Cemetery chapel (Mönchsondheim)

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The chapel in the cemetery

The Friedhofskapelle (also Gottesackerkapelle , Friedhofskirche ) is a small Evangelical-Lutheran chapel in Mönchsondheim . It forms the center of the cemetery in the north of the village.

history

The construction of the chapel and the surrounding cemetery is closely related to the growth of the village in the late Middle Ages . As early as the 16th century, the village's cemetery was moved from the fortified church in the center of the village to the northern edge. The Gottesacker was probably built around 1583. The cemetery portal bears this date. The Gottesackerkapelle was first mentioned in 1597. However, no remains of this previous building have survived.

In the 17th century, the Gottesackerkirche temporarily took over the functions of the parish church . Services were held there for over 50 years because the tower of the Bonifatiuskirche in the village was destroyed in 1638 and parts of the church had been buried under itself. Only after the inauguration of the new building in 1690 did the cemetery chapel lose its liturgical function. In the years 1722/1723 today's chapel was built in Baroque style . The chapel is classified as a monument .

architecture

The chapel presents itself as a hall building . In the west there is a roof turret with a lantern. The entrance portal in the west is surrounded by a two-column architecture, the west side is highlighted as a risalit . The gable has the shape of a triangle with a coat of arms. There is an elongated round window above the portal. The building is cleared through on each side by three arched windows.

Furnishing

The inside of the cemetery chapel is dominated by the pulpit altar on the choir side. It was probably not made for the chapel, but came there from another church. It dates from the end of the 17th century and had to be partially reduced in size for installation in the chapel. The structure is four-pillar and takes up the entire east side of the church. Two passages on the sides lead to the parts of the church behind. The pulpit altar is black and green. A coat of arms of the Margraves of Ansbach indicates the affiliation of the village.

The pulpit with its winding columns is flanked by two almost life-size figures of Saints Peter and Paul. The crucified Christ and the four evangelists are depicted in the fields. The predella as an oval wooden plaque below contains the representation of the Last Supper . Instead of a leaf, a wooden crucifix is attached above the pulpit. The excerpt is the figure of the risen Christ. The chairs on the south and north walls are well worth seeing.

literature

  • Hans Bauer: District of Kitzingen. An art and culture guide . Market wide 1993.
  • Andreas Brombierstäudl, Hans Seitz: Mönchsondheim . In: Harmut Preß (Ed.): Deanery Markt Einersheim. Evangelical parishes in the Steigerwald. Erlangen 1978. pp. 70-71.

Web links

Commons : Friedhofskapelle (Mönchsondheim)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Brombierstäudl, Andreas (among others): Mönchsondheim . P. 70.
  2. ^ Bauer, Hans: District of Kitzingen . P. 113.
  3. ↑ Brombierstäudl, Andreas (among others): Mönchsondheim . P. 71.
  4. ^ Bauer, Hans: District of Kitzingen . P. 113.

Coordinates: 49 ° 40 ′ 11.2 "  N , 10 ° 16 ′ 47.9"  E