Evangelical Church (Hellmitzheim)

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The church in Hellmitzheim

The Evangelical Church in the Lower Franconian Hellmitzheim is the Lutheran church of Iphöfer hamlet. The church is located on Mönchsondheimer Straße in the middle of the village and is part of the Markt Einersheim dean's office .

history

An independent parish was established in Hellmitzheim as early as the 15th century. Count Friedrich Schenk and Herr zu Limpurg separated the church from the mother parish in Markt Einersheim in 1420. Probably a church already existed in the village, which at times was also looked after by the preacher of the castle Speckfeld . In 1566, Hellmitzheim began to create an independent church book for the community.

There are no records of the appearance of the first church, but the church was largely rebuilt at the beginning of the 17th century as part of the Reformation . The tower was built in 1606, and construction of the nave began one year later. The building was inaugurated on June 21, 1607 with a first sermon by Pastor Johannes Krell. The appearance of the church did not change from the outside any more, the furnishings could be supplemented by foundations in the following centuries. The church tower burned down after a lightning strike in 1875.

On April 11, 1945, the Americans launched a bomb attack on Dornheim and Hellmitzheim. The church and the adjacent fortified church were largely destroyed. It was not until 1950 that the reconstruction could begin on the initiative of Pastor Herold, whereby the old surrounding walls were still used. The church was completed by 1951. In the following years the equipment was replaced. The church is classified as an architectural monument by the Bavarian Office for the Preservation of Monuments .

architecture

The west portal of the church

The Evangelical Lutheran house of worship is a choir tower church . The oldest element is the tower with simple loopholes , which dates back to the 15th century. It ends with an octagonal pointed helmet and thus refers to the typical counter-Reformation designs . Many Lutheran churches adopted the style actually established by the Catholic Würzburg prince-bishop Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn .

The nave ends with a simple gable roof and is illuminated by three arched windows. In the course of the new building after the Second World War, an entrance hall was added to the west portal. The west side of the church is characterized by a large round window. The interior of the nave is flat, the choir tower has a cross vault .

Furnishing

The interior of the church is shaped by the reconstruction in the 1950s. The centerpiece is the plastic representation of the King of Christ on the crucifix in the choir. It was created in 1953 by Rothenburg artist Johannes Oertel from limewood. In 1956 the organ came into the church; it was renewed in 1976/1977. An old bell from 1501 has been preserved. It bears the inscription “Vox ego sum vitae. Christum laudare venite! ”(I am the voice of life. Come to praise Christ).

literature

  • Hans Bauer: District of Kitzingen. An art and culture guide . Market wide 1993.
  • Gerhard Woltemate: Hellmitzheim . In: Harmut Preß (ed.): Dekanat Markt Einersheim. Evangelical parishes in the Steigerwald . Erlangen 1978. pp. 31-32.

Web links

Commons : Evangelical Church Hellmitzheim  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Woltemate, Gerhard: Hellmitzheim . P. 31.
  2. ^ Bauer, Hans: District of Kitzingen . P. 112.
  3. ^ Bauer, Hans: District of Kitzingen . P. 112.
  4. ^ Woltemate, Gerhard: Hellmitzheim . P. 31 f.

Coordinates: 49 ° 40 ′ 7 "  N , 10 ° 19 ′ 33.4"  E