Paul Gerhardt Church (Ludwigshafen)
The Paul-Gerhardt-Church is a Protestant church in the Ludwigshafen district of Rheingönheim . It was built in the 18th century. The tower dates from the 13th century. It is the oldest surviving part of a church in Ludwigshafen am Rhein.
history
Rheingönheim was first mentioned in 831 in the Golden Book of the Prüm Abbey. The church, consecrated to St. Sixtus , was first mentioned in 1204, when Rheingönheim was separated from the mother parish Altrip . The lords of Hirschhorn exercised the local rule as a fiefdom of the Wild and Rhine Counts . In 1556 the Hirschhorns introduced the Reformation . From 1699, when Rheingönheim belonged to the Electoral Palatinate , the church was used by Protestants and Catholics simultaneously . Now the church patron was St. Gallus . The simultaneum was not resolved until 1890 when the Catholics were paid off.
The old church burned down in 1708, but was immediately rebuilt. It received its present form in 1792 when the Rheingönheimers built a new church apart from the tower. It was renovated in 1892. During the Second World War , the nave burned down completely in 1943. The church was rebuilt by 1952. The interior furnishings were procured between 1954 and 1957. In 1989 the church was named after the hymn poet Paul Gerhardt .
description
The Paul Gerhardt Church is in the center of Rheingönheim. To the side of the front is the late Gothic , 31 meter high tower. The classical church is a hall building closed on five sides . It is covered with a hipped roof . The windows were designed in 1952 by Erhardt Klonk . The organ was built by Steinmeyer in 1955 . The ringing consists of three steel bells that were cast by the Bochumer Verein in 1948 :
| Ø (mm) | kg | volume |
|---|---|---|
| 1,605 | 1,820 | dis 1 |
| 1,350 | 1,028 | f sharp 1 |
| 1,070 | 518 | as 1 |
literature
- Friedhelm Borggrefe : On the way to the port of hope: 150 years of the Protestant Church in Ludwigshafen am Rhein . Ludwigshafen am Rhein 2003, ISBN 3-924667-31-4 .
- Friedrich Schmitt: Ludwigshafen church building . Ludwigshafen / Rhine 1985.
- Hans Caspary (edit.), Georg Dehio (start.): Handbook of German art monuments : Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland . Munich 1984, ISBN 3-422-00382-7 .
- City archive of the city of Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Stefan Mörz , Klaus Jürgen Becker (eds.): History of the city of Ludwigshafen am Rhein: Vol. 1. From the beginnings to the end of the First World War . Ludwigshafen am Rhein 2003, ISBN 3-924667-35-7 .
Web links
- Protestant parish Ludwigshafen-Rheingönheim
- General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Informational directory of cultural monuments - district-free city of Ludwigshafen am Rhein. Mainz 2020, p. 22 (PDF; 4.9 MB; search: Hauptstraße 145).
Coordinates: 49 ° 26 ′ 41.6 ″ N , 8 ° 25 ′ 0.2 ″ E