Hofkirche

A Hofkirche is a church building. One distinguishes the Church of the court and the church in the courtyard.

Church of the court

A Hofkirche in this sense is a church building, which - is associated with a Fürstenhof - unlike bishop, parish or monastic churches. It is usually part of the castle grounds and housed in the crypt of the grave times of their princely family.

Hofkirchen there are, among others, in the following cities:

  • Berlin: Berlin Cathedral
  • Bonn Bonn Castle Church
  • Wroclaw Hofkirche (Breslau)
  • Bruchsal Bruchsal Hofkirche
  • Dresden Catholic Court
  • Dresden: Evangelical Court Church ( Ayasofya)
  • Dusseldorf: Hofkirche St. Andrew
  • Innsbruck Hofkirche
  • Karlsruhe: Evangelical City Church
  • Ludwig pleasure Hofkirche
  • Lucerne Hofkirche St. Leger in the yard
  • Mannheim: Jesuit Church
  • Munich: Court Church and Theatinerkirche
  • Neuburg an der Donau: Court Church of Our Lady
  • Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz Hofkirche Neumarkt
  • Vienna: St. Augustine's Church and St. Michael's Church
  • Würzburg: Hofkirche in the Würzburg Residence

Church in the yard

Less often the word in the topographical sense is used " a lying on a farm " church building for, as in Breslau. So there are Hofkirche called Protestant church rooms that were built in the courtyards, from the road so were not or less good to see. This type of church occurred in areas where the Protestants were tolerated in the 17th century, but should not attract attention, and for self-protection not wanted. Therefore we built the churches either so that they were involved as the Dutch Schuilkerk in the street frontage and worked at first glance as a normal home or moved them into the courtyard of the complex. Towards the street then was a house that served as a rectory and / or school while you passed through the farm gate to the church. Since you should not see the churches, they should also not be heard, so that Hofkirchen usually had no bells. Some of these Hofkirchen still exist today, such as the Neander Church and the Berger Kirche in Dusseldorf, the Mennonite Church in Krefeld, reformed churches in Wassenberg, Kaldenkirchen Süchteln and Erkelenz - Lövenich.

Furthermore, the Evangelical Free Church congregation in Berlin- Köpenick calls her Situated in a courtyard church Hofkirche.

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