Barn church Dettenheim

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The barn church St. Gunthildis is a Catholic church in Dettenheim , a district of Weißenburg in Bavaria in the central Franconian district of Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen . The church belongs to the parish of Weißenburg in the diocese of Eichstätt . The building is registered under the monument number D-5-77-177-477 as an architectural monument in the Bavarian monument list. The church patronage is Saint Gunthildis , who came from the nearby Suffersheim .

location

The barn , in the northern half of which the sacred space is set up, is located in the southern part of the village, west of the Bundesstrasse 2 , Donauwörther Strasse, which runs through Dettenheim . The church's postal address is Donauwörther Straße 5 .

history

inside view

After the Second World War , refugees of the Catholic faith settled in the Protestant village of Dettenheim. The Leitzmeritz cathedral capitular Georg Zischek (* February 16, 1892 - September 14, 1979), appointed by Eichstätter Bishop Michael Rackl as a refugee pastor of the Eichstätt diocese on June 30, 1946 , brought Josef Dürmuth, former pastor of Gottesgab in the Ore Mountains , to Dettenheim as a permanent pastor . The services were held in the Blue Hall of the privately owned Dettenheimer Schlösschen . After Dürmuths death in 1956 took over Ellinger Kaplan Gregory cutting († April 20, 1967 as pastor of market Berolzheim ) as curate pastoral care in Dettenheim. The services were oppressively cramped. Finally, curate Schneid managed to convert part of a barn belonging to the Dettenheimer Schlösschen into a permanent church service room. One wall was broken through, an annex was built for the choir and sacristy and the attic was redesigned into a gallery. Kurat Schneid acted not only as the client, but also as an architect, technician, bricklayer, carpenter and artist. The community of Dettenheim supported the renovation with material and the Protestant population with work. The unusual church that emerged and the ecumenical cooperation that was no less unusual at the time during its establishment was widely echoed in daily newspapers and magazines.

The inauguration took place on December 23, 1956 by the Eichstätter Dompropst Dr. Ludwig Bruggaier in the presence of guests of honor from church and public life. Since 1976 the barn church has been looked after by the Catholic parish of St. Willibald in Weißenburg. In 2007 there were 74 Catholics in the Dettenheim pastoral care office.

description

Sanctuary

The barn from 1814 is made of Jura rubble and consists of half-timbering on the upper floor . The roof is covered with slate . A cross made of two axles is erected on the gable. In front of the barn is a wooden bell carrier with a bell. The interior of the sacred space shows unplastered Jura quarry stone masonry . The chancel, which is attached to the west and exposed to light through three roof openings, is plastered. The church patron is on a designed by curate cutting carpet iconic shown that over the tabernacle depends alcove on the front wall of the choir; the Latin prayer inscription reads: “Tu prece condigna Gunthildis adesto benigna” (You with worthy request, gracious Gunthildis, help us!). The altar, designed as a popular altar as early as 1956 , consists of a large Jura stone slab that rests on a Jura wall base. A wrought-iron cross and two wrought-iron candle holders hang on chains above the altar. The shown in the floor covering before the oracle German cross of the Order reminded that builder Gregor cutting Marians of the Teutonic Order was. The organ from 1746 on the former hayloft came from Niedermauck to Dettenheim.

literature

  • "The Chaplain" - The Life of Gregor Schneid; 2010, Walter E. Keller-Verlag, Treuchtlingen and Berlin; ISBN 978-3-934145-77-1
  • DETTENHEIM barn church St. Gunthildis (Catholic). In: Werner Somplatzki: Churches in Altmühlfranken. Treuchtlingen: Keller 1990, pp. 66-69
  • 40 years of the barn church St. Gunthildis Dettenheim. 125 years of the parish church of St. Willibald Weissenburg. 25 years of the Caritas nursing home in St. Walburg Weißenburg. Festschrift of the Catholic parish of Weißenburg . OO undated (Weißenburg 1996)
  • Dettenheim. Catholic branch church St. Gunthildis. In: Johann Schrenk and Karl Friedrich Zink : God's houses. Church leader in the district of Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen. Treuchtlingen / Berlin: wek-Verlag 2008, pp. 32–34
  • Gotthard Kießling: City of Weißenburg i. Bay. (= Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation [Hrsg.]: Monuments in Bavaria . Volume V.70 / 2 ). Karl M. Lipp Verlag, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-87490-582-9 .
  • A church with a special charm. The Scheunenkiche St. Gunthildis in Dettenheim was 60 years old. In: Church newspaper for the Eichstätt diocese of October 2, 2016, p. 23

Web links

Commons : Scheunenkirche Dettenheim  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Parish Association Weißenburg , Diocese of Eichstätt, accessed on February 19, 2015
  2. ^ Barn in the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation
  3. ↑ Schrenk / Zink, p. 33

Coordinates: 48 ° 59 ′ 7 ″  N , 10 ° 56 ′ 45 ″  E