Marienkirche (Bytom)

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The Marienkirche
inside view
The Beuthen Madonna

The Marienkirche in Bytom ( Beuthen OS ) is a Roman Catholic parish church of the parish of St. Maria. The brick Gothic monument is the oldest church in the city, its construction dates back to the 13th century. It is located north of the ring and has a south tower. In the Marienkirche church services are held in Polish and German.

history

The construction of the originally late Romanesque church began in 1231. A keystone above the organ vault bears the dates 1231/1257. In the 14th century the church was expanded in the Gothic style. In 1530 the newly built church tower was completed. From the 1560s to 1632 the parish church was Protestant. In 1675 a fire destroyed the church's furnishings .

From 1851 to 1857 the Marienkirche was redesigned and received neo-Gothic elements. In addition, the church tower was raised. Extensive renovations took place from 1935 to 1938 and 1957 and 1967.

With the fall of the Wall , church services have been held in German again since 1990. The services for the German minority take place every Saturday. In 2009, extensive renovation work began on the outer facade of the church and the renewal of the church windows.

Furnishing

  • Main altar in Baroque style with a painting of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary by Francesco Curradi (1570–1661) from the 17th century.
  • Stone baptismal font
  • Wooden pulpit
  • Donnersmarck family crypt
  • Epitaph of Marianne Gutmann from 1681
  • 19th century painting of the Assumption of Mary by the painter Bonaventura Emler (1831–1862). In the main altar until the 1930s.
  • The painting of the Bytom Madonna , a tempera painting on a linden wood panel. The painting was created around 1430 and originally only showed the portrait of Mary with the baby Jesus on a gold background. It was once located in the main altar and was renewed after the city fire of 1515, adding portraits of Saints Catherine of Alexandria and Agnes of Rome and decorating the background. The icon remained in the Marienkirche until 1863 and was then given to the new Josefkapelle in Schomberg . Conservation work was carried out on the painting from 1970 to 1973 and in 1973 it was returned to St. Mary's Church.
  • The sacristy door has iron fittings, next to the year 1681 the names Jesus, Maria and Joseph are attached to the monogram .

Web links

Commons : Marienkirche (Bytom)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Chronicle of the city of Beuthen in Upper Silesia , F. Gramer, 1863

Coordinates: 50 ° 20 ′ 52 ″  N , 18 ° 55 ′ 21 ″  E