Evangelical Lutheran Parish Church of St. Pankratius (Flossenbürg)
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The Evangelical Lutheran Parish Church of St. Pankratius von Flossenbürg belongs to the Evangelical Lutheran Dean's Office in Weiden in the Upper Palatinate .
history
According to the religious edict of Count Palatine Ottheinrich of June 22, 1542, the inhabitants of the Young Palatinate had to accept the Lutheran faith if they did not want to leave the country and emigrate . The first evangelical pastor from Floß and thus also from the branch of Flossenbürg after the Reformation was a certain jeweler who served here with his deacon Wieseneder (1541–1548). Was succeeded by Nicolaus Hecht (1548-1595), 1554, the first Pfarr matrikel docked. Under Palatine Friedrich Floß came to the newly formed Superintendentur Vohenstrauss and in 1811 to the deanery Weiden, at that time still the church district of Bayreuth .
In 1612 the plague raged in the Upper Palatinate, from which the pastor Friedrich Christoph Dillbaum died. The Lutheran pastor Peter Harrer had to leave his position in the course of the Counter Reformation . Under Count Palatine Christian August , the principle of Cuius regio, eius religio was abolished in the principality and the Simultaneum , i.e. the free exercise of both Christian denominations, was introduced. From 1654, this also applied to Flossenbürg. After the Thirty Years' War , Kaspar Fritsch (1649–1667) from Eger worked as a pastor here, also worth mentioning are the pastors from the Reinhardt family, Georg Franz Reinhardt (1713–1752), Franz Volkmar Reinhardt (1752–1791) and again the same name Franz Volkmar Reinhardt (1791-1814).
In 1846, an independent vicariate was founded in Flossenbürg from the previous branch church of Floß against the massive resistance of the evangelical Floss parish , on February 5, 1846 the administrator Tillmann von Floß took over the vicariate of Flossenbürg as administrator. After a decision by the parish on May 18, 1846 to give up their rights in Floß and to administer their church assets themselves, the royal government decreed complete separation from the parish of Floß on September 4, 1846. In 1912 Flossenbürg was raised to an independent Protestant parish . Today, Floß and Flossenbürg are once again combined to form a parish community.
This Simultaneum was terminated by mutual agreement on July 17, 1914, and ended in 1916 with the evacuation of the Simultaneous Church by the Catholics.
The parish fair is celebrated on the Sunday after Laurenti (August 10th) and not on Pankratiustag (May 12th). According to the parish chronicle, it was allegedly caused by a heavy thunderstorm on a Laurentius day.
Structure
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The single-nave church is the former simultaneous church for both denominations from 1716, which was built near the dilapidated previous building, which was also used by both denominations . In the great village fire on May 22nd, 1888, the church tower, then an onion dome , and the whole church were badly damaged and the organ was destroyed by the falling ceiling. The entire early baroque roof structure was retained. Today the church building is equipped with a high pyramid tower. In 1921 the church square was redesigned, with the previously open brook being bordered and covered by a plate canal. The fire brigade utensils house attached to the north side and the fire ladders attached to the south side were removed. A porch resting on granite columns at the main entrance and a stone spiral staircase to the tower were also built. In 1957 the tower was renovated and a gold-plated Latin cross was attached to the top of the tower instead of the previous weather vane . In 1977 the church received a new electric clock. In 1985 an exterior renovation was carried out again, and the previously walled up side entrance was opened. Another major renovation took place in 2007/08.
A vicariate or rectory also had to be purchased for the parish that had become independent; In addition, the house (built in 1820) of the stone carver Georg Erhard Jakob was bought and rebuilt in 1850. In addition, the parish has owned the Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Haus since 1970/71 , which is used for community meetings and youth work.
Interior
The altarpiece depicts Christ's Descent from the Cross . The altar is equipped with two columns and acantus tendrils on the sides. The two side figures that were added later and were often interpreted as Maria and Joseph cannot be interpreted with certainty. Two galleries are attached to the inner side walls.
In 1890 a baptismal font was erected, which was renewed in 1961.
After the dissolution of the Simultaneum, an exterior renovation was carried out in 1920 and an interior renovation in 1921. In 1953 a memorial plaque was put up for Pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who was executed in the Flossenbürg concentration camp .
Bells
Two bells are attested in the previous church in 1599. In 1634 they were destroyed by a lightning strike, but it was not until 1657 that they could be replaced by a bell caster from Eger. The two bells were transferred from the previous building to the newly built church in 1716. In 1721 the larger of the two shattered and it was not until 1731 that a replacement could be ordered from a Regensburg bell foundry. In 1773/74 a bell that broke again had to be replaced, this time by an Amberg bell foundry. On June 28, 1822, the bells were damaged by a lightning strike, but they had to do service until 1873, when three new bells made of cannon material were purchased. The bells were destroyed in the major fire on May 22, 1888, but three new bells were procured a year later, one of which had to be cast due to damage in 1896.
In 1916 and 1942 two bells each had to be delivered for war purposes. In 1953 the tower could again be fully equipped with three bells, this time made of sound steel ( euphon bell ), these are the prayer bell (750 kg, inscription “Lord teach us to pray”), the peace bell (500 kg, inscription “Peace be with you ”) and the baptismal bell (260 kg, inscription“ Let the children come to us ”). In addition, an electric bell was installed.
organ
In 1766 the evangelical congregation bought an organ from the organ builder Johann Andreas Weiß from Nabburg at a price of 181 guilders, which the Catholics were only allowed to use occasionally. It was not until 1794 that the Catholic community was granted a permanent right of use because a "music-savvy" teacher had moved into the school. After the fire of 1888, the Steinmayer organ builder from Öttingen purchased a new organ. In 1981 this was replaced by a new organ.
literature
- Karlhermann Schötz, Wilhelm Bieber: The History of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church Community. In: Adolf Wolfgang Schuster : History of the community Flossenbürg. Volume 2, pp. 233-259. Flossenbürg community, Flossenbürg 1990.
- Oberpfälzer Waldverein (Ed.): Flosenbürger Monument Guide. Flossenburg 1993.
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Coordinates: 49 ° 44 ′ 2.7 ″ N , 12 ° 20 ′ 58 ″ E