St. Alban (Diedorf)
The Roman Catholic parish church of St. Alban , consecrated to Alban von Mainz , is located at Kirchstrasse 4 von Diedorf , a village in Upper Eichsfeld and at the same time a district of the rural community of Südeichsfeld in the Unstrut-Hainich district in Thuringia . The parish of St. Alban belongs to the dean's office in Dingelstädt in the diocese of Erfurt .
description
The neo-Gothic , with a gable roof covered hall church was from 1895 to 1898 in place of a previous building to plans by the building inspector Böttscher from Mulhouse built. The building with five window axes made of ashlar masonry has a retracted choir in the east with an apse closed on three sides . The bell tower in the west has a pointed helmet . The top floor is located behind the sound arcades the bell frame in which three bells with the percussion tones f ', as' and b' hang.
Next to the church tower in the southwest corner of the nave there is a stair tower . The nave and the church tower are supported by wall templates . The nave is covered by a flat ceiling , the foyer in the tower and the choir have a ribbed vault . The neo-Gothic altars were made by Anton Becke from Wiedenbrück . In the choir there is a winged altar with reliefs depicting the life of Christ , the side altars are dedicated to Mary and Joseph . The windows in the choir show figurative motifs.
Holy grave
In a wall niche in the north there is a holy grave with eight sandstone statues from 1501, which were painted in color at the end of the 19th century. The exact origin of the group of sculptures is not known. Presumably it stood in a St. Egidien church in the Eisenach region and came to southern Eichsfeld after the turmoil of the Peasants' War. Possibly it was also intended for the no longer completed pilgrimage church in the neighboring Katharinenberg . It was then set up in the Diedorf church. In 1728 a separate chapel was built for the burial and a pilgrimage developed. When the church was rebuilt, it was installed there.
literature
- Dehio-Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, Thuringia. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-422-03095-6 .
- B. Mehler: The holy grave in Diedorf. In: Unser Eichsfeld, year 16 (1921), pp. 20-25
Web links
Coordinates: 51 ° 10 ′ 33.2 ″ N , 10 ° 16 ′ 55.2 ″ E
Individual evidence
- ^ Parish of St. Alban Diedorf Katharinenberg
- ^ Story from Brilon · Volume 7 Bells from Brilon
- ↑ Rarely in Central Germany. Holy grave in Diedorf is 500 years old. In: Online edition of the newspaper “Tag des Herren”, Erfurt edition. Retrieved January 7, 2020 .