Virgin Mary's Pain (Mainsondheim)

The church in Mainsondheim

The parish church of the Virgin Mary (also B. Mariae V. Dolorosae ) is a place of worship in Mainsondheim in Lower Franconia . It is located on Hinteren Kirchgasse in the middle of the village and is part of the Roman Catholic Dean's Office in Kitzingen .

history

Establishment and change of faith (until 1628)

The first church news comes from the year 1113. At that time Mainsondheim was one of the nine Main villages that belonged to the mother church in nearby Schwarzach . The Abbey Münsterschwarzach had probably held the village government and practiced at the same time the pastoral care of Mainsondheim. Around 1223 Friedrich von Scheinfeld gave the Schwarzach abbot Herold a small chapel in Mainsondheim, this process was approved by the Würzburg bishop Dietrich von Homburg .

The following centuries were marked by frequently changing affiliations. At an unknown point in time, the Münsterschwarzach Abbey lost its parish function and Mainsondheim switched to the parish association of the church in Prosselsheim . On November 28, 1465, the church in the village came to the nearby Dettelbach , whose Augustine church was still looked after by the Prosselsheim pastor. At times, Mainsondheim also had its own parish.

The oldest part of St. Mary's Church still preserved today also dates back to the 15th century. The three-story tower was built during this time. It was not until the 16th century that the church reappeared in the sources. Mainsondheim, meanwhile converted to the Lutheran denomination, was co-administered by the church in the neighboring parish of Albertshofen . The lords of Crailsheim supported the change of denomination as village lords and rebuilt the nave of the church in 1583/1584.

After the completion of the new part of the building, the village lords had the church renamed . This time the consecration took place according to the Protestant rite by the Prichsenstadt pastor Thomas Wagner on April 8, 1584. The Lords of Crailsheim appointed Pastor Helias Schäch as a clergyman. Nevertheless, some Catholics stayed in Mainsondheim, who were looked after by the Dettelbach Franciscans.

With the change of rulership at the beginning of the 17th century, the Fuchs von Dornheim tried to reestablish Catholic teaching in Mainsondheim. Veit Hartmann Fuchs von Dornheim forced these efforts since 1613. The city of Kitzingen lodged a complaint with the Margrave of Ansbach, who was Protestant, but in 1615 Mainsondheim became a Catholic village again.

On November 19, 1628, the church had to be given a catholic denomination again. The consecration was carried out by the Würzburg auxiliary bishop Jodokus Wagenhauber in the presence of the bishops Philipp Adolf von Ehrenberg of Würzburg and Johann Georg II. Fuchs of Dornheim of Bamberg, the latter had family ties to the village lord of Mainsondheim and donated a chalice and a richly decorated church robe to the church.

Catholic church

During the Thirty Years' War the Mainsondheimer remained Catholic despite Protestant-Swedish passages. The population set up so-called weather crosses in the village. After the war, the Franciscans from the Dettelbacher church Maria im Sand took over the pastoral care in the village. A total of 35 religious looked after the faithful in Mainsondheim until 1835. In 1681 the church was affected by an unusually high flood of the Main.

In 1704 the tower of the church was repaired, a few years later, in 1710, the community renovated the weather crosses. In the same year a pilgrimage to the Mother of God in Dettelbach began. In the first half of the 18th century, the rulers carried out a complete renovation of the church, which cost 198 guilders . In 1776 the clergy stipulated that every Sunday and public holiday an ministry with a sermon was read in St. Mary's Church.

Due to the Napoleonic Wars, Mainsondheim was also exposed to some French troops. For fear of looting, the church's valuables had been brought to Dettelbach and Mainstockheim . The pieces were not brought back until 1801. For this, the community paid a farmer, and in 1803 the objects were cleaned. In 1821 the cemetery was moved from the churchyard to the Rosenberg.

In the 19th century the community continued to grow and those responsible planned to set up their own curate in Mainsondheim . In 1835 Kaplan Straub from Zeuzleben was appointed provisional parish administrator , soon followed by Adam Blendel. Blendel built the rectory with his own resources. In 1836 Mainsondheim was elevated to a parish curate. In 1872 the congregation restored the interior of St. Mary's Church and covered the floor with new sand slabs.

A few years earlier, in 1857, the Catholic residents of Albertshofen had been parished into the Mainsondheim Curate. In 1882 the church was damaged by lightning . In 1899, the community built a grotto of Our Lady next to the church. In 1906 the church was subjected to a general renovation and renovated in 1970/1971. The inside of the church was renovated in 1990 and the outside was renovated in 1994.

architecture

The choir tower church has a recessed, square east choir. A sacristy was added to the south choir and expanded in the 1970s. There is a round stair tower with a small dome on the northern nave . The tower is three-story, the ground floor is illuminated by some arched windows with tracery. The nave ends with a gable roof .

The nave has three axes and a flat ceiling inside, the tower is equipped with a cross vault inside .

Furnishing

The interior of the Marienkirche in Mainsondheim

High altar

The high altar with a two-column structure and blown gable dominates the choir in the east tower. It was created by the Bamberg artist Georg Prunner and installed in 1626. The altarpiece by the Würzburg painter Andreas Leimgrub from a foundation of Moritz Freiherr von Mauchenheim called Bechtolsheim dates from 1861. It depicts a Pietà with the assistant figures of St. Vitus (left) and St. Barbara (right).

