Martinskirche (Kirchheim unter Teck)
The Martinskirche is a Protestant parish church in Kirchheim unter Teck .
history
The Martinskirche is the main Protestant church in the city. The church probably goes back to a first, wooden church, which was built by Franconian monks as early as the 7th century in the course of the Franconian conquest and was consecrated to St. Martin at that time . The church was mentioned for the first time in 960, expanded into a three-aisled Romanesque basilica by the Zähringers around 1220 , and in the middle of the 15th century it was largely renovated in its current form in the Gothic style . The church was refurbished after a fire in 1690 and is currently being renovated.
architecture
The high Gothic choir faces east and is spanned by a ribbed vault. The keystones of the vault show the church patron Martin, a face of Christ, the Kirchheim city coat of arms as well as the four old Württemberg shield figures: diamonds from Teck, stag sticks, imperial storm flag and fish from Mömpelgard. The choir was painted in the 15th century, remains of the painting with depictions of the Ten Commandments and the Ten Plagues have been preserved. The middle choir window with scenes of the crucifixion and entombment of Christ dates from 1884. The two side choir windows from 1904 were designed by Hans Beiler from Heidelberg and show twelve scenes from the life of Jesus.
The nave of the basilica is by rows of columns in three ships divided. The column capitals were added during the renovation around 1960 by the sculptor Eberhard C. Unkauf and show different, mostly Christian, symbols such as lamb, clover leaf, blossom tree, ivy, fish, crown of thorns, vine, lily, oak leaf and birds.
In the west of the nave there is a gallery on which the organ is located, which was rebuilt by Richard Rensch from 1965 after water damage to the previous instrument .
Gothic reticulated vault in the choir
View through the nave to the choir
Furnishing
The pulpit on the northern choir arch dates from the time after the fire in 1690; its ornate style is known as Protestant Baroque . The pulpit was built by Hans Jakob and Hans Jörg Knöpfle from Stuttgart. The five-sided pulpit rests on a twisted column. The outside of the basket and the stair parapet are decorated with relief depictions of the evangelists and the Ascension of Christ. These representations are probably copies of older models, presumably the evangelist reliefs of the Stuttgart Castle Church from 1563, which were destroyed in the Second World War. Winged angel heads can be seen on the lower cage edges. Four figures of prophets and figures of Moses and John the Baptist are placed on the pulpit lid. Except for a few parts, the basket is made of plaster, the lid and the figures are made of wood.
The altar is a simple stone work in travertine by the sculptor Eberhard C. Unkauf from 1964. The altar is surrounded by a historical three-winged altar grille from 1697, which originally surrounded the altar on all four sides. The purpose of the lattice is unknown; such lattices from the 17th or 18th century can be found in isolated Protestant churches in the area.
The octagonal baptismal font , actually a baptismal table that has no indentation, but serves as a table to place the baptismal paraphernalia, dates from 1691 and is decorated on the shaft with foliage and angel heads. The choir benches also date from the time after the fire in 1690.
The two adoration pictures in the church originally come from the Church of the Dead, which was torn down in 1840, where the panels, each approx. 1.40 meters wide and 2.05 meters high, once formed the wings of a Marian altar. The picture on the east wall of the choir shows part of the adoration of the kings (only one king can be seen), the other picture shows part of a scene of the Annunciation. An unknown Swabian master around 1470/80 is considered the author of both pictures.
Adoration of the Magi
Annunciation scene
Baptismal font
organ
The large organ on the west gallery of the Martinskirche was built from 1960 by the organ builder Richard Rensch (Lauffen a. N.) and completed in its current form in 1982. The purely mechanical instrument has 68 registers on four manuals and a pedal . Around 25 stops were taken from the previous organ by Eberhard Friedrich Walcker from 1842.
