St. Johannes (Sickershausen)

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The church in Sickershausen

The parish church of St. Johannes (also St. Johannis) in Sickershausen in Lower Franconia in the Kitzingen district is the Protestant-Lutheran church in the Kitzingen district. The church stands in the middle of the village on the church square and belongs to the Evangelical Lutheran Dean's Office in Kitzingen . The church was rebuilt from 1747 to 1748 by the Ansbach master builder Johann David Steingruber .

history

The Gothic Church

The history of the church is closely linked to that of the village. The old church was built around 1300. Parts of this oldest church are in the foundation of the choir tower. The consecration was on St. John's Day. During the Middle Ages, Sickershausen had changing landlords who shaped church life in different ways. In 1448 the Margraves of Brandenburg-Ansbach came into possession of the village.

The margraves especially promoted the border village to the duchy of Würzburg as the northernmost of the so-called six Ansbach main villages. Margrave Georg introduced the Reformation in 1528 . This made Sickershausen one of the first places in Lower Franconia to have a Lutheran preacher. The first Lutheran pastor was Wolfgang Mannlius. The oldest furnishings in the church date from the 15th and 16th centuries.

During the Thirty Years War , the church was badly damaged by imperial and French troops and was then only temporarily renovated. In 1707 the tower was repaired. After 1732, many exiles from Salzburg moved to Sickershausen. More and more people from Kitzingen also attended the Lutheran church service. The small Gothic church soon became too small and those responsible were planning to build a new building.

The new building in Steingruber

On January 28, 1739, the Ansbach master builder Johann David Steingruber carried out a further provisional renovation on his first visit to the Lower Franconian village. After a second on-site visit on March 12, 1743, Steingruber prepared an expert report in which he also stipulated the expected costs. The new church was to be built relatively cheaply for a price of 3232 guilders and 311 kreuzers.

On February 15, 1747 the foundation stone of the new church was laid. The church was designed as a typical margrave church. The majority of the construction workers were recruited from the population of Sickershausen, while the experts were brought in from outside. The old church was completely demolished and the area doubled to around 150 m 2 .

First light and dark floor tiles were laid inside. Steingruber temporarily transferred the work to regional master craftsmen. A carpenter changed the dimensions of the galleries on his own initiative , which could be corrected quickly. A seating arrangement was provided at the planning stage, but this was not given up until the second half of the 20th century. On October 6, 1748, Pastor Mercklein consecrated the new church.

Further renovations followed. In 1892 the interior was redesigned in a neo-Gothic style. During a comprehensive renovation between 1956 and 1960, the pulpit altar was removed, and the two-story galleries and the gentlemen's stands to the left and right of the altar also disappeared . In 1999 and 2001 the church was renovated again. The Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation classifies the church as an architectural monument .

architecture

The nave by Johann David Steingruber

The hall building is east-facing and equipped with a Gothic choir tower . The three-storey tower is 36 m high and overlooks the nave by 18 m. Its foundations come from the early Gothic. It has separating cornices and illuminates the choir with a narrow, Gothic pointed arched window. The choir is equipped with a ribbed vault.

The nave connects to the west of the choir tower. In its current form, it dates from the 18th century. At that time, the size of the nave was almost doubled. The church was built as a margrave church with four axes, the builder Johann David Steingruber only renounced the construction of a west tower. The church is similar to the Nikolaus- und Theobaldkirche in Altentrüdingen in Central Franconia, also designed by Steingruber .

On the west side, a portal forms the main entrance to the church. Steingruber put an inscription from the Bible at the entrance . It reads: “Enter into his gates with thanks, and into his courts with praise”. In addition, the date of the start of new construction, February 15, 1747, is mentioned.

Furnishing

Votive picture

The votive picture on the west wall of the Johanneskirche

In 1585, a votive picture came into the church, which today hangs on the west wall of the nave. It was donated by Sickershausen pastor Wolfgang Mannlius and is dedicated to his late wife and the three children who had died in the previous years. In 1747 the memorial picture was built into the staircase. It was found again during the renovation in 1957.

The picture shows the ascension of Elijah . In the center a man kneels in front of a landscape with a city and a crowd of pilgrims . On the right edge of the picture the saint is depicted on a chariot. The inscription reads: “ Anno Domini 1585, November 28th Different in God the merciful and virtuous marriage (sic!) Mary the venerable and well-learned Mr. M. Wolffgangi Manlii pastor alhie housewife Who and 3 children buried in the cemetery ligt God bless you. "

Bells

The peal of the Johanneskirche consists of three bells . The smallest came into the church in 1928 and is used as a baptismal bell. Its predecessor had to be given up to be melted down in World War I in 1917. It dates from 1870 and was cast in Schweinfurt in 1881 . It weighed around 175 kilograms, had the keynote “es” and was inscribed with “God is my song”.

