Evangelical Church (Bimbach)
The Evangelical Church in Bimbach is the parish church of the community. It is located in the middle of the district of Prichsenstadt , opposite the castle. Located on a slight hill, it towers over the village. A cemetery surrounds the building to the east.
history
The first news about a church in Bimbach comes from 1444, when the congregation received its own parish . It is assumed that a church building already existed. How it looked is in the dark. The parish included the villages of Brünnau, Neudorf and Düttingsfeld. Gaden residues have an originally present at the site of the present church Kirchenburg out.
After the village lords, the Fuchs von Bimbach , converted to the Lutheran creed at Argulas von Grumbach's instigation , they began building a new church in the village in 1566. Foundations quickly pushed the construction, which was inaugurated in 1570. Matthias Kaller was appointed as the first Protestant pastor.
A roof skylights time slate towered over the building. Later the church received paintings inside. Eight guilders were paid to the painter of the coat of arms and the fresco of St. Christopher , which can no longer be seen today. In 1572 a cemetery was laid out around the church, and the community also bought a bell for the ridge turret. The Thirty Years War temporarily ended community life in Bimbach. The pastor was expelled to Prichsenstadt in 1631 and catholic services were held in the church. In 1656 baptisms according to the Evangelical rite took place in the church.
In 1708 the interior of the church was changed in the Baroque style . In 1712 the church tower was added and the exterior of the church building was completed in its current form. Extensive renovations of the building took place in 1948 and 2000. In 2003 the church received new windows. The Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation classifies the building as a monument under the number D-6-75-158-60. Underground remains are listed as ground monuments.
architecture
Today the church presents itself as a hall with a retracted choir. It is geosted and its appearance corresponds to the margrave style .
tower
In the north of the choir , the tower was built in 1712. Late medieval foundations suggest that the site was previously used. The tower has four floors, which are externally highlighted by cornices. The building is divided by several windows. Ox eyes are installed in the middle floors , while the bell house on the fourth floor has arched windows . A clock tower is attached to the east and west of the tower.
Above the double dome with lantern of the tower spire, the tower knob contains documents from the years 1856, 1914, 1933 and 1960. As a weather vane , a stylized fox symbolizes the rule of the Bimbach foxes. The sacristy is located in the basement . Rib cross vaults structure the tower inside.
Nave and choir
The central portal of the church has drilled frames and is raised by a blown gable with the date 1708. There is a stonemason's mark on the frame . A plaque above the portal bears the inscription "A FESTIVE CASTLE IS OUR GOD 1948", which refers to the renovation in that year. Furthermore, a walled-up ox-eye and three small windows structure the facade.
The nave is divided into three window axes in the south. All window frames are drilled. In the north, however, there are only two windows on the nave wall. A cornice leads to the gable roof . The slightly raised choir in the east of the church with three windows and several pilasters has a hipped roof and can be reached inside by a six-step staircase.
Furnishing
Most of the furnishings in the church date from the Baroque period. Only the baptismal font and some epitaphs for the Bimbach foxes still come from the older church of the 16th century.
altar
The altar in the church choir was erected in 1727 as a donation from the citizen Johann Heinrich Schaaf. The altar panel did not enter the church until 1889, when the original picture with a crucifixion scene was removed. The artist of the new altarpiece was a Munich painter, possibly F. Straube.
Rich foliage frames the altar. In the predella one recognizes In the picture of the Last Supper from the year 1727 the central role of the apostle John in the composition is noticeable. On the altar panel, Jesus, the good shepherd, is framed by two twisted columns entwined with wine, which lead to a blown gable. Looking at the excerpt , the resurrection of Jesus appears . A golden shell crowns the altar.
Epitaphs
The tombs in the church are dedicated to the representatives of the Bimbach foxes or respected citizens of the place. On the left side of the choir is the epitaph for Dorothea Pfannenstiel and her daughter Margarethe. Dorothea was the wife of Bailiff Georg Pfannenstiel, she died in 1572. A year earlier, the tomb for Margarethe was built, died in childhood and was the first to be buried in the church. Dorothea is shown kneeling in the women's costume of the time, Margarethe prays at her feet. One of the inscriptions is badly weathered.
