Oswald Church (Hirschlanden)

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The Oswald Church from the north
View of the chancel (2009) with the Walcker organ from 1965

The Oswaldkirche is the Protestant parish church of the parish of Hirschlanden , a district of the city of Ditzingen . It is a cultural monument according to § 2 DSchG BW .

history

A church in Hirschlanden was assigned to Lorsch Abbey in 786 and mentioned for the first time in the Lorsch Codex . A Romanesque hall church was built on the site of an older predecessor building in 1180, parts of which have survived in the tower substructure. In 1456 the Hirsau Monastery was patronized "from time immemorial". In 1466 the church was incorporated into the Schönrain am Main monastery. In 1485 it was again owned by Hirsau. In the same year, the Oswaldspatrozinium is documented for the first time. The Hirsau Monastery was still owned by the parish priests in 1524/29. In 1534 the Reformation was introduced in the community.

The Gothic church building was demolished in 1748 because it was dilapidated. In its place, the bricklayer and stone mason Andreas Sämann, under the direction of Johann Christoph David von Leger, built today's baroque nave. It was inaugurated on October 27, 1748. Extensive renovations took place in 1933 (inside), 1936 (outside), 1962 (inside), 1994 (outside) and 1995 (inside).

Building description

The nave is a four-axis plastered building with arched windows, corner blocks , a straight west end and a hipped roof to the west. The room is closed off by a coffered ceiling (renewed in 1962). The oldest parts of the choir tower adjoining to the east may still go back to the previous building. A half-timbered bell storey from the Baroque period (probably around 1751) is placed on top, above it a twisted helmet converted into an octagon. The crowning of the tower is made up of a ball, cross and cock.

The nave and the lower level of the tower are connected by an ogival passage. The tower hall with a star rib vault, which originally formed the choir, was converted into a sacristy after the new nave was built. Only in the course of the renovation in 1962 was the choir arch opened again and the altar moved back into the tower.

Furnishing

In place of the baroque pulpit altar, the church received a new stone altar during the renovation in 1962, which in turn was replaced in 1995 by a wooden table altar. Behind the altar is an Easter window from 1962 depicting the women at the tomb of Jesus ( Mk 16.1–8  EU ).

The baroque pulpit with sound cover is on the right side of the choir passage. It was created by the Hirschland carpenter Johannes Schemperlin and his son, who carried out the paintings. A crucifix from around 1510/20 hangs above the choir arch, and in the room in front of the pulpit there is an octagonal baptismal font from the late Gothic period.

The altar cross and font cover were commissioned in 1984.

organ

In 1965 an organ made by Eberhard Friedrich Walcker (Ludwigsburg) was installed to the left of the choir arch . It replaced a previous instrument from 1890, which also came from Walcker. Today's organ has eleven sounding voices on two manuals (main and upper work) and a pedal . The disposition comes from the regional church organ expert Herbert Liedecke . In 2019 a new organ was bought and installed by the organ builder brothers Van Vulpen from Utrecht.

Peal

On the bell floor of the church there are three bronze bell bells with the chimes b 1 (prayer bell, cast year 1954, Heinrich Kurz, Stuttgart), c 2 (cast year 1949, Heinrich Kurz, Stuttgart) and a 2 (cast year 1657, cast in Hirschlanden; brass knuckles in 1995 renewed).

During the First World War , a medium bell was given for armament purposes. It was replaced in 1919, but confiscated again in World War II .

literature

  • Albrecht Hungerbühler: The Protestant parish in Hirschlanden. In: Clytus Gottwald (Red.): Twelve Hundred Years of Hirschlanden. 769-1969. Hirschlanden 1969, pp. 127-136
  • Florian Hoffmann: Village and Church - Building Blocks for the Hirschland Church History . In: Florian Hoffmann, Herbert Hoffmann: 1250 years of Ditzingen & Hirschlanden. New contributions to the city's history . Ubstadt-Weiher, Heidelberg, Basel 2019, pp. 177–239

Web links

Commons : Oswaldkirche (Hirschlanden)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Description of the Oberamt Leonberg . Published by the Württemberg State Statistical Office. 1st volume. Stuttgart 1930
  2. ^ Thomas Schulz: Old Württemberg camp books from the Austrian period 1520-1534. Volume V: Asperg, Bietigheim, Besigheim, Markgröningen, Leonberg and Vaihingen offices . Stuttgart 1989, p. 337.
  3. Description of the Oberamt Leonberg . 1st volume, Stuttgart 1930, p. 839.
  4. https://www.evangelische-kirche-schwerte.de/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/kirchenzeitung-06-2019-web-1.pdf

Coordinates: 48 ° 50 ′ 15 "  N , 9 ° 2 ′ 14.2"  E