The other two bells did not come into the church until after the Second World War . The older of its predecessor bells came from the 14th century, had a diameter of 0.78 meters, weighed 292 kilograms and was dedicated to the Evangelists: it had their names written backwards from right to left. A second bell by the Würzburg foundryman Adam Roth was made in 1729. She weighed 550 kilograms and was 1.00 meters in diameter. An inscription indicated the circumstances in which they were cast: “This year, when I shattered, the Löbl gave me my sound again. Sickershauser Gmein, God grant that they are united from now on ”. These two bells were removed on December 30, 1941, taken to a bell cemetery and have been lost ever since.

Surname Keynote Casting year Diameter in centimeters Weight in kilograms Inscriptions
Peace bell f sharp 1 1950 103 560 " Karl Czudnochowski , J. Bachmeier, successor to Erding OBB 1950" poured me , "The Sickershausen Church Dedicated z. Remembrance of the year 1729 Old bell cast and removed in the war years 1942 The municipal council of Sickershausen Andreas Dappert, Mayor "," Be diligent to keep the unity in spirit the church administration Sickershausen Andreas Luber pastor "
Mercy Bell a 1 1950 87 310 "I was poured by Karl Czudnochowski J. Bachmaier, successor to Erding OBB 1950 - 1950 Procured for the eldest bell C. 14th century VD community of Sickershausen willing to make sacrifices - Ms. Babette Rösch donated a legacy in memory of her † husband Daniel Rösch", " A Mighty Fortress Is Our God"
Baptismal bell h 1 + 3/16 1928 83 approx. 280 "Glockengiesser Ernst Ulrich poured me in Rothenburg o / T 1928", "God for honor - Gustav Schmidt, former pastor, Hermann Wagner, pastor Verweser 1928"

organ

Today's organ is the fourth instrument in the church. In 1684 the first organ was bought. It came from the Johanneskirche in Gutenstetten near Neustadt an der Aisch and was purchased for 35 Thaler. The municipality sold the instrument again in 1687 and bought a second organ a year later, in 1688. The third organ came into the church in 1872. It was created by the Ratzmann company from Ohrdruf and placed above the pulpit altar.

At the beginning of 1921 it was dismantled and in April 1921 the organ that is still available today was purchased for 45,000 Reichsmarks . It found its place on a gallery above the main portal. The instrument was produced by the Steinmeyer organ building company in Oetting as Opus No. Built in 1297. In 1957 the instrument received an electric motor, which meant that the so-called organ boys were no longer needed. In 1973 the organ was renovated. It has 13 registers.

Further equipment

The crucifixion relief in the nave

The oldest element of the furnishings is the crucifixion relief from 1492, embedded in the nave wall. A wooden crucifix , created around 1500, is about one meter high and stands on the left in front of the choir. The octagonal font made of three sandstone blocks dates from the 16th century . The pastor Wolfgang Mannlius, the mayor Jakob Arnolt and the church caretaker A. Pfister are named as donors . An inscription reads: "WHO BELIEVES AND WILL BE BAPTIZED, WILL BE BLESSED SAYS CHRIST".

In the 18th century a pulpit altar was placed in front of the choir. He carried a picture of the Last Supper (approx. 140 × 90 cm) that has been in the rectory since 1892. The oil painting comes from the painter Johann Baptist Piringer. In the course of the neo-Gothic renovation of the interior, the Johanneskirche received a new altarpiece with the risen Christ . In 1957 the pulpit altar was donated to the Mainfränkisches Museum . The pulpit was in the Marienkirche in Vorra .

Two oil print paintings by Martin Luther (1931) and Philipp Melanchthon (1889) were placed on the gallery. Newer elements inside the church are the frescoes around the choir arch , which the artist Ruth Kohler created in 1960. The following bible motifs are shown: the disciples on the Sea of ​​Galilee , the resurrection of Lazarus , the Lamb of God , the dove of the Holy Spirit and the transfiguration of Christ . Ruth Kohler also designed the choir window that now adorns St. John's Church instead of an altar. It shows a book, a piece of bread and a chalice underneath.

