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Solingen-Burg Protestant Church

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Landlinien

February 11, 2016

Near Burg Castle (Solingen-Unterburg), a tranquil 18th century Protestant church is hidden on the banks of the Wupper. The adjacent cemetery was established shortly after the church was built in 1744. What is special about it are the 105 sandstone gravestones of the time, 52 of which are still preserved today. If you look closely, you can still see an angel's head that once adorned each of these gravestones. In addition, the family name was added in the form of a picture or a symbol (for example a fish for fishermen).

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Olli "ROTE HOSE"😄

February 4, 2017

The small district Burg exists because of the difference in height from the two districts Oberburg and Unterburg. The burgers made a point early to be allowed to practice the religion of their choice in the parish church of St. Martin. In 1553, almost the entire church converted to the Lutheran faith. Later, Lutherans and Catholics took turns using the church. The ownership of the church was argued for many years.

In the 17th century, the Lutherans split by a counter-Reformation in two camps. Due to the destruction of the church during the Thirty Years' War, the Lutherans first found shelter in a residential building on today's Müngstener Straße, before they built their first church there from 1732 to 1735 from the remains of the destroyed castle. This process led to the denominational division of the place in the Lutheran Lower and the Catholic Upper Castle. The laying of the cornerstone of the church took place on May 8, 1732.

The building on the banks of the Wupper is an austere hall of quarry stone in the Bergisch Baroque style. Against the resistance of the Catholics, the Lutherans were initially prevented from setting up a tower with bells in the hall, as they did not want to hear anything about the services in Lower Castle in Oberburg. It was not until 1786 that the electoral government permitted the construction of the tower. The tower was completed in 1787, since then also the year 1787 adorns the tower. He is covered with a flat tent roof. From 1786 to 1787 three bells were acquired, which came from a dilapidated church in Nürburg. The interior design corresponds to that of a Protestant sermon church. [1]

Protestant cemetery
In the immediate vicinity of the church was built in 1744, the Protestant cemetery. All his tombstones are made of double panels with crowning angels' heads. Between 1831 and 1832, the Protestant rectory was built between the church and Wupper, according to the plans of the agricultural inspector of Gloeden. It is a two-storey dreamlike plaster construction with a crippled roof. Wikipedia

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Silvia

December 11, 2017

1951-1953 complete restoration
1952 Exposure of ornamental paintings ("folk art") on the altar and pulpit, probably from the time the church was built. Renovation of the organ pulpit prospect; Old style restoration
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