Cemetery (Prichsenstadt)
The cemetery in Prichsenstadt is a historically significant burial place on the edge of the old town of the Lower Franconian community. It was laid out after 1542 along what is now Bahnhofstrasse.
history
The history of the cemetery in Prichsenstadt is closely linked to developments in the 16th century. At the beginning of the century it was still customary to bury the dead around the church in the middle of the villages and towns. A great wave of plague led to an increase in the number of deaths, so that it was necessary to relocate to the densely built-up old town . At the same time, the Reformation dissolved the dogma of the unity of the living and the dead, previously propagated by the Church . In 1542 the Prichsenstadt cemetery was moved to its current location.
The cemetery was expanded to its present size at the end of the 16th century. The portal , which can be precisely dated with the year 1598, was probably added with this extension . Between 1542 and 1605 the arcades came into the interior of the cemetery. They were burial places for the wealthier population and contained ornate epitaphs . Most of these “corpse stones” were removed in 1833.
The center of the cemetery, the so-called cemetery pulpit, which still exists today, was built in 1605, as can be seen from an inscription on the body. The ensemble of portal, arcades and pulpit was funded by the respective monument offices from the 1930s and was therefore preserved. Today the Prichsenstädter Friedhof is classified as an architectural monument by the Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments .
description
portal
The Renaissance sandstone portal is located on the east side of the cemetery facing the old town. The portal frame is formed by two pilasters with column capitals and diamond-coated bases. Above it is an elongated triangular gable, and a projecting cornice connects the two components.
A central inscription panel in the gable dominates the portal. The inscription describes the layout and expansion of the cemetery and concludes with a Bible verse . It reads: “When one wrote MVLXXXXVIII / this godsacre was made. / Which than one counted before in 1542, the deceased were chosen to rest. LORD TEACH US TO MIND THAT WE HAVE TO DIE, THAT WE BECOME WISE / Psalm 90 ”. The panel is framed by indicated locks on each side .
arcade
The arcade fills the south side of the cemetery. These structures were built on the one hand to offer the mourners a meeting room for funerals and on the other hand they were used as burial sites. The Prichsenstäder Arkade was built in two construction phases, this is illustrated by the headbands through their different designs. The time of the construction of the arcade cannot be precisely determined, since such shelters were mostly oriented towards the pulpit, a construction period before 1605 is likely.
The arcade is a massive stone building on the side facing away from the cemetery. The other side is open; simple wooden pillars support the elongated hipped roof . Several epitaphs were removed as early as the 19th century. Only one thing has survived. In the years 1889/1890, benches were set up next to it to be able to follow the funeral sermons.
In the arcades there is a so-called "Bahrhäuschen" in which the bier were kept. It was first mentioned in 1666 when it needed to be repaired. The stretchers, which were used to transport the dead from the house to the cemetery and which were replaced over time, were still in the house at the beginning of the 21st century.
Cemetery pulpit
The so-called cemetery pulpit forms the center of the cemetery area. It was created in order to be able to continue to hold sermons at the burial sites that are now further away from the church. It is a square pavilion with a slate-covered French dome . The pulpit body contains several decorations, including an alliance coat of arms . The renewals of the pulpit in 1659 and 1950 were noted there.
A Latin inscription on the south wall with a biblical verse reads: “CHRIST IOHAN VIII / VERA EQUIDEM VOBIS PANDO MIHI CREDIT: VISQVIS / SERVARIT VERBI DOGMATA SACRA MEI / AETERNM LETHI MORSUS NEC SENTIET ILLE DVLC / PLANE ETINAMOISSI CARCELII LLCA MORTIS / VICTRICI DOMITÆ FIT MEDICINA FIDE “(Christ John chap. 8: Truths I proclaim to you - believe me: everyone who keeps the sacred teachings of my word will not feel the bites of death forever, but will be completely free from prison hell, because the honeyed sermon of the gospel becomes a remedy against death, which is tamed by victorious faith).
literature
- Hans Bauer: Remarkable art monuments in the cemeteries . In: District Administrator and District Council of the District of Kitzingen (Hrsg.): District of Kitzingen . Münsterschwarzach 1984. pp. 222-226.
- Reinhard Hüßner: "To make a door and sink at the sermon chair". The arcade cemetery in Prichsenstadt - a historical rarity . In: Under the spell of the Schwanberg. Yearbook for the district of Kitzingen 2013 . Dettelbach 2013. pp. 39-46.
- Hans-Ludwig Oertel: With Latin around the main triangle. Selected inscriptions between Würzburg and Volkach . Dettelbach 2012.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hüßner, Reinhard: The arcades cemetery Prichsenstadt . P. 39.
- ^ Bauer, Hans: Remarkable art monuments in the cemeteries . P. 224.
- ↑ Hüßner, Reinhard: The arcades cemetery Prichsenstadt . P. 41.
- ↑ Hüßner, Reinhard: The arcades cemetery Prichsenstadt . P. 43.
- ↑ Oertel, Hans-Ludwig: With Latin around the main triangle . P. 85.
Coordinates: 49 ° 49 ′ 4.3 ″ N , 10 ° 20 ′ 58 ″ E