St. Jacobus Maior (Herreth)
The Evangelical Lutheran parish church of St. Jacobus Maior in Herreth , Upper Franconia , a part of Itzgrund in the Coburg district , dates back to the 17th century.
history
For the first time in 1491 a service was mentioned in the Herrether branch church, which is consecrated to Saint Jacobus . At that time the parish belonged to the Altenbanzer church district. The core of the existing choir tower is probably still from the late Middle Ages .
The Reformation was introduced in 1529 . In the further course the separation from the parish Altenbanz followed. In 1583, the noble patron saints Hans Stein zu Altenstein and Hans Paul von Schaumberg commissioned Konrad Picker, a former Benedictine monk , to preach on Sundays in Herreth. In 1585 they appointed Johann Köhler as the first Protestant pastor. The first half of the 17th century was marked by religious battles over the church and the parish of Herreth. The last attempt at recatholization took place in 1629. However, the Bamberg and Würzburg bishops could not prevail. The Herrethers did not go to the Catholic masses, but attended the Protestant services in neighboring Gleußen . The care of the pastor from Gleussen lasted until 1725.
In 1669 the church tower was rebuilt. The old basement with the choir was probably preserved. The nave was repaired between 1692 and 1694 . Among other things, a two-story gallery was built in. The roof structure, the windows and the chairs were renewed. In 1695 a sacristy was added . The interior decoration and a rectory between 1708 and 1710 completed the work. In 1725 the village nobility reinstated a Protestant pastor in Herreth.
In 1831 the community had the belfry renewed and the interior restored. In 1850 the two north windows were enlarged. Further renovations followed in 1909 and 1921/22. As part of extensive repairs, the interior was given its current version with a new wooden ceiling and interior furnishings. The facade was renovated in 2010/11.
From 1857 the pastor was allowed to look after the Protestants in the parishes in the area. In 1935 the community had 500 members and the parish comprised a total of 52 localities, all of which were in the Staffelstein district east of the Main . After the Second World War , the number of parishioners had grown to over 3,000. With the construction of the Dreieinigkeitskirche in Staffelstein in 1959 and the Resurrection Church in Zapfendorf in 1963, the parish shrank. In 1975 the parishes of Staffelstein and Herreth were merged.
Building description
The church stands on a hill on the northeast edge of the village center. The church and the neighboring rectory are surrounded by a partially demolished former defensive wall, which has large sandstone blocks with pincer holes and probably dates from the late Middle Ages. The complex also included the former cemetery. The rectory was a gatehouse until 1960 and the only access to the church.
The choir tower, which is roughly square in plan, consists of plastered ashlar masonry and was probably a defense tower at the same time . The tower has small rectangular openings on the third floor. Above is the eaves cornice , followed by the church steeple helmet, consisting of the eight-sided bell storey with a short helmet. A knob and a weathercock form the upper end . The basement houses the choir room with a flat plastered ceiling. There is a round-arched south window and an ogival east window. In the west, a segmented triumphal arch connects to the nave.
The rectangular nave, which is small compared to the tower, has a gable roof and plastered brick walls. The long sides have two high pointed arch window axes and a rectangular entrance on the south side. The west gable is divided by another entrance, two high arched windows and a slate triangle above the plaster cornice. A modern wooden beam ceiling spans the interior of the nave. A wooden gallery is two-story on the long sides and carries the organ on the west gable . The columns, the joists and the parapet cornice are strongly profiled. The parapets have simple fields.
The sacristy extension north of the church tower has a pent roof.
Furnishing
A wooden group of crosses by the sculptor Georg Wißmeyer from Ottobrunn from 1959 hangs on the east wall of the choir . The altar and pulpit are made of sandstone from the same period . In the south-east corner of the nave is the wooden torso of a baptismal angel from the first half of the 18th century. The sandstone baptismal font probably dates from the early 19th century. It has a round, profiled base with a short shaft and a round, profiled bowl. A rectangular sandstone grave plate hangs on the south wall of the nave, reminding of the pastor Johann Friedrich Schmoller, who died in 1812.
organ
One organ is occupied from 1694. In 1818 the Neustadt organ builder Johann Andreas Hofmann Senior installed a new organ. It was probably his last work. The organ was repaired in 1871 by Anton Etthöfer (1828–1886) from Margetshöchheim and in 1890 by the Coburg organ builder Anton Hasselbarth. The fairly original instrument with slide box and mechanical action has ten stops on a manual and pedal . The three-part, simply designed organ front is structured by pilaster strips . The central tower has a cornice, the side panels have outward sloping pipes and are decorated at the top with an arched meander band. The play cabinet contains six drawers on each side. A restoration took place in 1980 by the master organ builder Martin Haspelmath .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Herreth. In brochure: 1225 years of Itzgrund. P. 15 f
- ^ A b c d e Karl Ludwig Lippert: Bayerische Kunstdenkmale Landkreis Staffelstein, Deutscher Kunstverlag Munich 1968, p. 123 f
- ^ Lothar Hofmann: Monuments Region Coburg - Neustadt - Sonneberg: Places of contemplation and prayer. Historical sacred buildings. A guide through the churches in the districts of Coburg and Sonneberg . Verlag Gerätemuseum des Coburger Land, Ahorn 2007, ISBN 3-930531-04-6 , p. 53
- ↑ Bavarian State Library Online. The portal to the history and culture of the Free State: Etthöfer, Anton .
- ^ Hermann Fischer, Theodor Wohnhaas: Alte Orgeln im Coburger Land, Part IV. Yearbook of the Coburg State Foundation 1980, p. 129 f
Coordinates: 50 ° 7 '38.2 " N , 10 ° 55' 59.3" E