Slavic Church

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14 churches in Upper Franconia, predominantly in the current district of Bamberg and in the district of Erlangen-Höchstadt , which existed earlier or still exist as remnants, are referred to as Slavic Churches .

history

With Bavaria Slavica an area in what is now northeastern Bavaria is known in which in the early Middle Ages Slavs lived. In the area between the Main and Regnitz , in the terra sclavorum , the Main and Regnitz Wends settled .

After the Saxon Wars (772–804) around 790 to 810, Charlemagne had pagan Slavic tribes proselytized in the Frankish Empire to secure the eastern border of his empire. He commissioned the Bishop of Würzburg Berowelf (also Berowolf ; before 769 to 794) in the area between Main and Regnitz with the Slavic mission .

During a river trip from Forchheim to Würzburg , Charlemagne ordered in 793 that churches should be built in the Regnitz area for the conversion of the Slavs, which were built until around 810. There were mostly baptismal churches with the St. John's patronage a. a. in what was then Radenzgau . Later the patronage changed often.

Locations and location assumptions

St. Sigismund in Seussling
  • Secured in Amlingstadt : the foundations of a small single-nave stone church to the right of the Regnitz have been preserved. Extensive excavations took place in 1970.
  • Probably in Altendorf .
  • Very likely in Bischberg : Chapel to the King's Church in Hallstadt .
  • Probably in Buttenheim : today's parish church was built later.
  • Very likely in Kirchschletten : The place was founded by the Slavs and the St. John's patronage. The Romanesque church tower dates from the 12th century.
  • Probably in Lonnerstadt : the old Slav church has not been preserved.
  • Probably in Ludwag with St. John's patronage .
  • Possibly near Mühlhausen in the valley of the rich Ebrach .
  • Possibly in Reuth (Slavic Zuegastesruith ): Slawenkirche for the area east of the royal court Forchheim .
  • Secured in Seussling : The remains of the previous buildings under the crypt of the Church of St. Sigismund could come from the Slavic Church. Research object at the University of Bamberg since 1999 .
  • Probably at Uehlfeld im Aischgrund.
  • Very likely near Trunstadt : Chapel to the Hallstadt King's Church.
  • Possibly near Wachenroth in the valley of the rich Ebrach.

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