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- Pair : I / II, III / II, IV / II, I / P, II / P, III / P, IV / P
Funerary monuments and epitaphs
The art treasures of the church include several epitaphs and grave monuments from the Renaissance period. The most important epitaphs of the church are the wooden epitaphs on the north wall for Konrad Widerholt († June 13, 1667) with his wife Anna Hermengard born. Burckhart († January 13, 1666) and for Sebastian Welling von Vehingen († 1622). Both epitaphs were created in 1698 as a supplement to the tombs that were originally on the outer wall of the church and have a similar three-story structure. On the middle floor there are panels with biblical scenes, which are flanked by columns and allegorical figures. The writing tablet forms the lower floor, while the upper floor of the epitaphs shows portraits of the deceased and is flanked by angels and crowned by an archangels. The allegorical figures of the repeated epitaph are Spes and Fides (hope and faith) in the middle floor and the archangel Michael as a soul weigher above. At the Vehingen epitaph you can see Caritas and Patientia (love and patience) in the middle floor and the Archangel Gabriel above. The carvings of the epitaphs were probably made by Johann Lesle, the carpentry work by Johann Benz, the painting of the repeated epitaph by Anna Maria Benzen, the resurrection scene of the Welling epitaph by Johann Sebastian König.
On the south wall of the choir there is also an epitaph for Franziska von Hohenheim († 1811), which was donated in 1906 by the Württemberg History and Antiquity Association. The one with a white marble bust by Ad. Schenk pictured is buried in a crypt under the choir.
Further tombs in the choir:
- Grave slab for Anna von Remchingen († October 16, 1557) and two of her children, depicting the dead as full figures and four full coats of arms.
- Tomb for Johann Sigmund von Remchingen († May 12, 1604) and Maria geb. Schilling von Cannstatt († April 20, 1609) with children, which shows the family as a group of figures in front of the crucified Jesus.
- Tomb for Maria Anna Euphrosyne von Pfuel geb. from Barner to Bülow († September 24, 1702)
- Tomb for Obervogt Georg Wilhelm von Reischach († January 10, 1724) and his wife Agnes Kunigunde, b. von Gaisberg († 1730)
- Tomb for Hofmeister Eberhard von Gemmingen († August 16, 1741) in the sedile niche of the southern choir wall
Further tombs in the nave:
- Tomb for Anna born Speth von Sulzburg († November 23, 1586) and her two husbands Ulrich Schilling von Cannstatt (* 1485; † October 11, 1552 in Rothenburg ob der Tauber) and Hans von Remchingen († February 29, 1576)
- Tomb for Obervogt Hans von Remchingen († February 29, 1576), who drowned in the Lauter near Wendlingen
- Tomb for the Imperial General Feldzeugmeister Christoph von Barner (born February 2, 1633 in Bülow, Mecklenburg-Schwerin; † October 21, 1711 in Speyer) and Elisabetha Euphrosinia born. von Klenck († 1711)
- Tomb for Bechtold Schilling von Cannstatt († September 10, 1637) and his wife Agnes born. of Münchingen († 1650)
- Tomb for Sigmund von Gemmingen († September 10, 1645)
- Tomb for Obervogt Heinrich von Reischach († 1698) and his wife Floriana Elisabetha, Truchsessin von Höfingen († 1690)
Tomb of Anna of Remchingen
Tomb of Maria Anna Euphrosinia von Pfuel
Tomb for Anna born Speth von Sulzburg with Ulrich Schilling von Cannstatt and Hans von Remchingen
Georg Wilhelm von Reischach tomb, detail
Bust of Franziska von Hohenheim
Eberhard von Gemmingen tomb
Bells
After the town fire in 1690, a total of eight new bells were cast from the collected molten bell metal. The Rosier foundry family from Lorraine was responsible for the casting in 1691. Of these eight bells, three are still preserved today, of which the largest and most ornate is called Dominica . It has a diameter of 154 cm and a height of 125 cm and is tuned to c sharp '. The other bells from 1691 are the Great Beller (g sharp ' ) and the Little Beller (c sharp' '). As a replacement for delivered bells, four new bells were added to the ringing in 1952: the Fickerblocke (e '), named after the founders Otto and Eugen Ficker, the Kreuzglocke (fis'), the Schöllkopfglocke (h') , again named after the donors, and the Our Father Bell (dis '').
literature
- Adolf Schahl: The artistic furnishings of the Martinskirche in Kirchheim unter Teck , Church Guide Volume 3, Kirchheim unter Teck 1965
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ More information on the Rensch organ ( memento of the original from July 14, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 48 ° 38 '57.3 " N , 9 ° 27' 1.7" E