Reconciliation Church (Germersheim)
The Protestant Church of Reconciliation is a church belonging to a parish of the Evangelical Church of the Palatinate in Germersheim in the district of the same name in Rhineland-Palatinate .
history
The foundation stone of the Protestant Church of Reconciliation was laid on November 26, 1782. The inauguration took place on October 24, 1784. The building inscription in a cartouche above the portal reads:
- "In the years of salvation in 1782 and 1783 under Elector Karl Theodor and his senior officials Freiherr von Reybeld and H. von Tautphöus, this church was built by the Reformed community of this city."
Below is the following Bible quote:
- "I want to go to your house on your kindness and love. worship against your salvation. Temple in your fear. Ps. V.8 ".
Since 1818, the year of union between the Lutheran and Reformed parishes in the Palatinate, the church has served as a place of worship for the unified prot. Parish of the city. On October 25th, 2009, exactly 225 years and one day after its commissioning, the church was given the name “Reconciliation Church” as part of a festive divine service.
The Reconciliation Church is not a free-standing structure, but rather integrated into the front of the street. While the facade of the north wall with the main portal is in Marktstrasse, the sanctuary borders on Mittelstrasse. Both streets were mentioned as far back as the Middle Ages, making them the oldest part of the city.
The church is a rectangular system with 4: 3 window axes. The flat ceiling is over a large valley and cornice. There is a gallery on round columns on the north and west walls. The parapet is closed and paneled. The pulpit has a round body with fluted pilasters and classical pendants. The windows are arched and framed with battens and a wedge. There are also three circular windows on the gable.
The main portal on the north side shows an arched opening between cranked Ionic pilasters. There is a shortened arched window above the portal. An eight-sided roof turret above the facade gable serves as the bell tower. It is provided with slate cladding, arched sound openings and a profiled dome.
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Coordinates: 49 ° 13 ′ 11.9 " N , 8 ° 22 ′ 22.3" E