Churches in Würzburg

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St. Kilian's Cathedral, the most famous church building in the city

This overview contains the preserved church buildings in the city of Würzburg , including the incorporated districts. For the sake of clarity, the churches are sorted alphabetically and provided with a reference to the district. In Catholic churches, alphabetical sorting is based on the consecrated name.

Catholic churches

St. Adalbero, Sanderau

Adalbero Church

The Adalberokirche, consecrated to Adalbero von Würzburg , was built in the neo-Romanesque style from 1894 to 1899 based on master drawings by the cathedral builder Franz Joseph Ritter von Denzinger. The master builder was Joseph Schmitz . An extensive restoration took place from 1989 to 1991. Coordinates: 49 ° 47 ′ 3 ″  N , 9 ° 56 ′ 10 ″  E

The Catholic parish church of St. Adalbero (Weingartenstraße 25) is a cross-shaped pillar basilica with a crossing tower and a double tower facade with pointed helmets over gables. Round apsides and figure portals, unplastered limestone ashlar masonry with rich structure, neo-Romanesque, Joseph Schmitz based on a sketch by Franz Joseph von Denzinger, 1894–99.

It is a listed building and has the file number D-6-63-000-615 of the BLfD.

St. Albert, Lindleinsmühle

The parish was established in 1967 for the Lindleinsmühle district and the parish church of St. Albert, equipped with a polygonal room, was built by Walter Väth between 1969 and 1971 according to plans by the cathedral master builder Hans Skull and consecrated on June 19, 1971 by Bishop Josef Stangl . The first exterior and interior renovations were carried out in the 1980s. Coordinates: 49 ° 48 ′ 32 "  N , 9 ° 57 ′ 47"  E

St. Alfons, garden city of Keesburg

The parish and monastery church of St. Alfons was built in 1952–1954 by master builder Hans skull . The parish of St. Alfons, which is pastoral care by the Fathers of the Upper German Province of the Congregation of the Redemptorists (whose monastery is located at Matthias-Ehrenfried-Straße 2), was established in 1953 by Bishop Julius Döpfner for the young district of Sieboldshöhe / Keesburg . Inside the parish church, a controversial fresco by Georg Meistermann was attached to the choir wall in 1954 . On May 23, 1955, Federal President Theodor Heuss and Lord Mayor Franz Stadelmayer visited the new church. Coordinates: 49 ° 46 '30 "  N , 9 ° 57' 13.6"  E

The Catholic parish church of St. Alfons in connection with various additions ( Matthias-Ehrenfried- Strasse 2) is a concrete skeleton building in the form of interpenetrating, rising structures with a monopitch roof. Facade design with plaster and natural stone masonry, free-standing, slim campanile with flat roof. Post-war modernism, Hans skull, 1954; with equipment.

Together with the adjoining three-wing community center - built around 1960 in a design adaptation to the existing building stock - the parish church is to become a protected monument, the behavior regarding the protection of monuments has not yet been established; File number D-6-63-000-767 of the BLfD.

The organ installed in the church - according to Klaus Linsenmeyer "very well done" - comes from the Würzburg company Elenz.

Allendorf chapel, city center

The chapel was built at the instigation of the canon and provost of St. Burkard Johann von Allendorf in 1492. It is consecrated to the Blessed Virgin Mary and is located between the Theresienklinik (former location of the Heideck Curia with a Margaret Chapel ) and the motherhouse of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Redeemer in Domerschulstrasse. Originally, the Seebachshof or Seebacher Hof, which served as the seat of canons, stood next to the chapel (see also List of Monuments in Würzburg Old Town # D ). The chapel was created as a place of prayer for the canons.

After the courtyard and the chapel came into private hands in the 19th century, the Sisters of the Savior were able to purchase the complex in 1894. In 1934 the chapel was extensively renovated and the whitewashed ceiling painting was discovered. However, it was damaged as early as 1945, but the ceiling frescos survived the Second World War unscathed. Frequent renovations followed in the second half of the 20th century. In 1972 the interior was renewed, and in 1982 the ceiling frescoes were restored.

In the interior, the chapel presents itself with a Gothic ribbed vault. Tracery was also attached to the windows. The centerpiece, however, is the ceiling frescoes completed in 1611 . Here angels with tools of suffering , medicinal herbs and other plants (created according to the same template and, like the ceiling painting in the former Bamberg monastery church of Michelsberg monastery, as a painted garden, as it were, standing for paradise) are depicted. The four evangelists or their symbols and busts of the church fathers can also be seen. In the middle you can see the coat of arms of the Würzburg cathedral provost and Bamberg prince-bishop Gottfried von Aschhausen , who arranged for the ceiling to be painted. They may have been created by the Nuremberg painter Andreas Herneisen .

Coordinates: 49 ° 47 ′ 31 "  N , 9 ° 55 ′ 56.8"  E

Court Church of the Most Holy Trinity, city center

Court Church of the Most Holy Trinity

The court church and court parish of the Most Holy Trinity is a church integrated into the Prince-Bishop's Residence and was planned and built by Balthasar Neumann from 1732 to 1743 during the construction of the residence 1720–1744. There it served as a house chapel for the respective residents. It extends over both main floors of the residential building, but cannot be seen separately from the outside. The interior design comes from Johann Lucas von Hildebrandt . A princely box is accessible from the first floor of the residence, which made it possible to attend the service without having to meet the visitors of the church. Special works of art are the ceiling frescoes by Byss, two altar paintings by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo and the early classicist pulpit by Materno Bossi. Coordinates: 49 ° 47 ′ 32.1 ″  N , 9 ° 56 ′ 16.7 ″  E

St. Andreas, Sanderau

The parish was established in 1967 for the southern Sanderau and the parish church of St. Andreas with a square layout and sloping pyramid roof was built in 1967–1968. Coordinates: 49 ° 46 ′ 36 ″  N , 9 ° 56 ′ 1 ″  E

St. Antonius, city center

Former church of the Würzburg Antoniterkloster , now Ursuline church. Gothic choir from the second half of the 15th century, baroque nave from 1687. Coordinates: 49 ° 47 ′ 27.9 ″  N , 9 ° 55 ′ 46.7 ″  E

Monastery chapel, former Antoniterkirche (Augustinerstraße 17), hall building with a crooked roof, choir with buttresses and triangular closure, late Gothic core, around 1500, baroque redesign in 1725, shortened in the west during reconstruction in 1972; with equipment. As part of the Ursulinenkloster monument complex, it is a protected architectural monument with the file number D-6-63-000-26 of the BLfD.

Augustinian Church, city center

Augustinian Church

The church of the Augustinian order is built in the Romanesque style and has a baroque facade by Balthasar Neumann. Originally there was a Dominican monastery at this point , which was taken over by the Augustinians after the secularization. The place where the church stands is still called Dominikanerplatz. The church and monastery were badly damaged in the night of the bombing on March 16, 1945 and then rebuilt. Organ concerts and organ masses are given regularly on the Klais organ . Coordinates: 49 ° 47 '45.9 "  N , 9 ° 55' 53.6"  E

The Catholic monastery church of the former Dominican monastery and current Augustinian monastery (Dominikanerplatz 2) is a three-aisled basilica with an elongated, drawn-in monk choir and portal facade, has a slated roof turret with a hood and lantern, the choir is early Gothic, 1266–70, the nave is baroque, by Balthasar Neumann 1741–1744, restored by 1948; with equipment.

Together with the other monastery outbuildings, it is a protected architectural monument with the file number D-6-63-000-100 of the BLfD.

St. Barbara, Heimgarten

The parish church of St. Barbara is a three-aisled, flat-roofed basilica. Coordinates: 49 ° 47 ′ 44 "  N , 9 ° 57 ′ 31"  E

The Catholic parish church of St. Barbara (Barbarastraße 44) is a three-aisled pillar basilica with a retracted round apse and side choir flank tower with tented roof, west side with open pillar porch and monumental crucifixion group, limestone, expressionistically influenced neo-Romanesque, 1927 by Rudolph Hofmann and Niedermeier; with equipment;

Terrace with outside stairs, retaining wall with arched niches and arched gate entrance;

Ancillary building, three-storey plastered saddle roof structure arranged at an angle around the terrace, Heimatstil, around 1930, two-storey hipped roof extension over a slope, post-war modernism, marked 1956.

