Luther Church (Pirmasens)

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Evangelical Luther Church

Evangelical Luther Church

Basic data
Denomination Protestant
place Pirmasens, Germany
Building history
Client Louis IX from Hessen-Darmstadt
architect Foreman Schweighofer
construction time 1757-1758
Building description
Architectural style Transverse church
Construction type Hall construction
Coordinates 49 ° 11 '53 "  N , 7 ° 36' 17.8"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 11 '53 "  N , 7 ° 36' 17.8"  E.
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The Luther Church is a Protestant church in Pirmasens .

history

Landgrave Ludwig IX. Had the church built in 1757/1758 as a court and garrison church by the Zweibrücker Werkmeister Schweighöfer as a transverse church and also found its final resting place here in 1790. The church was called "Lower Church" from 1818 and "Luther Church" from 1931. After being severely damaged in World War II (air raids on August 9, 1944 and March 15, 1945), it was restored in 1949. The striking spire was not reconstructed as the city's landmark until the late 1950s; The tower cross, made according to the historical model, was put on with the help of an American military helicopter - as a symbol of reconciliation - in 1960. It shows the Hessian-Darmstadt lion and the swan symbolizing the county of Hanau-Lichtenberg. The lion no longer turns his sword south (against France) as it used to, but - effects of the Cold War? - eastward.

The church is a listed building and is today the deanery church of the Protestant church district of Pirmasens. The church is the oldest Protestant church in the city. The furnishings include a historic altar cloth and a meditation chandelier that Erwin Würth made from Petersbächel . The organ on the gallery was built by the Oberlinger company in the 1950s. The coat of arms of the landgrave is located above the entrance; the tower bears a cross with a lion and a swan as heraldic animals. The church is open every day.

Bells

In the tower of the Luther Church there is a four-part bell that was delivered in 1957 by the Rincker bell foundry in Sinn / Dillkreis (Hesse). The bells are named after the four evangelists and are labeled with their names and symbols: Matthew (f sharp ') - Mark (e') - Luke (c sharp ') - John (a °). The ringing has a great sonority and surprises the unaccustomed listener with its pitch, which some cathedrals cannot match. The Johannesglocke is particularly impressive when it is used e.g. B. heralds the Good Friday service as a soloist or closes the plenum with her solemn commitment downwards. Compared to other bells of this pitch, it can be considered a downright “lightweight” with a mass of 3001 kg.

Web links

Commons : Lutherkirche in Pirmasens  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kathrin Ellwardt: Church building between evangelical ideals and absolutist rule. The cross churches in the Hessian area from the Reformation century to the Seven Years War . Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2004, ISBN 3-937251-34-0 .
  2. ↑ a b General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Informational directory of cultural monuments - district-free city of Pirmasens. Mainz 2020, p. 3 (PDF; 6.3 MB).
  3. ^ Oskar Schäfer: The landgraves' crypt in the Luther Church in Pirmasens. Pirmasenser Zeitung from November 4, 1949.
  4. ↑ Historical city tour through Pirmasens. (PDF) Retrieved March 29, 2020 .