Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bischwind

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Evangelical Church in Bischwind
Choir room with organ

The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Bischwind in Bischwind , Upper Franconia , a district of Seßlach in the Coburg district , probably dates from the second half of the 17th century. It is registered as an architectural monument in the Bavarian list of monuments.

history

The late renaissance complex was built in the second half of the 17th century. The pulpit is dated to 1655. The weather vane bears the year 1744. On the keystone of the entrance portal on the south side, the year 1843 indicates renovations or renovation measures at that time. A renovation was carried out in 2000/2001. The church is the property of the political community in Seßlach.

In 1735 the Evangelical Lutheran parish of Bischwind near Heilgersdorf was merged with that of Lichtenstein . The seat of the united parish was in Lichtenstein, about four kilometers away. In 1970 the parish of Bischwind was incorporated into Heilgersdorf . After the dissolution of the Lower Franconian Protestant deanery Eyrichshof in 1972, the connection to the deanery Michelau followed .

Building description

The small hall church has sandstone walls and a gable roof with brick roofing. At the transition between the choir and the nave there is an eight-sided, wooden roof turret with a slipped, Welschen hood . A pointed triumphal arch connects the recessed, square choir with the single-axis nave, in which there is a three-sided, one-story gallery . The nave is spanned by a wooden flat ceiling with a longitudinal girder in the middle. Due to the pulpit on the right pillar of the triumphal arch , the wooden gallery is only about two-thirds of the southern wall length and ends there on a baluster column . The wooden pulpit has a polygonal basket with a console frieze on the base and a tooth-cut frieze on the upper cornice. The fields are decorated with rural painting. One field shows the coat of arms of the Lords of Lichtenstein . Behind the altar, in the chancel, is the former rulership with cut-out locking grilles and a parapet with framework. The organ is arranged on a gallery above .

organ

The organ was installed in 1901 by the Nuremberg organ builder Johannes Strebel . The instrument has seven registers on a manual and pedal with 351 pipes. The magazine bellows including the motor are in the attic. In 1987 and 2017 Hey Orgelbau restored the instrument. A new prospectus made of tin was installed.

Web links

Commons : Evangelical Lutheran Church (Bischwind)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List of monuments for Seßlach (PDF) at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation
  2. ^ A b Hans Karlinger : The Art Monuments of Lower Franconia & Aschaffenburg, Booklet XV. District Office Ebern, Munich 1916, p. 42.
  3. ^ A b Lothar Hofmann: Monuments Region Coburg - Neustadt - Sonneberg: Places of contemplation and prayer. Historical sacred buildings. A guide through the churches in the districts of Coburg and Sonneberg . Verlag Gerätemuseum des Coburger Land, Ahorn 2007, ISBN 3-930531-04-6 , p. 84.
  4. ↑ Sign on the church
  5. ↑ Neue Presse Coburg, March 3, 2017

Coordinates: 50 ° 9 ′ 40.6 ″  N , 10 ° 48 ′ 8.8 ″  E