St. Martin (Gengenbach)
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The cemetery church of St. Martin is located in the North outside the former city walls , nestled in the cemetery of Gengenbach . The church faces east and adapts to the east-facing slope towards the choir . It was a Leutkirche and served as the parish church of the city of Gengenbach until the monastery was dissolved .
history
The foundation stone for the Gothic choir tower church was laid in 1452. The building was erected on the foundation , the layout of which dates from the first half of the 12th century. It was damaged several times during the Thirty Years' War . In 1641 the choir tower collapsed. The church was not spared from the destruction of the city in 1689. The roof burned down. In 1693 the church was extensively repaired. Parts of the outer walls had to be rebuilt, with the Gothic tracery windows in the nave being reused. At the same time it was converted into a hall church. The furnishings were renewed in the 18th century. In the nave a large stucco ceiling was confiscated. In 1840 the baroque hood with lantern was lost.
Since it was used as a cemetery church, it was extensively restored in 1915, 1966/67, 1973 and 2001–2003.
Building description
The architectural style of the hall church is no longer clearly Gothic. The nave is covered with a gable roof. The flat ceiling of the interior is decorated with stucco . The recessed, square choir has a barrel vault with stitch caps . It ends in a polygonal apse . The square bell tower with a flat pyramid roof rises above the first yoke of the choir . The storeys of the church tower are structured by cornices . The nave, tower and apse are plastered and decorated with corner stones . The nave shows a two-row window arrangement with ogival tracery and round windows. The portal is on the facade in the west , flanked by two further entrances. The interior, carved in the Rococo style , was created in the workshop of Philipp Winterhalder : the high altar 1722/23, the two side altars 1722–27, the pulpit 1762/63 and the organ front 1752/53. The organ with one manual and 13 registers was built by Antoni Albrecht in 1753, and in 1973 it was restored by Fischer & Krämer Orgelbau .
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Coordinates: 48 ° 24 '26 " N , 8 ° 0' 43.8" E