Petruskirche (Heidelberg-Kirchheim)

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Petruskirche from the south

The Petruskirche is a Protestant church in the Heidelberg district of Kirchheim . It was built in the baroque style between 1748 and 1750 .

history

Finds of row graves from the Merovingian period in Kirchheim suggest that the village, according to the place name, already had ecclesiastical significance for the surrounding area in the 6th century. The Gothic building that preceded today's church was badly damaged in the Palatinate War of Succession in 1689; the new building from 1748 to 1750 was designed by foreman Kunzelmann. In 1934 a new chancel and sacristy were added to the church.

description

The baroque hall church is kept simple as a new church building of the reformed church . The windows and doors in the white plastered facade are framed from red sandstone, the rectangular tower has a baroque onion dome . Parts of the wall from the 19th century still exist from the former churchyard. Inside, only the pulpit, decorated in baroque style, from the time it was built has been preserved, otherwise the impression of the room is shaped by the restoration and expansion in 1934. The rectangular choir with two colored glass windows by Julius Beck with portraits of the reformers Luther and Calvin and the single-storey extension of the sacristy that surrounds the chancel also date from this year . The current seating was built in 1904.

literature

  • City district of Heidelberg. Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany. Cultural monuments in Baden-Württemberg , Volume II.5.2, edited by Melanie Mertens, Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Ostfildern 2013, ISBN 978-3-7995-0426-3

Web links

Commons : Petruskirche (Heidelberg-Kirchheim)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Chronicle Heidelberg-Kirchheim. City of Heidelberg, accessed on December 23, 2018 .
  2. ^ Heidelberg city district. Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany. Cultural monuments in Baden-Württemberg , Volume II.5.2, edited by Melanie Mertens, Ostfildern 2013, p. 175f.
  3. ^ Heidelberg city district. Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany. Cultural monuments in Baden-Württemberg , Volume II.5.2, edited by Melanie Mertens, Ostfildern 2013, p. 176.

Coordinates: 49 ° 22 ′ 38.9 "  N , 8 ° 40 ′ 8.3"  E