Martinskirche (Buchenau)
The Evangelical Church Buchenau , also known as Martinskirche , is a medieval choir tower church in the central Hessian town of Buchenau , about 20 km west of Marburg . The church is partly over 750 years old. According to oral tradition, a stone in the church choir is said to have the year 1090, but this has not yet been proven.
Location and environment
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- Plateau, on the edge of the old town center
- about 10 degrees deviation from east to north
Building history
The church is mentioned indirectly for the first time with the mention of the pleban Eckhard von Hohenfels in 1265. The mother church was the Martinskirche in Dautphe until the 15th century. Since then, Buchenau has formed its own parish together with the Elmshausen branch .
The church is occupied with the patronage of Ursula of Cologne . The choir tower with the groin vault from the probably 10th to 13th centuries is dedicated to St. Pamphilos of Caesarea and contains a tracery window on the south side .
Furnishing
The late Gothic nave has a two-sided gallery on the north and west, the parapets of which contain depictions of the twelve apostles. The crucifix in the chancel is also late Gothic. On the south and north walls there is a picture of Philip the Magnanimous and Martin Luther . Between the stalls and the choir tower, on the south and north walls, there are five tombstones of the former patron saints of Döring on the side walls.
organ
The Raßmann company from Möttau , which was sold to August Hardt in 1896 , built today's altar organ in 1898 , which replaced the previous baroque organ . The work has eight registers and is externally characterized by the three-axis prospect in neo-Gothic style. In 2000 Orgelbau Mebold from Siegen carried out a general inspection . As part of this, the electric fan was moved to the next room and connected to a new wind tunnel. There is also the possibility of generating the air supply via a lime edge . The instrument is original and has the following disposition :
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- Coupling : I / P
- Playing aids : 2 fixed combinations as kicks (forte and tutti)
pulpit
The wooden pulpit dates from 1660 and was moved into the nave around 2000 to improve the view of the altar. Components of the pulpit are the pulpit body with a lectern with a polygonal floor plan, which rests on a twisted wooden foot and to which a staircase leads up inside the church, and the likewise decoratively designed sound cover .
Bells
The three bronze bells in the choir tower were installed in 1984 and replaced the previous steel bells.
Bell memorial
The steel bells made by Buderus Wetzlar and the Rincker bell and art foundry , which were installed in place of the bronze bells after the First World War in 1920, were again replaced by bronze bells in 1984 and lined up in front of the old rectory as a souvenir. In addition to the manufacturer's name ("Buderus Wetzlar and FW Rincker Sinn") on the shoulder , there are - starting with the large to the small bell - the following inscriptions on the flank: "Be happy in hope", "Be patient in tribulation", " Hold on to Prayer - 1920 ”. The inscription is a quotation from the Bible from Romans (Romans 12:12).
Tombs
In the church there are five gravestones of the noble Döring zu Elmshausen family on the long sides of the nave .
Old rectory
The old rectory in front of the church entrance was built around 1745/46 after the previous building was completely destroyed in a fire on April 10, 1745. The church book and other documents were also destroyed.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ "Buchenau, Marburg-Biedenkopf District". Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of October 21, 2015). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- ^ Schulchronik Buchenau in Peter Ihm and Jürgen Westmeier (eds.) 1988, p. 5ff.
- ^ Organ in Buchenau , seen July 29, 2016.
- ^ Homepage of the Ev.-Luth. Buchenau parish with Elmshausen
Coordinates: 50 ° 52 ′ 24.9 " N , 8 ° 35 ′ 52.3" E