Corpus Christi Church (Eschenfelden)
The Simultankirche Corpus Christi is located in Eschenfelden , a district of the Hirschbach community . It shapes the appearance of the Upper Palatinate parish village.
history
The first church in town was probably a castle chapel with a massive Gothic tower with a defensive and guard function. In today's choir tower with the choir room in the basement there are loopholes that may be hints of the former castle or a former castle complex. The old nave was probably a three-aisled basilica , as archaeologist Mathias Hensch suspects, and was replaced by a smaller new building in 1863. In the east of the choir there is a wall niche with an iron grille. This niche was probably intended for the storage of the liturgical books. It is surrounded by partially exposed wall paintings from the years 1560/70. The high altar shows Jesus as the Man of Sorrows between Mary and John (15th century) and is composed of three different altars: the outer panels show Saint Catherine and Saint Barbara.
The Simultaneum goes back to an order of the Count Palatine Christian August from 1662. Today (2017) there is a Protestant service in the church on three Sundays a month and a Catholic service on the fourth.
The side altars from 1870 come from the dissolved monastery in Vilseck. The Gothic choir stalls date from the early 15th century.
Web links
- History and architecture of the church (website of the Protestant parish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The entry 1562 on the parish page is a typo.
- ↑ Simultaneous Church of the Year ( Memento from January 7, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) (Bayerischer Rundfunk)
Coordinates: 49 ° 34 ′ 43.9 ″ N , 11 ° 37 ′ 1 ″ E