St. Eucharius (Sommerach)
The Church of St. Eucharius (also St. Eucherius ) is the parish church of the Catholic parish of Sommerach . It stands in the middle of the village on the central church square.
history
A church that is consecrated to the Holy Eucharius is very rare in Franconia. The veneration of the bishop probably goes back to monks from the Gorze monastery in Lorraine who visited Sommerach. A church building in Sommerach was probably already there before the 16th century, as the church was looted during the Markgräflerkrieg .
In 1560 the church building took on its present form. Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn , the Würzburg prince-bishop, had the nave and choir built. The stair tower followed in 1589 or 1583 . The building was first renovated in 1608. In 1756/1757 the choir was enlarged. Today the building is a parish church and is classified by the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation under the number D-6-75-169-26.
architecture
The church has a single nave, which is interrupted by three window axes. The choir has moved in and connects to the nave on three sides. The Julius-Echter-Turm has four floors. He was provided with a pointed helmet . A stair tower was installed in the west. There is a porch to the south of the entrance. It has a tail gable and ends in a shell disc. A sacristy was added to the north side of the choir in 1880.
The portal is ogival . In the gable is a stone tablet with the inscription : “Caspar Steinfelder, Claus Segnitz, Balthasar Schwertfeger and Steffan Wienerd had this entrance made in honor of God. Anno 1616. “The dates 1589 (or 1583) and 1608 are noted on the stair tower.
Furnishing
High altar
The leaf of the high altar was placed on the new altar in 1757, it shows the adoration of the kings . It was created by the Austrian court painter Franz Müller in 1745 and initially housed on a side altar in the Balthasar Neumann Church in the nearby Münsterschwarzach monastery. When the monastery received a more valuable version of the picture in 1753, the picture was donated to the monastery village of Sommerach.
It presents itself in the style of the Napolitan-Venetian direction and is based closely on the paintings of Wenzel Lorenz Reiner , Müller's teacher. The architecture in the background only serves as a staffage, as does the ancient landscape in which the scene is embedded. In the center is slightly elevated Mary with the baby Jesus on her lap. Behind it stands Joseph on the left. On the right are the Three Kings: Melchior and Balthasar kneel while Kaspar stands in the background.
Further equipment
The ceiling of the nave is framed in wooden coffers. Rococo stucco work that was added around 1750 predominates in the choir . Inside the church there is a rococo group of the Holy Family .
In 1796 the side altars dating in Empire style . They underwent a change in 1857 when Andreas Leimgrub added new altar leaves. They now show Mary and Saint Valentine . The high altar, ascribed to the carpenter Lucas van der Auvera, has four columns. The holy figures of Burkard , Johannes Nepomuk , Eucharius and Valentin border it. It dates from 1756 and is equipped with side passages.
The organ, created in 1876, is attributed to the organ builder Balthasar Schlimbach from Würzburg.
Two epitaphs are in the possession of the Church. One outside on the nave wall is dedicated to the citizen David Wollenberger, while the other inside is dated to the year 1592 and bears the following inscription: “ANNO DOMINI 1592 / HAT DER ERSAM MEI / STER ANTHONI STURM / BECK ALHIE ZV SOM / MERACH GOTT DEM / ALMECHTIGENN / ZV PRAISE VND HONOR / ALSO ZV GE / DECHTNVS / HIS VND BARBA / RA HISER MARRIAGE / NEN HAVSFRAW AND IRER CHILDREN DISE BILTNIS MACHE LASENN. ”Several figures of saints adorn the interior of the church.
Pastor
In 1598 Sommerach was raised to its own parish. However, as early as the 15th century, changing priests, who were called pastors, held services in the place. Between 1471 and 1598 a total of 23 of these pastors have come down to us in Sommerach. After the parish was established, secular priests were in charge of the community. During the Thirty Years' War the Münsterschwarzach Abbey sent conventuals to Sommerach and established this practice as common law .
Until the Benedictine monastery was dissolved in 1803, the pastors of the Eucharius Church came from the monastery. Some were elected abbot following their work . It was not until 1978 that a clergyman from the re-established abbey took over pastoral care in the town.