Another tomb for Christoph Pfannenstiel, Bimbach's second pastor , originally leaned against the cemetery wall and did not join the choir until 1948. Two further epitaphs on the right side of the choir for the village lords of the Fuchs von Bimbach were written in 1567 and 1587. The younger one is probably dedicated to Hans Dietrich Fuchs von Neuses , who died on October 25, 1587. There is also a memorial stone for Amalie Baroness Fuchs von Bimbach and Dornheim, born von Thüngen , who died on January 12, 1810.
organ
Johann Kaspar Nied from Oberlauringen built the first organ in the church in 1692. In 1750 it received a new case from the workshop of Johann Michael Voit from Schweinfurt , which still exists. It is decorated with rich rococo decor and features shell work. The organ is on the gallery opposite the choir in the west of the church.
In 1846 the pedal was added to two octaves and the register was strengthened. A repair by the Geyer company from Bamberg in 1871 is controversial. Further repairs took place in 1885 and 1901 before the factory had to be replaced in 1914. The company Orgelbau Steinmeyer from Öttingen replaced the organ. In 1963 the instrument was re-voiced. In 2007 the instrument was extensively renovated.
Bells
A bell is mentioned in the Bimbach church for the first time during the tenure of Pastor Christoph Pfannenstiel. She came from Nuremberg . In 1712 two new bells were bought. In 1896 the larger of the two was melted down and bell foundries from Rothenburg ob der Tauber cast two new bells from it, each weighing 8 and 2.5 quintals. They were described as "Glory to God on high" and "Peace on earth". In the First World War, a third bell was melted down.
In 1935, the community received a new bell from Nikolaus Senft's foundation, which forms the basis of today's bell. Two new bells were added on October 1, 1950, which were hung in the newly built bell cage on Thanksgiving Day. The three bells of the parish are:
| Surname | Keynote | Weight in quintals | inscription |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little bell | Cis | ? | "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God" |
| Medium bell | A. | 7.5 | "Nobody has greater love than that he gives his life for his friends" |
| Big bell | F sharp | 13 | "Glory to God in the highest" |
Further equipment
The oldest element of the church is the font . It was created in 1578 and is located on the stairs between the choir and nave. The pulpit was erected at the same time as the altar in 1727. A sheep adorns the sound cover . Below, a dove symbolizes the Holy Spirit. A twisted foot supports the pulpit. Two coats of arms with inscriptions next to the pulpit from 1567 are dedicated to the first two Protestant pastors of the community.
A sandstone relief, above the sacristy door since 1948, had its place for a long time above the grave of Dorothea Pfannenstiel. It represents the creation of the world . When it was created is unknown. The gallery in the western part of the church, which was extended many times over the centuries, renovated in 1838, 1839 and 1892, was previously only accessible via an external staircase. It was almost completely renovated in the 1970s.
Pastor
The clergy who worked in the evangelical church are almost entirely passed down. Only in the years 1631 to 1678 did the pastor not sit in Bimbach himself, but rather care for the community from Prichsenstadt because of the Counter Reformation.
