St. Ottilien (Loerrach)

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St. Ottilien
St. Ottilien in winter

The church of St. Ottilien in the Tüllingen district of Lörrach is a Protestant church under the patronage of St. Ottilie . The church stands exposed on the southern ridge of the Tüllinger Berg, in Obertüllingen. The square around the church at a height of around 405 meters opens up a good panoramic view of nearby Basel and the border triangle to the south and west . The church was first mentioned in a document together with the Tülliken settlement in 1113. Due to its legendary history, the church is part of the “Mythical Places on the Upper Rhine” .

history

The Ottilien Church in Tüllingen was first mentioned in a document when Walcho von Waldeck gave his property in Ober- and Niedertüllingen to the St. Blasien monastery . There is no reliable knowledge of any previous use of the church. There are assumptions that this place was already a sacred place in the times of the Celts . So far, however, no excavations have been carried out. The church was rebuilt several times in the 12th century. In a letter of protection from the antipope Calixt III. St. Blasien has the possession of the church confirmed by name, which underlines its importance; This happened again in 1189 by Bishop Hermann von Friedingen from Constance . In 1275, on the occasion of the crusade tax, it is registered that the fees of the Tüllingen pastor are still below average, although he was even dean of the Wiesental .

One of the oldest known portraits of the church is a representation of geodesist Georg Friedrich Meyer , who drew Tüllingen together with Riehen in 1672. The Tüllinger Church can be seen on the top of the Tüllinger. The extension to today's church probably took place in the 17th century. In a description by Leutrum from the year 1739, it says: “If this community increases, it is quite narrow and needs the most gracious help of an expansion”. This year the parish had around 232 inhabitants and offered between 150 and 160 places in the church. For this purpose, the south wall was pushed out 3 meters and the windows in the north wall were aligned with those of the new south wall.

The stucco marble altar and the still preserved pulpit were made in 1839 by Jodok Friedrich Wilhelm as part of renovation work . The associated sound cover had to give way to the renovation from 1953 to 1955. The old rectory by the church was demolished in 1970. In 1974 the plaster was hewn from the wall and the walls were completely cleaned. It also provided the opportunity to examine the material and structure of the building. In 1975 the Ottilienkirche was renovated again. It was not until this year that the parish council decided that it had also been given this name, as the historically presumed patronage of St. Michaels cannot be proven. In the meantime the church is densely built up again to the north.

description

church

The geostete (exact direction: ONO, 60 °) Saalkirche consists of three structures: the nave , the remote thereof something chorus of polygonal (5/8) ground plan and a simple bell tower on the south side. The tower and nave have a gable roof , the choir is closed off by a tent roof. The church extends plan only about 17.6 meters in length and 10.7 meters in width, the church tower is almost 20 meters high. The four-story tower is raised on the two upper floors by cornices . Only Tüllinger limestone was used for the corner blocks . On the top floor there are small acoustic arcades, some of which are missing the set columns. The window on the lower floor was inserted later, its walls are made of red sandstone . It is noteworthy that there is no clock on the bell tower.

There are three ogival windows at the choir , the edging of which is also made of red sandstone. The window sills slope outwards. The choir is closed off by a tent roof; the single profiled roof panels are made of limestone. On the west side, the entrance door sits asymmetrically to the longitudinal axis. It is protected by a small pent roof .

To the north of the church, other houses have been built quite close to the church. On the south side of the choir there is an epitaph by Pastor Andreas Burckhard († March 20, 1647). The entire church is brightly plastered and illuminated at night.

Furnishing

Sacrament shrine

The most remarkable features include a late Gothic sacrament shrine, a grave niche and a wall painting from 1474. The ensemble is one of the most valuable examples of medieval art in the Markgräflerland . The body of Christ - presumably as a wooden figure - used to be kept in the grave niche . Today three women with ointment vessels are represented in a painting there. They are supposed to represent Mary Magdalene , Mary Salome and Mary Cleopas at the tomb of Christ. Above is another fresco showing a group of excited people. A landscape reminiscent of the Isteiner Klotz appears in the background . A figure of the founder, the Tüllingen pastor Christopherus Bernardus, who died in 1474, is placed above the shrine. It is framed by a sandstone arch. A Mannalese is shown above the niche as a parallel to the Eucharist . The holy grave was only discovered and uncovered in 1955. The representation could come from Konrad Witz .

  • Interior towards the choir

  • View from the choir into the nave

  • Stained glass window

A plaque made by Max Laeuger in the church commemorates the fallen of the First World War . A memorial stone for the victims of the Second World War was created by the Lörrach sculptor Buchhaas, on the left of the entrance portal on the outside wall.

