Laurentiuskirche (Wörrstadt)
The Laurentiuskirche is a Protestant church in the east of Wörrstadt . It was built in the 12th century as a Romanesque basilica with a choir tower and extended around 1500 with Gothic side aisles. The tower was given its present shape in 1819 after a fire.
history
The first church is assumed to be in the 8th century. For the first time in 1152 a church is mentioned that was consecrated to St. Laurentius , which indicates a Roman settlement. The church was built as a choir tower church with a basilica. Surrounded by a wall, it served as a fortified church . The church tower at that time with four corner towers acted as a surveillance (signal system). The church is mentioned in a Sulzheimer Chronicle in 1382, which gives Wörrstadt as the administrative seat of the surrounding Catholic parishes. On April 7, 1388, seven altars and the cemetery north of the Laurentiuskirche were consecrated. Due to a fire, around 1500 it was rebuilt and expanded to include two side aisles and a choir in the Gothic style .
With the introduction of the Reformation in 1545, the Rhine Counts and the parish switched to the Protestant creed. 25 subjects of the Count von Salm who remained Catholic continue to use the church. It served as a simultaneous church until 1722 , temporarily until 1836, when the Catholic Church was built. The pulpit from the Riemenschneider School was created in the 16th century. After a fire and war damage, a renovation followed between 1590 and 1612. Between 1668 and 1720 there were several changes of denomination.
The choir was demolished in 1818. In 1819 lightning struck the church tower and largely destroyed it. In the same year the parish began its revival, albeit in a different form, lower, less splendid. Today it reaches a height of 43 meters. The municipal cemetery is located south of the church.
architecture
The church not facing east, but facing northeast, is built in the southeast of the old town center. The basilica with the choir tower is plastered in white both inside and outside; Window reveals, arches and columns and corner blocks made of red sandstone are left out. Central nave and side aisles are united under a gable roof. The long sides are illuminated by three pointed arch windows with profiled walls , the gable side has small high-seated windows. The church is accessed in the north-west through a large pointed arched portal with a bevel and further east through a simple round arched portal.
The bricked-up tower on a square floor plan has corner blocks. The top floor has arched sound openings. The attached octagonal tower helmet is completely slated. The gold-plated clock faces of the tower clock are attached to four sides above the paired narrow, ogival sound openings. The conclusion is an eight-sided pointed helmet, which is crowned by a tower knob and a cross. A sacristy is built on the north side of the tower , the pent roof of which extends to about half the height of the tower shaft.
Inside, large pointed arches open the aisles to the central nave and a large round arch opens up the tower hall. The old Romanesque round arch friezes can still be seen on the walls of the central nave and the original Romanesque high-seated windows under the gable roof.
organ
The Laurentiuskirche has an important organ , which was built in 1759 by the Stumm brothers . It is the largest Stumm organ in Rheinhessen and is one of the largest historical organs in the regional church. The largely preserved instrument has 29 registers distributed over two manuals and a pedal . The actions are mechanical.
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Parish
The church is located in the parish of Wörrstadt, which has its headquarters in Wörrstadt. The parish includes the places Sulzheim , Wörrstadt and Rommersheim . The Laurentiuskirche belongs to the Deanery Wöllstein within the Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Homepage Wörrstadt: Wörrstadt through the times , accessed on November 20, 2015.
- ↑ a b c Kulturkreis Wörrstadt (Marianne Buttenbender): 850 years Laurentiuskirche Wörrstadt ( memento of the original from November 20, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 20, 2015.
- ^ Franz Bösken : Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 1: Mainz and suburbs - Rheinhessen - Worms and suburbs (= contributions to Middle Rhine music history 6 ). Schott, Mainz 1967, ISBN 978-3-7957-1306-5 , p. 464-467 .
- ↑ Information about the organ ( Memento of the original dated November 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 20, 2015.
Web links
- Homepage of the ev. Parish Wörrstadt
- Kulturkreis Wörrstadt (Marianne Buttenbender): 850 years Laurentiuskirche Wörrstadt
- Homepage Wörrstadt: Wörrstadt through the ages
Coordinates: 49 ° 50 ′ 17.9 " N , 8 ° 7 ′ 7.3" E