St. Martin (Dörrenbach)
 St. Martin |
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| Basic data | |
| Denomination | Protestant and Roman Catholic |
| place | Dörrenbach, Germany |
| Building history | |
| start of building | around 1300 |
| Building description | |
| Construction type | Fortified church |
| 49 ° 5 '24.1 " N , 7 ° 57' 40.6" E | |
The fortified church of St. Martin in Dörrenbach in the Rhineland-Palatinate district of Südliche Weinstrasse also serves as a simultaneous church for both the Evangelical Church of the Palatinate and the Diocese of Speyer . It used to be called St. Ulrich. The choir tower was built around 1300. The remaining parts of the church were added in the following centuries. It is a listed building.
architecture
The tower was also used for defense. Other building elements are a light bay and a stair tower, a sundial and a bell. The portal consists of a pointed arch from the 16th century.
Murals
Inside there are also wall paintings from the 14th and 15th centuries, which are supposed to depict the Bible, as there were many illiterate people at that time. In the course of the Reformation in the 16th century, these were painted over on the initiative of the Dukes of Zweibrücken. In the course of a restoration in 1953, they were made visible again.
Web links
- Fortified church and fortified church on doerrenbach-pfalz.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Informational directory of cultural monuments - Southern Wine Route district. Mainz 2020, p. 22 (PDF; 10 MB).