Melanchthon Church (Freiburg im Breisgau)

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Exterior view
View to the altar

The Melanchthon Church is a Protestant church in the Freiburg district of Haslach . It is one of the reliably open churches .

history

The first mention of a parish at this location is in 1261. The originally Catholic church was consecrated to St. Gallus . From 1329 it belonged to the monastery of the Augustinian Canons of St. Märgen . During the Reformation , both the village and the church belonged to the Margraves of Baden-Durlach , who became Lutheran in 1556 . At that time the church was always named as "Church in Haslach" without knowing a patron. By two documents from the years 1493 and 1515 is patronage occupied, the documents were rediscovered in the 20th century. The church got its current name Melanchtonkirche after the philosopher and theologian Philipp Melanchthon when the parish joined the evangelical community of Freiburg in April 1922.

description

The church is Romanesque and Gothic . The main entrance is a late Gothic portal , the choir dates from the 14th century.

The oldest part of the building is the late Romanesque tower, which dates from the same time as the Freiburg cathedral tower. The square tower with a gable roof and arched windows is the oldest surviving village church tower in Freiburg.

The three bells with the names Christ, Melanchthon (1954) and Gallus bell (1960) were cast by the Bachert bell foundry in Karlsruhe .

In the sacristy , which is at the foot of the tower, there is a statue of St. Gallus. The historical frescoes have been whitewashed.

The churchyard is surrounded by a wall. When he was resettled in 1842, many old grave slabs were found, some of which can now be seen in the church.

literature

  • Hans-Carl Scherrer: The old Haslach village church in Freiburg . In: Schau-ins-Land Vol. 80, 1962, pp. 39–50.
  • Hans-Carl Scherrer: Haslach. Chronicle of a Markgräfler village up to the incorporation into Freiburg . Verlag Karl Schillinger, Freiburg im Breisgau 1980, ISBN 3-921340-57-8 .
  • Melanchthongemeinde Freiburg (ed.): More than a jubilee - 450 years of Protestantism in Freiburg-Haslach . Freiburg 2005.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Open churches are churches of the Protestant regional church that are also open outside of the services at fixed times.
  2. ↑ Hans-Carl Scherrer (1906–1987), 1945–1972 Protestant pastor in Haslach.

Web links

Commons : Melanchthon Church (Freiburg im Breisgau)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 47 ° 59 ′ 31.3 "  N , 7 ° 49 ′ 3.4"  E