Assumption of Mary (Hetzlos)
The Roman Catholic branch church of the Assumption of Mary is the village church of Hetzlos , a district of Oberthulba in the Lower Franconian district of Bad Kissingen . It is one of the architectural monuments of Oberthulba and is registered under the number D-6-72-134-27 in the Bavarian list of monuments . Hetzlos belongs together with Frankenbrunn , Hassenbach , Oberthulba, Reith , Schlimpfhof , Thulba and Wittershausen to the parish community of St. Michael im Thulbatal.
history
Hetzlos belonged as a branch to the parish of Thulba, for which a priest was appointed for the first time in 1600 by the Thulba monastery . The church was built in 1775 by order of Lothar von Erthal and consecrated on September 14, 1777. Renovations of the church took place in the years 1962 to 1965 and after a smoldering fire in 1989.
Description and equipment
The choir of the church faces south. On the north side of the nave , the church tower is built as a roof turret. The sacristy is built on the east side. In the middle of the high altar from 1736 is a stone Mother of God with child, created in 1775 . The side figures represent Saint Sebastian (left) and Saint George (right). Saint Barbara is depicted above .
Peal
The small bell with the inscription "Ave Maria gratia plena" (diameter 36 cm) was cast in 1747. Instead of the Mother of God bell from 1879, which is no longer available, the bell founder Benjamin Grüninger in Villingen delivered a new bell (diameter 63 cm) in 1949. The striking notes are g ′ ′ and h ′ ′.
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literature
- Robert Kümmert : The bells of the Hammelburg district , Würzburg 1955
- Thulba Catholic Parish : Churches of the Thulba Parish , Thulba 2006
- Georg Dehio : Handbook of German Art Monuments, Bavaria I: Franconia: The administrative districts of Upper Franconia, Middle Franconia and Lower Franconia , Deutscher Kunstverlag Berlin / Munich 1979, ISBN 3-422-00359-2 , p. 374
Coordinates: 50 ° 11 ′ 15.1 ″ N , 9 ° 51 ′ 56.1 ″ E