The church with the indicated outbuildings and components is a protected architectural monument with the file number D-6-63-000-34 of the BLfD.

Don Bosco Monastery Church, Mainviertel

The monastery church of Don Bosco is also called "Schottenkirche" because it was built by Scottish monks and was consecrated to the Apostle James . The Schottenkloster , where the Franconian-Swabian Way of St. James begins, belongs to it . Jacob pilgrims receive the pilgrim stamp and the pilgrim blessing here . Coordinates: 49 ° 47 ′ 44.5 "  N , 9 ° 55 ′ 13.7"  E

The former monastery church of St. Jakob , now a Catholic Don Bosco Church (in the former Schottenkloster, now Salesianerheim; Schottenanger 15), is a gable roof building with a recessed polygonal choir and choir flank towers with pointed helmets, plastered masonry with sandstone framing, Romanesque south tower 12th century, early Gothic north tower and choir 1260/70, simple new building after war destruction, post-war modernism, Albert Boßlet and Erwin van Aaken 1955/56 with installation of a baroque portal, sandstone, Joseph Greising, around 1720; with equipment;

With the associated monastery buildings and some auxiliary buildings, it is a protected monument with the file number D-6-63-000-537 of the BLfD.

Albert Boßlet was in charge of the reconstruction of the Salesian Church of St. Jakob after the Second World War .

St. Bruno, Steinbachtal

The church of St. Bruno, which was consecrated to Bruno von Würzburg in 1955 in the Steinbachtal valley, was built between 1958 and 1959 as a simple sandstone building with a flat-roofed tower. The church and the parish center were cared for by Augustinians. The church was renovated in 2002-2003. Like St. Johannis, St. Bruno has an organ from the Hamburg company Beckerath . Special works of art are the cross above the altar and tabernacle by Josef Amberg (both 1959), the altar wall with altar painting by Jürgen Wolf and the painted Stations of the Cross by Curd Lessig (1985). Coordinates: 49 ° 46 ′ 29 ″  N , 9 ° 55 ′ 37 ″  E

St. Bruno, University Hospital Würzburg

The Luitpold Hospital received a 1921-22 inaugurated on October 8, 1922 chapel, which was dedicated to St. Bruno and its own Krankenhauskuratie for with the then university hospitals was connected.

St. Burkard, Mainviertel

St. Burkard

St. Burkard, also known as the “Burkard Church”, is the oldest church in Würzburg. It was named after Burkard , who was consecrated by Boniface as the city's first bishop in 742 . The Romanesque part of the church was consecrated in 1042. Initially, the church was part of a Benedictine monastery until 1464 , then a collegiate monastery . With the secularization and the associated dissolution of the monastery in 1803, the church came into the possession of the parish. Coordinates: 49 ° 47 '23.7 "  N , 9 ° 55' 29.9"  E

The Catholic parish church of St. Burkard (Burkarderstraße 42), former Benedictine monastery church of St. Andreas, according to tradition, the first bishopric of Würzburg around 750, from 1464 a knight's church, three-aisled basilica with a 5/8 choir raised above a street passage and a wide transept, saddle and Shed roofs, in the spandrels between the nave and transept, original choir flank towers with octagonal upper floors and stone spiers, nave with hooded gable turret over console, on the north side open vestibule with round arches and hipped roof, plastered masonry with sandstone structures from various epochs, core building with nave, Romanesque, 11th and 15th century. -13. Century, vestibule around 1170, choir and transept late Gothic, 15th – 17th centuries. Century, road passage marked 1491, historicizing renovation in 1857/58 and 1894, restoration after partial destruction in 1948; with equipment;

Together with the Mount of Olives (sandstone, baroque, Johann Wolfgang von der Auwera, 18th century) the church forms a protected architectural monument with the file number D-6-63-000-84 of the BLfD.

St. Elisabeth, Zellerau

The parish church of St. Elisabeth is a large hall church built in 1955. The previously established St. Elisabeth Curate for the outer Zellerau was separated from the Heiligkreuz parish in 1954. Coordinates: 49 ° 47 ′ 33 ″  N , 9 ° 54 ′ 17 ″  E

Franciscan Church, city center

Franciscan Church, interior

The church ( Holy Cross ) of the Franciscan monastery in Würzburg was built in 1221 by Italian monks while Franz von Assisi was still alive and therefore has strong Italian influences. In the 16th century, the church was modernized by Julius Echter in the Renaissance style, against the belief of the monks who were concerned with simplicity .

When Würzburg was destroyed on March 16, 1945, the church burned down. It was rebuilt with a glass roof, but fell victim to an arson attack in 1986. The subsequent reconstruction was based on the original design from the 13th century.

The Pietà from the Riemenschneider workshop , the east wing of the Gothic cloister from the end of the 14th century and the renaissance portal of the monastery have been preserved. Coordinates: 49 ° 47 ′ 28.7 "  N , 9 ° 55 ′ 51.7"  E

The Catholic Franciscan Minorite Monastery Church (Franziskanergasse 7) - part of the Franciscan Minorite Monastery, founded in 1221 as the first German branch of the order - is a three-aisled basilica with a retracted, just closing choir, smooth plastered wall surfaces with tracery windows, early Gothic, 1249-80, reconstruction after 1945, arcade walls in medieval shapes 1986; with equipment;

Together with the cloister and other buildings of the former monastery, the church is a protected architectural monument with the file number D-6-63-000-144 of the BLfD.

St. Gertraud, Pleich

St. Gertraud

St. Gertraud was built around 1130 by the bridge, cathedral and town builder Enzelin as his own church, and in 1133 raised to the status of a parish church . The Gothic choir was consecrated in 1250. 1611–1613, the church was rebuilt to its present-day appearance under Julius Echter . Special works of art are the crucifix by Julius Bausewein and various gravestones (including Schieler 1492, Jörg Riemenschneider 1531). Coordinates: 49 ° 47 '51.6 "  N , 9 ° 55' 39.9"  E

The Catholic parish church of St. Gertraud (Pleicherkirchplatz 2) is a hall church with a saddle roof and a recessed 5/8 choir, an extended square west tower with a pointed spire, plastered masonry with sandstone frames and window tracery, post-Gothic (so-called "real Gothic" or "Julius style") 1612, reconstruction after 1945; with equipment;

Together with the Mount of Olives, (single-storey monopitch roof extension with basket arch opening and set figures, sandstone, Renaissance, Jörg Riemenschneider, mid-16th century) the church is a protected monument with the file number D-6-63-000-429 of the BLfD.

Hofspitalkirche (hospital for the 14 helpers in need, "Spitäle"), Mainviertel

Hospitals, exterior view
The 14 emergency helpers, around 1525, former location: Hofspitalkirche

The Hofspitalkirche, the church building of the former hospital for the fourteen helpers in need (also the court hospital for the 14 helpers in need ) is the church of Heinrich Alois Geigel's court hospital, which was originally built in 1498 and rebuilt in 1793/94 in the classicist style, and is therefore also called "Spitäle " called. Today the building, which was destroyed on March 16, 1945 and rebuilt by 1968 and renovated again between 1980 and 1983, serves as an exhibition hall for the Association of Artists in Lower Franconia. Coordinates: 49 ° 47 '34.4 "  N , 9 ° 55' 26.5"  E

The former Hofspitalkirche (Zeller Straße 1), a hall building with a gable roof and aligned, just closing choir, plastered masonry with gothic pointed arched windows reminiscent of the late Gothic predecessor building, sandstone facade with a column portico oriented towards the Old Main Bridge, classical and at the same time early historicism, Adam Valentin Fischer, 1793.

It is a protected monument with the file number D-6-63-000-626 of the BLfD.

The original hospital was established in accordance with the will of March 30, 1494 (and its minor amendment of October 10, 1496) of the last abbot and first provost of St. Burkard, Johann (es) von Allendorf, who died on October 17, 1496 (cf. Allendorf Chapel ), founded as a foundation, which was supposed to provide accommodation and food for 12 pious poor people, if necessary also for poor foreign pilgrims. The location of the hospital, which was also equipped with a chapel that was inaugurated on April 1, 1498, was the courtyard “Zum Schackhen” (or “Zum Schakan”) on the left Main bridgehead of the Old Main Bridge. A plot of land bordering the Hof zum Schackhen ( Hofreite "under the rock") belonged as an inheritance from 1496 to the "Spital der Heiligen emergency helpers". The hospital, which was operated from 1498, was run by a hospital administrator who was subordinate to a canon of St. Burkard and a councilor of the city of Würzburg. The basis of the hospital's assets was the property of the founder in Oberleinach .

