Petruskirche (Obertürkheim)
The Petruskirche in Obertürkheim goes back to a pilgrimage church mentioned in 1285. The tower base of today's church building dates back to the Gothic period , while the nave and the furnishings date in part from the Baroque period .
location
The Petruskirche is located south of the center of Stuttgart-Obertürkheim. It is surrounded by a cemetery . While today the building up of the Church zoom ranges immediately, the Church in was bathes Banholz and Mörgelen once in a secluded location amid the vineyards .
history
In Germanic times there is said to have been a Germanic cult site at the site of the church. The origins of Obertürkheim could be in Alemannic times . The grave of an Alemannic nobleman, found on the nearby Ailenberg in 1857, documents an Alemannic use of the area. Even Peter as patron indicates a possible alemannische founding of the church. Nevertheless, Obertürkheim does not appear in the documents until the 13th century, when it had already come to Württemberg (from old Calwian possession ) . In 1285 a pilgrimage chapel was first mentioned on the site of today's Petruskirche. This chapel was the church for Obertürkheim and the neighboring Uhlbach . It is possible that a separate parish already existed at that time , but this is considered to be secure in the course of the 14th century at the latest. The chapel was enlarged in 1485 in the Gothic style. In 1490, the previous Uhlbach branch received its own St. Andrew's Church.
The church once belonged to the diocese of Constance . The Obertürkheim church was reformed in 1549 . The fact that this only happened 15 years after the Reformation in Stuttgart has something to do with the resistance from Constance. The right of patronage remained with the cathedral chapter of Konstanz until the early 19th century, from 1806 the Württemberg consistory then proposed the pastors, who had to be confirmed by the Württemberg king.
The former Uhlbach branch was again looked after from Obertürkheim from 1635 to 1653, i.e. as a result of the effects of the Thirty Years' War . Brühl was later a branch of Obertürkheim before it was parish off to Mettingen in 1923 . At the same time, the Protestant residents of Rüdern , who had previously belonged to the parish in Sulzgries, were parished to Obertürkheim.
The nave of the church was renovated in 1778, as indicated by an inscription above the (walled up) eastern entrance. In 1780 the cemetery around the church was rebuilt. Thorough renovation measures took place in 1906, and the tower was renovated again in 1934.
The church suffered some damage during the Second World War, but was spared from destruction. During the air raid on March 2, 1944, the Andreas Church in Uhlbach was destroyed and the Petrus Church damaged. Just a month later, the Petruskirche was provisionally repaired again. In the last two years of the Second World War, the Petruskirche also served as a place of worship for the local Catholic community, whose wooden church was also lost in the war.
In 1946 the Petruskirche was placed under monument protection.
The organ gallery, which was once in the west of the nave, was removed in 1950 along with the organ and moved to the rebuilt St. Andrew's Church. The church was thoroughly renovated inside and outside from 1954 and rededicated in 1960. In 1962 the church received a new organ. In 1980/81 the exterior was renovated again.
description
architecture
The single-nave church and the choir tower are oriented roughly to the east. The tower choir has a Gothic reticulated vault , the keystone of which shows a colored Madonna handing grapes to the Christ child. Above the only window of the tower choir there is a stonemason's mark , which can also be found as a journeyman's mark on the Esslingen Frauenkirche, which was built around the same time as the Petruskirche. To the left of the choir arch is a wooden pulpit , which can be reached via a staircase from the sacristy attached to the north of the tower . Its sound cover bears a lamb with a victory flag, dated 1774 .
Furnishing
The approximately 2.60 meter high crucifix on the east wall behind the altar dates from the Baroque period.
On the north wall of the choir there is a colored stone figure of the church patron Peter, who can be recognized by his attribute, the key, as well as by his usual physiognomy with beard and forelock. The 90 cm high figure on a 67 cm high and ornamented pedestal comes from the late 15th century and has late Gothic style features. Since sweeping foliage, beginning with a branch carried by the saint on the shoulder, also extends beyond the figure's head, it probably once served as a pulpit bearer (like a similar figure in the likewise late Gothic church of Simon and Judas in Heutingsheim ).
There are two historical epitaphs in the nave . The older one from 1610 shows the Schmidt family kneeling in front of the crucified Christ. The inscription announces that within a year the mother and all three children died. The younger epitaph is that of pastor Johann Gottfried Neuheuser († 1743) and shows in the middle panel a portrait of the clergyman who worked in the Petruskirche from 1707 to 1738.
In the church treasury the church has a silver host box from 1774, which has a lamb with a victory flag on the lid. This object is certainly related to the pulpit, which also shows a lamb with a victory flag and is also dated 1774. The other church treasures include a baptismal bowl from 1870 and various other historical baptismal and communion utensils.
organ
The organ was built in 1962 near Weigle in Echterdingen . It has two manuals and twelve sounding registers.
A first organ in the church was mentioned in 1720 when mayor Joseph Schöpfer donated an organ gallery. In 1779 a new organ is reported. In 1895, the Benger commercial councilor from Uhlbach donated a new organ that came from Weigle in Echterdingen. In 1950 the organ and the gallery were moved to the rebuilt St. Andrew's Church and a harmonium was used as a replacement until today's organ was purchased in 1962 .
Bells
In 1900 the ringing consisted of three bells: a large bell from 1529, cast by Bernhard Sidler in Esslingen, a medium bell from 1466 and a small bell from the 19th century. The large Sidler bell from 1529 had to be cast in 1901. During the First World War , the largest and smallest bells were delivered for armament purposes. In 1921 Kurtz in Stuttgart had two new bells cast as replacements. Both replacement bells were also delivered a little later in World War II. After the Second World War, only the old bell from 1466 remained, but it broke in 1946. In 1947 Kurtz cast two new bells from this old bell for the St. Andrew's Church. The Petruskirche, however, received three new bells in 1948, which still ring today.
The big bell has the strike tone f, a diameter of 143 cm and a weight of 1191 kg. The middle bell has a strike note as, a diameter of 120 cm and a weight of 742 kg. The small bell has the strike note b, a diameter of 107 cm and a weight of 519 kg.
Individual evidence
literature
- Paul Weber: St. Peter zu Obertürkheim , in: Monthly for worship and church art , No. 3, June 1897, pp. 71–75.
- Helmut Haller: The Petruskirche in Obertürkheim , Obertürkheim 1984
Coordinates: 48 ° 46 ′ 3.7 ″ N , 9 ° 16 ′ 8.4 ″ E