St. Michael (Ehlhalten)
St. Michael is the Catholic Church of Ehlhalten . The Michaeliskirche is consecrated to the Archangel Michael and is a cultural monument under monument protection .
history
The two settlement centers of Ehlhalten also had separate church developments. The settlement to the west of Dattenbach belonged to Schlossborn and from 1196 to the newly created parish of Oberjosbach . The eastern settlement parish to Fischbach. In 1728 the diocese of Mainz reorganized the church and assigned all of Ehlhalten to the parish of Schlossborn.
In the eastern part of the village there was a chapel that was too small to accommodate the believers from the whole village. Therefore this chapel, which was also dilapidated, was demolished in 1732 and construction of the current church began. The church was built by the master mason Franz Weisenbach from Oberursel. This or his guild colleague Johann Straßer had also drawn up the plans for the church.
Building description
The church is a small, simple baroque building on a rectangular floor plan with a choir closed on three sides. In the west, the entrance portal is under a roof turret. The clock from 1889 is located there. In 1933/34 a sacristy was added to the north . In 1950/51 the church was enlarged by adding a low apse . In this context, a small chapel at the gate was demolished.
The inner hall is only divided to the west by the baroque organ gallery (new organ from 1973) on wooden pillars and has a flat ceiling with a haunch . As part of the renovation in 1950/51, the baroque high altar from 1770 as well as an emergency helper altar, the communion bench, the confessional and the pulpit from 1734 were removed. The high altar consisted of the altar table and above it an oil painting with the motif of the coronation of Mary between two columns. A second painting on the altar shows the Archangel Michael and has been preserved.
A holy water stone from the construction period has been preserved. It consists of two parts and has an inscription plate with the following engraving in capitals:
"DISEN STEIN / ADOR IOHANNES / HEFFLE STEINHAUER / VON ITZSTEIN, AND HIS / WIFE ANNA CATHARINA / BORN SCHMIDIN / IN THE CHURCH / ÖLHALEN / 1733"
literature
- Berthold Picard: History in Eppstein: a guide through the districts of Bremthal, Ehlhalten, Eppstein, Niederjosbach and Vockenhausen. Kramer, Frankfurt am Main 1995, ISBN 3-7829-0442-7 , pp. 32-37.
Web links
- State Office for Monument Preservation Hessen (Ed.): Catholic Church St. Michael In: DenkXweb, online edition of cultural monuments in Hessen
Coordinates: 50 ° 10 ′ 30.1 ″ N , 8 ° 22 ′ 5.8 ″ E