Oswald Church (Weilimdorf)

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Evangelical Oswald Church and the Old Town Hall during the day ...

The Oswaldkirche is a Protestant parish church in Stuttgart-Weilimdorf .

history

tower
… and at night

A church in simple wooden construction from the 8th / 9th centuries probably already existed at the current location. Century. In 1243 the church in Weil im Glemsgau and its income were transferred by Bishop Heinrich von Tanne to the Canons' Monastery of Sindelfingen and thus first mentioned in a document. The patron saint of the church is Saint Oswald , whom a representation in the keystone of the choir reminds of to this day. Today's listed church was built around the year 1472. The year is written in Latin numerals above the north entrance of the church; at that time the nave was added to the choir tower , which was built between 1131 and 1181.

In 1531 a Protestant service was held for the first time in Weilimdorf. Because of his "Protestant" attitude, Pastor Ringlin was removed from his office two years later by the University of Tübingen. In 1549 Balthasar Reichenberger was appointed as the first Protestant pastor. In 1595 the church tower was partially destroyed by a lightning strike, but rebuilt within five months. The last major renovation and restoration took place in 1980.

Furnishing

The furnishings include the "Lamentation of Christ" (around 1510), a late Gothic sandstone relief from the surroundings of the Heilbronn sculptor Hans Seyfer . Also late-Gothic is the crucifix by an unknown master, which was probably made after the renovation (1472), but before the end of the 15th century. On the gallery there are 27 paintings from 1678, which show stories from the beginning of the Old Testament to the end of the New Testament . The painter Johann Sebastian König and his journeyman Wolfgang Buchenau created this cycle.

The tomb of the ducal councilor Carl Friedrich Schikkart, who died in 1774 and who owned the nearby Bergheimer Hof, is located in the church choir. The colored choir window with scenes from the life of Jesus was designed in 1935 by the painter Wolf-Dieter Kohler.

organ

General view of the organ
Game table with electronic typesetting system
The console is housed in the organ

The instrument was built in 1761/62 by master organ builder Johann Sigmund Haußdörfer from Tübingen. It shows a wood-carved, gilded prospectus . The gallery in the choir room on which the organ originally stood was demolished in 1937. The Link company installed a new organ at its current location, with the case and a small part of the pipes from the old organ being reused.

In 1954 the organ was renewed by the Weigle company (inauguration: November 28, 1954) and expanded from 15 registers (970 pipes) to 21 registers (1300 pipes). An electrical stop action with three free combinations was also installed. In 2007 the organ was renovated by the Mühleisen company (inauguration: February 3, 2007). The renovation was made possible by donations as well as concerts and “pipe sponsorships”.

The console housed in the organ has two manuals with two movements and a pedal unit.

Disposition since 1954

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
Quintad 16 ′
Principal 8th'
Gemshorn 8th'
octave 4 ′
Reed flute 4 ′
Nasat 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Forest flute 2 ′
Mixture 4–5f. 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
II Swell C – g 3
Covered 8th'
recorder 4 ′
Principal 2 ′
Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
Zymbel 3f.
Dulcian 8th'
Tremulant
Pedal C – f 1
Sub-bass 16 ′
Octave bass 8th'
Chorale bass 4 ′ Transmission of octave bass 8 ′
Flute bass 4 ′
flute 2 ′ Transmission of Flötbaß 4 ′
Trumpet 8th'
  • Pairing :
    • Normal coupling: II / I, I / P, II / P.

Manuals: mechanical action and slide chests. Pedal: Electropneumatic action and cone chest. Mechanical stop action.

Wind pressure: I. Manual 62 mm WS, II. Manual 50 mm WS, Pedal 62 mm WS.

Tuning a 1 = 440 Hz.

Disposition since 1972 and 2007

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
Quintad 16 ′
Principal 8th'
Gemshorn 8th'
Octave 4 ′
Reed flute 4 ′
Nasat 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Forest flute 2 ′
Mixture 4–5f. 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Trumpet 8th' X
II Swell C – g 3
flute 8th'
Covered 8th'
recorder 4 ′
Principal 2 ′
Sesquialter 1–2f. 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ X
Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Zymbel 3–4f. 1' x
Schalmey 8th'
Tremulant
Pedal C – f 1
Sub bass 16 ′
Octavbass 8th'
Choral bass 4 ′
Flute bass 4 ′
Rauschbass 2–3f. 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ x
Bombard 8th'
  • Pairing :
    • Normal coupling: II / I, I / P, II / P.
    • Sub-octave coupling: II / II 16 ′ (new 2007)
  • Playing aids : 3 free combinations, since 2007: 2 fixed combinations (Pleno, Tutti), electronic setting system with 9000 combinations.

Mechanical action action (in the pedal since 2007), mechanical (electrical since 2007) stop action.

Notes: X = new 2007, x = rebuilt 2007

Peal

In 1693/95 the older bells were stolen by French troops. One of them was dated to 1614. The bells that have been newly procured since were melted down in 1917 and - after Neuguss in 1922 - in 1942 for war purposes. In 1952 new bells were cast for the church.

Patronage law

In the pre-Reformation period, church patronage lay with the Canons' Monastery of Sindelfingen and was transferred to the newly founded University of Tübingen by Count Eberhard im Bart in 1477 . She exercised the right to appoint a parish until the 1920s.

local community

The Oswald parish today consists of a rectory. The Oswaldkirchengemeinde maintains a kindergarten, a choir, a community center on Ludmannstrasse and the Greuttersaal, where services are held. The Evangelical Oswald Kindergarten, which belongs to the Oswald community, was demolished in July 2007, rebuilt since mid-August 2007 and has been in regular use again since mid-April 2008.

literature

  • Reinhard Heinz: 750 years of Weilimdorf. History and stories for the 1993 anniversary . Published by Weilimdorfer Heimatkreis e. V. Stuttgart 1993
  • Gerhard Weiß: The Oswald Church. Then until today , ed. from the Evangelical Oswald-Wolfbusch-Church Community Stuttgart-Weilimdorf. Stuttgart 2016

Web links

Commons : St. Oswald (Weilimdorf)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 48 ° 48 ′ 57.5 "  N , 9 ° 6 ′ 36.7"  E