Stand-alone bell tower at Falkenstein Palatinate mountain country
Glockenturm bei Falkenstein:
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This stand-alone bell tower has a long story::
The bell tower in Falkenstein, like many other towers in the North Palatinate, was created out of the desire of a Protestant minority in the village to have their own bell ringing. Until 1818, Lutherans were pastored in Winnweiler and the Reformed in Alsenbrück-Langmeil (then Alsenbrück). After the unification of the Reformed and Lutherans (Unionism) in the 19th century, Falkenstein became the parochial town of Imsbach from 1819.
Specifically, the Falkenstein Protestants wanted their own bells for baptisms, prayers or funerals. This wish took concrete form from 1884 onwards, as it says in the annual report of the pastor at the time: “The prepared work to build our own bell tower in Falkenstein has been completed, the building site has been marked out, measured and purchased.”
However, financing the construction was not without problems, as the “poor Protestant community of Falkenstein” was not able to raise the necessary financial resources on its own. The community was therefore dependent on the help and co-financing of the neighboring communities. The construction cost was 2,650 marks. The community was very lucky because Carl von Gienanth (1818-1890) provided generous financial support totaling more than 2,000 marks. The priest was therefore able to send the following message in a report to Speyer: “The rapid completion of the work is primarily due to the benevolence of Freyherrn Carl von Gienanth in Hochstein.”
Glockenturm bei Falkenstein:
Stand-alone bell tower at Falkenstein Palatinate mountain country
Glockenturm bei Falkenstein:
www.westpfalz.wiki/wiki/glockenturm-bei-falkenstein/
This stand-alone bell tower has a long story::
The bell tower in Falkenstein, like many other towers in the North Palatinate, was created out of the desire of a Protestant minority in the village to have their own bell ringing. Until 1818, Lutherans were pastored in Winnweiler and the Reformed in Alsenbrück-Langmeil (then Alsenbrück). After the unification of the Reformed and Lutherans (Unionism) in the 19th century, Falkenstein became the parochial town of Imsbach from 1819.
Specifically, the Falkenstein Protestants wanted their own bells for baptisms, prayers or funerals. This wish took concrete form from 1884 onwards, as it says in the annual report of the pastor at the time: “The prepared work to build our own bell tower in Falkenstein has been completed, the building site has been marked out, measured and purchased.”
However, financing the construction was not without problems, as the “poor Protestant community of Falkenstein” was not able to raise the necessary financial resources on its own. The community was therefore dependent on the help and co-financing of the neighboring communities. The construction cost was 2,650 marks. The community was very lucky because Carl von Gienanth (1818-1890) provided generous financial support totaling more than 2,000 marks. The priest was therefore able to send the following message in a report to Speyer: “The rapid completion of the work is primarily due to the benevolence of Freyherrn Carl von Gienanth in Hochstein.”
Glockenturm bei Falkenstein: