St. Georg (Enzenrieth)

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The listed Roman Catholic branch church of St. Georg is located in the Enzenrieth district of the Upper Palatinate community of Pirk . It has been part of the Resurrection of Christ parish in Pirk since 1961 .

history

It is known that in 1143 the Bamberg Bishop Egilbert donated the praedium Enzenrieth ( praedium Enzenriuz ), located within the Luher Königsforstes, to the priests' monastery . If a church already existed then, a Romanesque chapel should be considered; the St. George - patron saint also indicates an early noble residence. 1441 gave the legate of the holy general Council of Basle , Cardinal John to Nürnberg for repentant visitors to the local chapel a drain of one year and 40 days.

In 1434 Wilhelm the Sigär bequeathed a sum of money to the S. Jörg zu Enczenrewth chapel on the condition that an eternal mass be held for his salvation. In 1438 his brother, the local nobleman of Enzenrieth, Heinrich the Siger , donated his seat and his goods to the Kastl monastery in Enzenrieth for a perpetual mass in the local St. George's chapel, for his salvation as well as that of his wife Ursula and his son Heinrich as well as all of his ancestors. In addition, he works out a man's mortgage, lifelong residence, funeral and anniversary in the monastery. His nephew Ulrich Dreswitzer took action against this donation in 1439 because his uncle had promised him this property first. Heinrich der Siger replies that Ulrich von Dreswitz came to him one day and made him the proposal to take over his property against maintenance and a perpetual mass; but that did not come from him. Since Heinrich wanted to confirm this with an oath, Johann Pfalzgraf bei Rhein und Herzog in Bavaria decided in favor of the Kastl monastery. Heinrich is said to have died as a benefactor at the age of almost 100 in the monastery. In 1446 Abbot Johann of Kastl Monastery transferred the bailiwick of his property in Enzenrieth to Landgrave Leopold (with the exception of the lower and the higher jurisdiction ). Enzenrieth thus belonged to the Leuchtenberg district judge. This later gave rise to various quarrels in which the Leuchtenbergers used force against the Enzenriether z. B. because of the non-observance of church holidays, because of the church fair protection or the game ban. During these disputes one also hears that the Leuchtenbergers wanted to take the two bells from the Enzenriether chapel and had already ordered the craftsmen to do so. The court judge of the monastery of Enzenrieth was able to prevent this, because "you owe the landgrave no obedience with regard to the holidays". There were also problems because of the parish fair protection: This was set up to prevent scuffles and to “shield the Kirchwey” the servant and his helpers received a “demurrage” that consisted of 15 kreuzers or a consumption in the tavern. According to an order from the government in Amberg, this is attributed to the citizens of Leuchtenberg .

After the decline of the Kastl monastery during the Reformation , Enzenrieth and his church came to an Electoral Palatinate administrator in 1560/63 , then from 1636 to the Jesuit order and in 1773 after the dissolution of the Jesuit order again to an electoral foundation administration. In 1782 the place was handed over to the Order of Malta and in 1808 came to the Kingdom of Bavaria .

The church was a subsidiary church of the Luhe parish and belonged to the dean's office in Weiden. Because of the Siger measuring foundation , the pastor of Luhe held a service on St. George's Day and the church consecration festival took place on the following Sunday. In 1961 the parish of the branch church from Luhe to Pirk takes place.

Construction

In 1609 the church is already described as falling apart. In 1622, Duke Maximilian was asked that the Kastl monastery rebuild the Enzenrieth church so that a mass could be held there again. Presumably this did not happen until the time of the Jesuits, who also took over the Kastl monastery (after 1636). At least the Christ monogram on the earlier altarpiece (also on Enzenrieth Castle ) refers to the Jesuits. The placement of the church on the Kirchberg von Enzenrieth is interpreted to mean that this was a former fortification with a moat and wall.

In 1842 the church and the caretaker's house burned down. In 1849 the church was rebuilt. In 1889 the church was given a new tower including a lightning rod. Today the church has a round recessed choir and a roof turret , which is crowned with a pointed helmet . A comprehensive renovation took place in 1988/89. Behind the church there is a large wooden crucifix with a figure of Our Lady from the 19th century.

Interior

The altar, or at least the earlier altarpiece depicting St. Georg as a dragon slayer is from 1670 and supposedly comes from the old church. In front of today's baroque altar (presumably from 1906) with turned columns and rococo shell work is a statue of the Virgin Mary.

The church has a modern George figure and also a votive picture from 1642, which shows how Hans Kreßmann von Moosbach after Enzenrieth got engaged. Another St. George on horseback has an unusual headdress: his three ostrich feathers could be related to the Federl von Pirk . On the north wall of the church there is a figure of a Sorrowful Mary .

Bells

One bell was removed from the church tower when another bell was purchased in 1980 and is now under the stairs to the gallery . This old bell was left to the Enzenriethern during the smelting action in World War II . Since it did not match the sound of the newly cast one, a second bell had to be procured. On the old bell there is a depiction of a seated Madonna and Child , presumably it was a bell dedicated to Mary . It can be found with the inscription “Mich poured 1927 Joh. Hahn u. Sohn Landshut-Reichenhall 212 “a reference to the manufacturer, the bell foundry Johann Hahn .

literature

  • Johann Baptist Fröhlich: Enzenrith - once a noble seat. In: Oberpfälzer Heimat. Volume 18, 1974, pp. 172-175 ( yumpu.com ).
  • Klaus Ibel: Enzenrieth and Hochdorf: Alte Hofmark in the Weiden area - mirror of the history of the Nordgau. Verlag Bodner, Pressath 2003, ISBN 3-937117-03-2 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Homepage of the parish Resurrection of Christ Pirk , accessed on January 11, 2020.
  2. ↑ Dieter Bernd: Vohenstrauss . In: Historical Atlas of Bavaria , part of Old Bavaria . Series I, issue 39. Komm. Für Bayerische Landesgeschichte, Munich 1977, ISBN 3-7696-9900-9 , p. 16 ( digitized version ).
  3. ↑ Adolf Wolfgang Schuster : 900 years of the Pirk community. Druckhaus Oberpfalz, Amberg 1993, p. 100.
  4. ↑ Adolf Wolfgang Schuster : 900 years of the Pirk community. Druckhaus Oberpfalz, Amberg 1993, p. 155.

Coordinates: 49 ° 37 ′ 24.5 ″  N , 12 ° 11 ′ 32.5 ″  E