St. Bartholomew (Laumersheim)
 St. Bartholomew Church Laumersheim |
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| Basic data | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| place | Laumersheim, Germany |
| diocese | Diocese of Speyer |
| Patronage | Bartholomew |
| Building history | |
| architect | Michael Bader |
| construction time | 1719-1721 |
| Building description | |
| Architectural style | Late Gothic, Late Baroque |
| Furnishing style | Paintings from the 14th century, stained glass since 2003 |
| Construction type | Hall building, choir tower |
| Function and title | |
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Simultaneous church until 1939 |
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| 49 ° 33 '11.1 " N , 8 ° 14' 8.5" E | |
The St. Bartholomew's Church is a native of the 18th century Baroque church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Speyer in the municipality Laumersheim ( Rheinland-Pfalz ).
history
The church is named after the apostle Bartholomäus , was built 1719–1721 as a simultaneous church according to the plans of the master builder Michael Bader at the expense of the Worms convent Maria Munster (also called Nonnenmünster) and consecrated in 1722 by the then responsible Auxiliary Bishop Johann Baptist Gegg . From the Gothic chapel, also used simultaneously, the tower with the former choir (as a sacristy, today a prayer room) was integrated into the new building.
A church in 'Laumersheim' was first mentioned in 1316 as a branch of Berghaselbach - also: Haselbach, Hasselbach or Haselach. Berghaselbach with the mother church St. Cyriakus, the rectory and the bell-ringer's house were on the Palmberg . In a document from 1141 the Worms monastery Maria Munster is confirmed the ownership of the church in 'Haselach' with the chapels of Saints Philip, Jakobus and Walburgis as well as the right to tithe 'in village and hall' of Bishop Buggo von Worms . Since Berghaselbach no longer existed in 1719, the nunnery was obliged to finance the new simultaneous parish church in Laumersheim. The local nobleman Franz Caspar von Langen had found the legal documents . He also took care of the church building and furnishing - of which he donated a lot himself. The church of St. Bartholomäus serves as the burial place of those von Langen; their former castle is diagonally opposite.
Even during the construction of the new church there was tension between the two denominations, which led to a legal dispute over the construction of a wall between the choir and the nave. In 1939 the Simultaneum was dissolved and the Evangelicals built their own church.
Furnishing
Paintings from the early 14th century can still be seen on the walls of the tower.
Until the dissolution of the Simultaneum in 1939, the spacious choir was used by the Catholic Christians and was splendidly furnished. The Reformed Christians held their services in the unadorned nave. But since they had their own pulpit and organ, there were two of them in the church. In today's Catholic parish church, the baroque furnishings from the time it was built have largely been preserved. In 2003 the prayer room in the former choir of the chapel received glass paintings by Johannes Schreiter .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hermann Schmitt : "Johann Baptist Gegg von Eichstätt, Auxiliary Bishop of Worms" , Archive for Middle Rhine Church History , annual volume 1963, pages 95-146.
- ↑ Sommer, Anke Elisabeth, Das Laumersheimer Pfarrbuch, Laumersheim 2013
