St. Bartholomew (Winbuch)

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The former castle chapel of St. Bartholomew is located in the Winbuch district of the Upper Palatinate market town of Schmidmühlen ; it used to be a side church of the parish of Vilshofen . Winbuch was renamed the Schmidmühlen parish in 1972. Today this village church is the second largest church in this parish, only the parish church of St. Egidius in Schmidmühlen is larger.

history

The church was built in the second half of the 12th century; this Romanesque chapel already existed in Winbuch in 1147. Like all Romanesque churches in the Upper Palatinate, this one also has a single nave. A semicircular choir niche adjoins the flat-roofed nave . A brick pavement that was probably later renewed comes from the construction period. The original entrance to the south of the church is walled up. Two spheres can be seen in relief on the semicircular arch of the southern entrance. In 1795 the church was changed, as the year above the current church portal shows. The roof turret has a dome. The building is faced with limestone blocks.

Winbuch went over to the Lutheran religion in 1538, but became Catholic again in 1622. During this time they built their own churchyard, which was only used until the abolition of Lutheranism . The former cemetery was in the south of the church and was surrounded by a strong wall. Later it was used as a garden for the school teacher. The funeral of the deceased from the Winbuch community is in the Gottesacker in Vilshofen.

During the Thirty Years' War the plague ruled Winbuch in 1622, as a result of which the whole place died out except for "several people". Since Winbuch belonged to the parish of Vilshofen at that time , the Winbuchner had to bury their dead in the cemetery in Vilshofen; Because of the plague, however, the Vilshofener refused to pass through the parish office. The Winbuchner therefore had to find another way to get to the cemetery. They were also not allowed to carry their plague deaths through the main gate, but “they had to break a small door through the wall to the west because the church, the three churches, the rectory and the school house are surrounded by a very strong and high wall . "

Entrance portal with the year 1795

In 1795 the church was first thoroughly renovated; The current entrance portal also dates from this time.

Interior

Instead of the usual structure, there is a classical tabernacle on the altar . The pulpit is also made in this style and was renovated in 1837. The church saint Bartholomäus is enthroned as a striking figure above the altar. In the southeast corner of the interior there is a late Gothic Maria with the child, which dates from the end of the 15th century.

In the apse is a red marble tombstone belonging to the Hofmark owner Johann Joachim Haußner von und zu Wimbuch . At the top of the epitaph are the overturned coat of arms of the Hausner family and the coats of arms of the two women and their parents and grandparents. The inscription reads:

Here rest the bones of the Weyland Hochwol noble bored Mr., Mr. Johann Joachim Haußner von und zu Wimbuch, who was born there on the 24th of August 1622, from the Vhralten houses, those of Hausen and those of Mendelshofen. Whose family made themselves known in a knightly way in Germany 600 years ago and has lived in Hoffmarck Wimbuch for 300 years, has now come to an end there with his name and origin, the 30 Ibris of the 1697 year in the 76th of his age, not without great worries His first marriage to Fr: Claren Rümlin von Zandt left two women with daughters, namely Mrs. Eva Teufflin von Pürckensee, and Mrs. Maria Magdalena von Seidel, who left this on this stone for mortals as an example of impermanence, whereupon you dear reader the soulful You want to die and wish for eternal perfection.

Web links

Commons : St. Bartholomäus (Winbuch)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Georg Hager. The art monuments of the Kingdom of Bavaria. Second volume. Administrative regions of Upper Palatinate and Regensburg. Issue 5: District Office Burglengenfeld. Munich 1906, pp. 149-150 ( online at Google Books ).
  2. ↑ St. Bartholomäus Winbuch

Coordinates: 49 ° 17 ′ 33.3 "  N , 11 ° 53 ′ 10.3"  E