Evangelical Church (Nenzenheim)
The Evangelical Church in Nenzenheim , Lower Franconia, is the Lutheran church in the Iphöfer district. The church is located on Krassolzheimer Strasse in the middle of a fortified church and is part of the Markt Einersheim dean's office .
history
A church in Nenzenheim can be seen for the first time in 1509. An early mass was founded at that time. At that time the church was already inside a fortified church ; it appeared in the sources for the first time in 1370, so it can be assumed that the church is also much older. Nenzenheim had different village lords in the course of the Middle Ages . The Lords of Hohenlohe , the Castell , the Schwarzenberg and the von Hutten . The Schwarzenberg probably introduced the Reformation in the place. However, it is unclear exactly when this happened.
Foreign soldiers probably destroyed the church in the Thirty Years' War , so that a new church was built in the second half of the 17th century. For this purpose, a collection was started in 1696 . Just two years later, on October 2, 1698, the new church was consecrated. However, at the end of the 19th century it had become so dilapidated that a new building was decided upon. In 1900 the permit was available.
It was not until 1910 that the church could be consecrated on December 4th. The tower of the old baroque church was preserved. In April 1945 American planes destroyed half of Nenzenheim and the church burned down. The new church was inaugurated as early as 1946. The preserved remains of the previous buildings were incorporated into the new structure. The church is classified as a monument .
architecture
The church is a simple hall building . It takes up neo-baroque and neo-Romanesque forms and thus refers to the previous buildings in the same place. The oldest element is the tower basement, which dates from the late Middle Ages. The tower ends with a baroque style, constricted hood that was put on after 1978. Previously, the church was towered over by a pyramid spire. The tower was attached to the north side of the building.
The nave is almost rectangular and merges into an attached circular choir . The facade is also dominated by baroque elements. The portal rises up in the center. It is surrounded by two pilasters , above is the inscription "COME / LET US ADOR". Furthermore, the portal is flanked by two elongated arched windows. On the south side, a small, semicircular apse was added at the height of the tower .
Furnishing
The original furnishings of the church were destroyed by flames in 1945. After the reconstruction, the interior remained simple, so that there are only a few pieces of equipment in it today. The center of the choir is a large resurrection group instead of an altar. It shows the ascending Jesus with raised hands and flanked by an angel as plastic figures. The group was created in 1954/1955 by the Munich artist Josef Gollwitzer (1917–2006).
literature
- Hans Bauer: District of Kitzingen. An art and culture guide . Market wide 1993.
- Andreas Brombierstäudl, Hans Seitz: Nenzenheim . In: Hartmut Preß (ed.): Deanery Markt Einersheim. Evangelical parishes in the Steigerwald . Erlangen 1978. pp. 68-69.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Brombierstäudl, Andreas (among others): Nenzenheim . P. 69.
- ^ Bauer, Hans: District of Kitzingen . P. 114.
- ↑ Brombierstäudl, Andreas (among others): Nenzenheim . P. 68.
Coordinates: 49 ° 38 ′ 19.4 ″ N , 10 ° 17 ′ 7.5 ″ E