The extract contains a three-dimensional representation of the victorious Christ , assisted by the Franconian saints Kilian and Burkard . The Christ monogram "IHS" crowns the altar.

Side altars

Two more altars to the left and right of the choir arch were created at different times. The so-called Sacred Heart Altar dates from the middle of the 18th century and is decorated with Rococo shells . The sheet from Atelier Leimgrub came to the church in 1884 as a donation from Hermann von Mauchenheim called Bechtolsheim.

The assistant figures of the Sacred Heart Altar are Saints Francis (left) and Aloisius (right). The crowning piece is a sculptural Johannes Evangelist . The structure of the Marian altar on the southern side of the choir arch was created in 1626 by Georg Prunner. Instead of an altar sheet, it carries a figure of Our Lady from the 18th century. On the right is the figure of Francis, on the left that of St. Benedict .

Epitaphs

In the church, especially in the choir, some epitaphs of the barons of Mauchenheim called Bechtolsheim are set up. The inscription of the oldest of these grave monuments for Reinhard Philipp Anton von Mauchenheim called Bechtolsheim reads in extracts: "IMI Anno 1735, May 5th, the Reichs-Freij well-bored Mr. Reichard Philipp Anton von Mauchenheim called Bechtolsheim (...)" fell asleep in God Seelig.

In the northern choir is the epitaph of Baroness Franziska Johanna von Mauchenheim called Bechtolsheim. She died in 1764 and was buried in the church. Constantin Adolf von Mauchenheim called Bechtolsheim died in 1780 and was buried in the southern choir, where his epitaph is located. All epitaphs in the Marienkirche are made of the typical sandstone of the region.

Bells

The oldest of the three bells ringing in St. Mary's Church dates from 1720 and was donated by the then Würzburg Cathedral Provost Johann Philipp Fuchs von Dornheim. In 1942, two of the three bells had to be melted down for war purposes. It was not until October 26, 1952, that the bell could be completed again. The bell foundry Letter from Bamberg cast the new bells that were hung in the belfry.

Keynote	Casting year	Diameter in centimeters	Weight in kilograms	Reliefs; Inscriptions
b '	1952	113	800	Our Lady, Crucifixion; "I call the living, I lament the dead"
c ''	1952	86	370	“The citizens of Mainsondheim to honor their fallen from two world wars in memory. 1952 "
G'	1720	77	225	Crucified, coat of arms Fuchs von Dornheim; "SOLI DEO GLORIA", "JPFVDECHP"

Further equipment

The pulpit inside the church

Around 1583 the baptismal font came into the church with an expansive volute base and two angels. The coat of arms of those of Crailsheim and von Pappenheim refers to the village lords. A plaster figure depicts Jesus as a boy on the wooden lid. The sandstone pulpit also dates from the 16th century. The polygonal body contains reliefs of the four evangelists.

Smaller items of equipment mostly come from the 18th century. The crucifix above the choir arch is of unknown date. The large figure of St. Thekla was created in the 18th century, the statue of Joseph dates from the 19th century. 14 stations of the cross in the nave were donated by the people of Mainsondheim and inaugurated in 1856.

There is evidence of an organ since the 18th century. In 1791 the well-known organ master Franz Martin Seuffert lived for a time in the manor's palace and built his first instrument. This organ was sold in 1804 after purchasing a new instrument in 1803, made by Martin Joseph Schlimbach from Würzburg. The current instrument was purchased in 1976.

Pastor

Surname	Term of office	Remarks
Adam Blendel	1836-1849	* in Dettelbach, previously pastor in Hafenlohr , Greußenheim , beneficiary in Arnstein , † 1887
Georg Schmitt	1850-1880	* in Frankenwinheim , resignation, † May 19, 1891 in Würzburg
Joseph Schuler	1880-1885	* in Würzburg, previously pastor in Randersacker , † September 7, 1885 in Mainsondheim
Philipp Joseph Weisensee	1886-1891	* in Biebelried, previously beneficiary in Karlstadt , then pastor in Rimbach , † May 4, 1937 in Bieberehren
Joseph Schmitt	1892-1897	* in Neustadt an der Saale , then pastor in Kützberg
Adolf Liborius Chicken	1898-1904	* in Geesdorf , then pastor in Wernfeld , † August 26, 1927 in Wernfeld
Valentin Gerner	1904-1915	* in Tiefenthal, then provisional in Albertshofen, Lokalkaplan in Oberriedenberg , † February 1915
Joseph Schaupp	1915-1925	* in Würzburg, previously pastor in Weilbach , then pastor in Effeldorf , † July 26, 1928 in Würzburg
Leo Lutz	1925-1939	* in Miltenberg , then pastor in Neubrunn
Alfons Schäfer	1939-1941	then chaplain in Frammersbach
Georg Zenkert	1941-1944	Parish administrator until June 1, 1944
Alois Mauder	1944-1946	Parish administrator until October 15, 1946
Gottfried Hofmann	1946-1954	Parish administrator until December 1, 1954
Georg Heilmann	1954-1960	* in Wasserlos near Alzenau , initially parish administrator
Josef Fleischmann	1960 – after 1993	previously Kuratus in Humprechtshausen

literature

Thomas Wehner: Real Schematism of the Diocese of Würzburg. Kitzingen Dean's Office . Wuerzburg 1997.
Reinhard Worschech: From the history of the parish (according to old documents and records) . In: Hermann Pfannes (Ed.): Mainsondheim until 1993 . Münsterschwarzach 1994. pp. 16-28.