St. Cäcilia (Mühlhausen)
The Catholic parish church of St. Cäcilia in Mühlhausen , a community in the Rhein-Neckar district in Baden-Württemberg , was originally built in the Middle Ages . The tower of the church is a protected architectural monument .
history
A remnant of a sarcophagus , which is now in the museum building opposite the church, from around 1080/1150 bears witness to an early church building, a medieval fortified church that was surrounded by a high wall. Inside this wall was the cemetery.
In 1805 the old nave was torn down and rebuilt according to plans by the architect Karl August Schwarz . In 1881/82 a new choir was built, which was equipped with a main altar by Franz Josef Simmler (1883) and side altars from the Marmon art workshop (1882). The four evangelists from the main altar are also in the museum building today. The choir was replaced in 1951/52 by a new transept with a chancel based on plans by the architect Hans Rolli . The modern stained glass windows were made to designs by Willy Oeser .
The parish belongs since 2015, the pastoral unit or parish Letzenberg on to which the Catholic communities of places Malsch , Malsch Mountain , Mulhouse with Tairnbach , Rauenberg , Rettigheim and Rotenberg belong.
tower
The basement of the tower was built around 1250. It is vaulted by a ribbed vault with a stylized rose in the keystone . The octagonal tower structure with a pointed helmet was added around 1530.
Clergy from Mühlhausen
- Wilhelm Geyer (1885-1972)
- Martin Wagner (1899-1959)
- Erminold Jörg (1903-1962)
- Eugen Sauer (1907-1968)
- Alfons Sieber (1911-1982)
- Heinrich Metzger (1913-1997)
- Friedrich Kretz (1952 -)
Church records
The parish of Mühlhausen was connected to the parish of Rotenberg from 1680 to 1703 . From 1817 to 1857 Eichtersheim was a branch of Mühlhausen. A baptismal, marriage and death register have existed since 1671. There are incomplete entries for the period from 1731 to 1741. From 1680 to 1703 there are also entries from Mühlhausen in Rotenberg. From around 1800 a family book was kept, for the period from 1811 to 1869 a register of the Israelites was kept.
literature
- Manfred Tschacher: The church square in Mühlhausen . In: Kraichgau. Contributions to landscape and local research , volume 19/2005, published by the Heimatverein Kraichgau , Eppingen 2005, ISBN 3-921214-35-1 , pp. 135-143.
Web links
- Description of the church at the pastoral care unit Mühlhausen (with many photos)
- Church bells ring on YouTube
Individual evidence
- ^ OT Mühlhausen. muehlhausen-kraichgau.de, accessed on June 26, 2016 .
- ^ Hermann Franz: "The Church Books in Baden" , 3rd edition 1957, p. 182.
Coordinates: 49 ° 14 '59 " N , 8 ° 43' 39" E