St. Georg (Kandel)

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George's Church

St. George in Kandel

Basic data
Denomination evangelical
place Kandel, Germany
Patronage George
Building history
architect Tower: Master Jörg; August von Voit for the renovation carried out from 1836 to 1840
construction time 1468-1840
Building description
Architectural style Late Gothic
Construction type three-nave gallery
Coordinates 49 ° 4 '57.2 "  N , 8 ° 11' 35.9"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 4 '57.2 "  N , 8 ° 11' 35.9"  E
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The Protestant Georgskirche is the landmark of Kandel and the largest late Gothic church in the Palatinate .

history

The old Georgskirche was built around the 12th century as a Romanesque parish and fortified church of the village. At that time it was in the fortified cemetery of Kandel. During the Mainz-Palatinate War between 1459 and 1461, this old church was destroyed by an attack by Electoral Palatinate and federal soldiers. After the war, St. George's Church was rebuilt in the late Gothic style. The choir, the oldest surviving structure in the city, began around 1468. In 1475 the nave was completed. The mighty 60 m high west tower was built between 1501 and 1519. The tower is the work of master Jörg , who also created the cloister of the Augustinian monastery in Heidelberg. Even Friedrich Hammer of Hagenau is said to have taken part in the construction of which testifies to an (alleged) self-portrait his Steinmetz character has.

Reconstruction in 1836/40 and abolition of the Simultaneum in 1957

The late Gothic fortified church of St. Georg von Kandel was converted from the basilica into a three-aisled gallery by August von Voit between 1836 and 1840 . Only the tower and the choir remained unchanged. With the introduction of the Reformation in the 16th century, the church became a simultaneum . Protestants and Catholics shared the church until the construction of the Catholic Church of St. Pius in 1957, when the church finally became Protestant. The church has 750 seats, is 55 m long, 20 m wide and 30 m high without a tower. Its tower is 60 m high and, because of its location, can be seen from afar.

Web links

Commons : St. Georg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Werner Esser: The history of the St. Georgskirche Kandel. Kandel Protestant Church, accessed December 17, 2015 .
  2. ^ Gerhard Bender: Bad Schönborn history. The chronicle of the reunited villages Mingolsheim and Langenbrücken . Volume 1, Verlag Regionalkultur, 2006, p. 315.
  3. ↑ B. Parent: Haguenau. Hôtel de ville , September 22, 1987, p. 23
  4. ↑ a b Sankt Georgskirche and Sankt Georgsturm. Südpfalz Tourismus Kandel eV, accessed on December 17, 2015 .
  5. ^ Karl Heinz: Palatinate with Wine Route. Landscape, history, culture, art, folklore . Glock and Lutz, Heroldsberg 1976, p. 420.