Haug Abbey (St. Johannes), city center

The Church of St. John is consecrated to John the Baptist and John the Evangelist . Because of the associated collegiate / canonical monastery and its location in the Haug district, it is usually called "Haug Abbey". Coordinates: 49 ° 47 '52.6 "  N , 9 ° 56" 9.4 "  E

The former collegiate church (Bahnhofstrasse 2), after 1803 the Catholic parish church Stift Haug, is a cruciform wall pillar basilica with a crossing dome and lantern as well as a two-tower front with triple hood graduation, display facade with sandstone structure and figure niches, early baroque, Antonio Petrini, 1670–91, restoration until 1964; with equipment;

Together with the former Hauger chapter house (a three-storey saddle roof building with two portals and sandstone structure, baroque, with the participation of Joseph Greissing, Antonio Petrini, Valentino Pezzani and Ignaz Schüler, 1699–1703, reconstruction 1969–73), the church is a protected monument with the File number D-6-63-000-31 of the BLfD.

Bürgerspitalkirche zum Heiligen Geist, Stadtmitte

The Bürgerspitalkirche is located in the Bürgerspital zum Heiligen Geist . Johann Wolfgang van der Auwera had worked for this among other things. However, his contribution to equipping the Bürgerspitalkirche was lost in the bombing of Würzburg on March 16, 1945.

Holy Spirit Church, Dürrbachau

Holy Spirit Church

The Heilig-Geist-Kirche was founded in 1958 by the Frankfurt architects Alois Giefer and Hermann Mäckler , Frankfurt a. M. built. The curate center of the independent curate established in 1957 consists of the church, rectory, parish hall and a kindergarten. Special works of art are a room-high altarpiece by Karl Clobes , a Madonna with a ruling child (bronze cast) by Julius Bausewein and the windows of the crypt by Curd Lessig . They symbolize the sacraments of the church. Coordinates: 49 ° 48 ′ 16.5 ″  N , 9 ° 53 ′ 24.5 ″  E

The Catholic Kuratiekirche Hl. Geist (Veitshöchheimer Straße 98) is a red sandstone cuboid building on a rounded triangular floor plan with a support dome, post-war modernism, Alois Giefer and Hermann Mäckler (Frankfurt), 1958; with equipment.

The Kuratie Heilig Geist in Dürrbachau, established in 1957/58, belongs to the parish community of Dürrbachtal . The church is a protected monument with the file number D-6-63-000-777 of the BLfD.

Holy Cross Church, Zellerau

Holy Cross Church, Zellerau

The parish church Heilig Kreuz was built in 1934-1935 as a three-aisled basilica. Coordinates: 49 ° 47 ′ 49 ″  N , 9 ° 54 ′ 38 ″  E

The Catholic parish church Heiligkreuz (Friedrichstrasse 26; Sedanstrasse 7 a) is a three-aisled basilica with a gable roof and a rectangular tower with hipped roof and high lantern integrated on the side, plastered building with limestone structures, lion portal and wall painting, Michael Niedermeier, 1934–35.

It is a protected monument with the file number D-6-63-000-165 of the BLfD.

St. James the Elder, Versbach

The church, consecrated to St. Jakobus the Elder , was built in 1962 after the existing church was demolished in 1754, and was consecrated again on December 15, 1963 by Bishop Josef Stangl . Coordinates: 49 ° 49 ′ 21 ″  N , 9 ° 57 ′ 46 ″  E

The Catholic parish church St. Jakobus Major (Heide 12) is a hall church with a gable roof and sloping eaves over a trapezoidal floor plan and with a trapezoidal choir, western gable front with round window and reused Romanesque portal frame of the previous building, campanile with limestone plinth and pointed helmet, unplastered limestone masonry with glass walls , 1962/63 by Lothar Schlör; with equipment.

It is a protected monument with the file number D-6-63-000-702 of the BLfD.

Alt-St. Josef, Oberdürrbach

The old parish church of St. Josef in Oberdürrbach is a classical hall church and was built in 1816. Coordinates: 49 ° 49 ′ 28 "  N , 9 ° 55 ′ 30"  E

The old Catholic parish church of St. Joseph (near Zehnthofstrasse) is a hall church with a three-sided closure, slightly protruding facade tower with a gabled portal, hooded roof and lateral figure niches (St. John the Baptist and St. John the Evangelist), plastered masonry with brickwork, classicism, marked 1816, Niche figures, sandstone, late baroque, Peter Wagner, late 18th century; with equipment;

It is a protected monument with the file number D-6-63-000-668 of the BLfD.

New St. Josef, Oberdürrbach

The New Parish Church of St. Josef in Oberdürrbach was built as a modern church in the Dürrbachtal. Coordinates: 49 ° 49 ′ 32 "  N , 9 ° 55 ′ 16"  E

St. Joseph the Bridegroom, Grombühl

St. Josef, nave

St. Joseph the Bridegroom was built in 1902–1904 according to plans by Joseph Schmitz and consecrated on July 9, 1905. Even if a church building association for Grombühl was founded in 1889 , a parish was not founded until 1914 (before that, St. Josef was a branch church district from 1911 ). When Würzburg was destroyed in 1945, the church burned down, was rebuilt in the 1970s and renovated again in 1984. After the cathedral, St. Josef is the largest church in Würzburg in terms of area and can accommodate 3,000 people. Coordinates: 49 ° 48 ′ 10.3 "  N , 9 ° 56 ′ 51.4"  E

The Catholic parish church of St. Josef (Josefplatz 2) is a three-aisled basilica with a retracted 5/8 choir and transept, a gable roof with an open turret and a protruding corner tower with a curved tent roof and lantern. It is an unplastered built-in house with ashlar elements, neo-Gothic, spire after 1945;

Together with the associated terrace area with a flight of steps, the church is a protected monument with the file number D-6-63-000-333 of the BLfD.

St. Joseph the Bridegroom, Rottenbauer

St. Joseph the Bridegroom, Rottenbauer


The church was built from 1818, on January 20, 1822 work began on the interior of the church. In 1829 there were already three altars in the church, but only the high altar was prepared for worship. The first major repairs were made in 1864 and 1965. In 1911 the interior of the church was completely redesigned. Coordinates: 49 ° 43 ′ 11 ″  N , 9 ° 58 ′ 5 ″  E

The Catholic parish church of St. Joseph (Oberer Kirchplatz 2) is a hall church with a gable roof, has a rectangular tower with a pyramid roof on the side of the altar and which houses the apse on the ground floor, and has a monumental entrance portal with a large bezel in the gable. The plaster masonry with sparse limestone incorporations is classicist, Gustav Vorherr, 1823–24; with equipment.

It is a protected monument with the file number D-6-63-000-674 of the BLfD.

St. Kilian's Cathedral, city center

St. Kilian's Cathedral - from Marienberg Fortress

The St. Kilian Cathedral is a Romanesque church that was built by Bishop Bruno from 1040 and is consecrated to Kilian . It is considered the fourth largest Romanesque basilica in Germany and is the third cathedral building in Würzburg after the first two (built around 787 and 855) were completely or partially destroyed by fire. After Bruno's accidental death in 1045, his successor in the Adalbero bishopric completed the construction in 1075. Due to its size, the Kilians Cathedral is one of the most impressive monuments of the Salier period.

In 1500 the side aisles were redesigned in late Gothic style, and in 1701 they were stuccoed in baroque style by Pietro Magno. After large parts of the cathedral collapsed in the winter of 1946 as a result of the bombing, it was rebuilt until 1967. The result was a successful, albeit controversial, combination of mostly Romanesque, modern and baroque elements. The neo-Romanesque west facade with rose window, three-part gallery and clock opening was covered with a simple pumice stone wall during the reconstruction and was exposed again in the course of renovation work in 2006. The pre-war state has now largely been restored. In 1987 the choir room was redesigned by Hubert Elsässer . Since the installation of a cymbal peal with eight small bells and three other bells, the Würzburg Cathedral has now the largest church peal in Germany with 20 bells.

Special works of art are the baptismal font (1279) by Meister Eckart from Worms, the impressive series of epitaphs, including the grave monuments of the prince-bishops Rudolf II von Scherenberg (1495) and Lorenz von Bibra (both by Tilman Riemenschneider), the Schönborn chapel by Balthasar Neumann and the Klais organ from 1968 (largest trumpeteria in Germany). Coordinates: 49 ° 47 ′ 36 "  N , 9 ° 55 ′ 56"  E

The important church organ made by the Bonn organ building company Johannes Klais is located in Kiliansdom .

The Catholic St. Kilians Cathedral (Kiliansplatz 4) is a cruciform, three-aisled pillar basilica with a westwork and choir flank towers, has a recessed choir with a round apse, plasterwork with Romanesque and neo-Romanesque sandstone structures, founded in the second half of the 9th century, westwork in the first half of the 11th century, new building the basilica second half of the 11th century, renovation in the 12th century, redesign of the eastern parts, first half of the 13th century, vaulting in 1608, baroque stucco cladding by Pietro Magno early 18th century, simplified restoration until 1967 after war destruction with equipment.

The cathedral, along with other building and structural elements, is a protected monument with the BLfD's file number D-6-63-000-104.

St. Kilian, city center

Juliusspital, interior view of the church

The parish church of St. Kilian is the church of the Juliusspital. From the beginning, the Juliusspital was also its own parish with several pastors. Coordinates: 49 ° 47 '51.5 "  N , 9 ° 55' 53.5"  E

The short history of the four hospital churches

The first hospital church

It was very important to Julius Echter not only to ensure the care of the physical well-being of his fellow citizens. Rather, pastoral care was very much the focus from the very beginning. For this reason there was already a church in the so-called "foundation building", which also included a crypt. It was housed in the south-east wing of the Juliusspital on the Julius Promenade, facing east, measuring around 14 by 20 meters and was directly integrated into the overall building. The church should always be directly in the life of the hospital and also had the opportunity to attend church services directly from the ward. There is no definite news about the builder of this first hospital church. It is considered likely that the construction plans were made by the builder Georg Robyn, who works in Mainz and comes from the Netherlands. It was probably “loaned” to the Elector of Mainz by Bishop Julius Echter for the construction of the Juliusspital and his church. The solemn consecration of the sacred space dedicated to the Franconian apostle Kilian took place on July 10, 1580 by the prince-bishop himself.

The second hospital church

The hospital church was also involved in the considerations of Prince-Bishop Franz Ludwig von Erthal (1779–1795) about the renovation of the front building on the Julius promenade to accommodate a larger number of sick people. Julius Echter had set up a small town residence in the central building of the north wing (the current church building). Since the Würzburg residence served the prince-bishops as an apartment, these rooms were vacant and so Franz Ludwig von Erthal had the hospital church moved there. The renovation began in 1788 and received the outer walls of the prince's building, initially completed by Antonio Petrini (until 1714) and later by Joseph Greising. Hofbauamtmann Johann Philipp Geigel directed the renovation, supported by Materno Bossi. The second hospital church was 23.60 meters long, 12.55 meters wide and 15.85 meters high and designed in the classicism style. On the second floor, a gallery ran around the entire room, which gave the benefactors easy access to the church. The altar was right in the middle of the church. The second hospital church was consecrated in 1790.

Its rich stucco furnishings and many other works of art, including pictures by Johann Peter Wagner and altar paintings by the court painters Johann B. Ruel and Oswald Onghers, fell victim to the hail of bombs on March 16, 1945 .

The third hospital church

On April 9, 1945, the clean-up work for the planned reconstruction of the Juliusspital began. It was decided not to rebuild the old church interior in its original dimensions. Rather, the lower floor was separated. This is where the apartments for the chief nursing officer and the hospital priest were housed. The lower room height of "only" 11.20 meters gives the church more favorable proportions. The altar was moved to the east side. With the consecration of the altar on July 16, 1953, the reconstruction of the Juliusspital, which had been destroyed in World War II, came to an end. The then bishop and later Cardinal Dr. On that day, Julius Döpfner inaugurated the church, which had been restored from the outside. The church is dedicated to the two patron saints St. Kilian and St. Elisabeth. They were immortalized as modern carvings in 1957 by the sculptor Oskar Müller from Würzburg-Heidingsfeld in the church.

The fourth and today's hospital church

As part of the third construction phase of the hospital renovation, today's church was also renovated, liturgically redesigned and the original character of the central church was taken up. The altar and ambo are arranged on an altar island in the middle of the church. The places for the church visitors are distributed around it. The church received two equal entrances from the east and west. This was u. a. made possible by the fact that the stairwell in the eastern prince's building was demolished and rebuilt directly next to the church. A wheelchair-accessible access is also available. Jura marble was selected as the floor covering. Altar, ambo, tabernacle and Madonna stele as well as the baptismal font were also made from this material, but using a different processing technique. The earlier high altar painting by Christoph Storer , which depicts St. Albert, remained in its original place. As a counterpoint, Thomas Lange, a German artist from Italy, created a modern, multi-part picture that, as a kind of triptych, closes or frames the organ. The motifs "Mercy, Liberation and Care" refer to the tasks of the Juliusspital Foundation . The church is completed by a new way of the cross and salvation by canon Jürgen Lenssen.

The figures of the church patrons Kilian and Elisabeth as well as depictions of St. John the Baptist and St. John the Evangelist were taken from the previous church; likewise the historical altar cross, which got a modern background. The mechanical pipe organ that was destroyed in the war was given a worthy successor. The organ building company Vleugels from Hardheim built an organ (inauguration September 17, 2005) with two manuals and a pedal. A total of 1300 pipes give this musical instrument its full sound.

In the entire monument complex of the Juliusspital, the parish church of St. Kilian is also a protected architectural monument with the file number D-6-63-000-229 of the BLfD.

St. Laurentius, Heidingsfeld

St. Laurentius, Heidingsfeld

The church is consecrated to Lawrence of Rome . It is the parish church of the former free imperial city of Heidingsfeld and was rebuilt by Hans skull after its destruction in the Second World War in 1947–1950. Coordinates: 49 ° 45 ′ 47 "  N , 9 ° 57 ′ 6"  E

The Catholic parish church of St. Laurentius (Fuchsgasse 7) is a three-aisled staggered hall with a saddle roof and retracted choir with a three-year end, and lower church, at the nave north of the lower tower with pyramid roof and lantern with clock, west gable with figure portal and window rosette, as well as side staircases, limestone, 1948 –50 by Hans skull, on the nave south of the Romanesque tower with pyramid roof, brickwork with ashlar elements, 12th century; with equipment;

Chapel niche, free-standing gable building with arched opening, profiled and ornamented framing, limestone, Renaissance, 16th / 17th century Century, reconstruction after war destruction at the new location around 1950; with stone facings of the old church;

Ölbergsgruppe, sandstone, late Gothic, 1505–1510 by Tilmann Riemenschneider; now in a modern extension within the church.

The church with the outbuildings and extensions is a protected architectural monument with the file number D-6-63-000-266 of the BLfD.

The parish church, which was destroyed at the end of the Second World War , was rebuilt as the first sacred building in Würzburg after the war. The tradition-bound building was under the direction of diocesan master builder Hans skull .

St. Laurentius, Lengfeld

St. Laurentius Church in Lengfeld

The late baroque-classical parish church of the village of Lengfeld was consecrated in 1804. The interior furnishings come from dissolved monasteries (e.g. the high altar from the former St. Stephen's monastery , whose altarpiece shows the martyrdom of St. Lawrence of Rome). The Way of the Cross was made by Heinz Schiestl in 1897. Schiestl and his father erected the two side altars. They also made a figure for carrying processions. Between 1890 and 1910 the chancel was expanded and the sacristy added. In 1990 the church was renovated. Coordinates: 49 ° 48 ′ 37 ″  N , 9 ° 59 ′ 13 ″  E

The Catholic parish church St. Laurentius (Laurentiusstraße 10) is a hall church with a retracted three-sided choir and saddle roof, facade with curved gable and slightly protruding tower with onion dome, plastered masonry with stone structure, classicism still oriented towards the late baroque, 1802; with equipment.

It is a protected monument with the file number D-6-63-000-655 of the BLfD.

St. Lioba, Lengfeld

St. Lioba was consecrated in 1963 to St. Lioba von Tauberbischofsheim . The parish of St. Lioba and the parish of St. Laurentius make up the parish of Lengfeld . With around 6,500 Catholics, this is the largest parish in the Diocese of Würzburg . Coordinates: 49 ° 48 ′ 7 ″  N , 9 ° 58 ′ 55 ″  E

See: Ecumenical Center, Lengfeld ! St. Lioba is a branch church of the parish of St. Laurentius, but is part of the ÖZ.

Marienkapelle, Marienberg Fortress

Marienberg Fortress, Marienkirche

The Marienkirche in the courtyard of the fortress is the oldest building on the Marienberg. It is a two-storey, massive round building, strongly recessed over a ledge, the upper cylinder with an early Romanesque structure of pilaster strips and arched frieze. Above that there is a tail dome with a lantern. In the east there is a rectangular choir from 1600/04 instead of an older choir; with three-aisled crypt. These - like the superstructure of the round chapel - date from the first half of the 11th century. It is doubtful that the first floor of the church could be older.

In the inner courtyard of Marienberg Fortress: Marienkirche (Marienberg 239, 240, 241), early Romanesque rotunda with rectangular choir around 1600; with equipment. Together with the entire ensemble of the Marienberg Fortress, the Marienkirche is also a protected architectural monument with the file number D-6-63-000-317 of the BLfD.

Meaning of the Marienkirche

As a historical site from the early days of Christianity on the right bank of the Rhine and perhaps as the first center of the Würzburg diocese, the Marienkirche is of great importance for the history of the Christianization of Germany and the Würzburg diocese in particular. In terms of art history, it is a successor to the Roman church of S. Maria ad Martyros (Pantheon) due to its antique shape (cone, two-tier rotunda with round dome), a pre-Romanesque church building of the first order. The dome vaulting, which has not been studied in any more detail, represents a remarkable artistic and technical achievement in any case.

The Marienkirche has been undergoing renovation since March 2016. The repair of the Marienkirche is part of the 1st construction phase of the general repair of the Marienberg Fortress.

Maria Queen, Steinbachtal

Queen Mary is the house chapel of the nursing home of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Savior .

Maria Assumption into Heaven, Himmelspforten Monastery, Zellerau

Himmelspforten monastery - monastery church

Former Cistercian abbey Himmelspforten , now Carmelite monastery and diocesan retreat home

The monastery was dissolved in 1804 in the course of secularization. A military hospital and later a tobacco factory were set up in the buildings. In 1844 Discalced Carmelites took over the monastery; they have lived in a side annex since 1925. The sisters make candles, icons and paraments.

A part of the old monastery has been an educational and retreat house of the Diocese of Würzburg since 1926 under the same name, Himmelspforten. The facilities were badly damaged in World War II; the north and west wings had to be removed. Bishop Josef Stangl inaugurated the completely renovated house in 1967. Another redesign and modernization, which carefully preserved the old structural evidence, was completed in 2005.

Coordinates: 49 ° 48 ′ 1 ″  N , 9 ° 54 ′ 15 ″  E

The Catholic Monastery Church of Maria Admission to Heaven (Mainaustraße 40/42) is a single-nave saddle roof building with curved gable gables and a slightly retracted, straight-closing choir with a hipped roof, a massive tower with a pointed helmet and rich sandstone structure, second plastering with sandstone frames, early Gothic Half of the 13th century, remodeling, post-Gothic and Mannerism, around 1600; with equipment.

Together with the former monastery building - two-storey four-wing building with an annex around an inner courtyard with a cloister, saddle roof building with dwelling houses, historicizing reconstruction 1963–1967 with the reinstallation of the cloister, Gothic 13th-16th century. Century and parts of the historical, permanent equipment - and the monastery wall with portals - limestone, 16th – 18th centuries. Century, in essence probably medieval; Portal tympanum with figures, sandstone, neo-Gothic, mid-19th century, moved here from the cathedral in 1884 - the monastery church is a protected architectural monument with the file number D-6-63-000-309 of the BLfD.

Forest chapel Rothweg "Maria vom Berge Karmel"

Maria vom Berge Karmel was built in 1912 by the Scheller family and decorated by the art sculptor Arthur Schleglmünig (awarded the city of Würzburg's silver plaque in 1938). A particular work of art is a decorated glass shrine with a figure of the Infant Jesus of Prague .

The Visitation of the Virgin Mary, Nikolausberg

The Käppele from the fortress

The pilgrimage church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary is better known under the name "Käppele" and was built according to plans by Balthasar Neumann , who did not live to see the completion. The popular pilgrimage church is equipped with numerous votive offerings as a sign of popular piety. It is also the church of the Capuchin Convention. Coordinates: 49 ° 47 '3.5 "  N , 9 ° 55' 18.8"  E

Catholic pilgrimage church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary (Spittelbergweg 21): The main church is a pillarless central building on a cloverleaf-shaped floor plan with a lantern-crowned dome, double tower facade with octagonal onion domes opposite the main apse, the eastern apse is open to the actual mercy chapel, this one on a warped octagonal dome chapel Annex buildings for sacristy and votive offerings, moving roof landscape made of interlocking slotted domes and dome roofs, plastered masonry with sandstone integration, Mercy Chapel in the baroque core, second half of the 17th century, elevation and extension in 1778, attached main church, rococo, Balthasar Neumann, 1747–50; with equipment;

The pilgrimage church is a protected architectural monument with the file number D-6-63-000-232 of the BLfD.

Marienkapelle, city center

View of Würzburg's Marienkapelle

The Marienkapelle is a Gothic church building on the lower market, which was built by the citizens of the city on the remains of a Jewish synagogue . Construction began in 1377 and it took about 100 years to build.

The Catholic parish church (Marienplatz 2; Marktplatz 7), the so-called Marienkapelle, is the three-aisled pillar hall built on the site of the synagogue destroyed in 1349 with an elongated choir, 5/8 choir closure as well as a north-western tower with openwork stone pointed spire, richly ornamented sandstone portals, Gothic, Eberhard Friedeberger, Lienhard Remer and Hans von Königshofen, 1377–1479, neo-Gothic spire 1856–58 with a gilded baroque image of Mary 1713; Restoration by 1961; with equipment.

It is a protected monument with the file number D-6-63-000-321 of the BLfD.

Marienfried, Heidingsfeld

Marienfried is the house chapel of the Rita Sisters' rest home .

Marienruhe, Steinbachtal

Marienruhe is a branch church on the grounds of the Redeemer Sisters.

Mariannhill, Herz-Jesu-Kirche, Heimgarten

Herz-Jesu-Kirche and Pius-Seminar Würzburg

Mariannhill is a monastery of the Mariannhiller Missionaries . The monastery church, consecrated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus , is an expressionist building erected by Albert Boßlet in 1927–1929 in a location that defines the cityscape. Coordinates: 49 ° 47 ′ 35 ″  N , 9 ° 57 ′ 13 ″  E

St. Michael, city center

St. Michael's dome
St. Michael

St. Michael is the church and parish of the episcopal seminary . Originally it was a building of the Jesuits from 1606 to 1610 " St. Michael and St. Agnes ". From 1765 to 1798 today's Michaelskirche was built under Johann Philipp Geigel and Johann Michael Fischer . The Jesuit order was repealed in 1773 while it was still being built. As a result, the previous Jesuit college was used as a seminary and the church after its consecration in 1831 as a seminary church. When Würzburg was bombed, the church burned down completely and was initially only poorly repaired. On the occasion of the 400th birthday of the Würzburg seminary , the interior was redesigned by Heinrich Gerhard Bücker from Vellern / Beckum in Westphalia. The basic theme is the " Revelation of John ", the last book of the Bible . Bücker designed the interior almost without the aid of colors, so that the viewer enters the church with a completely white interior. Work began in 1988 and was provisionally concluded with the consecration of the altar in December 1991. In May 1995 the design of the dome was finished. Coordinates: 49 ° 47 ′ 26 "  N , 9 ° 56 ′ 5"  E

The former seminary church of the Jesuit College, now the Catholic parish church of St. Michael, is a cruciform basilica with hipped roofs and a representative gable facade at the fork in the street, choir tower with bell roof and lantern, compact domed tower with tail hood, baroque, Johann Philipp Geigel and Johann Michael Fischer, 1765–98, Restoration 1954–55; with equipment;

Together with the former Jesuit college, now the episcopal clerical seminary, the church is a protected architectural monument with the file number D-6-63-000-377 of the BLfD.

