Protestant Church Göllheim
 View of the Protestant church in Göllheim |
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| Basic data | |
| Denomination | Protestant |
| Country | Germany |
| Building history | |
| architect | probably Johann Friedrich von Sckell |
| start of building | 14th Century |
| Building description | |
| Architectural style | Late Gothic, Late Baroque |
| 49 ° 35 '40.7 " N , 8 ° 3' 4.3" E | |
The Protestant Church is the landmark of the place Göllheim in the Donnersbergkreis . The striking building stands in the former center of Göllheim, surrounded by several old houses, the old town hall from 1786, which is now used as a Protestant parish hall, and the old market square.
Building description
The church consists of two parts: the Gothic tower, a remnant of the medieval church at this location, and the early classicist nave .
From the previous building from the 14th century, only the 56 m high choir tower remained after the demolition of the dilapidated ship at the end of the 18th century . It consists of five floors of different heights and originally ended with a crenellated wreath and a pointed helmet, which suggests a building designed as a fortified church . The dome with lantern that can be seen today was put on during the renovation and new construction in 1758, according to the inscription in the roof beams. Similar defense towers can be found near the churches in Rodenbach , Kleinbockenheim , Alsenz , Rehborn and Finkenbach .
The remains of late Gothic additions, probably a sacristy, can be seen on the outer walls of the ground floor. A stone rose is placed above the southern pointed arch window on the ground floor; Sign of the Rosenthal Monastery , with which Göllheim was closely related in the Middle Ages.
In the basement of the tower - formerly the choir of the Gothic church, today the sacristy - there is a sacrament house from the 14th century, still with the original wrought-iron grille, and in the vault a keystone depicting the Lamb of God .
There are no remains of the medieval nave. In its place rises a rectangular hall building from 1765. The two-story building has a hipped roof. There is a portal each in the north and south; in the west a central projection with a gable. Inside there is a gallery running around the north, west and south sides. The pillars supporting the gallery originally looked very rustic and were subsequently sheathed with wood and appear today in the style of Doric pillars. On the eastern wall facing the tower - typical of Protestant architecture - the altar, pulpit and organ are arranged one above the other.
Special features are the two wooden palm trees that delimit the structure of the altar, pulpit and organ. Similar structures can be found in Helsen and Ebringhausen. The building shows similarities to the town and residential church in Weilburg and the Paulskirche in Kirchheimbolanden . The architects from Nassau are believed to be Friedrich Joachim Stengel or Julius Ludwig Rothweil ; However, Johann Friedrich von Skell , Nassau-Weilburg gardening and building inspector, is mentioned in a memo.
Seen from the east, following the old main street, the Gothic tower and the neo-classical town hall form an architectural unit.
The church tower seen from the east with the historic town hall in the foreground
The rose in the top of the window
history
Since 1248 the monastery Rosenthal received the tithe from Göllheim and thus had the right to church patronage. The Otterberg monastery owned a Nikolaus altar pledge . Around 1530 the parish became Lutheran.
organ
The Sauer organ with the Rococo prospectus from Johann Georg Geib dates from 1880.
literature
- Georg Dehio : Handbook of the German art monuments Rhineland-Palatinate / Saarland . Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1984, p. 316.
- M. Hoffmann: The Göllheim Association - A cultural and historical travel guide. Göllheim 1997.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ G. Lill (Ed.): Die Kunstdenkmäler von Bayer, Pfalz, VII, Bez.-Amt Kirchheimbolanden, Munich, 1938