Michaelskirche (Ötisheim)
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The Michaelskirche is an Evangelical Lutheran church in Ötisheim im Enzkreis , Baden-Württemberg . It is a Gothic church .
location
The choir tower church is located on a mountain spur . It was first mentioned in a document in 1356, when Bishop Gerhard von Speyer incorporated the parish church with the Erlenbach branch , where there was a Jacob's chapel, to the Maulbronn monastery . The oldest masonry, the lower part of the tower, is dated between 1280 and 1300. In the church tower choir there is a ribbed vault and a mural.
According to Konrad Dussel, there was probably either a small chapel or a wooden porch in front of today's Michael’s Church. He concludes this on the one hand from the fact that Michael churches had a mediating function between pagans and Christians , since St. Michael showed similarities with the pagan gods and on the other hand, the church is in a dominant position .
Fortified church
The Michaelskirche also served as a fortified church , since there were always disputes between knights , free cities and princes , especially in the second half of the 14th century, or robbers attacked the villages. The Maulbronn Monastery repeatedly had arguments, especially with the Lords of Enzberg . There was also criticism, as Margrave Bernhard I of Baden complained , that the churches in Ötisheim, Öschelbronn and Wiernsheim are castles and no longer churchyards. In the event of danger, the cattle were driven to the adjacent cemetery and the population sought refuge in the tower. Except for the lining walls , nothing can be seen of the fortification, which was commissioned by Abbot Albrecht IV of Ötisheim at the beginning of the 15th century . In 1460 the church suffered great damage during a campaign by Count Ulrich V , which was repaired in 1475.
Renovation works
Maulbronn Monastery was responsible for maintaining the tower. The repairs to the nave and the stalls were financed by foundations . The inhabitants had to do labor to transport building materials and during the renovation in 1475 the men and women were given 40 days of hellfire indulgences . In 1603 the position of the altar was changed. In 1732 the altar in front of the choir arch, the organ loft , the pulpit and the ceiling were changed. In 1775 the ship was rebuilt again. The wall painting in the vault cap was discovered in 1900 and, during renovations, led by the architect Heinrich Dolmetsch, through an extension on the north side with a gallery and a new tower elevation, it was exposed and restored in 1908. The last renovation took place in 1987.
Wall painting and epitaph
Four evangelist symbols are depicted in the vault cap . A sacrament niche surrounded by angels and the three wise men are depicted on the north wall. Above you can see Herod's feast and the beheading of John the Baptist . On the south wall the Archangel Michael fights with the dragon and above the picture you can see the martyrdom of St. Sebastian . Above the east window angels and a picture of Veronica can be seen and in the window reveal is Mary with the child Jesus, as well as a Cistercian abbot with coat of arms, staff and book. It is believed that it could represent Bernhard von Clairvaux . In the reveal of the choir arch are the five wise and the five foolish virgins .
From the renovation work, an epitaph for four children from the Baroque period survived , who died in 1731, it says:
(List of names of children)
Wall painting in the choir, St. Bernard of Clairvaux (?)
View of the altar
Wall painting on the north wall in the choir
Mural on the south wall in the choir
Epitaph from the baroque period
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Organ and bells
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Since the location of the organ was always redefined, a new organ was always bought. In 1852 the baroque organ of that time was replaced by a single-manual organ from the Ludwigsburg company Walcker . In 1908 a two-manual organ came, made by the Weigle company from Echterdingen , and in 1960 an organ costing 40,000 marks was bought again from the Walcker company . Before the bells were delivered and melted down in 1917 due to the First World War , there were three bells that came from the years 1832, 1736 and 1884 and were tuned to the sounds a -c-es . The community was allowed to keep the smallest of the bells. In 1922, as a result of a fundraising campaign initiated by Pastor Stierle, the community received a new bell from the Heinrich Kurz company in Stuttgart . In 1942, however, this time because of the Second World War , it was picked up and melted down. In 1950 the community bought 2 new bells from the Bachert company in Heilbronn . A cross bell in h and a 570 kg praying bell in g sharp are added. So the congregation again had three bells with the baptismal bell in it . Until 1957 the bells had to be made to vibrate by a sexton on a rope, until a mechanical church tower clock was used, which had to be wound up regularly. The Heinrich Perrot company from Calw finally installed an electric clockwork in 1967.
See also
literature
- Mathias Köhler: Evangelical Churches in Ötisheim , Munich and Zurich 1992.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Konrad Dussel (2007): Ötisheim - through history to the present regional culture, 2007, ISBN 978-3897355033 , p. 43
- ↑ Evangelical Churches in Ötisheim, Schnell Kunstführer No. 1988, 1992 p. 7
- ↑ Konrad Dussel (2007): Ötisheim - through history to the present regional culture, 2007, ISBN 978-3897355033 , p. 47
- ↑ Evangelical Churches in Ötisheim, Schnell Kunstführer No. 1988, 1992 p. 8
- ↑ kirchbau.de
- ↑ Konrad Dussel (2007): Ötisheim - through history to the present regional culture, 2007, ISBN 978-3-89735-503-3 , p. 47
- ^ Church wall painting Ötisheim
- ↑ Konrad Dussel (2007): Ötisheim - through history to the present regional culture, 2007, ISBN 978-3897355033 , pp. 335–336
Coordinates: 48 ° 57 ′ 38 " N , 8 ° 48 ′ 9.8" E