The baptismal font and the relief Christ, the Lamb of God came from Rudolf Scheurer , the stained glass windows in the choir are from Theodor Baumann.

Bells

In the bell tower hangs a bronze bell with the nominal a ′, which was made in 1697 by the Basel bell founder Hans Heinrich Weitenauer. Another bell, the date of purchase is unknown, existed before 1917. This had to be given in during the First World War and was replaced in 1922/23 by the Bachert bell foundry from Karlsruhe with the nominal cis ′ ′. It also had to be removed in 1921 as a result of the war.

organ

organ

The positive of the organ in the Ottilienkirche in Tüllingen was created in 1956 or 1958 by the Mann brothers in Marktbreit and acquired in 1962. Before that, the organ of the Evangelical Church in Kandern , which was auctioned in 1827, was used.

Today's organ comes from the workshop of the organ builder Vier from Friesenheim . The instrument from 1981 has two manuals , a pedal and nine registers . Your disposition is shown below:

I upper work
Dumped 8th'
Principal 4 ′
Reed flute 4 ′
Sesquialter II 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
octave 2 ′
Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Sifflet 1'
II breastwork
Harpsichord shelf 8th'
Pedal mechanism
Sub bass 16 ′

Remarks

  1. ↑ made of maple

Legends and Myths

Representation of the three women of the sacrament shrine

Favored by the representation of the three women in the Holy Sepulcher , the legend of the three sisters was formed. The daughters Odilia, Chrischona and Margaretha of a knight from Pfeffingen Castle are said to have settled on three hills around Basel after their father murdered their lover. While Chrischona chose the Dinkelberg , Margaretha settled on a hill behind Basel ( Margarethenhügel ), Odilia built a church on the Tüllinger Höhe.

The three maiden cult has been preserved in Eichsel and St. Chrischona since the Middle Ages.

reception

In August 1972, the dialect poet Gerhard Jung composed an Alemannic poem on the Tüllingen church with the title Z Tüllige im Chilchli (In Tüllingen im Kirchlein).

literature

  • Annemarie Heimann-Schwarzweber: The Tüllinger Church and its frescoes. In: Stadt Lörrach (ed.): Our Lörrach 1972, a border town in the mirror of time. Kropf and Herz Verlag, Lörrach 1973, pp. 10-15.
  • Otto Wittmann et al., City of Lörrach (ed.): Lörrach: Landscape - History - Culture. Verlag Stadt Lörrach, Lörrach 1983, ISBN 3-9800841-0-8 , pp. 620–623.
  • Otto Wittmann, Annemarie Heimann-Schwarzweber: On the building history of the Tüllinger Church in Lörrach. In: Badische Heimat . 1978, No. 2, pp. 253-262.
  • Johannes Helm : Churches and chapels in the Markgräflerland. Müllheim / Baden 1989, ISBN 3-921709-16-4 , pp. 163-164.

Web links

Commons : Ottilienkirche (Lörrach)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wittmann: Lörrach: Landscape - History - Culture. P. 620.
  2. ^ A b Wittmann: Lörrach: Landscape - History - Culture. P. 622.
  3. ^ Gerhard Moehring : leafed through 300 years in the Tüllingen church book. In: Stadt Lörrach (ed.): Our Lörrach 1972, a border town in the mirror of time. Kropf and Herz Verlag, Lörrach 1973, p. 17.
  4. ^ A b Wittmann, Heimann-Schwarzweber: On the building history of the Tüllinger church in Lörrach. P. 253.
  5. ↑ a b Helm: Churches and chapels in the Markgräflerland. P. 164.
  6. ^ Arno Herbener, Rolf Rubsamen, Dorothee Philipp, Jost Grosspietsch: Art. Thermal baths. Wine. Voyages of discovery through the Markgräflerland. Kunstverlag Josef Fink, 2006, ISBN 3-89870-273-1 , p. 30.
  7. ^ Bernd Sulzmann: Historical organs in Baden. Schnell & Steiner, 1980, ISBN 3-7954-0421-5 , p. 216.
  8. ↑ Disposition of the organ in the Ottilienkirche in Tüllingen ( Memento from September 5, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
  9. ^ Mythical places on the Upper Rhine: The Ottilien church in Obertüllingen.
  10. ^ City of Lörrach (ed.): Our Lörrach 1972, a border town in the mirror of the times. Kropf and Herz Verlag, Lörrach 1973, pp. 8–9.

Coordinates: 47 ° 35 '49.8 "  N , 7 ° 38' 27.9"  E