St. Alban (Saxony near Ansbach)

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St. Alban, south side
Pulpit altar
Church organ
Baptismal font

St. Alban is an Evangelical Lutheran church named after St. Alban of Mainz in Saxony near Ansbach ( Deanery Ansbach ).

Parish

St. Alban is considered to be the original parish that emerged in the 8th century, as indicated by the patronage and the enormous size of the parish. However, the church was first mentioned in a document in 1277. St. Alban's branches were St. Bartholomäus (Brodswinden) , St. Barbara (Lichtenau) , St. Georg (Immeldorf) , St. Peter and Paul (Neukirchen bei Ansbach) and St. Peter (Petersaurach) . The parish of St. Alban even included the places Alberndorf , Bammersdorf , Boxbrunn , Büchen mill , Herpersdorf , Hirschbronn , Külbingen , Langenloh , Milmersdorf , Oberrammersdorf , Ratzenwinden , Rutzendorf , Steinbach , Stritthof , Untereichenbach , sub Rottmann village , Volkersdorf , Weickersdorf , Weidenmühle , Zandt and Zandtmühle .

All branches except St. Peter and Paul were raised to independent parishes in the following period.

The patronage over St. Alban was originally exercised by the provost and the collegiate chapter Gumbertus . From 1406 the principality of Ansbach had church sovereignty. However, the state sovereignty had the imperial city of Nuremberg . Over the centuries this led to not inconsiderable differences. Since 1528, sermon services have been held in Saxony according to the Protestant understanding. At the same time it was assigned to the newly founded dean's office in Leutershausen . From 1635 to 1658 the parishes of St. Alban, St. Bartholomäus and St. Lambertus (Eyb) had to be connected because of the population loss caused by the Thirty Years' War. St. Alban was called a branch of St. Bartholomew and only regained independence in 1658.

In 1716/40 Bammersdorf was changed to Our Lady (Merkendorf), in 1808 Untereichenbach to St. Lambertus, 1809 Külbingen to St. Laurentius (Vestenberg) and Boxbrunn, Stritthof and Weickersdorf to Lichtenau, in 1929 Langenloh to Petersaurach. Herpersdorf was repared to Lichtenau in 1936. Since then, the parish has included the towns of Alberndorf, Büchenmühle, Milmersdorf, Neukirchen, Obere Walkmühle , Oberrammersdorf, Ratzenhaben, Rutzendorf, Steinbach, Steinhof , Untere Walkmühle , Unterrottmannsdorf, Volkersdorf, Zandt and Zandtmühle.

On May 31, 1813, the union of the Neukirchen branch church foundation with the main church foundation in Saxony was decreed. The Neukirchen branch has been restored since 1929. In 1950 the Christ Church (Unterrottmannsdorf) was established as a branch.

In 1810 St. Alban was assigned to the newly formed dean's office in Windsbach , and in 1883 to the dean's office in Ansbach.

Church building

Nothing remains of the first church built around 800. The successor church built on the same spot is a sandstone block building from the 13th century in the middle of a former military cemetery. It was originally a basilica, but has been rebuilt several times since then. The hall with a gable roof has five axes of arched windows over rectangular windows or a rectangular central portal. The 5/8 choir in the east with z. The partially walled-up pointed arched windows were robbed of their vaults and vestibule yoke in 1804 and separated from the hall and have been used as a sacristy ever since. The west tower adjoining the hall has three floors and tapers towards the top. In the basement there is a rectangular portal on the south side with an inscription plate above it, which is labeled 1461. The second floor has corner pilaster strips, a three-pass frieze under the waterfall cornice and loopholes. The second floor is set back and also has corner pilaster strips, a three-pass frieze and sound holes for the bells. The top of the tower changes from a pyramid into an octagonal shape.

The interior is in the margrave style and dates from the time of the church renovation in 1804. The single-nave hall closes off flat with a wooden ceiling. A double gallery is mounted in a horseshoe shape on the south, west and north sides. In the east there is a pulpit altar. The pulpit was replaced by the pulpit of the Peter and Paul Church in 1813. The two-manual organ with twelve registers is from 1972 and comes from Fritz Weigle using the historical main case .

