf of the city of Alpirsbach. It was formed on January 1, 2002 from the two parishes of Peterzell and Römlinsdorf, which it still consists of today.

Parish of Peterzell

The parish of Peterzell (about 450 members) includes the district of Peterzell and all associated hamlets, including Breitenwies and Hönweiler, the city of Alpirsbach. According to legend, Peterzell is said to have emerged from a chapel built by an Alpirsbach monk Peter at a well spring. A church of St. Peter and Paul was owned by a marshal of the Count of Hohenberg in the 14th century, later the dukes of Teck and the Alpirsbach monastery had patronage rights. Today's church is Gothic in core with a west tower and polygonal choir. The Peterzell parish also looks after the parish of Römlinsdorf.

Parish Römlinsdorf

The parish of Römlinsdorf (about 240 members) includes the Römlinsdorf district of the city of Alpirsbach. As early as 1316, Römlinsdorf came to the Alpirsbach monastery and thus to the Peterzeller church set, to which the place always belonged. A church of St. Oswald is named in 1564, later it was also named Nikolauskirche. The church is likely to go back to the 13th century. The Romanesque church has a rectangular plan and a square choir. The parish of Römlinsdorf is looked after by the Peterzell parish until today.

Parish of Rötenberg

The parish of Rötenberg (about 1,450 members) includes the parish of Aichhalden with the exception of the hamlet Eselbach, which belongs to the parish of Schramberg. A church in Rötenberg is mentioned as early as 1275. It was probably founded by the Alpirsbach monastery. The church, consecrated to St. John, is originally a late Gothic building, of which only the polygonal choir and the tower have survived. The nave was rebuilt in 1774. Inside there is a late Gothic baptismal font and Romanesque column bases. Today the church is called Kreuzkirche. The parish of Rötenberg also includes Bach and Altenberg, which was part of the Alpirsbach monastery after the Reformation introduced by Württemberg. The main town of Aichhalden remained Catholic after the Reformation. Most of the residents who moved here only after the Second World War were also assigned to the Rötenberg parish.

Parish of Rosenfeld

The parish of Rosenfeld (around 1,300 members) comprises the core town of Rosenfeld. The districts form their own parishes, with the exception of Heiligenzimmer, whose Protestant residents belong to the parish of Haigerloch (parish of Balingen). The two parishes of Isingen and Täbingen also belong to the parish of Balingen. In terms of church, Rosenfeld was initially a branch of Isingen, whose parish also included the places Binsdorf and Erlaheim. A chapel is mentioned in Rosenfeld as early as 1319. It is believed that the church was built around 1265. The pastors only moved from Isingen to Rosenfeld after the Reformation. The pastors were nominated by the Johanniterkommende Rottweil and confirmed by Württemberg. Isingen was only separated from the parish of Rosenfeld in 1869 and raised to its own parish. Later the Protestant residents from Binsdorf and Erlaheim (1986) were assigned to it. These places remained Catholic after the Reformation. Protestant residents moved to these places only after the Second World War. Erlaheim initially belonged to the parish of Ostdorf, from 1949 to the parish of Rosenfeld and was assigned to the parish of Isingen in 1986. On January 1, 2007, the Isingen parish moved to the Balingen parish at its own request. Since 2018, Isingen has formed a joint parish with Rosenfeld.

The tower of the Rosenfeld Church from the 15th century used to have a tent roof. In 1712 the roof was rebuilt when the tower was raised. The oldest bell is the Marienglocke. It was built into the tower in 1475. In June 1993 the church was renovated.

Rotenzimmern parish

The Rotenzimmern parish includes the Rotenzimmern district of the Dietingen community. After the Reformation, Rotenzimmern came to Württemberg, where it belonged to the St. Georgen monastery office. The church in Rotenzimmern is more recent. The Rotenzimmern parish is looked after by the Leidringen parish.

General parish Schramberg

The overall parish of Schramberg (about 2,500 members) includes the core town and some associated hamlets of the city of Schramberg as well as the community of Lauterbach. It was formed with effect from January 1, 1972 from the Schramberg parish and its Lauterbach branch parish. In a letter dated April 14, 1972, the Ministry of Education recognized the entire parish as a public corporation.

