Markus Church (Ludwigshafen)
The Markuskirche is a Protestant church in the Ludwigshafen district of Oggersheim . It was built between 1896 and 1898 according to plans by Franz Schöberl .
history
Oggersheim was first mentioned in 769 in the Lorsch Codex . The parish church was St. Kilian. Elector Ottheinrich introduced the Reformation in the Electoral Palatinate in 1556 . When the Palatinate church was divided in 1705, however, the Kilian's Church was added to the Catholics. Instead, the Oggersheim Reformed received the church in the neighboring Studernheim , where however hardly any Reformed lived. Therefore, they left the parish seat in the city of Oggersheim and the Studernheim church gradually fell into disrepair. The Oggersheim reformed people celebrated the services in a converted barn in Oggersheim until a small church was built in 1759. At the end of the 19th century the dilapidated church was no longer sufficient for the rapidly growing population.
In 1896 the construction of the new church began and on November 6th, 1898 it was inaugurated. A third of the costs were covered by the income from a lottery that was organized specifically for the construction of the church. During the Second World War , the church was one of the few in Ludwigshafen that remained without major damage. The lead glass windows were affected, as in 1921 with the explosion of the Oppau nitrogen works and again in 1948 with the tank car explosion at BASF . In 1948 the 50th anniversary of the church was also celebrated. In the anniversary year it was named Markuskirche. The Markuskirche was renovated between 2002 and 2004.
description
The Markuskirche is not far from the center of Oggersheim. The architect Franz Schöberl built a neo-Gothic church with echoes of the German Renaissance . The exterior of the three-aisled gallery is made of embossed red sandstone, divided with yellow sandstone. The 53 meter high church tower is flanked by stair turrets. The central nave is cross-vaulted, the choir is flat and closed.
Above the main portal there is a statue of Christ in a figural niche, which is based on the sculpture that Bertel Thorvaldsen created for the Frauenkirche in Copenhagen . The pulpit and the altar were made by Carl Kern (Speyer). In the rose window above the chancel you can see Jesus as the Good Shepherd , two further motif windows depict Martin Luther and the Swedish King Gustav Adolf . The organ was built in 1960 by Steinmeyer . The ringing consists of three steel bells that Linke-Hofmann-Lauchhammer (Torgau) cast in 1922 :
| Ø (mm) | kg | volume |
|---|---|---|
| 1,800 | 2,500 | d 1 |
| 1,500 | 1,400 | f 1 |
| 1,080 | 450 | h 1 |
literature
- Friedhelm Borggrefe : On the way to the port of hope: 150 years of the Protestant Church in Ludwigshafen am Rhein . Ludwigshafen am Rhein 2003, ISBN 3-924667-31-4 .
- Friedrich Schmitt: Ludwigshafen church building . Ludwigshafen / Rhine 1985.
- Hans Caspary (edit.): Handbook of German art monuments . Part: Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1984, ISBN 3-422-00382-7 .
- Stefan Mörz, Klaus Jürgen Becker (ed.): From the beginnings to the end of the First World War (= history of the city of Ludwigshafen am Rhein . Volume 1 ). City archive of the city of Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Ludwigshafen am Rhein 2003, ISBN 3-924667-35-7 .
Web links
- Evangelical Church Oggersheim
- Friends of the Markuskirche
- General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Informational directory of cultural monuments - district-free city of Ludwigshafen am Rhein. Mainz 2020, p. 20 (PDF; 4.9 MB).
- Bell of the Markuskirche Oggersheim
- Church music, trombone choir of St. Mark's Church
Coordinates: 49 ° 29 ′ 27 " N , 8 ° 22 ′ 26.9" E