Trinity Church (Stetten)
The Evangelical Lutheran Trinity Church is the village church of Stetten, a district of Sondheim vor der Rhön in the Lower Franconian district of Rhön-Grabfeld . The church is one of the architectural monuments of Sondheim vor der Rhön and is registered under the number D-6-73-167-14 in the Bavarian list of monuments. Stetten is part of the parish of Sondheim in front of the Rhön-Stetten- Fladungen in the dean's office in Bad Neustadt an der Saale .
history
The church tower was built in the 15th century. The nave was built between 1650 and 1652.
description
The church tower stands as a choir tower in the east. He has a pointed helmet and small ogival sound windows . The nave with a gable roof has almost no windows on the north and south sides. On the south side there are two large windows, a roofed portal with a triangular gable field and the Saxon coat of arms and two small windows one above the other. The windows of the nave and the choir are predominantly ogive with tracery .
Furnishing
The pulpit and baptismal font are from the construction period. The two-storey gallery in the nave occupies the western and northern walls. The organ gallery is built into the choir room. Below it is the manorial box . The church has an oil painting of the Saxon Duke Wilhelm IV from 1662.
Peal
The church has four bells that sound in the Parsifal motif. A special feature is the suspension of the smallest bell in a separate bell cage across the direction of swing of the three larger bells.
| No. | Chime | inscription | Casting year | Caster |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fis ″ | only mention of the founder | 1950 | Karl Czudnochowsky Lorenz Klaus Nachf. Heidingsfeld |
| 2 | a ′ | only mention of the founder | 1950 | Karl Czudnochowsky Lorenz Klaus Nachf. Heidingsfeld |
| 3 | H' | I am with you every day until the end of the world | 1950 | Karl Czudnochowsky Lorenz Klaus Nachf. Heidingsfeld |
| 4th | d ″ | 1922 | Franz Schilling & Sons Apolda |
Individual evidence
literature
- Georg Dehio : Handbook of German Art Monuments : Bavaria I: Franconia: The administrative districts of Upper Franconia, Middle Franconia and Lower Franconia , Deutscher Kunstverlag Berlin / Munich 1979, ISBN 3-422-00359-2 , p. 796
Coordinates: 50 ° 29 ′ 20.7 ″ N , 10 ° 8 ′ 22.3 ″ E