St. Aegidien Church (Hann. Münden)
The St. Aegidien Church is the smaller of the two historic old town churches in Hann. Münden in the district of Göttingen . Dating in its present form largely from the 17th and 18th century church was in 2006 deconsecrated . From 2010 to 2018 it housed the Café Aegidius .
history
The first building that preceded today's church was a small chapel measuring 6 × 9 meters inside from the Romanesque period, the remains of which were discovered in 1964 during an excavation inside the church. It was replaced by a Gothic building in the 13th century , of which the cross vaults in the chancel and in the sacristy are still preserved. With the introduction of the Reformation by Duchess Elisabeth and Antonius Corvinus in the 1540s, the Aegidienkirche became Lutheran .
During the bloody conquest of Mündens by the imperial general Johann T'Serclaes von Tilly in 1626, the explosion of a powder tower destroyed the church. Only the choir and the sacristy remained. When the worst consequences of the Thirty Years War had been overcome, a new nave was built in 1684 . In 1729 the tower was raised in half-timbered construction and covered with slate . A bell was only hung after the Franco-Prussian War .
In 1727 " Doktor Eisenbarth " died on a treatment trip in Hann. Münden and was buried in the crypt of the Aegidienkirche. Its epitaph has been on the southern outer wall of the church since the 19th century.
After the reconstruction, St. Aegidien also functioned as a garrison church . In the 19th century it got an organ .
With the relocation of the population center from the old town to the new districts and the emergence of new Protestant community centers, the Aegidienkirche, only a few blocks away from St. Blasii , increasingly lost its function. On November 22nd, 2006, it was disentangled during an evening service. The building became the property of the city. The Janke organ from 1962 was sold to Lindau (Lake Constance) .
In 2008, the owner of the Aegidienhof hotel across the street bought the church. Taking into account the sacred character of the space and largely using the original furnishings, he redesigned it to create the Café Aegidius , which was closed in November 2018.
literature
- Johann Dietrich von Pezold: The St. Aegidien Church In: History on the three rivers. A glimpse into the past of the city of Hann. Münden on the Werra, Fulda and Weser. Hann. Münden, 2001, pp. 23-24
- Erwin May: Münden - the forest city on the three rivers. Hann. Münden, 1980
Web links
- History and use (online presence of Café Aegidius )
- Description of the St. Aegidien Church
Coordinates: 51 ° 24 '54.4 " N , 9 ° 39' 8.1" E