Assumption of Mary (Sulzthal)
The Roman Catholic Church of the Assumption is located in Sulzthal , a market in the Lower Franconian district of Bad Kissingen . The naming refers to the assumption of Mary into heaven .
The church is one of the architectural monuments of Sulzthal and is registered under the number D-6-72-155-27 in the Bavarian monument list .
history
The predecessor of today's Sulzthal Church was possibly built in the 12th century. In 1612, this previous church, consecrated to St. Cyriacus , was expanded and, possibly after a fire on July 13, 1664, was replaced by a new building in 1674, which was consecrated on September 11, 1680 by the Würzburg auxiliary bishop Stephan Weinberger. In this phase the tower of the church was built.
In 1804, Anton Wüst rebuilt the church, which extended to the nave and choir . The altars, the confessional and the rococo cupboard of the sacristy , which is now in the Würzburg Diocesan Museum , were taken over from the Oberzell monastery , the pulpit and an organ from the Heidenfeld monastery . The church has had its current patronage since the renovation, which included an altarpiece of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary .
In 1958 a tower clock, an electric bell and a new organ were installed. In 1968/69 a second sacristy and heating followed. The church was completely renovated in the mid-1990s.
Peal
After the smallest of the church bells had been confiscated in the course of the First World War , citizens of Sulzthal hid the bell from 1867 on October 10, 1917. After intensive investigations by the authorities, the bell was confiscated on January 1, 1918.
Since one of the two remaining bells had broken, three new bells were cast by the bell foundry in Apolda ; Its inauguration took place on July 5, 1925.
These three bells were confiscated on March 26, 1942 during the Second World War . After the end of the war, the smallest of these bells, the "Cyriakus bell", was found on a storage site in Hammelburg and inaugurated on May 31, 1981 with the Sebastianus bell and the new Marien bell. This created a “Te Deum motif”. The "Cyriakus Bell", believed to be lost, was ceremoniously received on a horse and cart (driven by Karl Halbig) in Sulzthal.
| No. | Chime | Surname |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | g sharp ′ | Marienbell |
| 2 | H' | Sebastianus Bell |
| 3 | cis ′ ′ | Cyriac bell |
additional
In 1958 the church got a new organ and electricity for the tower clock and the bell; the second sacristy was built about ten years later. In 1977 the church windows were renewed.
Between 1992 and 1997, extensive renovation of the equipment took place in three construction phases .
Hints
- ↑ This bell was probably renamed because an older bell from 1682 had this name and was the second largest bell of the peal
- ↑ It is assumed that it is identical to the bell of the same name cast in 1925. The information about the tones of the other two bells is based on this.
literature
- Georg Dehio : Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler: Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, 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. 1013
- Heinz Schumann: Art travel guide Bavaria north of the Danube , Gondrom Verlag Bindlach 1989, p. 301
- Churches, chapels, wayside shrines: Witnesses of religious life , in: Marktgemeinde Sulzthal: 1050 years Sulzthal - Historical Village Festival - Anniversary publication , 2003, pp. 35–37
- Robert Kümmert : The bells of the Hammelburg district , Würzburg 1955
Web links
- The Sulzthaler Mariä Himmelfahrt-Kirche on the website of the parish community Saalethal
- Information about the new bells in LIS-Sulzthal churches, accessed on December 24, 2017 ( Memento from April 13, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
Coordinates: 50 ° 7 '52 " N , 10 ° 1' 59.6" E