Martin Luther Church (Leingarten)
The Martin Luther Church in Schluchtern , a district of Leingarten in the district of Heilbronn , is built in the middle of the 19th century Protestant church in the round arch style .
history
With the introduction of the Lutheran Reformation in the Electoral Palatinate in 1556, the residents of Schluchtern became Protestant. But as early as 1559, after the Electoral Palatinate came to the Calvinist line of the house, the Schluchterner belonged to the Evangelical Reformed Church. The services took place in the Pankratiuskirche . From 1685 the electors were Catholic and called on the confessions permitted in the country to tolerate one another, because after 1648 the sovereigns could no longer determine the denomination of their subjects. In 1693 only 45 Reformed people lived in the village, but 62 Lutherans and again 12 Catholics. Until 1707 the three religious communities were allowed to use the Pankratius Church together. In 1744 65 Reformed, 196 Lutherans and 84 Catholics lived in Schluchtern. The Evangelical Lutheran congregation built its own church in the same year. From 1821, Lutherans and Reformed people visited this church together as a uniate evangelical congregation . When the church in the 1830s proved to be too small and was also in a poor structural condition, a building in the arched style was built elsewhere - a further development of classicism - today's Martin Luther Church. It was given its name in 1996 on the occasion of the anniversary celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Evangelical Church in Schluchtern.
Building history
In 1843, construction work began on the 15 × 21 m building and in 1846 the Protestant community was able to inaugurate the unnamed church. In the following years the church was renovated several times. The interior, which was designed in 1926 with warm colors and decorated in Art Nouveau style , was given a cool, timeless paint during the interior renovation in 1963. The wooden altar was replaced by a stone altar. The combination sacristy / pulpit made of a cage-like wooden construction was torn down. In the place of the pulpit was the old crucifix from the Pankratius Church with a larger wooden cross above the altar. Shifted to the right, the pulpit continued to sit on the west wall. The balustrade of the galleries was opened . The church received a baptismal font for the first time in 1963 and a year later a sacristy on the western outer wall. In 1972 the roof of the nave was repaired and in 1983 the outer masonry and the windows were renovated.
The interior renovation in 1991 was also serious; its job was to reverse the changes made in 1963. The pulpit was given its old place above the altar, on which the restored crucifix now stands. The openings in the balustrade of the galleries were closed with cassettes .
description
The 37 m high tower with the entrance portal is in the east. It has a pyramid-shaped roof and is structured by pilaster strips and friezes . The altar with the restored crucifix stands centrally in front of the west wall; Arranged vertically, the cross is followed by the pulpit and above it a wheel window. A round arch sunk into the wall visually summarizes the group. To the left and right of the altar doors lead to the sacristy. The high galleries on the long sides of the ship stand on slender columns.
literature
- Horst Weigel: The Martin Luther Church in Leingarten-Schluchtern. In: Matthias Driver, Evangelical Church District Heilbronn (Hrsg.): The Evangelical Churches in the Church District Heilbronn. Heilbronn 2005, p. 54f.
- Leingarten home register . Heimatverein Leingarten, Leingarten 1982
Coordinates: 49 ° 8 '53.9 " N , 9 ° 6' 7.8" E