Pastor

  • Around 1323 0Hermann Schürstab
  • Around 1354 0Berthold
  • Around 1425 0Johann Schedel
  • Around 1445 0Konrad Krepflein († 1458)
  • Around 1468 0Wolfgang Krell (Kreel) († 1487)
  • Around 1487 0Johann Gosprecht Wagner
  • Around 1501 0Konrad Heiden
  • Around 1502 0Jobst Scheuch
  • Around 1511 0Paulus Keller (waiter)
  • Around 1540 0Seehofer Rochus († 1554)
  • 1528–1561 Jakob Hofmann († 1561), originally vicar
  • 1561–1576 Johann Kißling (1530–1611)
  • 1576–1611 Eberhard Löscher († 1611)
  • 1611–1633 Michael Löscher († 1633)
  • 1633–1650 Andreas Vogtherr († 1650)
  • 1651–1658 Johann Georg Kehrer
  • 1658–1664 Andreas Teichler († 1664)
  • 1665–1680 Georg Samuel Spelter († 1694)
  • 1680–1716 Lorenz Ludwig Dietrich († 1716)
  • 1717–1740 Johann Leonhard Saur (1681–1740)
  • 1741–1759 Johann Christoph Wernher († 1759)
  • 1759–1766 Johann Siegmund Roth († 1766)
  • 1767–1788 Johann Wilhelm Benedikt Andreas Kittler († 1788)
  • 1789–1807 Karl Heinrich August Brandt († 1807)
  • 1809–1823 Friedrich Wilhelm Laubinger (1763–1823)
  • 1824–1834 Johann Christian Lederer (1766–1834)
  • 1835–1838 Ludwig Theodor Müller (1781–1838)
  • 1838–1851 Christoph Simon Andreas Kaeppel (1777–1851)
  • 1852–1864 Johann Melchior Günther (1800–1864)
  • 1865–1882 Karl Ludwig Friedrich Düll (1799–1882)
  • 1882–1884 Johann Stephan Aufsberg (1821–1884)
  • 1885–1900 Johann Thomas Baumann (1825–1911)
  • 1900–1914 Johann Georg Schmidt (1851–1930)
  • 1915–1925 Christian Buchrucker (1855–1937)
  • 1926–1937 Johann Georg Rusam (1867–1946)
  • 1937–1958 Ludwig Kohler (1890–1976)
  • 1958–1967 Heinrich Seiler (1900–1996)
  • 1967–1981 Friedrich Hagen (1915–1986)
  • 1982–2004 Hans – Jörg Blomeyer (* 1938)
  • 2004–2019 Walter Strebel

literature

  • Hermann Dallhammer: Saxony b. Ansbach: a chronicle . Ansbach 1999, ISBN 3-00-005060-4 , p. 12-50 .
  • Günther P. Fehring : City and district of Ansbach (=  Bavarian art monuments . Volume 2 ). Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1958, DNB  451224701 , p. 137-138 .
  • Manfred Jehle: Church conditions and religious institutions on the upper Altmühl, Rezat and Bibert: Monasteries, parishes and Jewish communities in the Altlandkreis Ansbach in the Middle Ages and in modern times (=  Middle Franconian Studies . Volume 20 ). Historical Association for Middle Franconia, Ansbach 2009, ISBN 978-3-87707-771-9 , p. 153-160 .
  • Georg Rusam: History of the parish of Saxony and the associated places . C. Brügel & Sohn, Ansbach 1940, DNB  575937491 ( digitized from WikiCommons [PDF]).
  • Hans Sommer with e. Working group d. Dean's office (ed.): It happened in the name of faith: Protestant in the Ansbach deanery (=  series of portraits of Bavarian deanery districts ). Verlag der Evangelisch-Lutherischen Mission, Erlangen 1991, ISBN 3-87214-248-8 , p. 128-132 .

Web links

Commons : St. Alban  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Georg Rusam: History of the parish of Saxony near Ansbach and the associated places  - sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ M. Jehle, p. 154. According to Georg Rusam, St. Lambertus (Eyb) , St. Maria (Großhaslach) and St. Laurentius (Vestenberg) were also included, although this has been disproved in recent research.
  2. ↑ M. Jehle, p. 153.
  3. ↑ a b H. Sommer (Ed.), P. 128.
  4. ↑ M. Jehle, p. 140.
  5. ↑ M. Jehle, p. 159.
  6. ↑ G. Rusam, p. 17; M. Jehle, p. 153.
  7. ↑ G. Rusam, p. 212ff.
  8. ↑ H. Sommer (Ed.), P. 129.
  9. ↑ GP Fehring, p. 137f.
  10. ↑ Official and bulletin of the municipality of Saxony b. Ansbach, p. 12 (PDF file). (PDF) Municipality of Saxony b. Ansbach, July 1, 2013, accessed December 2, 2014 .

Coordinates: 49 ° 17 ′ 19.4 "  N , 10 ° 39 ′ 38.7"  E