Church district of Ditzingen – Wikipedia
The Evangelical Church district of Ditzingen was one of the church districts or church circles of the Evangelical State Church in Württemberg. On January 1, 2020, he merged with the previous church district of Vaihingen an der Enz Evangelical church district Vaihingen-Ditzingen. [first] His area is congruent with the Deanery Ditzingen.
The church district of Ditzingen is located in the northwest of the Württemberg state church. Its area mainly includes the Strohgäu.
Neighboring church districts [ Edit | Edit the source text ]
The church district of Ditzingen bordered the following church districts (starting clockwise in the west): Mühlacker (Heilbronn prelature), Vaihingen an der Enz, Ludwigsburg and Stuttgart (formerly church district Zuffenhausen, all prelature Stuttgart) and Leonberg (Reutlingen prelature).
In contrast to most dean’s offices of the Württemberg State Church, which were built soon after the Reformation, the church district of Ditzingen is a new foundation from the 1970s. As a result of the increase in the population in the Stuttgart area, new church districts were founded, including the Ditzingen church district. On January 1, 1978, it was formed from 11 parishes of the northern church district of Leonberg and two parishes (Markgröningen and Schwieberdingen) of the southern church district of Ludwigsburg within the Stuttgart prelature and comprised before the merger with the church district of Vaihingen Church district of Vaihingen-Ditzingen On January 1, 2020, 10 parishes, of which two, the overall church community Gerlingen and the Verbundkirchengemeinde Münchingen-Kallenberg, consist of two municipalities each. From 1992 to 2003 the church district of Ditzingen belonged to the Ludwigsburg prelature, since then again to Stuttgart.
The district synod, the church district committee (KBA) and the dean or dean is responsible for the management of the church district.
Deans of the Ditzingen church district [ Edit | Edit the source text ]
- 1978–1994 Manfred Neun (* 1931)
- 1994–2000 Walther Strohal (* 1948, † 2021)
- 2000–2012 Elisabeth Hege (* 1959)
- Friedrich Zimmermann since 2013
There were a total of 10 parishes in the church district of Ditzingen. Among them have combined two parishes (Gerlingen with Petrus/Lukas and Matthäus to the overall church community of Gerlingen and Münchingen with Kallenberg to the composite church community in Münchingen-Kallenberg), but remain independent. As a special feature, the Evangelical Brothers Korntal, an independent Evangelical Community founded by Pietists in 1819, was also special feature, which, however, concluded with the Evangelical State Church in Württemberg, according to which regional church members in Korntal also in accordance with their place of residence from the respective pastor of the Brothers are supervised by the pastoral community, even if they themselves are not a member of the brothers. All parishes were among the political cities and municipalities of Ditzingen, Gerlingen, Hemmingen, Korntal-Münchingen, Markgröningen and Schwieberdingen of the Ludwigsburg district.
Several parishes formed one of four districts together. These are loose regional associations of parishes, which often have a common history and cooperate in various areas. Districts do not have a special representation. For example, the parishes of a district organize joint services, conferences, seminars and projects. In addition, the pastors of a district exchange ideas and can therefore relieve each other.
The parishes of Hemmingen, Markgröningen and Schwieberdingen, to the district of Ditzingen, the parishes of Ditzingen, Heimerdingen, Hirschlanden and Schöckingen, to the district of Korntal and the district of Korntal and Münchingen-Kallenberg and to the district of Gerlingen, belonged to the district of Hemmingen, Markgröningen and Schwieberdingen. .
Parish of Ditzingen [ Edit | Edit the source text ]
The Parish of Ditzingen [2] comprises the core city of Ditzingen.
Ditzingen was originally on the boundary of the dioceses Konstanz and Speyer, which was formed by the Glems river. Therefore, Ditzingen originally also had two parish churches, the Constance church and the Speyer Church. After the Reformation was introduced, the Constance Church became the Protestant main church of the place. The Speyer Church had already been handed over to the Dominican monastery in Pforzheim in 1347 and was acquired by Württemberg in 1565. It served as a cemetery church after the Reformation. After the Deanery Deanery in 1978, the Constance church in Ditzingen became the Dean’s Church.