Neubaukirche, city center

New church in Würzburg

The new church was built in 1582 as a university church together with the old university by Julius Echter . It was largely destroyed in the great bombing raid on the city, and reconstruction took many years. In 1970 the university's senate decided to use the new church for congresses, meetings and concerts in the future. In 1977 the dome-shaped spire was completed and the church - seen from the outside - was completely restored.

The tower of the church, visible from afar, was built in three stages and therefore has three different styles. At 91 meters, it is the highest tower in Würzburg. It is one of the most important Renaissance churches in Germany.

The former Catholic University Church (so-called Neubaukirche), originally also intended as the Church of the Holy Sepulcher for Julius Echter, is now a university auditorium. The three-aisled hall church with galleries on the side, west tower with rich sandstone decoration and octagonal upper floor with dome and lantern, gothic tracery windows, renaissance / post-gothic, Wolf Behringer according to plans by Georg Robin 1582-91, renovations and security work in the 17th century, completed by Antonio Petrini and Joseph Greissing, Baroque, 1696–1704, tower dome, Baroque, Joseph Greissing, 1699, reconstruction after 1945; with equipment;

Together with the university building (the so-called Old University) - three-winged four- / five-storey saddle roof building with curved gables, together with the university church, forming a square inner courtyard, plastered facade with column portals, late Renaissance, Wolf Behringer based on plans by Georg Robin, 1582-91, restoration until 1957 - the new church is a protected monument with the file number D-6-63-000-374 of the BLdD.

Neumünster, city center

Facade of Neumünster Abbey

The monastery church, built around 1060 and completely redesigned in the 17th century, came into state ownership in 1803 in the course of secularization and became a parish church in 1908. After the reconstruction, the church was then the episcopal church of the diocese of Würzburg from 1950 to 1967. Coordinates: 49 ° 47 '37.9 "  N , 9 ° 55' 54"  E

Former collegiate monastery, first bishop's church over the graves of the Franconian saints in the 8th century, destruction in 855, re-establishment as the monastery of St. Johannes, Maria and Kilian in 1060, Neumünster Catholic parish church since 1808.

The church (Kürschnerhof 2 a) is a three-aisled pillar basilica with a cross-shaped floor plan, raised choir with round apse over crypt, lateral octagonal tower with rich sandstone ornamentation, late Romanesque, around 1190–1250, baroque onion hood 18th century, western domed octagon with lantern and front portal Figures, Baroque, presumably collective planning under the leadership of Joseph Greissing, 1711–16, figure decorations by Jakob von der Auwera, open staircase 1719, reconstruction by 1950; with equipment.

With the other subsequent buildings, it is a protected architectural monument with the file number D-6-63-000-289 of the BLfD.

Ecumenical Center, Lengfeld

The Ecumenical Center was consecrated in 1975 and is part of the Working Group of Christian Churches in Würzburg . Catholic and Protestant congregations work together in this center. The Catholic parish “St. Laurentius ”meets in the“ Holy Cross Choir ”, the Protestant part of the community in the“ Holy Spirit Choir ”. Coordinates: 49 ° 48 ′ 34 ″  N , 9 ° 59 ′ 7 ″  E

St. Peter and Paul, city center

Facade of St. Peter and Paul

The originally Romanesque church is dedicated to Simon Peter and Paul of Tarsus . From 1717–1720 the parish church was rebuilt by Joseph Greising , retaining the Romanesque towers and the Gothic choir, as a baroque church based on the Vorarlberg cathedral scheme. The severe destruction on March 16, 1945 was followed by structural restoration with reduced stucco decoration inside. Today's classicist altars were taken over from the Himmelstadt parish church in 1974 . Coordinates: 49 ° 47 ′ 20.7 "  N , 9 ° 55 ′ 58.2"  E

The Catholic parish church of St. Peter (Peterplatz 10) is a three-aisled gallery basilica with a retracted 5/8 choir and enclosed pair of west towers with hoods and lanterns, in front of them a blind facade with figures, Romanesque west towers 12th century, Gothic choir early 14th century, baroque nave with rich facade, baroque, Joseph Greissing 1717–20, reconstruction 1953–54; with equipment.

Together with some other works of art and components, it is a protected architectural monument with the file number D-6-63-000-424 of the BLfD.

St. Rochus and St. Sebastian, Unterdürrbach

The Unterdürrbacher parish church St. Rochus and St. Sebastian was built in 1800. Coordinates: 49 ° 48 ′ 39 "  N , 9 ° 55 ′ 11"  E

The Catholic parish church of St. Rochus and Sebastian (Dürrbachtal 67) is a hall building with a gable roof and retracted choir with triangular closure, roof turrets with onion dome, sandstone portal facade with tail gable, late baroque, marked 1800; with equipment.

Together with the crucifixion group - curved base with crucifix and Mother of Sorrows, sandstone, late baroque, marked 1787 - the parish church is a protected architectural monument with the file number D-6-63-000-682 of the BLfD.

St. Joseph and St. Maria Magdalena (Reuererkirche / Carmelite Church), city center

Church of the Reuer Monastery

The Carmelite or Reuer Church was built in 1662–1669 by Antonio Petrini. The cross-shaped baroque building with a well-structured facade is the monastery church of the Würzburg Carmelite monastery of St. Maria Magdalena . It was not until 1976–2001 that the church received new fittings to replace the one that was lost in World War II. Coordinates: 49 ° 47 '18.1 "  N , 9 ° 55' 50"  E

The monastery church (Sanderstraße 12) - the former Reuer monastery, since 1627 Catholic monastery of the Discalced Carmelites - is a cruciform wall pillar basilica, with a strongly structured blind facade and slender side choir tower with a square copper dome, early baroque, Antonio Petrini, 1662–69, restoration after 1945; with equipment.

Together with the monastery building - three-storey multi-wing complex with saddle, mid and hipped roofs around two inner courtyards, facades with blind gables, Renaissance bay windows, and Rococo figure portal, middle of the 18th century, older in core, bay window marked 1626 and 1908, marked niche with 1655, portal in the middle of the 18th century, renovation marked 1908, major renovation after 1945 - the monastery church is a protected architectural monument with the file number D-6-63-000-516 of the BLfD.

St. Sebastian, Heuchelhof

Place de Caen with St. Sebastian (right)

The parish church was built from 1976 to 1977 and is consecrated to Sebastian . Coordinates: 49 ° 44 ′ 50 ″  N , 9 ° 57 ′ 30 ″  E

Our Lady, Frauenland

Our Lady, Frauenland

The parish church of Our Lady was built from 1936 under the architect Albert Boßlet , because the parish Saint Peter and Paul had founded a new branch for the Frauenland . 1941 followed the elevation to the parish church. When Würzburg was bombed on March 16, 1945, the church was almost completely destroyed. It was rebuilt in 1948. In 1979 the interior of the church was redesigned according to the liturgical reform. Coordinates: 49 ° 47 ′ 11.9 "  N , 9 ° 56 ′ 52.7"  E

The parish church of Our Lady (Frauenlandplatz 1) - in the Catholic parish center - is a three-aisled pillar basilica with a hip roof and recessed rectangular choir, west facade with a three-part high blind arcade, slender campanile with pyramid roof, quarry stone, romanizing conservative modernism, Albert Boßlet, 1936; with equipment.

Together with the associated outbuildings - parish and parish house, two-storey unplastered quarry stone buildings with hipped roof and narrow connecting structures to the church; associated wall enclosure - the parish church is a protected monument with the file number D-6-63-000-152 of the BLfD.

