Fortified church Marktsteft

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The “Town Musicians Tower”, entrance to the Markstefter fortified church

The Marktsteft church castle includes the fortified areas of the churchyard around the Evangelical Lutheran parish church of St. Stephan in the Lower Franconian town of Marktsteft in the Kitzingen district . The fortified church is located in the middle of the village between Herrnstrasse and Hauptstrasse.

location

The fortified church is located in the middle of the Marktstefter town center. In the north of the complex the Herrnstrasse leads past, in the east it is followed by closed buildings. The south side of the fortified church is also built on, Keerlstrasse runs further south. The main street is in the west, further west the Main flows past the village and the fortified church.

history

The fortified church was probably built in the 12th century. The foundations of the Town Musicians Tower go back to this time. Around 1337, St. Stephen's Church in the middle of the fortified church was elevated to a parish church . At this time the cemetery of the place was in the fortified church. It was only dissolved in the 16th century and moved to the outskirts.

At the same time the town hall , the rectory and the village school were arranged around the fortified church. The church houses inside were storage rooms owned by the villagers. If there was a war, the population withdrew to the fortified church. In the 19th century the fortified church lost its protective function. After a fire in 1873, the residents created a second access to the facility. The first renovation was carried out in 1933. The fortified church is classified as an architectural monument .

description

The fortified church surrounds the church on three sides. Remnants of the wall have been preserved in the east, the walling continues in the south. The former teacher's apartment and the old town hall are located on the inner wall to the west. To the west rises the Town Musicians Tower, which today is the most representative part of the castle.

Stephanskirche

St. Stephen's Church forms the center of the fortified church. It has been the parish church of Marktsteft since the 14th century. In the 16th century, after 1527, the Margraves of Ansbach introduced the Reformation as village lords . In 1608 the still existing bell tower was built. The nave and choir were built between 1623 and 1625 during the Thirty Years' War .

The church was built as a hall and ends in the east with a polygonal choir . The tower has a pointed helmet and dominates the fortified church. It was also used as a lookout tower in the past. The interior of the church was designed in the so-called margrave style in the 18th century . The organ is located above the mighty altar, originally the font from the 17th century stood in front of it.

Town Musicians Tower

The so-called Town Musicians Tower is the entrance to the fortified church. In essence, it goes back to the 12th or 13th century. The basement of the tower has been preserved from the Middle Ages . You can see digging near the arched portal. In 1726 the two upper floors were demolished and rebuilt. The client was Hofkammerrat Johann Jakob Keerl (1674–1751), who came from Marktsteft.

The local musician then moved into the tower, which is how the tower got its name. In 1765 the characteristic pyramid roof with a lantern was added to the tower. Later some rooms in the tower were converted into a prison where drunkards and rioters were locked up for a short time. From this period, 1841 to 1918, incised drawings with various inscriptions have been preserved. The prisoners left behind some obscene sayings to vent their predicament:

List of inscriptions (selection)
inscription annotation
"I've been here for three hours"
"P. Saueracker was here for 5 hours from 11 a.m. to 4 a.m. " Paul Saueracker was locked in the tower eight times.
"Stiff stays stiff"
"This is the Marktsteft country, well known to the Marktstefters, but whoever does not come to Marktsteft is alz a crooked dog"
"Four soldiers locked up here on July 19th ... you sad arrest" The soldiers were imprisoned here during the German War in 1866.
"Jourdin Florent Prisonnier de guerre Würzburg Enfermé pour refus de travailler le 8 October 1918 9 heures du matin" The Frenchman Jourdin Florent, a prisoner of war from Würzburg , was locked in because he refused to work on October 8, 1918 at 9 a.m.
"These dogs in this town hall should get sick"
"My dear Mr. Stadtschreiber I wish you a car and 18 women and 20 girls one with 16 years then you can ride and drive"
"Here's the big shit dish"
"Brother, dissolute, why are you getting so drunk. But my God, why do I like it so much ... "
"The goat roughened tastes so krat as if you waste your money with maidens" Ziegerrauken = cigar smoking
"Shitting and loving makes pain, shitting makes your asshole sore, and loving makes your heart"
"You can't harm the witches, otherwise you have to braden the cunt and pussy"
"Anyone who has read this has already been there"

As early as 1625, parts of the fortification became the administrative seat of the municipality when the town hall was moved to the rectory within the fortification. In the 20th century the three-story tower was given another purpose. It was converted, together with an outbuilding, into the town hall of Marktsteft. Today the registry office is housed in the tower , the detention room is part of a museum .

Gaden and development

To the right of the Town Musicians Tower are the former rectory, now part of the town hall, an old wine press house and the school house. Few gaden have been preserved inside the facility. They burned down in 1873 and were initially not rebuilt. It was not until 1933 that the Kirchgaden in the southeast of the fortified church was renewed. After the fire, a second access to the site was created. In 1959 a community hall was built as a new building within the fortified church.

See also

literature

  • Hans Bauer: The Kitzinger Land. Valuables, monuments, curiosities. Volume II . Volkach 2007.
  • Hans Bauer: Blessed Land. Paths through the Evangelical Lutheran Dean's Office Kitzingen am Main . Kitzingen 2012.
  • Karl Kolb: Fortified churches and fortified churches in Franconia . Wuerzburg 1977.
  • Fritz Mägerlein: St. Stephan Marktsteft . In: Evang. Luth Parish Office Marktsteft (Ed.): St Stephan Marktsteft . Münsterschwarzach 1973. pp. 7-44.

Web links

Commons : Kirchenburg Marktsteft  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bauer, Hans: The Kitzinger Land . P. 135.
  2. ↑ a b Mägerlein, Fritz: St. Stephan Marktsteft . P. 37.
  3. ^ Bauer, Hans: Gesegnetes Land . P. 111.
  4. ↑ Mägerlein, Fritz: St. Stephan Marktsteft . P. 35.
  5. ^ Bauer, Hans: The Kitzinger Land . Pp. 136-138.
  6. ^ Kolb, Karl: Fortified churches and fortified churches in Franconia . P. 136.

Coordinates: 49 ° 41 ′ 47.8 "  N , 10 ° 8 ′ 7.4"  E