St. Bartholomew Church (Egloffstein)

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Location of the church near the castle, from the valley floor

The parish church of St. Bartholomäus zu Egloffstein in Franconian Switzerland is a place of worship of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria within the Egloffstein Castle .

location

The church portal
Castle and Church
The church from the Burgsteig
The pulpit altar
The main ceiling fresco

The church stands above the terraced site within the Egloffstein castle complex on a rocky outcrop of the Rabenstein (443 m) protruding to the east about a hundred meters above the Trubach valley on its western slope. The church is only separated from the southern front of the castle by a narrow lane. Stone stairs, the castle path, lead to the church (and the castle).

history

In 1358 Albrecht II of Egloffstein donated with his brothers Otto I and Hans III. as well as his cousins ​​Hans I. von Egloffstein zu Ermreuth and Seibot II. von Egloffstein zu Wolfsberg a chaplaincy in the castle chapel in honor of St. Bartholomew , which was presumably located in the lower bower that was perpendicular to today's nave . In 1509 Jobst I von Egloffstein gave his share of the castle, the lower bower, to the bishopric of Bamberg as a fief . During the Reformation , the Lords of Egloffstein soon became Protestant . In the course of the Thirty Years' War , the place and with it the church became Catholic again between 1628 and 1637 under pressure from the Bishop of Bamberg ; after the war, the barons of Egloffstein were able to enforce their church patronage again, which was only officially ended in 1969. 1730 appeared with the Hoch-Freyherrlich Egloffsteinischen hymnbook, the first chivalric hymnbook in Franconia; another edition is from 1764.

In 1750 the brothers Albrecht Christoph Karl and Ludwig von Egloffstein had the lower bower torn down and the parish church of St. Bartholomew built between 1750 and 1752; their family coat of arms is attached next to the names of the builders in the segment arch above the church portal. The plans came from the margravial Ansbach court architect Johann David Steingruber . The foundation stone was laid on June 5, 1750; the consecration took place on June 11, 1752. The new church replaced the 12th century parish church of the Three Wise Men in Dietersberg , which was abandoned in 1750 and of which only ruins remain.

Furnishing

The church is a simple hall building with an onion-crowned east tower, the upper floor of which does not extend beyond the roof ridge of the nave. The interior, equipped with galleries, with two rows of windows in the nave is in the so-called peasant baroque style. The pulpit altar is striking : the pulpit arches over the altar with its crucifix; this arrangement, which is rather rare in Franconian Switzerland, is reminiscent of the margrave style . There was a separate box for the patron saint. The two figures flanking the pulpit, Moses on the left and Aaron on the right , were carved from limewood by a Bamberg sculptor at the time the church was built . A carved pelican can be seen on the pulpit lid, feeding its four cubs from its torn chest - a symbol of Jesus Christ . To the right and left of him sits a carved angel. The Bayreuth court sculptor Elias Räntz is believed to be the artist of the pulpit altar . The grave monuments on both sides of the altar are reminiscent of members of the Barons von and zu Egloffstein; The bear coat of arms above the portal also refers to this family who had their burial tomb under the church. The main ceiling fresco shows the sacrifice of Isaac according to Genesis 22. The front fresco shows the Trinity , the back one the Good Shepherd . The frescoes in the corners show the four evangelists . According to the portal inscription, Wilhelm and Carl von und zu Egloffstein renovated the church in 1850 and 1896.

literature

  • Peter Poscharsky: The churches of Franconian Switzerland . 4th improved edition. Verlag Palm and Enke, Erlangen 2001, ISBN 3-7896-0099-7 , pp. 150-152.
  • Toni Eckert and others: The castles of Franconian Switzerland. A cultural guide . Published by the Franconian Switzerland Regional Committee, undated, pp. 42–46.
  • Gustav Voit, Brigitte Kaulich and Walter Rüfer: From the countryside in the mountains to Franconian Switzerland - a landscape is discovered . Palm & Enke publishing house, Erlangen 1992.
  • Evangelical parish Egloffstein (Ed.): Church of St. Bartholomäus Egloffstein . (Leaflet) 1999, 6 pages.
  • The church by the castle . (Information board of the "Kulturweg egloffstein") (in front of the church portal)
  • Klaus-Dieter Prize: The Egloffstein churches. A church and social historical consideration . 2008.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The church near the castle, information board for the "egloffstein culture trail"
  2. ^ The castles of Franconian Switzerland. A cultural guide, p. 42
  3. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / fraenkische-schweiz.de
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  5. ↑ a b Church of St. Bartholomäus Egloffstein, leaflet
  6. ^ The castles of Franconian Switzerland. A cultural guide, p. 45

Coordinates: 49 ° 42 ′ 8.6 "  N , 11 ° 15 ′ 26.2"  E