St. Aegidien Church (Regnitzlosau)

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North view of St. Aegidien Church

The St. Aegidien Church is the Protestant parish church in Regnitzlosau . It is dedicated to St. Aegidius , one of the fourteen helpers in need.

history

After the first parish in Regnitzlosau was mentioned in 1294, a first chapel was probably built on the site of today's church at the same time. The local legend tells of the construction of the church:

“Michel, the forest farmer from Prex , had fallen ill. Although healers believed him lost, he did not give up hope. After he had prayed fervently one evening, an angel appeared to him that night and said that he should fetch water from the meadow fountain, drink it three times a day and bathe in it. The man followed this advice and got well. When a priest from Regnitzlosau suggested that a little church be built above the well, beams and stones were brought in in a short time. But the next morning everything was gone and was in the place where the Regnitzlosau church is today. Since this mysterious process was repeated for days, it was believed that angels, the tools of God, had carried the building material to its real destination every night as a sign that this was the right place for a church. So it was decided to build the church in this God-chosen place. After its completion it was called St. Gilgen Chapel. "

Extensions to the north in 1668/1669 and to the east 1701–1705 allowed the church to grow to its present size. The rich interior was made after the last expansion and completed by 1745. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, the church was neglected for a long time and was therefore in a poor structural condition. Before the First World War , considerations were made to demolish the church and replace it with a new building. The war and the bad economic situation afterwards made a new building impossible. The church was therefore fundamentally renovated in the 1930s. 1972–1975 a final thorough interior and exterior renovation of the church was carried out.

Furnishing

Epitaph of a Reitzenstein knight

altar

The baroque pulpit altar by Wolfgang Adam Knoll from Hof was built in 1743. It depicts the most important stages in salvation history : below the announcement of the birth of Jesus (left) and the adoration of Jesus by the shepherds (right), in the middle the Last Supper , above is the pulpit with Christ on the cross and Mary and John below .

organ

The first organ was built by Tobias Dressel in 1697 .

In 1844 the organ builder Augustin Ferdinand Bittner from Nuremberg built a new organ. The five-part brochure with large bass boxes and carvings in the Empire style reminiscent of the built also by Bittner organ in the Basilica of the Fourteen Holy . It has 18 registers and cost gulden back then in 2001. The organ is still in use.

Major work C – f 3
Principal 8th'
flute 8th'
Viola di gamba 8th'
Dumped 8th'
octave 4 ′
Flute travers 4 ′
Fifth 3 ′
Super octave 2 ′
Mixture VI 2 ′
Upper structure C – f 3
Solicional 8th'
Darling Dumped 8th'
Principal 4 ′
Gemshorn 4 ′
Put it small 4 ′
recorder 2 ′
Pedal C – c 1
Sub bass 16 ′
Violon 16 ′
Octave bass 8th'

Baptism angel

To the left of the altar is the baptismal angel , also by Wolfgang Adam Knoll from 1745. The angel standing on clouds holds an oval laurel wreath as a setting for the baptismal bowl. Formerly hanging in front of the altar, it was restored during the last renovation and has been used for baptisms ever since.

Baptismal font

A baptismal font also still exists in the church. It is portable and used for baptisms outside the church, e.g. B. at family services in kindergarten or on the Galgenberg.

Coffered ceiling

The coffered ceiling with 105 painted panels (painted with casein paints on wood) is striking . It shows motifs from the New Testament . The 63 pictures on the western side, the larger part of the ceiling, were made by Heinrich Andreas Lohe from Hof ​​in 1672. The front, eastern part of the pictures above the altar was painted by Nikolaus Walther from Hof ​​in 1745.

Stalls

The dorsal-paneled chairs around the wall were made from fir wood in the 18th century. It is arranged in several blocks in the nave . The entire stalls in the ship and on the second gallery are marbled reddish brown with tendril paintings in ocher and blue. The cheeks have crowns carved like palm trees. The signs with the name of the "owner" of the respective space date from this time. There are 650 seats in the church.

The Church from the East

sacristy

In the sacristy there are six Gothic figures made of lime wood of the apostles Peter , John and James , of Saint Martin , Saint Nicholas and Saint Giles , the namesake of the church; they probably date from the 16th or 17th century.

Bells

Three historic bells ring from the church tower.

  • Prayer bell
The smallest of the three bells dates from the 14th century and was cast in 1800.
  • Storm bell
The middle bell dates from the second half of the 16th century.
  • Peace bell
The big bell dates from 1527. The inscription around the bell reads: “O Jesus, King of Honor, come with your peace. The word of the Lord remains forever. "

The two big bells were removed during World War II and transported to Hamburg in 1942 , where they were to be melted down for war ammunition. The sexton at the time, Hans Hopperdietzel, brought the original bells back to Regnitzlosau and they could be hung up on the church tower again in 1947.

Pastor of the parish Regnitzlosau

The following overview shows a selection of the Regnitzlosau pastors:

  • 1340 Forbin, first mentioned
  • 1502 Linder, Johann
  • 1527–1533 Martin Helfer (first Protestant clergyman)
  • 1534–1551 Michael Meyer
  • 1551–1571 Konradus Perner
  • 1571–1605 Andreas Trost
  • 1605–1642 Johann Pauli
  • 1642–1665 Johann Scharff
  • 1666–1698 M. Heinrich Dorsch
  • 1698–1717 M. Adam Johann Dorsch (son of M. Heinrich Dorsch)
  • 1717–1745 M. Heinrich Ettlinger
  • 1745–1784 M. Adam Christoph Grimm
  • 1784–1806 Johann Christoph Keßler
  • 1808–1835 Johann Michael Hofmann
  • 1836–1860 Wolfgang Ludwig Munzert
  • 1869–1882 Andreas Moschenbach
  • 1884–1897 Johann Karl Sommerer
  • 1897–1901 Erwin Ottomar Pöschel
  • 1901–1914 Maximilian August Ludwig Wolfgang Hirz
  • 1914–1942 Friedrich Bauer
  • 1942–1943 Heinrich Lindner (killed in World War II)
  • 1944–1952 Max Borger
  • 1953–1958 Wolfgang Luttenberger
  • 1958–1962 Wilhelm Schubert
  • 1963–1971 Traugott Richter
  • 1972–1978 Klaus Eichner
  • 1979–1982 Ehrenfried Vicedom
  • 1983-2004 Hanspeter Kern
  • 2005–2008 Friederike Melzer
  • 2008–2012 Rudolf Binding
  • 2012 until today Holger Winkler

Church tours

Appointments for church tours can be made at any time in the responsible parish office of the parish.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Klaus-Dieter Eichner, Regnitzlosau Evang. Parish church, church guide, Schnell and Steiner, Regensburg, 1977
  2. ↑ Evangelical Church Community Regnitzlosau: The field ceiling ( Memento from October 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Evangelical Church Community Regnitzlosau, church records of the church community Regnitzlosau, May 14, 2009

Web links

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Coordinates: 50 ° 17 ′ 55.5 ″  N , 12 ° 2 ′ 50 ″  E