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19-English-FELDKIRCHE

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Lithograph by Philippe Beilstein who affixes his initials, his name and profession at the bottom of the table : “Ph. Beilstein, voyer* agent, 1846”.

The "Feldkirche" or "Faldkerich" (Fields Church)

This church was located at the current cemetery North of the village between Hoerdt and Weyersheim a little apart on a small mount sheltered from flooding.

Existing well before 1648 and already named « Feldkirche », it was rebuilt in 1761. From the years 1686-1693, it serves simultaneously to the Protestant and Catholic communities.
It has been demolished in 1846 because to old and replaced by the two current churches located in the village (1846 for the Protestant temple and 1848 for the Catholic church).

The Angels exhibited in the museum come from the « Feldkirche » as well as the organ, which was reinstalled in the Catholic Church.

Philippe BEILSTEIN offered this painting to his friend Chrétien ARLEN, mayor of Hoerdt. Native of Wissembourg where he was born in 1824, Philippe BEILSTEIN is a voyer* agent in the Brumath County when he made this lithograph in 1846, most certainly made visually a few weeks before the demolition of the religious building.

* “Voyer agent” :  function assigned to a person responsible for managing municipal property and maintaining the road network.

Local peculiarity : the population of Hoerdt go to the “Kerich-Hoft“.

In Alsatian language, two words designate a cemetery : “Kerich-Hoft” or “Gotts-Acker“.
In the “Kerich-Hoft” (Church Court), the graves are around or near the church and for the “Gotts-Acker” (acre of God) the cemetery is usually outside the village. At the time of the “Feldkirche” the cemetery was therefore around the church (Kerich-Hoft). After its demolition in 1846, the inhabitants kept this first denomination.
Gift of Marc BARTH and his maternal family (Stolle-Brendels) – Hoerdt