Overall church community Gerlingen [ Edit | Edit the source text ]
The Overall church community Gerlingen [3] comprises the city of Gerlingen. It was formed by the announcement of the Oberkirchenrat of January 4, 1965, when the previously sole parish of Gerlingen divided into the three sub -church communities, Lukaskirchen community of Gerlingen, Matthäuskirchengemeinde Gerlingen and Petruskirchengemeinde Gerlingen and at the same time together in the newly built overall church community of Gerlingen. The Ministry of Culture had recognized the overall church community of Gerlingen and their sub -church communities by letter of November 26, 1964 as corporations under public law. For the 1 Advent 2019, the two parishes of Petruskirche and Lukaskirche joined the new Evangelical parish of Peter and Lukas Gerlingen together. With 5,500 parishioners, it is by far the largest parish in the church district of Vaihingen-Ditzingen. Together with the Evangelical Matthew community, it forms the Evangelical total church community of Gerlingen.
Parish of Peter and Lukas Gerlingen [ Edit | Edit the source text ]
The previous Petruskirchen community was the parish of Alt-Gerlingens. The Petruskirche was built from 1463, but a church in Gerlingen was already mentioned in 1275. The Schillergräber are located on the southern outer wall of the sacristy. The youngest sister and the father of Friedrich Schillers, both of whom died in 1796, are buried here. This Petruskirchengemeinde was formed by announcing the Oberkirchenrat of January 4, 1965, when the previously sole parish of Gerlingen was divided into three sub -church communities and this was also combined in the newly built overall church community of Gerlingen. She went to the new in 2019 in the new Parish of Peter and Lukas Gerlingen [4] on.
The previous Lukaskirchen community of Gerlingen essentially comprised the city of Gebühl in the city of Gerlingen, which was created in the 1950s and 1960s and is located directly on the city limits of Stuttgart. This Lukaskirchengemeinde was formed by announcing the Oberkirchenrat of January 4, 1965, when the previously sole parish of Gerlingen was divided into three sub -church communities and this was also combined in the newly built overall church community of Gerlingen. She went to the new in 2019 in the new Parish of Peter and Lukas Gerlingen [4] on. The Lukaskirche was built in 1967.
Matthäuskirchengemeinde Gerlingen [ Edit | Edit the source text ]
The Matthäuskirchengemeinde Gerlingen [5] essentially includes the districts or housing estates forchenrain, Schillerhöhe and forest settlement of the city of Gerlingen. Today’s Matthäuskirchengemeinde was formed by announcing the Oberkirchenrat of January 4, 1965, when the previously sole parish of Gerlingen was divided into three sub -church communities and at the same time together in the newly built overall church community of Gerlingen. The Matthäuskirche was built in 1967. The parish office on the Schillerhöhe also belongs to the Matthäuskirchengemeinde. Services also take place regularly in the clinic chapel.
Parish of Heimerdingen [ Edit | Edit the source text ]
The Parish of Heimerdingen [6] comprises the district of the same name of Ditzingen. The Peter and Paul Church is probably a foundation of the Weißenburg monastery in Alsace, which included it in the 9th century. However, today’s church was only built in 1777 after the fire (1776) of the previous church of 1484. The tower measures 36 meters. A so -called “Welsche Haub” crowns him with a gilded tower cross and tower tap. The interior shows a hall church without a choir, which only received its current shape after the renovation of 1964.
Parish of Hemmingen [ Edit | Edit the source text ]
The Parish of Hemmingen [7] comprises the municipality of the same name in Hemmingen.
The Laurentiuskirche goes back to the 12th century in its oldest parts in the lower tower malls. Around 1330 the church was expanded by a Gothic choir with cross -vaulted yoke. A late Gothic sacristy was grown around 1520. The church was widened south in the years to 1600. She then received a splendid portal, among other things, with full sculptures by Peter and Paul. In 1785 the church was expanded to the north classicistically, the roof was increased and the widened church was adapted. In 1856, architect Christoph Leins was redesigned. In the years 1956–1961 the church was renewed inside and the medieval paintings were uncovered in the choir.
Parish of Hirschlander [ Edit | Edit the source text ]
The Parish of Hirschlander [8] comprises the district of the same name of Ditzingen.
A church was first mentioned in Hirschlanden in 786. The name St. Oswald is first documented in 1485. After several conversions, today’s nave was rebuilt in 1748. In 1962 and again in 1996 the church was rebuilt and renovated.
The parish maintains a kindergarten on Lindenstrasse, and the “Hirland Lädle” (a second-hand shop for children’s dresses with childcare) and a one-world shop with a tea room.
Parish of Korntal [ Edit | Edit the source text ]
The Parish of Korntal [9] comprises the district of the same name by Korntal-Münchingen.
