St. Antonius Abbas (Gleismuthhausen)
The Roman Catholic branch church of St. Antonius Abbas in Gleismuthhausen in Upper Franconia , a district of Seßlach in the Coburg district , was built in 1603.
history
The base of the tower with a choir room is still essentially late medieval . Originally the church was a branch church of the parish of Seßlach. In 1597 it was assigned to the newly established Autenhausen parish .
The nave was built in 1603 and dedicated to the holy Egyptian hermit Antonius . In 1766 the upper tower floors and the nave were redesigned. In 1806 a renewal and restoration followed. In the later 19th century the parish had the sacristy added .
In the 1970s and 1980s the altars were renovated, the roof and flooring were replaced, the pulpit removed and the outer facade painted. At the end of the 2000s, the interior was painted again, the cemetery pavement was renewed and the cemetery cross was restored.
Building description
The choir tower church stands in a walled cemetery on the northeastern edge of the village. The cemetery wall consists of unplastered chunks of brickwork and bears the year 1570 on a sandstone block to the right of the entrance. The tower choir of the four-storey tower has floor plan dimensions of 4.70 meters by 3.70 meters and is spanned by a plastered flat ceiling. On the side there are rectangular windows with drilled profile frames, in the south above the entrance to the sacristy. In the east there is a small slit window in a round arched sloping reveal .
The church facade consists of plastered chunk and ashlar masonry. Corner blocks and profiles made from unplastered sandstone blocks structure the tower facade. The lower part probably dates from the 14th century. The first and second floors were built in the early 17th century with small slotted and chamfered rectangular windows. The third floor, separated by a strip of cornice, bears the year 1766 on the uppermost corner cube of the southeast corner. It has round-arched sound openings on all sides, the sandstone frames of which are framed by fighter and apex stones. The conclusion is formed by an eight-sided, baroque hood with a slate covering over a wooden eaves cornice . Above that there is a small point, pommel and cross.
A round choir arch , the arch of which is profiled and provided with a relief stone, connects the choir with the nave. Above it is a cartridge with the year 1766.
The nave is a baroque hall building with three window axes, which is spanned by a plastered flat ceiling over a cove delimited by profiles. The ceiling has a stucco frame . In the mirror is the eye of God . A wooden gallery stands on the west side and probably dates from 1766. It rests on two swell pillars and has a parapet with profiled square balusters and is pulled forward in the middle part. Access is provided by a platform staircase .
The long sides of the nave have three rectangular windows. In the west is the rectangular entrance and above it a small rectangular window, above which there is an inscription stone with the designation "H • PFAR • J / AG • PF • 1806". The facade is unplastered by sandstone blocks in the window and door frames and corner pilaster strip divided. The windows and the west portal have drilled profile frames. The portal is also decorated with a horizontal cornice roofing. The upper end is formed by a profiled wooden eaves cornice under a gable roof with a tile covering.
Furnishing
The high altar dates from the first half of the 18th century. It has a marbled wood structure with gilded decor and colored figures with partial gilding. A rotating tabernacle stands on a sandstone stipes , framed on the sides by winding columns and on top by the Lamb of God with radiant glory over a cranked, horizontal cornice. Behind it is the essay with four winding Corinthian columns and acanthus cheeks . The statue of St. Anthony the Hermit stands on the tabernacle in front of the arched central field. On the side there are statues on the left of a bishop and on the right of St. Paul . Above the outer columns there are putti and in the middle, in a semicircular board frame with a cross, the figure of St. George on horseback, killing the dragon.
The similarly designed side altars were created around 1766. They have a marbled wood structure with gold-plated decor and a stone stipe with a simple wood paneling. On top there are superstructures with lateral pillars on bulged bases and cranked entablature pieces as well as decorative vases. Tabernacle housings are arranged in the middle. On the right is a former baroque processional figure of a Madonna with a halo from the mid-18th century. On the left tabernacle case there is an altar cross with a rocaille base from the end of the 18th century. Behind it is an altarpiece with an oil painting on canvas showing Saints Peter and Paul.
On the walls of the nave there are wooden figures of St. Anne and St. Wendelin , each from the 18th century.
organ
In 1894, the Eichstatt organ builder Joseph Franz Bittner set up the organ with six stops on a manual and pedal . The three-part Neo - Renaissance organ front has a rectangular shape. It consists of a protruding, somewhat elevated central risalit with a large round arch field and lower side parts with two narrow round arch fields each. Reich profiled moldings and fluted pilasters of the central risalit decorate the casing.
Parish
Gleismuthhausen has been a branch church of the Autenhausen parish for centuries. The parish has 36 members, 40% to 50% of whom attend church regularly.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c d e f g Karl Ludwig Lippert: Bavarian art monuments, district Staffelstein. Deutscher Kunstverlag Munich 1968, p. 116 f.
- ^ Lothar Hofmann: Monuments Region Coburg - Neustadt - Sonneberg: Places of contemplation and prayer. Historical sacred buildings. A guide through the churches in the districts of Coburg and Sonneberg . Verlag Gerätemuseum des Coburger Land, Ahorn 2007, ISBN 3-930531-04-6 , p. 87.
- ↑ a b parish letter of the parish community Seßlach, November 2011
- ^ Homepage of the parish of Seßlach: Gleismuthhausen
- ^ Hermann Fischer and Theodor Wohnhaas : The Nuremberg organ building in the 19th century. In: Mitteilungen des Verein für Geschichte der Stadt Nürnberg, Vol. 59, 1972, p. 2334 online , accessed on July 22, 2017
- ↑ Hermann Fischer, Theodor Wohnhaas: Alte Orgeln im Coburger Land, Part IV. Yearbook of the Coburger Landesstiftung 1980, p. 125.
Coordinates: 50 ° 14 ′ 26 ″ N , 10 ° 44 ′ 27 ″ E