To the Holy Family, Heidingsfeld

Parish Church of the Holy Family, chancel

The parish church of the Holy Family in Heidingsfeld , designed as a tent with a hexagonal floor plan, was built from 1955 onwards according to plans by the cathedral builder Hans Skull and consecrated in 1957. Coordinates: 49 ° 45 ′ 45 ″  N , 9 ° 56 ′ 13 ″  E

Protestant churches

Church of the Resurrection, Sieboldshöhe

In 1962 the Church of the Resurrection was built as the seventh Protestant church in Würzburg. The plans come from the Munich architect Franz Lichtblau. The work of art on the stone wall behind the altar called "Easter Morning - the angel and the three women at the grave" was created by the sculptor Karlheinz Hoffmann.

On December 2, 1962, the church was inaugurated. In a second construction phase, the community rooms and rectory were built directly afterwards in the mid-sixties. In 1968 the door through which one enters the church from the vestibule was artistically designed based on the model of medieval portals with the depiction of the Last Judgment and the allegory of the virgin. Coordinates: 49 ° 46 ′ 23 "  N , 9 ° 57 ′ 26"  E

Christ Church, Sanderau

The church of the Evangelical Methodist congregation in Würzburg, which had existed in Würzburg since 1887 , received its church and parish hall at Friedrich-Ebert-Ring 29 around 1920. After its destruction in World War II, the church was integrated into a residential building at 39 Friedrich-Ebert-Ring. 49 ° 47 ′ 11 "  N , 9 ° 56 ′ 6"  E

Evangelical Methodist Christ Church Würzburg (Sanderau)

Deutschhauskirche, Mainviertel

Deutschhauskirche Würzburg, former Commandery of the Teutonic Order

The Gothic Deutschhauskirche was built between 1270 and 1320 as a church of the Teutonic Order . In 1694, Antonio Petrini rebuilt the convent building and the basement of the tower in a baroque style. Five stucco ceilings made in the acanthus style customary at the time also date from this time . The church fell to the state in the course of secularization in 1805, was used for a long time as a military magazine and, after the Protestant community of Würzburg had tried in vain in 1872, left to the Protestant church in 1922, consecrated in 1923 and the associated parish established in 1925. Special works of art are the Adoration of the Magi by Rudolf Schäfer, The Listening Christ by Wilhelm Steinhausen and the Annunciation to Maria by Georg Anton Urlaub. The interior is bright and lavishly decorated. The church survived the bombing raids on Würzburg without major damage (services could be held there again from spring 1946) and is now a listed building. During its use as a military magazine, ceilings were drawn in and large parts of the interior were destroyed.

A historical document inside the church describes the history of the church:

“A short chronicle of the Evangelical Lutheran Deutschhauskirche in Würzburg

  • 1219 First mention of the Teutonic Order House, where the house once owned by Emperor Friedrich Barbarossa was given as a gift by Bishop Otto to the German rulers who were probably already resident in the city.
  • 1226 Inauguration of the roman. The vault in the tower is used as a chapel, where Emperor Barbarossa may have been married to Beatrice of Burgundy .
  • 1260 Permission for indulgences to build a larger church.
  • In 1280 the building was so advanced that Bishop Berthold called it an "opus splendidum et sumptuos", which the monastic house's assets were insufficient to complete.
  • 1288 Completion up to the south portal "the beautiful gate" / Construction manager Frater Bertoldus "lapicida, confrater praedictae domus" /
  • 1296 Completion of the building and connection with the order house by a Schwibbog over the passage to the Schottenkloster
  • History is silent for 500 years
  • 1630 King Gustav Adolf of Sweden holds an evangelical service
  • 1806 secularization by the Bavarian state and complete emptying. Occupied by French.
  • Bavarian Train Magazine until 1918
  • In 1922 left to the Evangelical Lutheran congregation for 100 years

1923 first Protestant Christmas service / (inflation period) 1922–1925 restoration / altar / pulpit / gallery / stalls / organ / glass painting in the choir / four bells

The single-nave church has six bays, cross vaults and cap closure / belts and ribs with a rich pear-shaped profile / round services / noble foliage consoles and capitals (hell, cat and mouse). Rich figural keystones / penitent cell with orig. Three-cap vault. Stair tower. The tower has five storeys with rib cross vaults. "

The document also shows old pictures of the church, a knight of a German lord, the "beautiful gate" and a floor plan. Coordinates: 49 ° 47 ′ 40 ″  N , 9 ° 55 ′ 19 ″  E

The former monastery church - the monastery of the Teutonic Order, now the Evangelical Lutheran Deutschhauskirche (parish church) - is a single-nave saddle roof building with buttresses, tracery windows and tympanum portal as well as a vaulted street building, Gothic, 1260–1296, side square tower with sandstone structure of the 13th century. Century, baroque onion cap with lantern, 17th / 18th century. Century; with equipment.

Together with the former Teutonic Order Commandery - a two-storey hipped roof building over a high basement, plastered masonry with sandstone edges and frames and a baroque coat of arms portal, probably by Antonio Petrini, 1694 - it is a protected monument with the file number D-6-63-000-635 of the BLfD.

The church has an organ made by the Dresden organ building company Jehmlich .

Church of the Redeemer, Zellerau

The Redeemer Church in Würzburg was built by Olaf Andreas Gulbransson and inaugurated in 1961. The rear wall of the chancel designed by Helmut Amman is particularly worth seeing; Amman designed the Heavenly Jerusalem with a variety of different bricks . In front of it stand two groups of angels made of Swiss stone pine on an arch, singing the praises of God - and in between the medallion shows the Lamb of God. Coordinates: 49 ° 47 ′ 34 ″  N , 9 ° 54 ′ 0 ″  E

The Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Redeemer (Neidertstraße 21) is a saddle roof building with a square floor plan, diagonally positioned, with annexes and a hexagonal campanile, brick or concrete skeleton structure, post-war modernism, Olaf Andreas Gulbransson, 1960/61; with equipment.

The behavior has not yet been established, but the Church of the Redeemer will become a protected architectural monument with the file number D-6-63-000-752 of the BLfD.

Evangelical Free Church Congregation, Old Town

The Evangelical Free Church Congregation, Baptist and Brethren congregation, has existed since 1907 and received its congregation center in Annastraße 12a in 1953.

Free Evangelical Congregation, Heidingsfeld

The church and parish hall of the Free Evangelical Congregation, guest member of the Working Group of Christian Churches , were built at Sterntalerweg 27.

Gnadenkirche, Sanderau

The Gnadenkirche in Danziger Strasse was built from 1988. Coordinates: 49 ° 46 ′ 37 ″  N , 9 ° 56 ′ 11 ″  E

The Gnadenkirche emerged from a community center that replaced a previously existing shop church in the 1970s .

Gethsemane Church, Heuchelhof

Gethsemane Church

The Gethsemane Church was designed in 1988 by the architect Alexander von Branca , who also planned the Michaelskirche on the Schwanberg . Due to financial problems, it could not be built until 1998-2000. The bell tower, a campanile with five bells, was completed in 2001. The church is a round building with a pagoda-shaped dome. The dome rests on ten columns and is crowned at the highest point by a glass traffic light. Coordinates: 49 ° 44 ′ 44 ″  N , 9 ° 57 ′ 35 ″  E

Hope Church, Versbach

The Hope Church on Untere Heerbergstrasse in Versbach was built in 1966. Coordinates: 49 ° 49 ′ 2 "  N , 9 ° 58 ′ 2"  E

St. Johannis, city center

St. John's Church

St. Johannis was built in 1895 as the first church of the Protestant citizens in Würzburg in the neo-Gothic style. It was almost completely destroyed in the air raid on the city. Today only the stump of the old tower with the entrance portal remains. The present church was built by the Munich architect Reinhard Riemerschmid and consecrated in 1957. As a memorial, it is intended to remind people of the horrors of war and call for responsibility for peace. Coordinates 49 ° 47 ′ 41 ″  N , 9 ° 56 ′ 31 ″  E

The Evangelical Lutheran Parish Church of St. Johannis (Rennweger Ring 1) is a hall building with seven downwardly tapered reinforced concrete girders, a low north aisle, made of layered masonry and a westwork-like tower block consisting of a tower stump from the neo-Gothic predecessor building by Hermann Steindorff and flanking tall pointed helmets from the post-war period , Reinhard Riemerschmid, 1956–1957; with equipment.

It is a protected monument with the file number D-6-63-000-449 of the BLfD.

