St. Georg (Bischofsheim)
The Roman Catholic parish church of St. Georg is the town church of Bischofsheim in the Rhön in the Lower Franconian district of Rhön-Grabfeld . The church is one of the architectural monuments of Bischofsheim and is registered together with the remains of the churchyard wall in the Bavarian list of monuments under the number D-6-73-117-19 . Bischofsheim is the center of the parish community Am Kreuzberg .
history
The church was rebuilt between 1607 and 1610 in the post-Gothic style by Prince-Bishop Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn. It replaced a Romanesque church, of which the west tower is still preserved. This late Romanesque tower, also known as the center tower, only received an upper floor designed as a half-timbered building in the post-Gothic period.
Building description
It is a plastered building with dividing elements made of sandstone in the form of a three-aisled basilica. The simple exterior shows a poorly structured facade. The coats of arms of the Diocese of Würzburg and the city of Bischofsheim are attached to the eastern entrance door. To the left of this the initiation board is set into the wall, to the right you can see a painted sundial. Although the old Romanesque west tower has been preserved, the new church tower rises on the south side of the choir , a six-storey choir flank tower with a pointed helmet and pointed-arch sound windows . It is a typical Julius Echter tower .
The three-aisled nave has a very high central nave. The side aisles are separated from the central nave by round arches . The walls of the central nave and the side aisles are broken through by four pointed arched windows with tracery . The single-nave polygonal choir with a pointed choir arch connects to the east in the same width as the central nave.
The three-aisled interior to the east,
pictures of the Way of the Cross after Schwind on the walls
The initiation plaque on the southern outer wall
The sundial on the southern outer wall
Furnishing
On the west side
Organ with 25 registers, made by the organ builder Hey from Sondheim.
- Figures of the patron saints Saint Magdalena and Saint George by the sculptor Singer from Würzburg. The figures stand on both sides of the entrance to the west tower (center tower).
In the aisles
- Statue of Saint Aquilin , the 3rd patron of the church .
- Grave slab of the knight Hermann von Weyers from 1462.
- Madonna from the Rococo period .
- Way of the Cross - copy after Moritz von Schwind .
- Two neo-Gothic side altars show the Pietà and the Coronation of Mary .
In the central nave
- Frescoes of the Virtues and the 12 Apostles.
- Gray paintings (discovered during the last renovation) show allegorical depictions of virtues, sacrificial death (pelican) and resurrection (phoenix).
- Pulpit from the time the church was built with an open staircase. The pulpit shows representations of the evangelists and the church fathers Augustine , Ambrosius , Pope Gregory I and Hieronymus .
- Baptismal font from the Renaissance period in the early 17th century. It bears reliefs with scenes from the life of Jesus, with the four evangelists in between.
Pulpit from around 1600
Ascent to the pulpit
Baptismal font
Frescos of the apostles and gray paintings
In the choir
- Various grave tablets, including three of the von Mauchenheim family from 1660.
- Neo-Gothic high altar from 1882.
- Stained glass windows with depictions of St. Kilian at Gozbert's baptism .
- Gray paintings in the central nave continue between the choir windows.
Choir with neo-Gothic high altar
Fan vault in the choir
Grave plaques on the choir walls
Web links
literature
- Georg Dehio : Handbook of the German art monuments: Bavaria I: Franconia: The administrative districts of Upper Franconia, Middle Franconia and Lower Franconia. Deutscher Kunstverlag Berlin / Munich 1979, ISBN 3-422-00359-2 , p. 177
- Church guide of the town church St. Georg (leaflet for display in the church)
Coordinates: 50 ° 24 ′ 7.8 " N , 10 ° 0 ′ 25.8" E