Evangelical Johanneskirche (Hüttenheim in Bavaria)

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The church in Hüttenheim

The Evangelical Lutheran St. John's Church is the older of the two churches in Hüttenheim in Lower Franconia in Bavaria . The church stands in the middle of a fortified church and is now part of the Markt Einersheim dean's office .

history

The history of the Lutheran Johanneskirche in Hüttenheim is closely related to that of the village. The place was first mentioned in 918 in a document from the Münsterschwarzach monastery , which later had a decisive influence on the church's development. The monks probably had a baptistery built. This is indicated in the patronage of St. John the Baptist. The first church in Hüttenheim was probably a simple wooden structure.

A stone church was built in the early 13th century, and there are still remains of this construction phase in the basement of the tower. In the 16th century the Lords of Schwarzenberg introduced the Reformation in Hüttenheim . However, the village was subordinate to several gentlemen as Ganerbeort , so that Hüttenheim never became entirely Lutheran. The church initially remained Catholic and the people of Hüttenheim attended Lutheran services in Mönchsondheim and Nenzenheim .

It was not until the so-called Hüttenheim Recess in 1721 that pastoral care was reorganized. From then on, the two denominations used the Johanneskirche jointly as a simultaneous church . Despite this agreement, problems continued because both congregations wanted to use the church at the same time. That is why the Catholic residents began planning their own church in the mid-19th century. The simultaneum was abolished in 1895. Today the church is classified as an architectural monument .

architecture

The Johanneskirche is dominated by the Romanesque tower. Its core dates back to the 13th century and was built with slit windows. Inside it has a ribbed vault. The upper floors of the tower were added in 1756, when the tower also received the striking dome with a lantern . The choir and nave were built in the 1770s. A coat of arms of the Lords of Schwarzenberg is attached to the outside of the building.

Furnishing

The equipment of the Lutheran church suffered some losses due to the abolition of the simultaneum. The Catholics set up the high altar, a side altar, the confessional and the baptismal font in their new church. A picture of the Madonna from the second half of the 15th century also found its way into the Catholic church ( see also: Katholische Johanneskirche (Hüttenheim in Bavaria) ). In the Lutheran Johanneskirche there is still a two-column altar in the neo-Gothic style of the 19th century. The oil painting was created by the Nuremberg painter Christian Maximilian Baer in 1911 ; it shows Christ in the garden of Gethsemane .

literature

  • Hans Bauer: The Kitzinger Land. Valuables, monuments, curiosities. Volume I . Volkach 2004.
  • Hans Bauer: District of Kitzingen. An art and culture guide . Market wide 1993.
  • Irmgard Franz: Hüttenheim . In: Harmut Preß (ed.): Dekanat Markt Einersheim. Evangelical parishes in the Steigerwald. Erlangen 1978. pp. 41-43.

Web links

Commons : Evangelische Johanneskirche (Hüttenheim in Bayern)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Franz, Irmgard: Hüttenheim . P. 41.
  2. ^ Franz, Irmgard: Hüttenheim . P. 42.
  3. ^ Bauer, Hans: District of Kitzingen . P. 120.
  4. ^ Bauer, Hans: The Kitzinger Land . P. 83.
  5. ^ Bauer, Hans: District of Kitzingen . P. 120.

Coordinates: 49 ° 38 ′ 55.5 ″  N , 10 ° 15 ′ 27 ″  E