St. Burkard (Geiselwind)
The parish church of St. Burkard (originally St. Burkard and St. Laurentius ) is the Catholic church in Markt Geiselwind in Lower Franconia in the Kitzingen district . The church is on the corner of Schlüsselfelder Straße and Kirchplatz in the middle of the village.
history
The history of the Burkard Church is closely linked to that of the village. In the first half of the 9th century, Emperor Charlemagne had several wooden churches built in the Ebrachgrund in order to promote Christianization in the region. Such a house of worship was also built in Geiselwind. The church was completed in 825. She is mentioned in a document by Bishop Wolfgar von Würzburg .
The wooden church was replaced by a Romanesque stone church around 1050 . Only one lintel from this time has survived. At first the church did not have a choir, it wasn't until 1240 that the Gothic choir, which is still preserved today, was added to the east side of the Burkard Church. At the same time, the church was given a stone defense tower. About a hundred years later, in 1334, Geiselwind was the seat of a pastor. Previously, the place was part of the parish Iphofen .
During the Bavarian War between 1459 and 1463 Geiselwind was besieged by the troops of Margrave Albrecht Achilles . The church was badly damaged. Only in the 16th century could the church be completely renovated again. In the meantime, the Lords of Schwarzenberg had been given the right of patronage from 1503 . The counts soon introduced the Reformation in their area and Geiselwind briefly became Protestant.
In 1521 the nave was completed and the church was restored after the ravages of the war. With Ludwig von Schwarzenberg , the noble family became Catholic again and Geiselwind changed denominations again in 1627. After the Thirty Years War , during which Geiselwind was largely spared from destruction, the tower could be raised. With its 43 meters it dominates the townscape.
After the last wave of plague in 1714, the congregation established a vow holiday on January 2nd. On the feast of St. Sebastian the many victims of the disease were commemorated with a procession. In 1732 the tower got its present appearance with the erection of the dome. In 1811 Geiselwind became part of the Archdiocese of Bamberg . The Burkard Church is classified as a monument by the Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments , underground remains of previous buildings are listed as a ground monument.
architecture
The church presents itself as a large hall with a retracted choir. The high tower was attached to the south of the choir. The choir was raised by five columns and takes up an area of two bays. It ends on three sides and is decorated with a ribbed vault. The interior of the nave is flat. It could be stuccoed in the 18th century. A total of four window axes structure the nave.
Furnishing
The Geiselwinder Church has very few pieces of equipment from the 18th century. These include the side altars. The altarpiece with Mary and the child of the Mary altar on the left is framed by two holy figures of the Abbess Thekla and St. Barbara. It was only created in 1934 by the painter J. Bergmann. The sheet of the right Sebastian altar, also painted in 1934, shows the Sebastiansmarter and is flanked by the figures of Saints Isidore and Wendelin .
The choir stool dates from 1769. It refers to the history of the church with the coat of arms of the princes of Schwarzenberg. On the left wall of the choir there is a stone tabernacle with St. John the Evangelist and a painting of St. Anthony . The figures of Mary and Jesus frame the choir on the left and right. In 1985 the people's altar came inside the church.
The choir is dominated by the mighty high altar. It was created in 1899 and was created by the Würzburg artist Ludwig Zink. Three figures by Matthäus Schiestl are grouped on the altar. Left and right the apostles Peter and Paul frame the church patron St. Burkard. The former high altar of the Carthusian monastery in Ilmbach was originally installed in the church in 1765 .
In the nave there is a large figure of John the Baptist. He points to the font in front of him. The pulpit on the left side of the nave is richly marbled. In the nave there is also a large crucifix and another figure of the plague saint Sebastian. The fourteen-part Way of the Cross by the Munich artist Franz Krombach dates from 1887 and was only acquired by the community in 1976. The community also has a large collection of so-called guild poles.
