Michaelskirche (Metterzimmer)

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Michaelskirche in Metterzimmer

The Protestant Michaelskirche in Metterzimmer , a suburb of Bietigheim-Bissingen , is one of the Art Nouveau churches in Württemberg .

history

Built by Heinrich Dolmetsch within just one year of 1906 , the church was consecrated on December 6, 1906. A lightning strike in the building of the previous church ended years of disagreement about a new building. The plans from 1905 had the church in Lehrensteinsfeld as a model . The execution was based on the Eisenach regulation .

church

Outside

Floor plan of Michaelskirche in Metterzimmer

Basic layout: Right-angled church building with a south aisle and a 30 m high tower ( Welsche dome ) and an apse set back slightly . Special feature: Covered porch of the west entrance.

Inside

Stone pillars for the gallery and separation from the central nave. Art Nouveau capitals. Flat ceiling with field ornaments. Pulpit, altar, baptismal font symmetrically in one line; The central axis of the church, on the other hand, is arranged asymmetrically by seating groups in the side aisle. Choir room with two three-seat choir seats, starry sky and ribbon windows.

Image program

Five stained glass windows by the Stuttgart sculptor Karl Theodor Bauerle depict the central biblical references: The homecoming of the prodigal son, Nicodemus comes to Jesus in the night (John 3: 1-21), the story of Mary and Martha (Matthew 10: 38-42 ) and left and right outside two windows on the motif of Psalm 126: 5 "Those who sow with tears will reap with joy."

literature

  • Ulrich Gräf, Dieter Petri: Michaelskirche in Metterzimmer , Bietigheim 2006
  • Hermann Roemer: History of the city of Bietigheim , Stuttgart 1961, 2nd edition, pp. 289–298
  • Hans Huber: The old Michaelskirche in Metterzimmer until 1905 , manuscript 1994, Metterzimmer parish archive

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Huber, Hans: The old Michaelskirche in Metterzimmer until 1905, manuscript 1994, Metterzimmer parish archive
  2. ↑ Ulrich Gräf, Dieter Petri: Michaelskirche in Metterzimmer , Bietigheim 2006
  3. ↑ Roemer, Hermann: Geschichte der Stadt Bietigheim , Stuttgart 1961, 2nd edition, pp. 289–298

Web links

Commons : Michaelskirche  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 48 ° 57 '35.4 "  N , 9 ° 6' 16.6"  E