Land monuments in Burgebrach

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The following land monuments can be found in the municipality of Burgebrach :

Wayside shrine at the bridge, confession marter, also called Luther marter

Outside the former gate fortifications, at the junction into the festival area on floor number 728, you will find the Beichtenmarter, not too far from the Galgenberg.

The local history reading sheet from 1958 describes the end of Hans Leisentritt : “... On this last day in September the sun rose in full splendor over the Jura mountains. Hans Leisentritt did not see them, nor did he see the blue sky as he staggered through the north gate. Before the torment by the brook, he knelt and had the verdict read out again. “Crucified Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me!” In holy mercy the Lord looked down on the poor sinner on the cross. A deplorable image of a person stumbled up the gallows hill in chains. Nobody rushed to cut the ropes so that he could run back into the market, flee to the church, and be saved. Nobody wanted to help him. So he stumbled on, up to the gallows. There the executioner did his job. "

The gothic torture bears the year “1522” on the octagonal shaft and “1512” on the lantern. On the front and back of the lantern there is a crucifixion group, on the narrow sides Emperor Heinrich and Empress Kunigunda are depicted. With the right lighting, the outlines of a human figure can be seen on the street side on the octagonal shaft. Martin Luther is said to have preached on this wayside shrine on his trip to Heidelberg; the representation was later viewed as the figure of Martin Luther and damaged beyond recognition by throwing stones. However, there is no evidence that Martin Luther stayed in Burgebrach.

On June 8, 1968, Alfred Seel included this 220 cm high hall monument with its 60 cm wide lantern in his description of the hall monuments in the city and district of Bamberg. In 1976 Hanns Leitherer consolidated and restored the monument and the municipality of Burgebrach incorporated a sandstone plaque with the two names at the foot of the Marter.

Wayside shrine at the height with the altar, called Ursula or Otto Marter

This hall monument at number 401 can be used as a field altar; an altar table with a tabernacle niche in the column suggests that the torture was the goal of a corridor. According to the inscription on the back of the column, the baroque wayside shrine, 280 centimeters high, was created in 1703; The lantern has the following panels: on the street side (east side) the representation of the Trinity, on the back (west side) St. George fighting the dragon. The side to Burgebrach (southern side) carries Saint John of Nepomuk, the Ampferbacher side (northern side) Saint Catherine. Fruit pendants adorn the lantern and column. The acanthus that closes the top of the panel forms the foot on the lantern for the crowning cross, which was removed at an unknown time. Lantern and column have the same dimensions (50 × 30 cm). The inscription: “Ren. 1811 “indicates a renovation, the last repair in the 20th century was financed by the Burgebrach local history association.

Two legends, which refer to an undetectable predecessor, entwine around this place:

  • When the newly elected Bamberg Bishop Eckbert from Bamberg arrived here on February 1, 1202 , a delegation from Bamberg was already waiting to greet the new sovereign.
  • Ursula von Windeck (14th century) drove a horse-drawn carriage to the service in Burgebrach on Trinity Sunday. When the carriage turned onto the main street coming from the castle, the firecrackers were set off in Burgebrach; the horses shied, Ursula sent a prayer to the Holy Trinity and the approaching misfortune was averted. Ursula then donated a wayside shrine.

The front relief, referred to as the representation of the Trinity, is not the usual representation of a glorious or painful Trinity, but God the Father looks down from the clouds with outstretched arms, the dove, symbol of the Holy Spirit, hovers in the middle of the relief above the boy Jesus, from Mary and Joseph is accompanied.

Wayside shrine within the church enclosure

This shrine, standing in the shadow of its big brother, the "Mount of Olives", at the rear exit was built according to the year 1706. It is not known why this wayside shrine was built; the artist is also unknown. The wayside shrine was in ruins in the middle of the 20th century. In 1956 it was repaired by the Schmittinger company for the 250th "birthday". This is evident from an inscription on the back.

Stone cross on the connection path to Grasmannsdorf

This stone cross, described by Seel as weathered on September 19, 1969, stands on Kunigundenweg , a historic high-speed connection between the Michaelsberg monastery in Bamberg and its properties in Aub via Walsdorf , Grasmannsdorf, etc., at the branching off of a dirt road to Ampferbach near a bench in a hedge. The stone cross has probably been missing the upper longitudinal beam for a long time. Its visible height is given as 65 cm, the beam width is 57 cm.

literature

Alfred Seel: Landmarks in the city and district of Bamberg , Ed. Norbert Haas