Catholic Bartholomäus Church (Rödelsee)
The Bartholomäuskirche in the middle of the village Rödelsee in Lower Franconia is the place of worship for the Catholic community. It is on the church square across from Crailsheim Castle.
history
The earliest evidence of a church in Rödelsee comes from the year 1190. Otto , the prince-bishop of Eichstätt, consecrated the church for the diocese of Würzburg . Before that there was probably a small church in the village. From the 12th century the village had its own parish . In the 13th century relations with the Benedictine monastery in Kitzingen increased.
A radical change happened in 1525 when the village accepted Martin Luther's Reformation . As a result, all of the town's residents became Protestants. Only with the Thirty Years War did the situation change again. The four landlords of the village tried to expand their power at the foot of the Steigerwald. The Principality of Würzburg and the Ebrach Monastery represented the Catholic residents of the place, the Grafschaft Castell and the Barons of Crailsheim took care of the Protestant population.
Since 1651, the church has been used by both denominations as a simultaneous church. Due to a lack of agreement on the maintenance of the building, the tower collapsed on February 3, 1770 and buried the church under itself. Both congregations therefore planned to build a successor church. The evangelical succeeded first. The building was built on the site of the old church and was dedicated to St. Bartholomew .
The new church of the Catholic community took place in the years 1779 to 1783 under the architect Adam Salomon Fischer. The church received the patronage of St. Bartholomew again. The Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation classifies the church building as a monument under the number D-6-75-161-7.
architecture
The church is designed as a hall . It has a tower facade. The nave is divided into three window axes . Next to the main portal there is another entrance on the left side of the church. A third portal was bricked up. The choir also has a window. An ox eye closes it off at the back. A sacristy was added to the north side of the choir.
The tower has three floors. A figure of St. Bartholomew is placed in a front niche of the tower. Above the small portal you can see an ox-eye with a rich window frame. Two blind windows are set back slightly. Most of the stones in the church come from the broken keep of the Schwanberg.
Furnishing
In the center of the church is the high altar . He shows the martyrdom of Bartholomew in his altarpiece , with columns closing it off on the sides. It was created in 1850 and designed by Georg Hanftmann. The tabernacle conversion shows two angels worshiping. A semicircular structure completes the altar. The celebration altar and the ambo are from 1972. A baptismal font made of shell limestone was designed by Johann Walter.
The choir arch is crowned by a baroque triumphal cross from 1733. On the eastern wall of the choir you can see a Gothic lecture cross. The rest of the furnishings come from the 18th and 19th centuries. Maria and Joseph were created by Matthäus Schiestl in 1894 . Statues of Saint Elizabeth and Saint Kilian from the 18th century are also located in the nave. Fourteen Stations of the Cross date from 1861.
literature
- Hans Bauer: District of Kitzingen. An art and culture guide . Market wide 1993.
- Evang. Luth. Parish office Rödelsee, Catholic parish office Rödelsee, Community Casteller Ring (ed.): Places of retreat on the Schwanberg . Bayreuth.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Geodata: Monument number D-6-75-161-7 , accessed on August 28, 2013.
- ^ Bauer, Hans: District of Kitzingen . P. 117.
- ↑ Kath. Pfarramt Rödelsee (et al., Ed.): Places of retreat on Schwanberg . P. 17.
Coordinates: 49 ° 43 ′ 43.1 ″ N , 10 ° 14 ′ 36.6 ″ E