St. Gallus (Ötlingen)

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St. Gallus

St. Gallus in Ötlingen is an evangelical church consecrated to St. Gallus . The church is in the center of the village, set back from the village street to the south. The church serves the small Protestant congregation in Ötlingen with around 500 members for services.

Building history

The first Alemannic hall church in Ötlingen was also consecrated to St. Gallus. Its foundations date back to around 800. The first early Gothic church with a tower was first mentioned in a document in 1275. Remnants of frescoes on the north wall from the 14th century have been preserved from this church. After the destruction of the Basel earthquake in 1356 , the church was expanded to the north and east in 1410. Its current form is essentially based on that of Margrave Rudolf III. initiated changes back. The tabernacle with the guards at the tomb of Jesus and the “angel of bread” also dates from this time ; The window frames were also decorated.

In 1556 the village of Ötlingen joined the Reformation and is - like most of the Markgräflerland - Protestant. From then on, the pastor from Ötling also looked after Haltingen and its branches . The building load for the church and the rectory lay with the spiritual administration in Rötteln . The year 1597 on the consecration cross in the choir commemorates the renovation of the church. In 1755 the corner gallery that is still preserved was built in; its predecessor was mentioned as early as 1730. During the Thirty Years' War and the Battle of Friedlingen , the church suffered severe damage and received a new organ after it was rebuilt in 1768–1770. In 1897 the community acquired a Merklin organ, which is now a listed building.

In 1982/83 extensive renovation work was carried out on the Gallus Church. The frescoes were exposed again, but could not be restored for financial reasons or for reasons of monument protection. The door to the south was opened again and the decorations reconstructed. The glass windows above the baptismal font were reinserted.

description

Exterior construction

The Gallus Church in the village of Ötlingen stands on the edge of the wine-growing areas that begin south of it. Over a small plateau there is a wide view of the hill country, the Tüllinger Berg and the Basler Bay as well as the neighboring Alsace . The tomb of the painter Hermann Daur, who died there, is located on the church square . To the north of the church is the town hall, opposite the entrance portal to the west is the rectory.

The simple hall church with an acute-angled gable roof is east-facing , its choir area is closed off by a slightly lower gable roof. A three- story bell tower stands on the north side of the choir . There are acoustic arcades on all sides of the tower, and a clock on the south and north sides. A small tower ball , a wind direction indicator , a metal spike and lightning rod are attached to the roof ridge .

Furnishing

View into the nave with gallery

Inside there is a corner gallery made of wood above the west portal and the north wall, on which there are additional seats for visitors to the service. The gallery, which is partially painted with ornaments, is two-tone in white and light gray. A cycle of images depicting the missionary work of Saint Gall and his companions can be seen at the level of the gallery.

The nave and the choir can be reached via a triumphal arch . On the left in front of the arch is a font , on the right a wooden pulpit with a sound cover . There is a small wooden altar in the choir, behind which is the organ . Above the northern door, the image shows the legendary encounter with the bear , which is said to have led to the founding of St. Gallen . The apostle John is depicted on the wall facing the tower . The holy grave with a sacrament shrine with a sarcophagus set into the wall is remarkable . Two sleeping guards crouch on the front of the sarcophagus. A keel arch framed above it . The arched field contains the shrine and two lateral gussets in which two angels can be seen.

During the renovation in the early 1980s, a glass window by Valentin Feuerstein was installed above the font . The window is divided into three shows at the bottom of the Noah covenant with the promise "The earth remains.", In the middle of the Mosebund with the burning bush and God's promise, "I'll be there." And in the upper, curved completion the new covenant in to Jesus Christ with raised communion cup the promise “given for you”. The promise is justified with the cross and the resurrection.

Bells and organ

Choir with organ

Today's four-part chime consists of the following bells:

No. Chime Casting year Caster
1 it' 1963 Bachert bell foundry , Karlsruhe
2 G' 1951 Bochum Association
3 b ′ 1951 Bochum Association
4th c ′ ′ 1698 Hans Heinrich Weitenauer , Basel

The organ , which is now a listed building , was built by August Merklin in Freiburg in 1895 and renovated by Peter Vier in 1961 . The instrument in the choir has two manuals , a pedal and twelve registers and works with mechanical playing and register action .

literature

  • Arno Herbener, Rolf Rubsamen, Dorothee Philipp, Jost Grosspietsch: Art. Thermal baths. Wine. Voyages of discovery through the Markgräflerland . Lindenberg im Allgäu, Kunstverlag Josef Fink 2006, ISBN 3-89870-273-1 , p. 34.
  • Johannes Helm : Churches and chapels in Markgräflerland , Müllheim / Baden 1989, ISBN 3-921709-16-4 , pp. 432–434.

Web links

Commons : St. Gallus  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Landesarchivdirektion Baden-Württemberg, Landkreis Lörrach (ed.): Der Landkreis Lörrach , Volume II (Kandern to Zell im Wiesental), Jan Thorbecke Verlag Sigmaringen 1994, ISBN 3-7995-1354-X , p. 803.
  2. ^ Helm: Churches and chapels in the Markgräflerland , p. 434

Coordinates: 47 ° 37 ′ 19.8 ″  N , 7 ° 37 ′ 22 ″  E