Evangelische Kirche, Lutheran church in Hemmersheim, Germany
The Evangelische Kirche in Gülchsheim, part of Hemmersheim, is a plastered rubble-stone church with corner quoins. Its medieval core is a choir tower on the east, topped since 1754/55 by a slate-covered Welsche Haube with clock and three bells; the west-facing nave has a steep gabled roof and a west gable renewed in 1835. A 19th-century sacristy adjoins the tower's north wall.
The core of the church is medieval: a plastered rubble-stone chancel tower with corner quoins, altered repeatedly since the 16th century. Its top storey, housing the clock and a three-bell frame, and the slate-covered Welsche Haube were added in 1754/55. The west gable was renewed in 1835, and the sacristy on the north wall dates from the 19th century.
The parish belongs to the Aub-Gülchsheim parish within the Evangelical Lutheran Deanery of Uffenheim. Inside, the pulpit is decorated with inlaid arabesques, and a 17th-century altar cross stands in the choir, whose ground floor is covered by a barrel vault. Galleries line both long sides of the nave.
The church stands in Gülchsheim, a district of Hemmersheim, with the tower and west gable facing the village street behind a low stone wall. The interior, with its barrel-vaulted choir and boarded nave ceiling, is normally opened for services; outside these times, ask the parish of Aub-Gülchsheim about access.
The tower's slate-covered Welsche Haube dates from 1754/55, when the top storey above the cornice was rebuilt to house the clock and a bell frame with three bells. The older medieval core below is plastered rubble stone with corner quoins.
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