Mauritius Church (Schöckingen)
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The Mauritius Church is a Protestant church in Schöckingen , a district of the city of Ditzingen . It is a cultural monument according to § 28 DSchG BW .
history
The age of the parish is unknown. Perhaps a chapel already existed at the time the village was first mentioned in documents (814). In 1267 an altar was consecrated in the church. In 1434 a pastor is mentioned for the first time. In 1553 the Mauritian patronage is documented. Patronage lords were those of Nippenburg until their expiry in 1646. When the fiefdom fell back, the right of patronage fell to the House of Württemberg as sovereigns. The dukes of Württemberg also kept it when Schöckingen was given to the von Gaisberg as a fief.
In the middle of the 16th century, Friedrich Nippenburger was the church lord, but did not manage the pastoral position himself, but was represented by a mercenary (tenant clergy). In contrast to the surrounding Wuerttemberg communities, which had already become Lutheran in 1534, Schöckingen initially remained an Old Believer, although contacts between Nippenburg and the Anabaptists were documented at the end of the 16th century (1589, 1594) . The Reformation was introduced in 1599 by order of Duke Friedrich , who had temporarily moved in the village of Schöckingen. The first Protestant pastor was Johannes Vischer from Reichenberg. The previous Catholic mass priest moved into the hospital in Stuttgart as beneficiary, where he still lived in 1611.
When the village loan was set up (1718), the respective owner was granted the right to present three applicants from the ranks of the Württemberg priests or certified graduates of the preacher's seminary.
Church building
The oldest part of the church building is the raised, cross-vaulted choir (rebuilt in Gothic style by the gentlemen of Renningen in 1479), which is connected to the flat-roofed nave by a pointed triumphal arch. A hereditary burial of the von Nippenburg and von Gaisberg families was located under the chancel. The tower (1485) is attached to the north-west of the ship. The lower floor of the tower now forms the sacristy .
In the pre-Reformation period, the walls of the church were probably completely painted with biblical scenes. They were painted over in the course of redesigning the room after the Reformation. In 1629 the church was given galleries on the west and north sides.
In 1962, the late Gothic paintings on the north and south walls of the ship were uncovered by the restorer Schwenk, and in 1988 a scroll painting in the choir from around 1600. In 1965 the octagon-shaped tower spire (crowned by a ball and cock) was renewed. A comprehensive interior and exterior renovation took place from 1987 to 1989.
Furnishing
The simple table altar made of shell limestone was remade in 1961. A large crucifix from the first half of the 17th century rises above it , which the community acquired from Westheim near Schwäbisch Hall in 1854 . The pulpit, made in 1629, was given its current location next to the triumphal arch in 1826 , for which an additional passage through the choir wall was broken.
The eight-sided late Gothic font has two brass lids, one donated by parishioners in 1988 and another that was commissioned during a parish trip to Aleppo .
Two sculptures depicting the Mother of God and the church patron, Mauritius , probably come from the Gothic high altar of the church; likewise the former predella of the altar with the parable of the wise and foolish virgins now attached to the north wall under the gallery .
The exposed remains of the wall painting show the delivery of the 10 Commandments ( Ex 20 EU ) and the golden calf ( Ex 32.1–4 EU ) as well as a crescent moon Madonna on the east wall of the ship above the pulpit opening .
Several grave monuments remember the lords of Nippenburg and von Gaisberg who were buried in the church :
- Tomb for Hans von Nippenburg († 1540) and Martin von Nippenburg and his wife Maria Salome († 1597)
- Tomb for Ludwig Friedrich († 1614) and Johann Friedrich von Nippenburg († 1616), two sons of Ernst Friedrich von Nippenburg
- Tomb for Friedrich Albrecht von Gaisberg († 1747) and his wife Sophie Friederike († 1757)
- Tomb for the children Ulrich Albrecht († 1672) and Philipp Friedrich († 1674) of Ernst Friedrich von Gaisberg and his wife Maria Margarete.
organ
The organ behind the altar was built in 1963 by the Walcker company in Ludwigsburg. It has 13 registers on two manuals and a pedal.
Peal
In 1852 the church had bells from the years 1693, 1700 and 1748. After the war losses, the bells were re-cast in 1950 by the Kurtz bell foundry in Stuttgart.
- Prayer bell: h ′
- Cross bell: d ′ ′
- Baptismal bell: e ′ ′
graveyard
The burial place was in the churchyard until 1821 and was then rebuilt outside the village and enlarged several times.
literature
- 400 years of the Evangelical Church Community in Schöckingen. Exhibition on the 400th anniversary of the Reformation in Schöckingen, 14.-27. November 1999 in the Mauritius Church and in the Evangelical Community House . Schöckingen [1999]
- Friedrich Freiherr von Gaisberg-Schöckingen: Schöckingen . [Ditzingen-Schöckingen] 1983, pp. 120-137
- Norbert Haag: Evang. Schöckingen rectory. Archive inventory . Stuttgart 1993
- Hansgeorg Kraft: The Mauritius Church Schöckingen . [Schöckingen] 2010
Individual evidence
- ↑ Description of the Oberamt Leonberg . 1st volume. Stuttgart 1930, p. 1011
- ↑ Description of the Oberamt Leonberg . Stuttgart 1852, p. 236
Coordinates: 48 ° 50 ′ 41.4 " N , 9 ° 1 ′ 50.2" E