Parish Schramberg

The Schramberg parish (around 1,500 members) includes the core town and some associated hamlets of the city of Schramberg and the Eselbach hamlet of the Aichhalden community. The hamlets of Säuen, Schönbronn and Hutneck belong to the parish of Locherhof. The Sulgen district forms its own parish, Waldmössingen belongs to the Fluorn parish (both in the Sulz parish), and the Tennenbronn district forms its own parish of the Evangelical Church in Baden.

Schramberg remained Catholic after the Reformation. Protestant residents moved to the Schramberg area as early as the 19th century, mainly as a result of industrialization. In 1835 this led to the formation of an evangelical parish administration for the places Sulgen, Schramberg, Locherhof, Mariazell and Dunningen, which took its seat in Schönbronn. A church was also built here in 1857/58, which Schramberg also looked after until its own church was built there in 1874. Before that, Schramberg had already set up its own parish administration in 1866. The first Protestant church service in Schramberg had already taken place in 1851 in the garden hall of the Mohrenwirt. The first Protestant pastor, Theodor Traub, began his service in Schramberg in 1888. In 1898 the town church was expanded.

In 1902 the toddler school, a forerunner of the kindergarten, was founded and in 1927 the parish built a parish hall in Oberndorferstrasse. Another parish hall, the Martin Luther House, was built in 1960 on Zeppelinstrasse. Today there are two parish offices in Schramberg, the Schramberg II parish also looks after the Lauterbach parish.

Parish Lauterbach

The Lauterbach parish (around 500 members) includes the Lauterbach parish. Lauterbach remained Catholic after the Reformation. Protestant residents also moved in in the 19th century. The first Protestant service in Lauterbach was celebrated in 1904. In 1948/49 a church and a rectory were built in Lauterbach. With the announcement of the Oberkirchenrat on October 6, 1959, the independent branch parish Lauterbach of the mother parish Schramberg was founded. Since 1972, this has formed the Schramberg parish with the Schramberg parish. Today the Lauterbach parish is looked after by the Schramberg II-Lauterbach rectory. In addition to Lauterbach, the south-west of Schramberg also belongs to the parish.

Sigmarswangen parish

The Sigmarswangen parish includes the Sigmarswangen district of the city of Sulz am Neckar. Originally Sigmarswangen was ecclesiastically divided between the parishes of Aistaig and Bochingen. After the Reformation it was completely assigned to the parish of Aistaig. In 1836 a separate parish was established, but the Sigmarswangen parish is now looked after by the Wittershausen parish. The old Jakobus chapel in Sigmarswangen was demolished in the 18th century and replaced by the current building from 1788. The basement tower of the previous building was retained.

Parish Sulgen

The parish of Sulgen (around 2,200 members) comprises the districts of Sulgen and Heiligenbronn with some associated hamlets of the city of Schramberg and the district of Seedorf of the community of Dunningen. Sulgen and the entire surrounding area remained Catholic after the Reformation. In the 19th century Protestant residents also moved in and in 1835 a Protestant parish administration was established for the places Schönbronn, Sulgen, Schramberg, Locherhof, Mariazell and Dunningen, which took its seat in Schönbronn. The Schramberg parish was later split off from this. Sulgen remained with the parish of Schönbronn. This became too big, especially after the Second World War, so that another church, the “Church of the Resurrection”, was built for Sulgen in 1956 and another parish was built in 1959. The independent parish of Sulgen was then established by the Upper Church Council on June 23, 1959, with effect from April 1, 1959, from areas of the Schönbronn parish after the Ministry of Education recognized the new parish as a public corporation in a letter of August 6, 1958. The Protestant residents from the hamlets of Beschenhof, Birkenhof, Friedrichsberg, Heiligenbronn (belonging to the Fluorn parish since 1911), Lienberg, Oberreute, Schoren, Steighäusle and Vier Häuser were assigned to it. The parish of Schönbronn then merged into the parish of Locherhof in 1960. Since 2001 the parish of Sulgen has also had a parish hall right next to the church.

