Catholic Johanneskirche (Hüttenheim in Bavaria)
The Catholic Johanneskirche is one of the two churches in the Lower Franconian village of Hüttenheim in Bavaria . The church is located in the middle of the village and is now part of the deanery Neustadt an der Aisch in the Archdiocese of Bamberg .
history
The construction of the Catholic Johanneskirche goes back to the initiative of the pastor Franz Conrad from Hüttenheim. The village was denominationally divided in the 19th century and the Catholic residents shared the Johanneskirche in the center of the fortified church with the Lutherans . However, this simultaneum was controversial, especially because there was never an agreement on the times of worship and the form of the liturgy .
Pastor Conrad founded a church building association in 1892, which was supposed to collect money for the construction of his own church. In 1896 construction began near the already existing Johanneskirche and the simultaneous relationship was dissolved. On October 12, 1897, Archbishop of Bamberg, Joseph von Schork , inaugurated the church. The Würzburg artist Franz Wilhelm Driesler was able to be won over to furnish the church . Today the church is classified as an architectural monument.
architecture
The church presents itself as a purely neo-Gothic house of God. It was built as a hall and ends in the east with a polygonal choir . The stone-faced facade is particularly typical. There are elements on the building such as tracery , pinnacles and small, pointed-arched windows, all of which refer to the Gothic models. A small octagonal stair tower was added to the rectangular tower with the pointed roof. The entrance area is also decorated with typical neo-Gothic elements.
Furnishing
Most of the closed neo-Gothic furnishings of the Johanneskirche were created by Franz Wilhelm Driesler. Some parts got there from the old Johanneskirche. The high altar goes back to a foundation in 1867. It shows the baptism of Jesus by the church patron John as a relief. Elaborate decorations such as golden pegs complete it at the top. Finials were borrowed from the Middle Ages.
The oldest part of the furnishings is a Madonna figure, which is placed in the left side altar. The carving shows the Mother of God with the child and was probably brought to the neighboring St. John's Church in 1677. Probably the Teutonic Order , who was the landlord in Hüttenheim, donated the figure. However, it is much older and was probably created between 1480 and 1500. The new church also received the old confessional and baptismal font from 1867 from the older one.
The organ , the pulpit and the communion bench could be purchased through donations . All the equipment elements have in common the variety of colors. The reliefs of the evangelists on the stairs to the pulpit are colored. The inner walls are painted with decorative strips made of foliage . Only the gallery with the organ remained in its wood-sighted condition. The stained glass in the choir consists of a diverse program of images.
literature
- Hans Bauer: The Kitzinger Land. Valuables, monuments, curiosities. Volume I. Volkach 2004.
- Georg Dehio: Handbook of the German art monuments. Bavaria I: Franconia. Munich and Berlin 1999.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Bauer, Hans: The Kitzinger Land . P. 83.
- ^ Dehio, Georg: Handbook of German art monuments . P. 487.
- ^ Bauer, Hans: The Kitzinger Land . P. 83.
- ^ Bauer, Hans: The Kitzinger Land . P. 83 f.
Coordinates: 49 ° 38 ′ 53.3 " N , 10 ° 15 ′ 26.7" E