Christophoruskirche, Schierstein
The church of St. Christopher in the district Schierstein the Hessian capital Wiesbaden is a Protestant church, which was built in 1752-1754 in the style of the expiring Baroque and Rococo.
History
Once in 1752 collapsed a part of the tower of the old Schiersteiner church building plans that had already been discussed in previous years, were suddenly urgent. The Kurmainzische Oberbaudirektor Anselm Franz Freiherr von Ritter Groenesteyn to put the vegetable garden of his estate as a building plot available. On May 3, 1752 was then ground-breaking ceremony and on 15 September 1754, the new church was consecrated. 1962 Schiersteiner choir was founded in the community.
Architecture
Appearance
The church was, as usual, built in an east-west direction with the choir in the east. There is a hall church. The floor plan Exterior dimensions (length 24 m, width 15 m ) correspond to the golden section. The good acoustics inside the building is likely to be due with it.
The now slightly inclined to the west tower, a Welsche hood, resting on no own foundation, but is set up as the roof turret roof. Contrary to the usual practice, he is in the east. The tower bar bears the globe, the cross and weathercock. The entablature and roof are made of fir wood from the Fichtelgebirge. The thin blanket of stuccoed canvas hanging on a bar that runs from east to west.
Affairs
While the exterior is rather plain, the interior is in color, vibrancy and detail joy of Rococo. The construction of the sanctuary, however, is typical of the Protestant conception of the Trinity and equivalence of altar ( sacrament ), pulpit ( preaching of the word and design ) and organ ( worship / community involvement ). Together with the organ galleries was so visually a cross. The four Corinthian columns in the sanctuary symbolize the four Gospels as God's message to the world through Jesus Christ. And according to 1 Cor. 13, 13 represent the putting faith ( with the cup ), hope ( the anchor ), and - in the middle - love. She holds the law: the Ten Commandments. Surrounded by a golden halo is the realistic representation of the Crucified. Twelve Doric columns as a symbol of the Twelve Apostles, the twelve tribes of Israel and the church bear the galleries in the ship. Sämtliches carving comes from the Frankfurter wood sculptor Johann Daniel Schnorr. It is interesting as a symbol of absolutism on the pulpit the Nassauische coat of arms: The subject who looks up to the preachers of the gospel, should never forget that he also has a secular Lord and that the sermon also expresses the royal will. It is the coat of arms of the sovereign Charles of Nassau- Usingen. We find the Schiersteiner coat of arms on the right side of the pulpit. In the chancel are the twelve graves the baron Langwerth family of simmering, who held the church patronage. The family crest can be seen on the choir stalls left. The right is that of the Frankfurt School Theissen Johann Georg von Schweitzer. Furthermore, wife and son of the pastor Philipp Bernhard Schwarz - the initiator of the church building - buried in the chancel.
The altar cross is from the contemporary metal sculptor Professor Klump ( Wiesbaden). Evident are gold with rock crystal as a symbol of Christ, 12 rubies for the apostles and the sign of the feeding of the five thousand. Behind Ecce Homo ( Christ before Pilate, and the scene is laid on the Darmstadt marketplace ) by Johann Conrad Seekatz. Next can be found in the interior of the wedding at Cana by Paolo Veronese ( original in the Louvre), in the old copy around 1600, Abraham's sacrifice of Cornelis de Vos, painted for the cathedral of Pisa, where the painting hung 300 years and the throne of grace ( God the Father. having son and Holy Spirit ), medium Rhine, probably 17th century, and a Paschal candle, northern Italy, around 1780, the processional cross bears the inscription: " Mary Magdalene Heymann ". The Christmas crib in the Neapolitan style ( carved and clothed figures) is shown from Christmas Eve to Candlemas. The paternoster bronze bell was cast in 1430 in Mainz ( inscription " Meyster Johann Mence of the gos mec "). Offertory and veil boards on organ pipes originate from the old church, which stood on the old cemetery (now Söhnlein plant).
Organ
The organ was built in 1963 by the organ builder forester and Nicolaus ( Lich ). The instrument has 21 stops on two manuals and pedal. The play and Registertrakturen are mechanical.
- Couplers: II / I, I / P, II / P