Birth of Mary (Untereschenbach)
The Roman Catholic subsidiary church of the Birth of the Virgin Mary is the village church of Untereschenbach , a district of Hammelburg in the Bad Kissingen district . It belongs to the architectural monuments of Hammelburg and is registered under the number D-6-72-127-219 in the Bavarian monument list . Untereschenbach is united with Hammelburg, Untererthal , Obererthal , Obereschenbach , Pfaffenhausen and Gauaschach to form the parish community "Seven Stars in Hammelburger Land".
history
Untereschenbach probably belonged to the Hundsfeld parish in earlier times . The church is an old fortified church . It was built in the Romanesque period. Originally there was a wall around the church and cemetery. In the 15th century it was rebuilt in the Gothic style. In 1568 the choir was increased by a well-fortified half-timbered floor. In 1920 and 1973 the church was renovated.
Description and equipment
The church consists of the nave and the two-story choir in the east. She has a roof turret . The windows of the church are ogival with tracery . The church doors could be locked from the inside with beams.
The main altar of the church shows a baroque figure of Mary from around 1650 and three angels from the church in Hundsfeld. On the left side wall there is a figure of St. Michael, on the right side wall there is a figure of St. Sebastian, also from the Hundsfeld church. The angels on the main altar and the figure of St. Sebastian were created around 1730.
Peal
The rather spacious roof turret contains only two small bells. Only the dimensions of both bells and the weight of the first bell are determined from the sources. All other values are estimates by the article author based on tables.
| No. | Chime | Surname | inscription | Weight | height | diameter | Casting time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dis´´ | Ave Maria | Ave Maria gratia plena Dominus tecum benedicta | 150 kg | 75 cm | 64 cm | 18th century |
| 2 | f´´ | Little bell | I Berit Keslier han dice Glacken made | 100 kg | 64 cm | 56 cm | 15th century or older |
literature
- Karl Brandler: Art monuments of Hammelburg. 1977
- Georg Dehio : Handbook of German Art Monuments , Bavaria I: Franconia: The administrative districts of Upper Franconia, Middle Franconia and Lower Franconia: BD I , Deutscher Kunstverlag Munich Berlin, 2nd, revised and supplemented edition, 1999, p. 1045
- Robert Kümmert : The bells of the Hammelburg district , Würzburg 1955
Web links
The birth of Mary in "Seven Stars in the Hammelburger Land" Coordinates: 50 ° 6 ′ 54.8 ″ N , 9 ° 51 ′ 38.9 ″ E