St. Johann Baptist (Steinheim)
The Roman Catholic parish church of St. Johann Baptist is a medieval church in the Steinheim district of Hanau .
history
In 1329 a chapel to the Holy Spirit was mentioned for the first time, which is believed to be the predecessor of today's church. In 1449 the building was elevated to a parish church under Dietrich Schenk von Erbach , Elector - Archbishop of Mainz .
building
The gothic hall church was initially given its shape in two phases, on the one hand when it became a parish church and on the other when the retracted choir with 5/8 end and net vault was added in the years 1504–1509 . Compared to the delicate Gothic architecture, the tower, which does not wear a helmet but is decorated with four corner turrets, looks very defensive and archaic. In 1876–79, the church underwent a thorough renovation under Pierre Cuypers , which greatly changed its historical appearance. So was z. B. replaced the vault in the nave with a wooden barrel . In 1950 the church was renovated again.
Furnishing
The choir stalls with their excellent wood carvings are from the time the choir was built. The statue of Maria in a halo, which stands on a crescent moon, is a wood carving from the workshop of the Frankfurt cathedral builder Madern Gerthener . It originally stood in the church of the Kinzdorf and after the Reformation came to the County of Hanau-Münzenberg in the Roman Catholic Steinheim, which was still in the Electorate of Mainz. The epitaph of Frowin von Hutten and his wife Kunigunde von Hattstein should also be emphasized . The altar is a neo-Gothic work by Georg Busch from the renovation in the 19th century.
literature
- Georg Dehio : Handbook of the German art monuments - Hesse II. Administrative region Darmstadt . (Ed .: Folkhard Cremer et al.), 3rd edition, Munich 2008, p. 386f.
- Georg Ulrich Großmann : Central and South Hesse: Lahntal, Taunus, Rheingau, Wetterau, Frankfurt and Maintal, Kinzig, Vogelsberg, Rhön, Bergstrasse and Odenwald. DuMont, Cologne 1995, ISBN 3-7701-2957-1 (= DuMont art travel guide ), p. 221.
- Leopold Imgram: Sights in Steinheim am Main (A guide through the city) . Steinheim 1964.
Web links
- Website of St. Johann Baptist in Steinheim
- State Office for Monument Preservation Hessen (Ed.): City parish church St. Johann-Baptist In: DenkXweb, online edition of cultural monuments in Hessen
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 50 ° 6 ′ 24 ″ N , 8 ° 54 ′ 54 ″ E