Regional church community, Hauger quarter

In the house of the regional church community in Reisgrubengasse 1, the Mennonite community celebrates its services.

Lukas Church, Steinbachtal

The Lukas Church was built in 1963–1964. Coordinates: 49 ° 46 ′ 17 ″  N , 9 ° 54 ′ 24 ″  E

Martin Luther Church, Frauenland

Martin Luther Church

With its simple wooden construction, the Martin Luther Church is an architectural specialty among the churches of Würzburg. It is one of the famous 48 emergency churches that were built across Germany shortly after the Second World War based on a design by the architect Otto Bartning . With the help of these simple, mass-produced and thus inexpensive assembly churches, the acute shortage of Protestant churches should be bridged.

The construction of the Martin Luther Church built for the St. Stephen's Congregation was made possible by a donation from the American section of the Lutheran World Federation . Just under half a year passed between the laying of the foundation stone and the consecration of the church on June 6, 1949. The free-standing church tower, equipped with four bells, was built according to the plans of the architect Olaf Andreas Gulbransson and has complemented the church since 1962. A filigree bronze sculpture in the shape of a cross forms the end of the tower.

In the years that followed, the interior of the church, originally planned as a temporary measure, was redesigned and supplemented. A colored ribbon of windows, which shows the history of salvation in 13 individual images and was created by the Munich artist Gerd Jähnke, has graced the church since 1966. The simple wooden cross was replaced by a gold-plated cross in the 1970s. The five ruby ​​red stones in the middle symbolize the wounds of Christ. Pulpit and baptismal font are sculptured. The organ comes from Otto Hoffmann's workshop in Ostheim vor der Rhön.

With the “Beautiful Gate”, the Martin Luther Church has had a bronze door artistically designed by the Würzburg blacksmith Rudolf Engert since 1970, which welcomes all visitors. Coordinates: 49 ° 47 ′ 9 ″  N , 9 ° 57 ′ 2 ″  E

Ecumenical Center, Lengfeld

See: Ecumenical Center, Lengfeld

St. Paul, Heidingsfeld

Heidingsfeld, St. Paul with rectory

The church of St. Paul in Reuterstraße in Heidingsfeld received its foundation stone in 1912, was inaugurated on July 6, 1913 and is the only church building in Würzburg from the late historicism era in the so-called Prince Regent Baroque (local architecture), with details of Art Nouveau elements. The entire ensemble with the rectory and open arcade of columns of Tuscan order survived the war unscathed.

The interior has been consistently preserved as a two-aisled wooden barrel vaulted gallery with original furnishings, such as the double painting by Eulogius Böhler , "The Ascension of Christ". Coordinates: 49 ° 45 ′ 53 ″  N , 9 ° 56 ′ 42 ″  E

The Evangelical Lutheran Parish Church of St. Paul (Reuterstraße 10) has a two-aisled staggered hall with a saddle roof and drawn-in three-sided choir with a mansard hipped roof, side facade tower with a slated onion hood and lantern, plastered brickwork with limestone frames, neo-baroque, around 1912-13; with equipment;

Together with the other buildings - connecting building to the rectory, open arched arcade with gable roof, plastered masonry with limestone columns, first half of the 20th century, the Protestant rectory, two-storey hipped mansard roof building with curved gable gables, plastered masonry with limestone frames, baroque style, around 1912 Enclosure, limestone wall with a baroque portal, first quarter of the 20th century - the parish church is a protected architectural monument with the BLfD's file number D-6-63-000-462.

St. Stephan, city center

St. Stephan from the side

St. Stephan is one of the oldest churches in Würzburg. Its history goes back to 1014. Founded as a canon monastery, the church had been the abbey church of the Benedictine monastery of St. Stephan since 1057. In 1789 the monks replaced the Romanesque basilica with a new classical building. In 1803 St. Stephan became the first Protestant parish church in Würzburg and since 1827 also the deanery church. It was completely destroyed in the bombing and rebuilt between 1952 and 1956 under Dean Wilhelm Schwinn. St. Stephan was originally reconstructed on the outside; For example, the artistically decorated columns by Materno Bossi and the cornice above the windows were restored, the chancel was designed with choir stalls, and the crypt and St. Michael's Chapel were rebuilt. Since 1954, the crucifixion group by the Munich artist Helmut Ammann has been the center of the choir. The church is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Coordinates: 49 ° 47 ′ 22 "  N , 9 ° 56 ′ 5"  E

The Evangelical Lutheran Parish Church of St. Stephan (Wilhelm-Schwinn-Platz 1), the former church of the collegiate monastery of St. Peter and Paul, later the Benedictine Abbey of St. Stephan, is a hall church with a retracted round choir and a pair of west towers with bell domes and a hipped west building Column crypt, from the Romanesque foundation building crypt and tower foundations 1015–32, baroque east choir 1715, extensive new construction of the nave and the west parts, late baroque, Johann Philipp Geigel, 1788–89, reconstruction 1949–55.

Together with the Michaelskapelle - former ossuary, two-storey saddle roof building with round arch frieze, Romanesque, around 1100; with fittings - and the wall fountain - curved structure with pine cones and presented shell-shaped fountain bowl, sandstone, 17th / 18th century. Century - the parish church is a protected monument with the file number D-6-63-000-564 of the BLfD.

Thomaskirche, Grombühl

The Thomaskirche is located on Schiestlstraße in the Grombühl district . Coordinates: 49 ° 48 ′ 13 ″  N , 9 ° 57 ′ 4 ″  E

Trinitatiskirche, Rottenbauer

Evangelical Trinity Church

The now Protestant Trinity Church was built in 1493 as a private church of the imperial barons Wolfskeel . It became Protestant for the first time in 1580 when the Wolfskeels converted to Protestantism. Coordinates: 49 ° 43 ′ 14 ″  N , 9 ° 58 ′ 3 ″  E

The Evangelical Lutheran Parish Church - so-called Trinity Church (Unterer Kirchplatz 3) - is a hall building with aligned three-sided choir, side square tower with pyramid roof, plastered masonry with sandstone tracery windows, late Gothic, 1490–94, extension at the end of the 16th century; with equipment.

Together with the grave slabs on the outer wall - sandstone, Renaissance, 16./17. Century - it is a protected monument with the file number D-6-63-000-678 of the BLfD.

Orthodox churches

Zeller Straße 45, former Zeller gatehouse, now the church of the Russian Orthodox community

Church "For the Annunciation to the All Holy Theotokos", Mainviertel

The classicistic domed building from 1824 with a pillar portal and rustic structure, the former Zeller Torhaus (guard house in front of the Zeller Tor) in Zeller Straße 45, has been the church of the Russian Orthodox community in Würzburg, also known as the Annunciation , since 1998 . Coordinates: 49 ° 47 ′ 38 "  N , 9 ° 55 ′ 7"  E

The former Zeller Torwache, a single-storey hipped roof building with a portico and dome, built in a classicistic style by Peter Speth from 1814 to 1824, is a protected architectural monument with the file number D-6-63-000-638 of the BLfD.

Church “Three Hierarchies”, old town

The Greek Orthodox community in Würzburg, which has been in existence since 1951, has its church at Martinstrasse 13.

Chapel “Saint Seraphim of Sarov”, old town

The Romanian Orthodox Church Community of Saint Andrew has been holding its services in the Grabenberg 2 property since 1998.

Syrian Orthodox Church

Services of the Syrian Orthodox parish take place in the chapel of the Ferdinandeum (Schlörstraße 2) and in the St. Paulus-Haus (Virchowstraße 20).

Next Christian communities

Christian community, women's land

The community shaped by Rudolf Steiner and anthroposophy The Christian community celebrated its services ("human consecration acts") first in the Zeller Torhaus, later in a new building on Albert-Hoffa-Strasse.

New Apostolic Congregation, Frauenland

The congregation of the New Apostolic Church has its church building at Greisingstrasse 12.

Mormons, Grombühl

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is located at Fraunhoferstrasse 10.

Jehovah's Witnesses, Sanderau

The Jehovah's Witnesses have a building in Schießhausstrasse. 17th

Universal life, old town

The Community Universelles Leben , which emerged from the Heimholungswerk Jesu Christi founded in the late 1970s, has its center in Würzburg am Haugerring.

Web links

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