Pauluskirche (Ludwigshafen)
The Pauluskirche is a Protestant church in the Ludwigshafen district of Friesenheim . It was built between 1901 and 1902 according to plans by Franz Schöberl .
history
The district of Friesenheim was first mentioned in 771, a church for the first time in 1238. Elector Ottheinrich introduced the Reformation in 1556 in the Electoral Palatinate . When the Palatinate church was divided in 1705, however, the church was added to the Catholics. Between 1771 and 1780 the Reformed community built its own church. Today's St. Paul's Church was built in its place at the beginning of the 20th century. Its inauguration was celebrated on October 12, 1902. After damage from the explosion of BASF's nitrogen works in Oppau in 1921, the church was restored until 1923.
During World War II , phosphorus bombs hit the church in 1944, setting the tower on fire and causing the building to collapse. After the war, a makeshift reconstruction and a new inauguration took place on March 7, 1948. In July, another explosion at BASF - an explosion in the nearby BASF chemical plant - destroyed the roof and windows. In 1951, a defective gas heater set the church on fire. The reconstruction according to the plans of Helmut Fücker concluded with the inauguration on October 12, 1952. Renovation work took place between 1977 and 1979.
description
The Pauluskirche stands in the historic center of Friesenheim near the town hall. The architect Franz Schöberl built a neo-Gothic church. After the war, however, the top of the 45.40 meter high tower was rebuilt in a modified form. The sandstone block building is covered with a hipped roof. The hall church has two naves . The vaulted choir has been drawn in and has a rectangular floor plan.
In the tympanum of the main portal there is a quote from Martin Luther : " A solid castle is our God ". The church windows depict stories from the Bible and St. Paul's Church in a cycle of pictures. The organ was built in 1997 by the Orgelbau Mühleisen organ building workshop and has 30 registers, distributed over three manuals and pedal. The bell consists of six bells from the Albert Junker foundry :
| year | kg | volume |
|---|---|---|
| 1954 | 1,801 | cis 1 |
| 1954 | 1,090 | e 1 |
| 1954 | 501 | g sharp 1 |
| 1954 | 420 | h 1 |
| 1954 | 300 | c sharp 2 |
| 1954 | 207 | dis 2 |
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 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Prot. Pauluskirche, Ludwigshafen-Friesenheim. In: Mühleisen organ building workshop. Retrieved May 23, 2020 .
Web links
- Protestant parish Ludwigshafen-Friesenheim
- General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Informational directory of cultural monuments - district-free city of Ludwigshafen am Rhein. Mainz 2020, p. 16 (PDF; 4.9 MB).
Coordinates: 49 ° 29 '53.1 " N , 8 ° 24' 40.8" E