Evangelical Church (Possenheim)
The Evangelical Church in Possenheim in Lower Franconia is the Lutheran church in the Iphöfer district. It stands on Kirchstrasse in the middle of the village and belongs to the Deanery Markt Einersheim .
history
The history of the church is closely linked to that of its mother parish in Markt Einersheim . A branch of the large parish Einersheim in Possenheim was already mentioned in the sources in 1340 . The pastor from "Eynersheymb" was obliged to hold church services in "Poßne". This first mention of a church allows the conclusion that this first church in Possenheim probably stood within a fortified church. The church had no tower, only a roof turret, which was replaced between 1684 and 1687.
In Markt Einersheim, the lords of Limpurg-Speckfeld introduced the Reformation before 1558 and the branches that were under the influence of the aristocratic family also became Lutheran. During the Thirty Years' War , however, the Iphöfer official cellar Johann Ott occupied the village and once again had Catholic services celebrated in the branch church. The residents remained largely Protestant and now attended the service at Speckfeld Castle . Only after the war did Possenheim finally become Evangelical-Lutheran.
The place remained at Markt Einersheim until the 18th century. It was not until 1710 that Possenheim rose to become an independent parish . On August 1st of this year, Schenk Vollrath zu Limpurg-Speckfeld granted the residents permission to “have and keep a pastor in their place”. This soon made it clear that the previous church had become too small for the community and from 1773 the villagers began collecting for a new building.
In 1778 the Würzburg master builder Joseph Albert from Wiesentheid received the building contract for today's church building. After the start of demolition on May 2, 1781, the foundation stone for the new sacred building was laid on August 27. The shell with the roof was finished on August 17, 1783. The interior design followed. After the altar, pulpit and organ had also been created, the inauguration took place on October 24, 1784.
In 1856 renovations of the interior were necessary for the first time . Until the middle of the 20th century, the Possenheimers had their own pastor. With Gustav Meyer's retirement in 1952, the church fell to the pastoral care of the pastor of Mönchsondheim . During the renovation in 1963, the interior was completely redesigned. Some features of the margrave style disappeared completely. The galleries on the left and right as well as the organ gallery above the altar were removed. The organ was given its current place on the gallery opposite the choir .
From 1970 the old pastor took over the branch: Now the residents of Possenheim were assigned to the Einersheimer Pfarrer market. In 1977 further changes were made, for example the church tower was covered with a new roof. A year later, in 1978, the community had an extensive exterior renovation carried out. The church is classified as an architectural monument by the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation .
architecture
The similarity with the Johanneskirche von Castell , which was built shortly afterwards by the master builder Albert, is unmistakable. The hall building has a facade tower and, unlike the Casteller Church, is easted . It ends with a choir closed on three sides. The west facade is structured by several pilasters , above the portal a slightly profiled central projection extends up into the tower. This ends with a simple onion cap. Four arched windows opened up the nave.
The interior with elements of the margrave style has rounded corners. In the nave , the rich pilaster structure is used again, which is taken up again in the choir. Unlike in Castell, the ceiling stucco is extremely sparing. Nevertheless, the elements of classicism predominate here too . The exterior of the church, on the other hand, is dominated by baroque elements.
Furnishing
After a comprehensive redesign of the interior in the 1960s, the Lutheran church in Possenheim is kept quite simple. At that time the pulpit was sold to Lichtenstein , which today belongs to Pfarrweisach. The altar from 1860 depicting the resurrection was also sold. During the Second World War , the people of Possenheim had to hand in the church bells to be melted down, and replacements were not made until the 1950s.
The old wooden font and chandelier were rediscovered twenty years later and brought back to the house of God. However, the church had now received a modern marble font, so that the old, octagonal font in the form of classicism was given a less prominent place in the nave. The new altar dominates the choir. It was created in 1960 and takes up the old form of the pulpit altar . Above a simple structure, the crucified one forms the conclusion.
The oldest element of the Possenheim church is the organ on the wooden west gallery. The instrument was probably built by the Würzburg court organ builder Franz Ignaz Seuffert in 1794, who created other works in the surrounding churches. It goes back to the founder Johann Sebastian Arnold. The organ was overhauled by Johann Arnold in 1860. The instrument presents itself with the baroque prospect.
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.
- Holger G. Lang: The Evangelical Church in Possenheim. Leaflet . Einersheim Market 1997.
- Alfred Schelter: The Protestant church building of the 18th century in Franconia (= The Plassenburg Bd. 41) . Kulmbach 1981.
- Hans Sommer: Possenheim . In: Hartmut Preß (ed.): Deanery Markt Einersheim. Evangelical parishes in the Steigerwald. Erlangen 1978. p. 60.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c Lang, Holger G .: The Evangelical Church in Possenheim . P. 1.
- ↑ a b Sommer, Hans: Possenheim . P. 60.
- ^ Bauer, Hans: District of Kitzingen . P. 114.
- ^ Dehio, Georg: Handbook of German art monuments . P. 861.
- ↑ Schelter, Alfred: The Protestant church building of the 18th century in Franconia . P. 316.
- ^ Dehio, Georg: Handbook of German art monuments . P. 861.
Coordinates: 49 ° 40 ′ 59.3 " N , 10 ° 18 ′ 51.6" E