Market Church (Neuwied)

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Evangelical market church

The Marktkirche in Neuwied was built between 1881 and 1884 according to a design by the architect August Hartel and is a listed building . The Protestant parish belongs to the Wied church district of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland .

history

After the city of Neuwied was founded by the Protestant sovereign, Count Friedrich III. von Wied , in 1653, the first church of the Reformed community was built on the market square between 1684 and 1687 . The second church was built by the Lutheran congregation on Friedrichstrasse in 1789 and burned down in 1876.

  • Reformed Church (1687–1880)

  • Lutheran Church (1789–1876)

This misfortune caused the Reformed and Lutheran congregations to join forces in 1877 to form an evangelical unified congregation. The church on the market square was too small for the new community and also dilapidated . So this church was torn down in 1880 and in 1881 a new building of a neo-Gothic hall church started at the same place , the cemetery belonging to the church was built over.

The annual flooding of the Rhine also hit the new market church considerably. It was not until 1931, with the construction of the flood protection dike under Mayor Robert Krups , that the repeated water damage stopped .

In 1944, during the Second World War , the church lost its tall, slim spire due to a bomb strike . This was replaced by a flatter roof after the end of the war. The bodies of the bomb victims were laid out in their devastated nave .

Interior of the market church

In 1958 a renovation took place. For this purpose, almost the entire interior decoration of the church was removed. The canopies over the choir stalls and the wooden sound cover over the pulpit were lost.

During the last renovation in 1990, the interior of the church was brought back to its original state.

Construction and equipment

The church is a large vaulted gallery made of quarry stone in early Gothic forms with a transept in a square west tower enriched by corner turrets. The western axis with the gallery is emphasized by the gable .

Remains of the old frescoes can still be seen in the transept .

organ

The organ was built in 1967 by the Kleuker workshop in Bielefeld . It has almost 2,700 pipes and 38 registers . The instrument has slide chests . The game actions are mechanical, the stop actions are electric.

I Swell C – g 3
Reed flute 8th'
Salicional 8th'
Principal 4 ′
recorder 4 ′
Field flute 2 ′
Nasat 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
Sifflett 1'
Mixture V 2 ′
Dulcian 16 ′
Schalmey 8th'
Tremulant
II Hauptwerk C – g 3
Pommer 16 ′
Principal 8th'
Pointed flute 8th'
octave 4 ′
Gemshorn 4 ′
Forest flute 2 ′
Rauschpfeife III 2 ′
Mixture V 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Trumpet 8th'
III Breastwork C – g 3
Singing dumped 8th'
Reed flute 4 ′
Principal 2 ′
Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Terzian II 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
Zimbel III 1 ⁄ 4 ′
Bear whistle 8th'
Tremulant
Pedal C – f 1
Principal 16 ′
Sub-bass 16 ′
octave 8th'
Dumped 8th'
Chorale bass 4 ′
Night horn 2 ′
Large Mix IV 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
trombone 16 ′
Trumpet 8th'
Trumpet 4 ′

Bells

The bronze bell was melted down for armaments purposes during the First World War in 1917. In the current inventory of bells, there are three cast steel bells , manufactured by the Bochumer Verein in 1924 , in the then widespread Untermoll extra rib .

No. designation Chime Casting year Caster inscription
1 Death knell b 0 1924 Bochum Association FROM IRON TIME + FROM STEEL THE BELLING + ADMINDS: PEACE ON EARTH + MUST BECOME THROUGH LOVE!
2 Our Father Bell of the 1st FAITH LIVES BECAUSE CHRIST CREATED, + HE MADE OVER HATE.
3 Baptismal bell it 1 HOPE FIRES EMERGENCY, + GOD Sends the comforter.

Church concerts

Organ concerts and other musical events have been held regularly for many years. The offer includes chamber music , choir concerts, gospel concerts.

Church musician

literature

  • Presbytery of the Marktkirche Neuwied (publisher): 100 years of the Marktkirche 1884–1984. Neuwied 1984.
  • Architectural review ( portfolio ), 1st year 1885, delivery / booklet 10, plate 78/79 (and explanations in the n. Pag. Text booklet).

  • Plate 78/79

  • Explanations

Web links

Commons : Marktkirche  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Details on the organ of the Marktkirche  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.marktkirche.de  

Coordinates: 50 ° 25 ′ 37.6 ″  N , 7 ° 27 ′ 30.7 ″  E