| Surname | Term of office | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| Matthias Kaller | 1556-1572 | |
| Christoph Pfannenstiel | 1572-1588 | also called Christoph Populus |
| unknown | 1588-1596 | |
| Georg Engelhardt | 1596 | |
| Johann Hitzinger | 1597 | |
| unknown | 1597-1604 | |
| Georg Österlein | 1604-1607 | |
| Christian Hüler | 1607-1625 | |
| Laurentius Klein | 1625-1631 | expelled to Prichsenstadt |
| unoccupied | 1631-1656 | Counter-Reformation in Bimbach |
| Johannes Schiele | 1656-1668 | Headquarters in Prichsenstadt |
| Johann Schnauder | 1668-1678 | Headquarters in Prichsenstadt |
| Andreas Fuldner | 1678-1691 | |
| Johann Friedrich Pistorius | 1691-1694 | |
| Johann Valentin Popp | 1694-1702 | |
| Wolfgang Konrad Moser | 1702-1752 | |
| Johann Kaspar Eberlein | 1752-1765 | |
| Johann Christian Heinrich Wüst | 1765-1784 | |
| Georg Friedrich Michael Hornschuch | 1785-1794 | |
| Christof Ernst Schmidt | 1794-1842 | |
| Philipp Ernst Seifert | 1842-1864 | |
| Reinhold Daniel Christian Leonhard Schmidt | 1865-1875 | |
| August Lauterbach | 1875-1881 | |
| Georg Friedrich Braun | 1881-1883 | |
| W. Gottlieb Bauernfeind | 1883 | Deputy |
| Squirrel | 1883-1884 | Deputy |
| Carl Schumann | 1884-1889 | |
| Georg Weickmann | 1889-1890 | Deputy |
| Friedrich Karl Kirchner | 1890-1899 | |
| Buttner | 1899-1903 | |
| Standhartinger | 1903 | Deputy |
| Fritz Kühl | 1904-1909 | |
| Ottmar Kreppel | 1910-1919 | |
| Georg Bauer | 1919-1926 | Sympathizer of Andrea Ellendt |
| Hans Schmidt | 1926-1936 | |
| Richard Vogt | 1937-1943 | |
| Hans Lutzner | 1943-1945 | |
| Paul Maßmann | 1945-1946 | Deputy |
| Ludwig Drescher | 1947-1952 | |
| Heinrich Haller | 1952-1960 | |
| Georg Eisen | 1961 | Deputy |
| Friedrich Birkhofer | 1962-1989 | |
| Ferdinand Schneider | 1989-1991 | Deputy |
| Wilfried Jugl | 1991-2003 | |
| Antje Biller | 2004-2007 | |
| Martin Oeters | 2007-2011 | |
| Daniel Graf | 2011-2013 | |
| Jörg Zehelein | 2014- |
Outside
In the south of the church there are two war memorials for the fallen of the two world wars, on the right the one for the First World War. Next to a cross over a simple stone stele is the stone for the Second World War. A half-relief of a cross, surrounded by the names of the fallen, lies in the center of a broad stone. There is a small bakery in front of the church facade .
literature
- Hans Bauer: District of Kitzingen. An art and culture guide . Market wide 1993.
- Georg Dehio : Handbook of the German art monuments. Bavaria I: Franconia . Munich and Berlin 1999.
- Evangelical Luth. Bimbach parish (ed.): Evangelical Lutheran Church Bimbach. A little guide through time and church . Bimbach 1996.
- Wilfried Jugl: Evang. Luth. Bimbach Church. A church leader . Bimbach 2001.
- Karl Treutwein : From Abtswind to Zeilitzheim. History, sights, traditions . Volkach 1987.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Bauer, Hans: District of Kitzingen . P. 71.
- ↑ Geodata: Monument number D-6-75-158-60 , accessed on November 2, 2013
- ^ Treutwein, Karl: From Abtswind to Zeilitzheim . P. 27.
- ↑ Jugl, Wilfried: Evang. Luth. Bimbach Church . P. 9. See: Treutwein, Karl. The year 1708 is spoken of here.
- ↑ Jugl, Wilfried: Evang. Luth. Bimbach Church . P. 5.
- ^ Dehio, Georg: Handbook of German art monuments . P. 220.
- ↑ Jugl, Wilfried: Evang. Luth. Bimbach Church . P. 22f.
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Churches: Evangelical Church (Bimbach) | Evangelical Church (Brno) | Evangelical Church (Prichsenstadt) | St. Anthony of Padua (Järkendorf) | St. Bartholomew (Stadelschwarzach) | St. James the Elder (Kirchschönbach) | St. Marien (Altenschönbach) | St. Michael (Neuses am Sand) | St. Nicholas (foliage) | St. Thekla and St. Lioba (Prichsenstadt)
Chapels: Trinity Chapel (foliage) | Kreuzkapelle (Kirchschönbach) | War Memorial Chapel (Stadelschwarzach)
Coordinates: 49 ° 51 '38.8 " N , 10 ° 22' 52.8" E