St. Andreas (Püllersreuth)

The Roman Catholic Expositurkirche St. Andreas in the district Püllersreuth of Kirchendemenreuth belongs to the parish community Windischeschenbach-Neuhaus.

history

Püllersreuth is first named King Heinrich III in a deed of donation in 1043 . to the faithful vassal of the king's mother Beringar , the progenitor of the Counts of Sulzbach . In 1141 Wolfram von Missendorf, as ministerial of the Bamberg diocese, waived part of the proceeds from his estate ( predium ) in Püllersreuth ( Billungesruit ) to raise his son in favor of Abbot Hermann from Michelsberg Monastery in Bamberg . He had a wooden chapel built on the current church square with the patronage of St. Andreas , which was inaugurated by Bishop Egilbert in 1143. At that time development areas were designated as predium , which were only intended for settlement-like expansion. This function was soon taken over by Kirchendemenreuth and the remote Pillersreuth, which belonged to the Störnstein manor and to the Neustadt an der Waldnaab manor in 1572 , was hardly used for agriculture until the beginning of the 16th century. In 1514, however, it is expressly noted that “ the church and chapel in Pillersreuth belonged to the Störnstein rulership with all authority - nothing excepted ”. This official affiliation also referred to " the desolate to Pillersreuth and darumb ". At that time, the Andreaskirche was already a side church of Windischeschenbach . This remained so until 1835, when the branch church of Püllersreuth (with 114 souls) is named as belonging to the parish of Windischeschenbach and the dean's office of Tirschenreuth in a "cadastre of all Catholic parishes and beneficiencies in the Ober-Main district". This canonical affiliation still exists today.

It is not known when the church was replaced by a stone structure; but the Romanesque remains of the nave suggest that it was built in the 12th century. This church was renovated in the 17th century (around 1680). On August 11, 1993, the 850th church anniversary was celebrated here with Auxiliary Bishop Wilhelm Schraml .

Building description

The church is a hall church with a hipped roof and a retracted, four-sided closed choir . The church has a choir tower , which is covered by a bent helmet . The core of the nave is Romanesque , the apse contains Gothic elements.

Two repairs in 1848 and 1859 and one renovation in 1909 are documented. In 1953 the church received an extension in which the sacristy is housed. The residents of Püllersreuth contributed a lot to the renovation of the church from 2013 to 2015.

Furnishing

The altar from 1956 was made by the sculptor Mauermann from Neunburg vorm Wald . It consists of a large crucifix and the figures of the apostles Peter and Andrew standing next to it . The altar comes from the Emmeram Church in Windischeschenbach and was installed here in 1967. The people's altar and the church stalls also date from this year . The former tabernacle was a locksmith's work by the senior of the Catholic journeyman's association, Alex Holzer . In 1967 it was exchanged for a new tabernacle, which also comes from the Emmeram Church in Windischeschenbach and was no longer needed there.

The church interior is furnished with several figures of saints ( Mary with the child , Jesus Christ ). The Way of the Cross consists of reverse glass pictures , it originally comes from the Andreas Church in Stadtamhof , today St. Mang (Regensburg) .

literature

In the land of the ears of corn: Heimat Haberland. Kirchendemenreuth community, Kirchendemenreuth, 2006, ISBN 3-00-020506-3 , pp. 198-201.
Heribert Sturm: Kirchendemenreuth in the past and present: Contributions to the history of the Haberland. Pp. 22-27. Kirchendemenreuth parish 1982.

Web links

Individual evidence

49.79079 12.12546Coordinates: 49 ° 47 '26.8 " N , 12 ° 7' 31.7" E

[1] Parish community Windischeschenbach-Neuhaus , accessed on December 19, 2019.

[2] Historical Atlas of Bavaria, Altbayern Series I, Issue 47: Neustadt an der Waldnaab, Weiden. Komm. Für Bayerische Landesgeschichte, Munich 1978, p. 13, accessed on December 20, 2019.

[3] Historical Atlas of Bavaria, Altbayern Series I, Issue 47: Neustadt an der Waldnaab, Weiden. Komm. Für Bayerische Landesgeschichte, Munich 1978, p. 123, accessed on December 20, 2019.