Korntal was founded in 1819 as a Pietistic community under the name “Evangelical Brothers Korntal”. She received several privileges and managed all matters independently. The municipality was therefore not part of the Württemberg State Church. Initially, only members of the brothers could move to Korntal. With the founding of the German Reich in 1871, the Korntaler special rights were largely lifted, which means that there were then no members of the brothers. A small national church developed steadily, but it was initially supervised by the neighboring municipality of Weilimdorf. The foundation of its own state church community only led to success in the 1950s. The Evangelical parish of Korntal was founded on March 23, 1955 after the Ministry of Culture recognized the new parish as a corporation under public law by letter of March 17, 1955. Since then, two independent bodies have existed in Korntal. The state church community received its own parish in 1957 and built the Christuskirche from 1958 to 1959. A second parish was founded in 1959. The Korntal community concludes several contracts that regulate the handling of the Protestant population with the members of the brothers’ community.
Parish of Markgröningen [ Edit | Edit the source text ]
The Parish of Markgröningen [ten] comprises the core city of Markgröningen. The district of Unterriexingen has its own parish, which belongs to the church district of Vaihingen an der Enz.
The Bartholomäuskirche is a Gothic vaulted basilica, which was essentially rebuilt after the fire of 1277 at the beginning of the 14th century. The choir comes from Aberlin Jörg. The former hospital church is now a Catholic parish church. The Markgröningen clinic parish office also belongs to the parish of Markgröningen.
Verbundkirchengemeinde Münchingen-Kallenberg [ Edit | Edit the source text ]
The Verbundkirchengemeinde Münchingen-Kallenberg [11] consists of the two parishes of Münchingen and Kallenberg.
Parish of Münchingen [ Edit | Edit the source text ]
The Parish of Münchingen [11] comprises the district of the same name by Korntal-Münchingen. The Johanneskirche is a western gymnasium with a network -arched choir. It was built in 1488 by Aberlin Jörg and Bernhard Sporer.
Until 1969, the Kallenberg settlement also belonged to the municipality of Münchingen.
Parish of Kallenberg [ Edit | Edit the source text ]
The Parish of Kallenberg [11] comprises the district of the same name by Korntal-Münchingen. The district was built in the 1950s on the Stuttgart-Heilbronn motorway. For the young district, Dr. Helmut Votteler the Emmaus Church, which was built on his behalf in 1956. In 1968, the independent branch church community in Münchingen-Kallenberg was built as a daughter of Münchingen at the Emmaus Church and with effect from January 1, 1969. This was renamed the parish of Kallenberg in 1995. The parish office is responsible for the parish office in Kallenberg-Münchingen-Nord in Kallenbergstrasse.
Parish of Schöckingen [ Edit | Edit the source text ]
The Parish of Schöckingen [twelfth] comprises the district of the same name of Ditzingen.
The church, formerly consecrated to St. Mauritius, was mentioned in 1267 as a chapel. Today’s church is a choral system with late Romanesque and late Gothic parts. It contains tombs of the men of Nippenburg and from Gaisberg from the 16th and 17th centuries.
Parish of Schwieberdingen [ Edit | Edit the source text ]
The Parish of Schwieberdingen [13] comprises the community of the same name in Schwieberdingen.
The Georgskirche was probably built in the 14th century and changed in the 15th century. The choir was built by Peter von Koblenz and completed in 1498. The church has grave monuments from the Lords of Nippenburg and others from the 14th to 16th centuries. In 1996 the church was completely renovated outside and inside.
See explanations at the Evangelical parish of Korntal or its own main article.
- The state of Baden-Württemberg – Official description according to circles and municipalities (in eight volumes). Edited by the Baden-Württemberg State Archive Directorate. Volume III: Stuttgart regional district-regional association Mitteler Neckar, Stuttgart, 1978, ISBN 3-17-004758-2.
- ↑ Website of the Evangelical Church District Vaihingen-Ditzingen
- ↑ Website of the parish of Ditzingen
- ↑ Website of the overall church community Gerlingen
- ↑ a b Website of the parish of Petrus and Lukas Gerlingen
- ↑ Website of the Matthäuskirchengemeinde Gerlingen
- ↑ Website of the parish Heimerdingen
- ↑ Website of the parish of Hemmingen
- ↑ Website of the Hirschlanden parish
- ↑ Website of the parish of Korntal
- ↑ Website of the parish of Markgröningen
- ↑ a b c Website of the Verbundkirchengemeinde Münchingen
- ↑ Website of the parish of Schöckingen
- ↑ Website of the parish of Schwieberdingen
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