Laurentiuskirche (Arnoldshain)

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Laurentiuskirche in Arnoldshain

The Laurentiuskirche in Arnoldshain is one of the oldest churches in the Taunus and is a listed building . It is dedicated to Saint Lawrence of Rome .

history

Stained glass window

The Laurentius Church in Arnoldshain was first mentioned in 1215 in the "Rotulus omnium iurium" (register of all rights) of the St. Stephen's monastery in Mainz. However, it is much older, the foundation walls are dated to the year 1100. The church was the main church of the Knights of Hattstein , who had their headquarters in the neighboring Hattstein Castle . Initially, the church belonged to Schloßborn under canon law . Around 1300 there was a separate parish in Arnoldshain. The first pastor, whose name has been recorded, was named in 1492.

In 1393 the church was destroyed as part of a feud against the Hattsteiners. Between 1453 and 1539 the Reifenbergers were the determining force in the high Taunus. They received the sole right of patronage for the church as a fiefdom of the Electorate of the Palatinate . From 1539, Reifenberg and Hattstein shared the right of patronage. Around 1527 the Reformation was introduced in the reign of Reifenberg . In 1621 Reifenberg returned to the Catholic faith. Out of consideration for the Lutheran co-owner Hattstein and the feudal lender, the Laurentius Church remained Protestant, while the Oberreifenberg Church became Catholic. In 1669 Nassau-Usingen acquired the right of patronage.

In 1488 the Marienglocke was cast. After the roof structure collapsed, extensive renovation was carried out from 1761 to 1764. Further renovations took place in 1901 and in the 1950s. Despite some extensions to the formerly octagonal chapel, the old part has been preserved to this day. The Laurentiuskirche is one of the oldest buildings still in use in the Hochtaunus.

Furnishing

Oberlinger organ from 1973

The three-part Gothic glass window behind the organ from around 1470 shows the Reifenberg coat of arms on the left, St. George with the dragon in the middle (the Oberreifenberg church is dedicated to St. George ) and a falconer is shown on the right. The artist is said to have been the caretaker, a Middle Rhine painter, draftsman and engraver of the late 15th century or one of his schools. The Arnoldshain painter Hans Adam designed additional glass windows in 1960.

The altar made of Villmar marble and the pulpit are dated to the first half of the 19th century. The artistically forged churchyard gate was manufactured in Frankfurt in 1760.

In 1783 the first organ was purchased. It was used from the Idstein town church and was the work of Georg Henrich Wagner from Lich, son of the famous Georg Wagner , from the year 1673. In 1784 the community built a frame for the organ. Renewals are documented for 1835 and 1839. Gustav Raßmann built a new organ in 1860 that had eight registers on a manual and pedal. In 1973 the Oberlinger company created a new organ incorporating older parts of the two previous organs. The work has 14 registers, which are divided between two manuals and a pedal .

swell

  • Eva Rowedder: Hochtaunuskreis . Ed .: State Office for Monument Preservation Hessen (=  monument topography Federal Republic of Germany , cultural monuments in Hessen ). Konrad Theiss Verlag, Darmstadt 2013, ISBN 978-3-8062-2905-9 , pp. 532-533 .
  • Jürgen Schnegelsberg: Testimony to ecclesiastical penetration. In: Taunuszeitung from September 11, 2007, p. 19.

Web links

Commons : Laurentiuskirche (Arnoldshain)  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Franz Bösken: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 2: The area of ​​the former administrative district Wiesbaden (=  contributions to the Middle Rhine music history 7.1 . Part 1 (A – K)). Schott, Mainz 1975, ISBN 3-7957-1307-2 , p. 30 .

Coordinates: 50 ° 15 ′ 40.5 ″  N , 8 ° 27 ′ 17.1 ″  E