| Surname | Term of office | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| Heinrich Pfenning | 1598-1606 | previously pastor in Steinach an der Saale , † 1606 |
| Johannes Col | 1606-1611 | † February 21, 1611 |
| Matthew Hangmandel | 1611-1619 | OSB , first clergyman, † March 4, 1619, = in Sommerach church |
| Bartholomew N. | 1619-1628 | OSB |
| Alexander Bonn | 1628-1630 | OSB, October 1628 to March 1630, first term |
| Nicolaus Molitor | 1630-1631 | OSB, March 19, 1630 to 1631, fleeing the Swedes |
| Florian N. | 1631-1636 | OSB, convent St. Ulrich and Afra , † March 20, 1636, = in church Sommerach |
| Alexander Bonn | 1636-1637 | OSB, March 1636 to 1637, second term |
| Januarius N. | 1637 | OSB |
| Alexander Bonn | 1638-1639 | OSB, November 1636 to March 1639, third term |
| Silvanus spies | 1639-1640 | * 1611 in Nüdlingen , OSB, then pastor in Nordheim am Main , 1641 election as abbot, † March 15, 1646 |
| Nicholas Molitor | 1640 | * 1600 in Geldersheim , OSB, 1640 election of abbot, † December 10, 1640 |
| Felix N. | 1642 | OSB |
| Faustinus Stifell | 1645-1646 | OSB, Amorbach Convent |
| Alexander Bonn | 1646-1648 | OSB, fourth term |
| Balthasar Eckhard | 1648-1656 | OSB, 1648 to October 1656 |
| Gregor Hubert | 1656-1666 | OSB |
| Plazidus Büchs | 1666-1672 | * November 21, 1627 in Münnerstadt , OSB, previously pastor in Stadelschwarzach and Wiesentheid , elected abbot in 1672, † January 1, 1691 in Münsterschwarzach |
| Gregor Hubert | 1672-1673 | OSB, 1672 to October 31, 1673 |
| Dominicus shimmer | 1673 | OSB, parish administrator |
| Goedefridus Boehm | 1673-1674 | OSB, previously professor in Salzburg , Münsterschwarzach, also Behm , † February 10, 1674 |
| Augustin Voit | 1674-1686 | * around 1643 in Gerolzhofen , OSB, 1691 election of abbot, † August 27, 1704 |
| Roman Weigand | 1686-1689 | OSB, 1686 to October 1689 |
| Heinrich Gradler | 1689-1691 | OSB |
| Aegidius Reess | 1691-1695 | * in Frickenhausen am Main , OSB, previously sacristan Münsterschwarzach |
| Bernhard Reyder | 1695-1704 | * 1652 in Wechterswinkel , OSB, 1695 to June 1704, 1704 election as abbot, † March 16, 1717 in Münsterschwarzach |
| Ildephons Nötscher | 1704-1743 | * in Gemünden am Main , OSB, September 1704 to 1743 |
| Burkard Molitor | 1743-1758 | * in Schwebenried , OSB, † July 18, 1758 |
| Beda Bauer | 1758-1795 | * around 1711 in Stadtlauringen , OSB, cooperators Macarius Gerlich (OSB), Malciolo N. (OSB), Januarius Lippert (OSB), † August 11, 1795 |
| Anselm Lau | 1795-1811 | * June 2, 1758 in Würzburg , OSB, previously Kuratus in Düllstadt , last clergyman before secularization, † 1831 in Würzburg |
| Begninus N. | 1811 | OFMCap , Konvent Kapuzinerkloster Kitzingen , parish administrator |
| Paul Basel | 1811-1830 | * 1754 in Falsbrunn , OCist , previously Prior Kloster Ebrach, October 1811 to January 1, 1830, † October 31, 1834 in Sommerach, = in Sommerach |
| Friedrich Dornbach | 1830 | Parish administrator, also chaplain Volkach |
| Fritz Peter | 1830-1839 | * December 3, 1773 in Würzburg, previously pastor in Hergolshausen , then pastor in Pusselsheim |
| FA Oppelt | 1839 | Parish administrator |
| Georg Weiss | 1840-1859 | * October 2, 1802 in Würzburg, previously pastor in Mermerichshausen, cooperators Frey, Dörflein, Schirber, Simon Rothermilch |
| Simon Rothermilch | 1859-1879 | * March 25, 1824 in Bergtheim , previously chaplain in Wiesthal , parish administrator in 1859 |
| Emil Kempf | 1880-1890 | * 1841 in Albstadt , previously chaplain in Haug Abbey , March 3, 1880 to December 10, 1890, then pastor St. Burkard in Würzburg, 1898 clergyman |
| Dionys Först | 1891-1902 | * September 24, 1848 in Michelbach , previously pastor in Kerbfeld , cooperator Justin Enders, then pastor in Niederlauer |
| Joseph Schmitt | 1902 | Parish administrator |
| Franz Aloys Bauer | 1902-1907 | |
| Kilian Bauer | 1907-1910 | |
| Johann Recoscum | 1910-1923 | |
| August Falkenstein | 1924-1963 | 1956 Spiritual Council, † 1964, = in Sommerach |
| Johannes Fischer | 1963-1978 | Previously Pastor Kleinrinderfeld , Wiesenfeld , December 22, 1963 to July 1, 1978, 1969 to 1975 Dean of the Deanery Volkach , † July 18, 1990 in Bad Bocklet , = in Sommerach |
| Marcus Günther | 1978-1989 | OSB, together with Dimbach , Reupelsdorf , July 8, 1978 to October 1989 |
| Aurelian white | 1989-2003 | OSB, previously pastor in Schwarzenau , together with Nordheim am Main, October 8, 1989 to January 26, 2003 |
| Philip Eichenmüller | from 2003 | together with Nordheim am Main, from February 16, 2003 |
literature
- Dionys Först, Theodor Joseph Scherg: History of the village of Sommerach am Main . Wuerzburg 1902.
- Winfried Kraus: Sommerach. New chronicle of the romantic wine village on the Mainschleife . Sommerach 2007.
- Barbara Schock-Werner: The buildings in the Prince Diocese of Würzburg under Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn 1573-1617. Structure, organization, funding and artistic evaluation . Regensburg 2005.
- Karl Treutwein: From Abtswind to Zeilitzheim. History, sights, traditions . Volkach 1987.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ The progressive weathering of the year on the tower makes an exact classification impossible. See: Schock-Werner, Barbara. P. 262.
- ↑ Geodata: Monument number D-6-75-169-26 , accessed on June 27, 2013.
- ↑ Schock-Werner, Barbara: The buildings in the prince-bishopric of Würzburg . P. 262.
- ^ Schneider, Erich: The baroque Benedictine abbey church in Münsterschwarzach . P. 196.
- ^ Treutwein, Karl: From Abtswind to Zeilitzheim . P. 214.
- ^ Först, Dionys: History of the village of Sommerach am Main . Pp. 230-242.
- ↑ Kraus, Winfried: Sommerach . Pp. 184-190.
Coordinates: 49 ° 49 ′ 45.3 ″ N , 10 ° 12 ′ 15.1 ″ E