Ottilia Church (Hofen)
The Ottilia Church in Hofen , a district of Bönnigheim in the Ludwigsburg district in Baden-Württemberg , has been documented since the Middle Ages.
history
There is no documentary evidence of the origins of the church in Hofen. The choir tower with barrel vaults and the sacristy with cross vaults and Gothic windows date from the late 13th century, according to structural findings. The church appears for the first time in documents in 1379, when Johannes von Urbach was lord of the church in Hofen. In the 15th century the church and the right of patronage belonged to the Lauffen monastery , from 1522 to the Denkendorf monastery . In the course of the Reformation , the church rights in Hofen fell to Württemberg , which also acquired the rest of the place from 1575 to 1584.
The nave was probably built in its present form before the Reformation . In 1620 two galleries were built. In 1760 the nave was raised by more than a meter, and in 1773 the tower, which had long been in disrepair, was repaired. There have been several expansion plans for the nave over the centuries, but they always failed due to insufficient finances. In 1959/60 the church was extensively renovated, and frescoes from the early 14th century were exposed in the choir. In 1965 the choir received a new leaded glass window from Adolf Saile .
Furnishing
Frescoes
The frescoes in the choir are dominated by a large-format depiction of the Last Judgment . On the east wall there are also scenes from the life of Saint Ottilia .
organ
The first organ of the church was procured in 1718, but was replaced by a new instrument as early as 1818, which is today in Mundelsheim in the Kilian's Church . Today's organ was built in 1979 by Plum in Marbach.
Bells
The church in Hofen has three bells. The oldest and smallest bell, the baptismal bell , dates from 1654. A bell from 1747, which was once there and was cast at Reichle in Stuttgart, had to be delivered in 1917 for armament purposes. In 1921 they received a new bell cast in the Bachert bell foundry in Kochendorf ( Bad Friedrichshall ), which, however, also had to be delivered in 1942. The bell was completed in 1951 by the cross and arbitrary bell cast by Kurtz in Stuttgart , and in 1981 the larger prayer bell from Bachert was added.
Tombs
On the north wall of the church there are several old tombs that were once in the church, including that of Adam and Barbara Bessler (1562/1585), the only fragmentary epitaph for Hans and Elisabeth von Urbach (1608), the shows the deceased kneeling in front of the crucified, and the tomb of the long-time pastor Harter, who died in 1753. The stone cross, also walled up on the north wall, could come from the ridge of the old church.
literature
- Dieter Gerlinger: The Otilia Church at Hofen. In: Ganerbeblätter 5 , Bönnigheim 1982, pp. 15-20.
- Heinz Rall: Historic churches in Zabergäu and the surrounding area . Forum-Verlag, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-8091-1088-4 , pp. 38-39.
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Coordinates: 49 ° 1 ′ 31.7 ″ N , 9 ° 7 ′ 27.2 ″ E