Seedorf also remained Catholic after the Reformation. Most of the Protestant residents who moved there only after the Second World War were initially assigned to the Fluorn parish. By the announcement of the upper church council of January 4, 1965, however, they were also assigned to the parish of Sulgen.

Parish Sulz am Neckar

The parish of Sulz am Neckar (around 2,100 members) comprises the core town of Sulz am Neckar. In terms of the church, Sulz am Neckar initially belonged to Bergfelden, but from 1275 onwards it had its own parish at times. The St. Sebastian Church was under the patronage of Württemberg. In 1503 a separate parish was established in Sulz am Neckar and in 1515 the city became the seat of a deanery (at that time a special superintendent), which now coincides with the Sulz I parish. The parish office Sulz II looks after the parishioners in the north.

Parish Trichtingen

The parish of Trichtingen (around 1,400 members) includes the parish of Epfendorf with the associated districts Harthausen and Trichtingen and the hamlet of Talhausen as well as the districts of Böhringen and Irslingen of the parish of Dietingen. A parish was first mentioned in Trichtingen in 1275. The originally Gothic church in Trichtingen has been changed several times, the last being expanded in 1956. The Reformation was not introduced in the associated towns of Epfendorf, Harthausen, Böhringen and Irslingen. These places therefore remained Catholic.

The Protestant residents of Epfendorf belonged to the parish of Trichtingen until 1908, but were then assigned to the parish of Oberndorf am Neckar by the notice of the consistory of November 12, 1908. The Protestant residents of the other places, most of whom only moved there after the Second World War, have already been assigned to the Trichtingen parish.

By announcement of the Oberkirchenrat on November 3, 1969, Epfendorf was again assigned to the Trichtingen parish. At the same time, Talhausen, which until 1969 belonged to the parish of Rottweil (parish of Tuttlingen), was assigned to the parish of Trichtingen.

Parish of Vöhringen

The parish of Vöhringen (around 1,900 members) comprises the main town of Vöhringen. In terms of church, Vöhringen was initially a branch of Bergfelden. In 1463 a separate parish was established. Today's parish church emerged from an old chapel. The choir tower is early Gothic, the nave was rebuilt in 1774. Inside is a baptismal font of Romanesque origin.

Parish Waeler

The parish Waeler comprises the district Waeler of the municipality Loßburg. Ecclesiastically, Wilder belonged to Unterbrändi and from 1642 to Fürnsal, which at the time became the seat of the Unterbrändi parish. Today the parish of Wilder is looked after by the Betzweiler parish. The church of Wilder is located in the hamlet of Breitenau. It is attested in 1460 as the chapel of St. Brigitta. Today's church is the Brigitta Barbara Church, built in 1770.

Parish of Wittershausen

The Wittershausen parish (around 1,250 members) includes the Wittershausen district of the Vöhringen parish. There is evidence of a parish in Wittershausen early on, but it was probably a branch of Oberndorf. In 1448 Wittershausen became its own parish. The right of patronage passed to Württemberg in 1581 through the Counts of Zimmer. The choir tower church of St. Peter and Paul was renovated in 1850. There is a cross vault in the choir and a barrel vault in the sacristy.

The Wittershausen parish also looks after the Sigmarswangen parish.

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 VI: Freiburg administrative region; Stuttgart, 1982, ISBN 3-17-007174-2 .

Sources and further information

  1. ↑ Website of the Bergfelden parish
  2. ↑ Antonia Lezerkoss: Church: Liturgy of the old Prussian way . Südwest Presse Online , February 3, 2017, accessed on February 18, 2018.
    Dagmar Stuhrmann: Church: Exhibition “Evangelical in Hohenzollern” stops in Ebingen . Südwest Presse Online, January 26, 2017, accessed on February 18, 2018.
    Hechingen: A farewell full of sadness . Schwarzwälder Bote , February 13, 2013, accessed on February 18, 2018.
  3. ↑ Internet presence of the parish Fluorn
  4. ↑ Internet presence of the entire parish of Marschalkenzimmern-Weiden
  5. ↑ Church congregations united from January. In: Black Forest Messenger . October 11, 2017, accessed March 4, 2018 .

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