Evangelical Church (Hohenfeld)

The church in Hohenfeld

The Evangelical Church in Hohenfeld in Lower Franconia is the parish church of the community. It stands on the central Kraussstrasse in the middle of the village and belongs to the Evangelical Lutheran Dean's Office in Kitzingen .

history

With the so-called mountain church , a church stood on the outskirts of the village as early as the 13th century. In the 15th century, the parish received its own chapel dedicated to St. Mary in Hohenfeld. The choir was built in 1420. In 1512 the chapel was enlarged because the way up the mountain was too difficult for the villagers.

Later in the 16th century the village of Hohenfeld came to the Margraves of Brandenburg-Ansbach. The Reformation was introduced around 1528 under Margrave Georg the Confessor , and the church received its own Lutheran pastor. In place of the village chapel, which had become too small, the residents planned a new church as early as 1611. In the 18th century the building had become dilapidated and had to be rebuilt. To this end, the community was able to win the Würzburg master builder Joseph Berg, who rebuilt the church from 1705 to 1709. The church is classified as an architectural monument, underground remains are listed as a ground monument.

The church was renovated several times: 1723/24, 1738/39 and 1741/42. In 1783 the tower of the village church and that of the mountain church were repaired. In 1860 the interior had to be whitewashed. At the same time, the church was given a new altar, the pulpit and baptismal font were restored. The church was also renewed in 1896 and 1907.

architecture

The church is a small hall building in the margrave style with a ⁵ ⁄ ₈ -polygonal choir facing east , the oldest component, which still has late Gothic elements in its foundation. The tower was added to the church in the north and ends with an onion dome and lantern. The interior is kept simple with two-story galleries and numerous seats. Discreet stucco work in the nave and choir point to the baroque construction period. The nave with a gabled roof has rectangular windows with geohrten framing, is at its ceiling, the Luther Rose .

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  Choir room

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  Baptismal font and remains of choir stalls

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  pulpit

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  Gallery

Furnishing

The furnishings came into the church at different times. The pulpit with a simple sound cover comes from the previous building from 1650. The four evangelists look out over the congregation from its octagonal body. The choir stalls donated by the Stühler family in the same year also come from the previous church. The baptismal font with a shell-shaped basin is colored.

organ

Behind the simple altar from 1860 is the gallery with the organ. From 1714 to 1716 bills report on elaboration work. Organ maker Joh. Adam Brandenstein from Kitzingen made the new organ. Painter Kaspar Tröster from Fröhstockheim embellished the organ and also the choir room. Johann Schneider from Kitzingen carried out sculpting work on the musical instrument. In 1722/23 the organ builder installed a new register made of tin. In 1802 a repair by organ builder Voit from Schweinfurt was necessary and again in 1853 by organ builder Schubert from Nenzenheim. Finally, in 1875, organ builder Steinmeyer from Oettingen im Ries carried out a thorough overhaul with the installation of a new console.

Pastor

Surname	Term of office	Remarks
Otto Weller	gen. 1281
Conrat	gen. 1375
Conrad Truchseß	gen. 1419
Laurentius Adelhoven	1512-1529
Bernhart	1533-1534	first Evangelical Lutheran pastor
Johann Beer	1537-1538	also called Johann Berr
Melchior stalk	1540-1550
Johann Lauer	1550-1554
Melchior Laufhamer	1555-1576	also called Melchior Lankheimer
Aaron Harnisch	1577-1558
Johann Jodokus Falck	1585-1633
Andreas Falck	1633-1637
Simon Leutwein	1637-1647
Johann Konrad Wolffhardt	1647-1651
Johann Rose	1651-1656
Georg Jakobi	1656-1658
Johann Heinrich Brühler	1659-1665
Georg Ernst Schäffersheimer	1665-1666
Kaspar Stabäus	1666-1702
Johann Melchior Baur	1703
Johann Hess	1704-1709
Georg Friedrich Beer	1709-1728
Johann Martin Braun	1728-1758
Georg Heinrich Riedel	1759-1772
Georg Samuel Friedlein	1772-1804
Candidus Schmid	1805
Friedrich Adolf Lampert	1806-1817
Christoph Friedrich Grieninger	1818-1849
Johann Georg Schuessler	1849-1857
Friedrich Wilhelm Theodor Ferdinand Ziegler	1857-1862
Johann Tobias Julius Kirsch	1863-1871
Johann Georg David Theodor Förtsch	1871-1877
Karl Hebart	1878-1881
Karl Seeberger	1881-1890
Franz Schattenmann	1890-1897
Karl Engelhardt	1897-1905
Ferdinand winner	1905-1928

literature

• Hans Bauer: Blessed Land. Paths through the Evangelical Dean's Office Kitzingen am Main . Kitzingen 2012.
• 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, Berlin 1999.
• Eduard Krauss: Hohenfeld am Main. The history of the Lower Franconian village . Wuerzburg 1933.

Web links

Commons : Evangelical Church (Hohenfeld)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Hans Bauer: District of Kitzingen. P. 54.
2. ↑ See: Dehio, Georg: Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler .
3. ^ ^{A b} Eduard Krauss: Hohenfeld am Main . The story of a Lower Franconian village. Konrad Triltsch, Würzburg 1933.
4. ↑ "To the southern tip of the Main Triangle" - Tour 2 . 1. Hohenfeld. In: Evang. – Luth. Deanery Kitzingen (ed.): Gesegnetes Land . Paths through the Evangelical Dean's Office Kitzingen am Main. Kitzingen 2012.
5. ↑ Hans Bauer: Gesegnetes Land. P. 90.
6. ^ Krauss, Eduard: Hohenfeld am Main . Pp. 106-108.

Coordinates: 49 ° 43 ′ 6.8 ″  N , 10 ° 9 ′ 29.2 ″  E