Laudenbach mountain church
The mountain church of Our Lady of Sorrows is a pilgrimage church near Laudenbach , a district of Weikersheim in the Main-Tauber district . It is located west of Laudenbach at the end of a crossroads. The building holds art treasures.
history
The building of the church was initiated by the local gentlemen from Finsterlohe , the foundation stone was laid in 1412. In 1421, Pope Martin V added “the Capella in the High Wood” to the Laudenbach parish, the original document is now in the State Archives in Stuttgart. The church was consecrated in 1459 by the Würzburg bishop Johann III. from Grumbach .
Furnishing
The building contains a number of art treasures, such as a group of Adoration of the Magi by Tilman Riemenschneider's students , the organ by Johann Philipp Seuffert (1723) and the miraculous image of Sorrows by an unknown artist (probably 15th century).
Way of the Cross
A way of the cross with 14 stations leads to the Laudenbacher Bergkirche .
Others
The mountain church Laudenbach inspired Eduard Mörike on 29 May 1845 his poem The Mary Mount Church of L. .
literature
- Max Schermann: The mountain church near Laudenbach. Their history and their art treasures. A commemorative sheet for the 500th anniversary of the foundation . Bad Mergentheim, 1912, reprint: Niederstetten, 2012, ISBN 978-3-921249-41-3 .
Web links
- The Bergkirche Laudenbach on the website of the Mergentheim deanery
- The Laudenbacher Bergkirche on the website of the city of Weikersheim
- YouTube video about the Laudenbach mountain church
Parish churches of pastoral care unit 3 of the dean's office Mergentheim : To the precious blood (Weikersheim) with the branches Elpersheim and Queckbronn | St. Margareta (Laudenbach)
Other churches and ways of the cross: Way of the Cross (Laudenbach) to the mountain church Laudenbach
Monasteries: Lochgarten Monastery (†) | Premonstratensian monastery Schäftersheim (†)
(†): Sacred building no longer used / available
Coordinates: 49 ° 27 '22.8 " N , 9 ° 55' 11.1" E