St. Jakobus (Creußen)
St. Jakobus is an Evangelical Lutheran church in Creußen in the Bayreuth district .
Origins
Presumably there was already a church within the Castra Crusni ( Castle Creußen ) of the Schweinfurt Duke Heinrich von Schweinfurt , known as Hezilo. The very thick masonry of the church tower indicates that it was used within a defense system. However, this church was destroyed in the Hussite War in 1430.
Building history
After the Hussite War, the church was rebuilt until 1477. A kink in the choir axis was probably caused by the subsoil and the location on the steep drop to the Red Main . 1510–1520 the sacrament house at the choir was built . It is not known to what extent the church was destroyed in the Second Margrave War in 1553. In 1567 the tower was raised by one floor; In 1633 it burned down when the city of Creußen was destroyed. The church itself was not damaged. The spire was not renewed until 1643.
The structural damage at the end of the 17th century was repaired after a detailed assessment by Margrave Christian Ernst . The nave was also raised and a vestibule was placed in front of the main portal. The margrave's coat of arms is still on the nave wall. In 1710 the stairwell was added to the sacristy . During a partial purification from 1868 to 1870, the baroque pulpit was removed. The built-in neo-Gothic pulpit was again replaced by a baroque model during the last renovation in 1969.
Works of art
The ceiling frescoes are by Gabriel Schreyer. You put u. a. The Ascension of Christ and the Adoration of the Shepherds. The angel heads in the double galleries as well as most of the other carvings on the choir altar from 1706 to 17 are by Elias Räntz . The stucco work was done by the Bayreuth court plasterer Bernhard Quadri from Lugano . This also includes the large cartouche with the coat of arms of the margrave and the Creußen city coat of arms.
Specialty
Due to the hillside location, it is possible to enter the church on two levels. This also resulted in a certain separation of the churchgoers, since the parish stretched far beyond Creußen.
literature
- Church leaders in the St. Jakobus Church in Creußen
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bernhard Quadri in oberpfaelzerkulturbund.de (accessed on: April 5, 2016.)
Coordinates: 49 ° 50 ′ 39.4 " N , 11 ° 37 ′ 25.4" E