Protestant Church (Trippstadt)
 The Evangelical Church in Trippstadt |
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| Basic data | |
| Denomination | evangelical |
| place | Trippstadt, Germany |
| Building history | |
| architect | Theodor Bente during the expansion in 1895 |
| construction time | 1744-1745 |
| Building description | |
| inauguration | November 30, 1745 |
| Architectural style | Renaissance, baroque |
| Furnishing style | large window, pulpit, font |
| Construction type | cruciform, centralizing system |
| 49 ° 21 '16.4 " N , 7 ° 46' 6.8" E | |
The Evangelical Church of Trippstadt has been the Church of Evangelical Christians in Trippstadt since the Reformation and one of the three churches of the Protestant parish Trippstadt - Mölschbach - Stelzenberg .
history
Predecessor church
A church in Trippstadt is first mentioned in 1337. However, it seems to have already existed when Trippstadt was first mentioned in 1293. In the Worms synod of 1496 it is mentioned as a branch church of St. Blasius in Aschbach (today Aschbacher Hof). St. Blasius was the main church of the Wilenstein rule , to which, in addition to the castle of the same name, the villages of Trippstadt, Stelzenberg, Mölschbach and Hilsberg (today Stüterhof ) belonged.
This medieval church is likely to have been a Gothic hall church with probably five cross vaults , oriented to the northeast. It had no tower, but a roof turret for the bells on the eastern part of the gable roof. The internal dimensions were a length of 17.74 m and a width of 6.64 m.
This medieval church was consecrated to the "Holy Cross" and equipped with two altars , which were consecrated to St. Sebastian and St. George . It is not known whether there was a previous church.
Baroque new building
In 1744, the old church was demolished under pastor Johann Heinrich Hahn and the construction of a baroque church began. It was again built on the foundations of the old Gothic church. An expansion of the church was not possible at this time, since otherwise the peace of the dead of the Catholics buried behind the church would have been disturbed. The new inauguration took place on November 30, 1745 by Pastor Hahn, " because the clergyman in charge [from Kaiserslautern] had not been apologized ".
A description of the new baroque building can be found in the parish book of 1836: “ The room facing the ground floor is divided into 4 parts and in 1825 a new floor was laid. Inside the middle is the altar under which covers a stone font of 1609 and behind the same, the pulpit and the Pew [is] . The raised stage is located to the east, south and west. “The church had ten windows: four each on the long sides and one each on the narrow sides. The interior was 7.2 m high. The length and width were identical to the medieval church.
Reconstruction from 1895
Since the old church was much too small for the community and was also in a dilapidated condition, a complete renovation of the church was started in 1895. The old church from 1745 was used as a transept, whereby two large openings were broken into the north and south walls, and four windows were also removed. A nave with a tower was added to the south , while the choir was added to the north .
The new building was inaugurated on December 22nd, 1895 by Dean Christian Müller from Kaiserslautern . In fact, the last work was not completed until 1896. The total cost of the new building was 26,275 gold marks and 88 pfennigs.
architecture
The big window
The view into the chancel is dominated today by the large window from 1895 in the style of the New Renaissance . The picture shows the risen Christ in the middle. On the sides there are pictures of the reformers Martin Luther (right) and Ulrich Zwingli (left). The joint illustration of the founders of the two Reformation churches symbolizes the overcoming of the division among the Protestant churches, which was ended in the Palatinate by the union of the Lutheran and the Reformed congregations in 1818 .
pulpit
The pulpit is on the right-hand side of the choir. The front part of the pulpit was designed in 1980 by the Trippstadt artist Otto Kallenbach . It shows the calling of Moses ( Exodus 3) and shows the moment when Moses is called by the voice of God from the burning bush to lead the people of God out of slavery in Egypt . Overpowered by the overwhelming voice of God and by his commission, Moses threatens to fall backwards.
The church has a number of other works by Otto Kallenbach. The crucifix that stands on the altar today, the tower cock, the Pietà in the church garden and the bell relief of the third bell hung in the tower in 1953 were all designed by Kallenbach.
Baptismal font
The baptismal font from 1609 is a specialty . In addition to the fact that it was one of the few objects in the Palatinate from before the Thirty Years' War to survive the devastation of the wars of the 17th and early 18th centuries, there are also his Manufacturing and processing unusual. The entire, tulip-shaped, octagonal baptismal font (just like the pulpit and altar) is made of red sandstone . It is noticeable that the base relief appears unfinished and carved like an amateur; there is no relief on one side. On the front of the baptismal font is a rough-looking, clumsy crucifix. On the other hand, on the area to the right there is a handcrafted, clean sun with a face. In the field to the left of the crucifix, a less well executed, stylized Jerusalem cross is carved. The remaining fields are decorated with floral motifs. The obviously applied symmetry is not maintained. An inscription "ANNO DOMINI 1609" is carved on the back, including a stonemason's mark , both very carefully executed.
The choice of motifs is clearly biblical. The rotated column, just like the altar, refers to the temple of King Solomon (compare 1 Kings 7, 15ff). In the number symbolism , the eight stands for the resurrection of Christ. The sun symbolizes Christ, the "light of the world".
The baptismal bowl is made of copper and was made in the master school in Kaiserslautern in 1955.
literature
- Gerhard Vogel: The Evangelical Church of Trippstadt. Trippstadt 2003.
