Reformed Church Cronenberg
The Reformed Church in Cronenberg is one of the most striking churches on the southern heights of Wuppertal in the Cronenberg district and is one of the most beautiful churches in the Bergisches Land due to its proportions and the particularly successful onion dome .
history
The reconstruction of a new sacred building for the Reformed Community became necessary after the collapse of the previous church, which was built in the 13th century at the latest and was originally consecrated to St. Ewalden . The foundation stone was laid on July 28, 1766 and the first building work under Pastor Johann Heinrich Dilthey was made possible by various collections. Due to the death of Dilthey in December 1768 and the costly procurement of further funds - a total of 16,000 Reichstaler had to be raised - the further construction was initially delayed. The church could not be consecrated until May 15, 1771. It belongs to the type of the Bergische Sermon Church based on the model of the Old Reformed Church in Elberfeld . The supraregional best-known pastor of the church was the "clay pastor" Emanuel Felke , who was famous for his naturopathic treatments and worked in the Reformed Church from 1887 to 1894. After the unification of the Reformed and Lutheran congregations in 2003, the church, together with the Friedenskirche and the Nicodemuskirche, is one of the three preaching sites of the Evangelical Church Cronenberg.
description
The two-storey hall church with a mansard roof is 24.50 m long, 18.22 m wide and 50.24 m (= 160 Rhenish feet ) high. The square west tower with a light-looking onion dome - today the symbol of Cronenberg - was completed in 1776. From the floor to the end of the masonry of the tower it is just 25.12 m as from the end of the wall to the top. From the tower you have a wide view, in good weather as far as the Rhine.
Opposite the tower entrance, the principal pieces, the Last Supper table, the late baroque, richly decorated pulpit with lid and the organ are arranged one above the other in the Reformed manner. The (used) Ibach organ did not come into the church until 1853. Until then, the church chant was led by the sexton, which was also cheaper.
With its large surrounding galleries, the church has approx. 850 seats (the parish had approx. 2900 souls at the time of construction). The pulpit is visible from all places.
literature
- J. Holtmanns et al. (Ed.), Chronicle of the mayor's office Kronenberg (sic!), Remscheid 1877, p. 161 ff.
- Ev.-Ref. Community of Wuppertal-Cronenberg (ed.), Under the Angel of Trumpets. Pictures from the history of the Reformed Community of Cronenberg. o. O., o. J. (1971)
- Peter Bockemühl , Cronenberg - History and Eigenart, undated , undated (Wuppertal 1954); second new edition expanded to include contributions by Jürgen Eschmann, Wuppertal 2009
- Klaus Goebel (ed.), Historische Schauplätze in Wuppertal, Solingen and Remscheid, Wuppertal 1992, pp. 92–95
Web links
- Entry in the Wuppertal monument list
- Website of the Evangelical Church Cronenberg
Coordinates: 51 ° 12 ′ 19.9 ″ N , 7 ° 7 ′ 43.7 ″ E