St. Jakobus (Brück)

The church in Brück

The daughter church of St. James (also Jakob-the-Elderly Church , formerly St. John and St. Mark's ) is a church in Dettelbacher district bridge in the Lower Franconian district of Kitzingen . It is located on the street Am Kirchberg in the middle of the village and is now part of the Catholic Dean's Office in Kitzingen .

history

The history of the Brücker Church is largely in the dark. The congregation remained a branch of the Augustinus Church in Dettelbach to this day and never established its own pastor. The tower was built as the oldest component in the second half of the 12th century. In the 16th century, several residents of Brücker joined the Lutheran denomination . Until 1599, however, the village was again purely Catholic.

Shortly after the Thirty Years War , Brück was Dettelbach's only branch. Around 1688, today's nave was added to the church. As the community grew, the church was expanded in 1846. The renovation was carried out by Joseph Mack from Würzburg . Between 1799 and 1897 the church was consecrated not only to Saint James but also to Saint Mark, whose patronage is still visible today through the many figures of this saint inside the church.

In the 1930s, a few painters made repairs to the stucco ceiling. In 1967 the roof was renovated and the church was covered again. In 1972 the choir was completely redesigned, and in 1979 the rest of the interior was renovated. A total renovation took place in 1986, in the same year the sacristy was expanded according to plans by Hans Peter Röschert and Hans Stürzenhofecker from Volkach . The church is classified as a monument.

architecture

The church presents itself as an east-facing hall building . The nave was built in the 17th century and has a flat roof on the inside, only a stucco molding adorns the ceiling of the nave. The four corners of the end of the choir are equipped with three-quarter columns with projecting capitals. The nave has four window axes. Outside, a figure of the patron James from the 18th century was placed.

The oldest part of the church is the tower, which was placed south of the choir. Originally it was the choir of the church, today the sacristy is housed here. The basement of the tower still dates from the Romanesque period . The upper floor is made of half-timbering and was subsequently covered with slate panels. The tower ends with a pointed helmet. A church clock was installed on the east side.

Furnishing

Side altars

The two side altars that were placed to the left and right of the choir arch both date from the end of the 17th century and were probably added to the church during the course of the new building. The antependium was added around 1851 , before the altars were restored in 1979 by the Peter Pracher workshop from Würzburg. Both altars have two twisted columns and were decorated with a broken gable and rich fruit hangings.

The southern altar is the Carthusian altar. The upper part of his sheet shows Our Lady, she is depicted on a cloud and is surrounded by several angels. Below are the two Carthusian saints Hugo von Lincoln and Bruno von Köln . The baby Jesus can be seen on the northern altar. He hovers on a globe and is watched by Mary and Joseph and several saints.

Bells

The two bells in the tower

The bell of the Jakobuskirche consists of two bells. Originally a bell from 1732 hung in the bell cage, which was made by the Würzburg foundryman Johann Adam Roth. A GP Jaeger bell from 1822 was also housed here. The smaller bell had to be given in during the First World War and was replaced in 1922. The Second World War then resulted in the loss of the Roth bell, and it wasn't until 1949 that the bell could be completed again.

Surname	Caster	Keynote	Casting year	Diameter in centimeters	Weight in kilograms	Reliefs; Inscriptions
Sacred Heart Bell	Karl Czudnochowsky , Erding	cis ''	1949	80	200	Sacred Heart of Jesus; "Sacred Heart of Jesus protect our community"
St. Mark's Bell	The Klaus brothers, Heidingsfeld	e ''	1922	58	115	Lion head; “In hon [orem] s. Marci "(lat. In honor of St. Mark)," Donated by benefactors of the community in place of the bell that was sacrificed in the World War "

Further equipment

In the center of the choir is the altar versus populum , which came into the interior of the church as part of the liturgical renewal after the Second Vatican Council in 1972. It was made of sandstone while the ambo was made of wood. In the same year the tabernacle came to the St. James Church. The pulpit is a relatively unadorned piece of equipment. It was restored in 1979.

Several figures were placed in the church. In the head of the choir there is a figure of Our Lady in a halo. It was created in the 18th century. The north nave houses the figure of St. Sebastian, who comes from the second half of the 18th century. In the choir on the south side there is a figure of the patron James, which was created by the Schiestl brothers in the first half of the 20th century. On the opposite side there is a figure of Markus .

In the southern nave, 14 stations of the cross run through the interior. They were created in the 18th century and renovated in 1978. On the north side, on the other hand, there is a painting that shows the "Mother of God on the Globe" and was painted in 1845 by the Volkach painter Peter Geist . The crucifix above the choir arch dates from the 19th century. The 20th century brought the choir windows into the church. They are designed abstractly.

The sandstone font , on the other hand, dates from the 19th century . The origin of the confessional below the gallery is completely unclear. Today the organ has seven registers. Its predecessor probably goes back to the Würzburg organ builder Johann Philipp Albert Seuffert and was created around 1800. The Mann company from Marktbreit then made changes to the disposition in the post-war period. In 1995 the organ was returned to its original condition.

literature

• Dieter Ehrbar: The old church clock . In: Brück. A village introduces itself. A village, its people, associations and customs . Brück 1996. p. 34.
• Winfried Nöller: The Church of St. Jakobus in Brück . In: Brück. A village introduces itself. A village, its people, associations and customs . Brück 1996. 23-33.
• Thomas Wehner: Real Schematism of the Diocese of Würzburg. Kitzingen Dean's Office . Wuerzburg 1997.

Web links

Commons : St. Jakobus (Brück)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Nöller, Winfried: The Church of St. Jakobus in Brück . P. 24.
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Wehner, Thomas: Realschematismus der Diözese Würzburg . P. 38.
3. ↑ Nöller, Winfried: The Church of St. Jakobus in Brück . P. 26.
4. ↑ Wehner, Thomas: Real Schematism of the Diocese of Würzburg . P. 39.
5. ↑ Nöller, Winfried: The Church of St. Jakobus in Brück . P. 31.

Coordinates: 49 ° 49 '8.4 "  N , 10 ° 8' 58.8"  E