Church tower (Gottmannsdorf)

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Church tower in Gottmannsdorf, west and north side
Memorial plaques

The church tower in Gottmannsdorf is the remains of a church ( patronage unknown). The building belongs to the parish of St. Johannes (Bürglein) ( Dean's Office Windsbach ).

Parish

The church was originally a branch of St. Maria (Großhaslach) . At the beginning of the 13th century, a dispute broke out over the patronage of the church between Friedrich von Grindlach, canon in Würzburg and archdeacon, in whose area of ​​responsibility St. Mary was, and Gottfried von Sulzbürg, the owner of Burg Bürglein at the time . In 1239, Bishop Hermann I of Würzburg came to a comparison: the patronage - and with it the income - was awarded to Friedrich von Grindlach until his death, but after his death this should be transferred to Gottfried von Sulzbürg. In 1249 he gave the patronage of Bürglein and the Gottmannsdorf, which had become its branch, to the Heilsbronn monastery .

Before the Thirty Years' War, three services were held in the church every year: on Christmas Day, on Easter Day, and at the parish fair. In 1632 Reiter Wallensteins set fire to the church, which was not rebuilt afterwards. Nevertheless, a service was held every year on the day of the church consecration (the Sunday before Bartholomew (August 24)). In 1807 only the ruins of the church remained. In 1904, today's tower was built from this. Two bells and a clock were donated for this purpose. The tradition of the church consecration service continues to this day.

Church building

The original church was 36 feet long and 20 feet wide. The choir tower was square in plan, 12 feet on a side. Today only the two-storey choir tower with a four-sided pyramid roof, which was heavily restored in 1904, remains. The plastered brick building has a square floor plan with a side length of about 4.50 meters and a total height of about 13 meters. On the west side there is an arched portal, above it in the middle a small arched window and on the second floor two small arched sound openings and a clock face. On the north side, above the small arched window, there are memorial plaques for those who fell in World War I and II, and a small arched sound opening on the second floor. A small canopy is built on the east side, below it on the wall a crucifix, on the second floor a small arched window, above it a small arched shellhole with clock face.

literature

  • Konrad Hacker: citizen in the 20th century . 1996, p. 325 .
  • Manfred Jehle: Church conditions and religious institutions on the upper Altmühl, Rezat and Bibert: Monasteries, parishes and Jewish communities in the Altlandkreis Ansbach in the Middle Ages and in modern times (=  Middle Franconian Studies . Volume 20 ). Historical Association for Middle Franconia, Ansbach 2009, ISBN 978-3-87707-771-9 , p. 318 .
  • Georg Muck: History of Heilsbronn Monastery from prehistoric times to modern times . tape 2 . For Kunstreprod. Schmidt, Neustadt an der Aisch 1993, ISBN 3-923006-90-X , p. 202–204 (first edition: Beck, Nördlingen 1879).

Web links

Commons : Church Tower  - Collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ M. Jehle, p. 318; Church tower Gottmannsdorf on the website buerglein-evangelisch.de
  2. ↑ G. Muck, pp. 202f.
  3. ↑ a b K. Hacker, p. 325.
  4. ↑ G. Muck, p. 204.
  5. ↑ G. Muck, p. 202.

Coordinates: 49 ° 21 ′ 52.5 "  N , 10 ° 49 ′ 33.1"  E