Pastor (selection)
| Surname | Term of office | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| Adam Bezold | 1857 | |
| Konrad Vasold | 1857-1867 | |
| Johann Neppenbacher | 1867-1881 | |
| Gottlieb Hutzler | 1881 | |
| Ludwig Sattler | 1881-1884 | doubly occupied, together with Johann Eichenmüller |
| Johann Eichenmüller | 1881-1895 | doubly occupied, together with Ludwig Sattler until 1884 and Anton Birkner |
| Anton Birkner | 1884-1911 | double staffed, together with Johann Eichenmüller until 1895, Heinrich Dörgens until 1898, Michael Kunz until 1900, Felix Stolz until 1902, Karl Scheidel 1902, Franz Langenbach until 1904, Johann Schmidt until 1906, Hermann Dreschner 1906, Johann Will until 1908, Josef Wagner 1908, Karl Sauer until 1909, Ludwig Leitner 1909, Josef Bausewein |
| Heinrich Dörgens | 1897-1898 | doubly occupied, together with Anton Birkner |
| Michael Kunz | 1889-1900 | doubly occupied, together with Anton Birkner |
| Felix pride | 1901-1902 | doubly occupied, together with Anton Birkner |
| Karl Scheidel | 1902 | doubly occupied, together with Anton Birkner |
| Franz Langenbach | 1902-1904 | doubly occupied, together with Anton Birkner |
| Johann Schmidt | 1904-1906 | doubly occupied, together with Anton Birkner |
| Hermann Dreschner | 1906 | doubly occupied, together with Anton Birkner |
| Johann Will | 1906-1908 | doubly occupied, together with Anton Birkner |
| Josef Wagner | 1908 | doubly occupied, together with Anton Birkner |
| Karl Sauer | 1908-1909 | doubly occupied, together with Anton Birkner |
| Ludwig Leitner | 1909 | doubly occupied, together with Anton Birkner |
| Josef Bausewein | 1909-1911 | doubly occupied, together with Anton Birkner |
| Adolf Amrhein | 1911-1924 | |
| Karl chest | 1924-1945 | doubly occupied, together with Adolf Schlereth in 1938 |
| Adolf Schlereth | 1938 | doubly occupied, together with Karl Brust |
| Georg Jäger | 1945 | |
| Karl Sohm | 1945-1946 | |
| Johann Tremel | 1946-1957 | |
| Paul Meindl | 1957 | |
| Günther Türl | 1957-1962 | |
| Johann Will | 1962-1963 | double staffed, together with Walter Brandmüller |
| Walter Brandmüller | 1962-1963 | doubly occupied, together with Johann Will, later cardinal |
| Hans Wich | 1963-1967 | |
| Paul Schubert | 1967 | |
| Willi Durmann | 1967-1980 | |
| Andreas Zelazny | 1980 | First term |
| Siegfried Schrauder | 1980-1986 | |
| Andreas Zelazny | 1986-1997 | Second term |
| Richard Dabek | 1997-2007 | later pastor in Zeyern |
literature
- Hans Bauer: District of Kitzingen. An art and culture guide . Market wide 1993.
- Georg Dehio: Handbook of the German art monuments. Bavaria I: Franconia . Munich and Berlin 1999.
- Erwin Müller: Geiselwind in the middle of Franconia. With landscape studies and history . Scheinfeld 2001.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Dehio, Georg: Handbook of German Art Monuments . P. 375.
- ↑ Müller, Erwin: Geiselwind in the middle of Franconia . P. 214.
- ↑ a b Müller, Erwin: Geiselwind in the middle of Franconia . P. 217.
- ^ Bauer, Hans: District of Kitzingen . P. 83.
- ↑ Müller, Erwin: Geiselwind in the middle of Franconia . P. 216.
- ↑ Müller, Erwin: Geiselwind in the middle of Franconia . P. 203 f.
Coordinates: 49 ° 46 ′ 22.9 " N , 10 ° 28 ′ 16.6" E