St. Georg (Schlimpfhof)
The Roman Catholic branch church St. Georg is the village church of Schlimpfhof , a district of Oberthulba in the Lower Franconian district of Bad Kissingen . The church is one of the architectural monuments of Oberthulba and is registered under the number D-6-72-139-35 in the Bavarian list of monuments .
history
Schlimpfhof has been a branch of the Oberthulba parish since it was founded in 1571. The old church was built in 1751. The new building was built in 1975.
Description and equipment
The old building is to be seen as a chapel . The nave has only one window axis . The octagonal roof turret with domed roof and point rises above the southern choir with a five- eighth end. The windows of the old building are segmental arches . The significantly larger new building, which is connected to the old building by the sacristy, is a single hall with three window axes. It faces west. Its roof is visible from the inside and is cut through the transverse gables of the pentagonal windows. The church tower stands as a campanile next to the new building. It has a trench and cross roof and pentagonal sound windows . The high altar in the old building has two columns with a crucifix instead of an altarpiece. In the new building, a crucifixion group replaces the high altar.
Web links
- The church on the website of the parish community St. Michael im Thulbatal
- The church on the website of the Oberthulba market
literature
- Georg Dehio : Handbook of 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. 749
Coordinates: 50 ° 13 ′ 2.6 ″ N , 9 ° 58 ′ 21.1 ″ E