Pauluskirche (Bonndorf)
The Pauluskirche is the Protestant church of Bonndorf in the Black Forest in the Baden-Württemberg district of Waldshut . The church was built in 1953 together with the parish hall and rectory and today forms the center of the Protestant parish, which extends over the political communities of Bonndorf and Wutach .
Parish history
The first Protestant Christians in the Raumschaft Bonndorf mentioned early 19th century. At that time there was only one Protestant congregation in Waldshut , whose pastoral chaplain was also responsible for the Bonndorf area. In May 1873 Bonndorf became a "diaspora cooperative" and was the largest diaspora community in Germany in terms of area. At that time Bonndorf was not yet an independent evangelical parish, as the place did not yet have its own pastor. The castle chapel was available for services. The first service took place on Ascension Day in 1873 in the chapel provided by the city of Bonndorf. A number of surrounding localities were assigned to the pastoral district, bringing the number of parishioners to 203. In 1906 Bonndorf received a pastoral clergyman for the first time and in 1920 the diaspora cooperative became a diaspora congregation. In 1934 the parish was raised to a parish office and, since Löffingen and Lenzkirch still belonged to the parish, it was so large that today four parish offices are distributed over it. After the Second World War , the number of parishioners rose sharply, partly due to refugees, so that the palace chapel became much too small as a place of worship. In 1953 the foundation stone of the Pauluskirche was laid. The areas of Löffingen, Lenzkirch and Grafenhausen , which belonged to Bonndorf at the time of the diaspora parishes , now form their own parishes. The evangelical parish of Bonndorf has around 1250 parishioners today.
Pauluskirche
After the Second World War, the Protestant parish grew so much that the castle chapel became too small. In 1953 the foundation stone was therefore laid for a separate church building with an attached parish hall and rectory. With the support of the political community Bonndorf and a lot of personal contribution, the church was handed over to its destination in 1954. At the time of completion, the church had neither bells nor an organ. As at the time of the palace chapel, the bells of the Catholic St. Peter and Paul Church also rang at the Protestant services on high feast days . In 1957 the tower received its first bell with the Rogate . By 1963, the chiming was extended by three more bells to a four-part chime, consisting of one steel and three bronze bells. In 1966 the church received an organ from Mönch Orgelbau , for which the gallery was reinforced with steel girders. The organ has 12 registers and II manuals .
In the last few years, the interior of the church and the parish hall have been renovated and brought up to date in terms of energy.
Individual evidence
- ^ Gerhard Defner: The evangelical church community. In: City on the Black Forest Bonndorf. Published in 1980 by the city of Bonndorf, ISBN 3-921340-11-X , pp. 88-89.
- ↑ Gudrun Holm: Evangelical in Bonndorf A little review. In: Community letter of the Evangelical Church Community Bonndorf , autumn 2016, pp. 4–6.
- ↑ Information on the organ. In: deutscher-orgelbau.de. Retrieved July 26, 2019 .
Coordinates: 47 ° 48 ′ 55.5 " N , 8 ° 20 ′ 12.7" E