Protestant Church (Höchen)

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The Protestant Church in Höchen
View inside the church
Organ loft

The Protestant Church Höchen is the parish church of the Protestant parish Höchen , a district of Saarland Bexbach in the church district ( Dean's Office ) Homburg / Saar of the Evangelical Church of the Palatinate . The church is listed as an individual monument in the Saarland's list of monuments .

history

In 1902 a Protestant prayer room was built in Höchen according to plans by the architect and district master builder Johann Caspar Löhmer (Homburg). In 1909/10 a tower was placed in front of the prayer room . Architect Friedrich Larouette (Frankenthal) drafted the plans for the reconstruction of the church from 1920-22, during which the choir was built.

In 1963 the reconstruction took place under the direction of the architect Ludwig Wolfart (Homburg). In 1978 the church underwent a restoration .

Architecture and equipment

The church is an Art Nouveau building . Inside the church, the two three-part windows in the side walls of the nave from 1902 are worth seeing. The painter Georg Kau ( Munich ) created three small windows in the choir in 1921 and the church painter Fritz Muth (Munich) 1920–22 the oil painting " Jesus preaches on the Höcherberg ”. The wrought iron lamps with chalice and Christ monogram in the nave were designed in 1922 by the architect Friedrich Larouette ( Frankenthal ).

organ

The organ of the church was built in 1910 by the company A. Poppe & Söhne ( Offenbach an der Queich ). The instrument has 13 registers , divided into two manuals and pedal . The organ is set up on a gallery . Your gaming table is free-standing, facing the altar . In 1922 it was redesigned after a new ceiling was installed in the nave. In 1993 the organ was restored by Hugo Mayer Orgelbau ( Heusweiler ).

I Manual C – f 3
1. Principal 8th'
2. Dumped 8th'
3. Viola di gamba 8th'
4th Octave 4 ′
Reed flute
(copy from No. 5)		 4 ′
5. Mixture IV
II Manual C – f 3
6th Gemshorn 8th'
7th Hollow flute 8th'
8th. Salicional 8th'
9. Aeoline 8th'
Vox coeleste
(group train from No. 8 and No. 9)		 8th'
10. Transverse flute 4 ′
Pedal C – d 1
11. Bourdon Bass 16 ′
12. Violon bass 16 ′
13. cello 8th'
  • Pairing :
    • Normal coupling: II / I, I / P, II / P
    • Sub-octave coupling: II / I
    • Super octave coupling: I / I
  • Playing aids : Piano, Forte, Tutti

literature

  • Bernhard H. Bonkhoff: The churches in the Saar-Palatinate district . Saarbrücken 1987.

Web links

Commons : Protestant Church (Höchen)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Church district: Prot. Deanery Zweibrücken On: www.evkirchepfalz.de, accessed on August 13, 2012
  2. ↑ List of monuments of the Saarland, sub-monuments list Saarpfalz-Kreis (PDF; 1.2 MB), accessed on September 17, 2012
  3. ↑ a b c Information about the Protestant Church Höchen at: www.kunstlexikonsaar.de, accessed on September 17, 2012
  4. ↑ Das Dorf Auf: www.hoechen.de, accessed on September 17, 2012
  5. ↑ Organ of the Protestant Church Höchen ( Memento of the original from April 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Info page of the Orgeln im Saarland website , accessed on September 17, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.saar-orgelland.de

Coordinates: 49 ° 23 ′ 18.8 ″  N , 7 ° 16 ′ 21.9 ″  E