Virgin Mary's Pain (Altenhof)
The Roman Catholic branch church of the Virgin Mary in Altenhof in Upper Franconia , a district of Weitramsdorf in the Coburg district , was built in 1779. The church belongs to the parish of Neundorf.
history
A medieval wayside chapel stood on an old road that connected Coburg with Tambach and Königsberg via the Krebsbachtal . In 1779, a replacement building was built after the chapel had burned down a few years earlier. The Church bears the patronage of the Blessed Virgin Mary . In 1840 an altar in Bamberg Cathedral was auctioned. In 1902 the Bittner company installed an organ and in 1917 the Stengel company in Staffelstein carried out the first interior renovation. In 1923, the Saam company from Themar installed a tower clock and four years later the community had a cemetery built around the church. In 1930 the altar was furnished with a relief plaque with the coronation of Mary and a tabernacle from the Bamberg company Mayer.
In 1955 an exterior and in 1978 another interior renovation was carried out. In 2003, renovations and repairs to the tower and the outer walls followed. In 2006/2007, the municipality initiated an extensive general renovation that cost around 250,000 euros. The work also included the uncovering of rediscovered wall and ceiling paintings from the 19th century. In addition, the sanctuary was redesigned with a new altar. The work was completed with an altar consecration on June 7, 2007 by the auxiliary bishop Werner Radlayers . Relics of the holy martyrs Amanda and Theodore were buried under the altar .
description
The small, baroque church stands on a slope above a valley where the Güßbach flows into the Tambach.
It is a simple, rectangular hall building, sloping on three sides to the east in the area of the altar . The eight-sided ridge turret on a hipped roof to the west is slated and has an onion dome. A small sacristy is built on the north side . There are three rectangular windows each on the north, east and south sides. The 15 meter long, 7 meter wide and 5 meter high interior is spanned by a wooden flat ceiling. There are around 140 seats.
Above the tabernacle there is a carved relief panel from the late Middle Ages, probably after 1500, with a representation of the Coronation of Mary in a baroque setting. Above it, an angel with the abbot's miter from Langheim Abbey and an angel of worship to the side are depicted. There is also a small, Baroque Vespers picture from the late 18th century above the entrance to the sacristy .
Two bronze bells hang in the roof turret. The older one was cast in 1794, the younger one dates from 1957.
organ
In 1902, the Eichstätt company Bittner built the organ as Opus 95 on the west gallery with five stops on a manual and pedal . In 2011, the organ building workshop Christian Scheffler from Sieversdorf restored the instrument.
The box-shaped neo - renaissance organ case has a three-part prospect with rounded arches, which are separated by pilasters with Ionic capitals. The upper end is formed by a horizontally drawn cornice. An angel's head with an abbot's miter is located above the middle field. Presumably it comes from a previous organ and indicates that it was part of the neighboring Tambach monastery. The gaming table is arranged on the side.
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Individual evidence
- ^ Richard Teufel : Architectural and art monuments in the district of Coburg . E. Riemann'sche Hofbuchhandlung, Coburg 1956, p. 42.
- ↑ a b c d Helmut Kalb: Altenhof community with Hergramsdorf district . Untersiemau 2011, pp. 159–173.
- ^ Lothar Hofmann: Monuments Region Coburg - Neustadt - Sonneberg: Places of contemplation and prayer. Historical sacred buildings. A guide through the churches in the districts of Coburg and Sonneberg . Verlag Gerätemuseum des Coburger Land, Ahorn 2007, ISBN 3-930531-04-6 , p. 100.
- ^ Hermann Fischer, Theodor Wohnhaas: Alte Orgeln im Coburger Land, Part I. Yearbook of the Coburg State Foundation 1970, p. 186.
Coordinates: 50 ° 14 ′ 29 ″ N , 10 ° 53 ′ 2 ″ E