Pastor

Surname Term of office Remarks
Adam Scheckel gen. 1508 Roman Catholic pastor
Johann Wul gen. 1508 Roman Catholic pastor
Johann Ochsner gen. 1521 Roman Catholic pastor
Johann Valentin Murrhard gen. around 1530 also Mordhard , the first Evangelical Lutheran pastor
Paul Bamzinus until 1566 also Banzmer
David Glantz 1567-1568 also Glürz
M. Wolfgang Mannlius 1579-1604 also Mannly
Johann Möerlein 1605-1611 also Mörlein
Johann Hüpsch 1611-1634 expelled to Kitzingen during the Thirty Years War
Johannes Ulmer 1634-1637
Georg Halbmeyer 1637-1652
Johann Friedrich Bronner 1653-1659
Johann Sebastian Baumann 1659-1711 Senior chapter of the chapter Uffenheim , 1690 by his son Johann Giles Baumann, pastor in Mönchsondheim represented
Johann Friedrich Herdel 1712-1731 † 1731
Georg Simon Herrnschmid 1731-1743 † 1743
Johann Veit Brenner 1744-1746 also Johann Vitus Brenner
Johann Michael Klinger 1746-1748 † September 22, 1748
Albert Daniel Mercklein 1748-1752 † 1752
Johann Daniel Schmeißer 1753-1759 † 1759
Johann Martin Braun 1759-1768 previously pastor in Hohenfeld, senior chapter
Johann Georg Friedrich Braun 1769-1812 * around 1731, son of Johann Martin Braun, member of the Franconian learned society, as minister at the Ansbacher Hof, † 1812
Georg Daniel Schmidt 1814-1835 also Schmiet , † 1835
Johann Friedrich Drechsel 1837-1847 Georg Daniel Schmidt's son-in-law
N. Reinhardt 1847 Parish administrator
Johann Pankratius Scherer 1847-1860
Eduard Aberel 1861-1864
Julius Westermayer 1864-1870 also Wertermeyer
Georg Heinrich Wilhelm Wucherer 1871-1892 temporarily represented by Johann Christian Clericus (1872), EM Heim (1890-1891), K. Mühlfriedel (1891), N. Derleder (1891-1892)
N. Shadow Man 1892-1893 Parish administrator
Heinrich Adolf Käßler 1893-1901 temporarily represented by N. Drechsel (1901)
Johann Christoph Ernst 1901-1914
Gustav Schmidt 1915-1927
Hermann Wagner 1927-1928
Heinrich Rohm 1928-1936
N. abdominal pain 1936
Walter Brenner 1937
Werner Brockmann 1937-1942 missed near Stalingrad in 1943
Changing representatives 1942-1949 Hans Kneule, N. Lenkitsch, N. Elzholz
Andreas Luber 1949-1955
Martin Eras 1955-1974 † 1991 in Sickershausen
Lothar Georg Kampe 1974-1984 temporarily represented by Klaus G. Walz (1984), Ernst Finzel (1984)
Rudolf Brendel 1984-1986 † 1986 in Naila -Issiggau, temporarily represented by Uwe Bernd Ahrens (1986)
Hans Peter Schäfer 1987-1993 temporarily represented by Uwe Bernd Ahrens (1993)
Nicola Küppers-Jurkat 1994-2015 together with her husband Johannes Jurkat, represented by several vicars
Johannes Jurkat 1994-2015 together with his wife Nicola Küppers-Jurkat, represented by several vicars
Simon Gahr 2015–

literature

  • Hans Bauer: Blessed Land. Paths through the Evangelical Lutheran Dean's Office Kitzingen am Main . Kitzingen 2012.
  • Hans Bauer: District of Kitzingen. An art and culture guide . Market wide 1993.
  • Johannes Jurkat: The Johanneskirche in Sickershausen . In: Evang. Luth. Parish Sickershausen (Ed.): Festschrift. 250 years of the Johanneskirche in Sickershausen. To commemorate the rededication of the newly built church on October 6, 1748 . Kitzingen 1997. pp. 19-29.
  • Rainer Krumpholz: Sickershausen - A local monograph. Allow . Wuerzburg 1976.
  • Nicola Küppers-Jurkat: Protestant profile in Sickershausen . In: Evang. Luth. Parish Sickershausen (Ed.): Festschrift. 250 years of the Johanneskirche in Sickershausen. To commemorate the rededication of the newly built church on October 6, 1748 . Kitzingen 1997. pp. 15-18.
  • Karl-Uwe Rasp: Sickershausen's margrave church from 1747/48 . In: Evang. Luth. Parish Sickershausen (Ed.): Festschrift. 250 years of the Johanneskirche in Sickershausen. To commemorate the rededication of the newly built church on October 6, 1748 . Kitzingen 1997. pp. 42-52.
  • Alfred Schelter: The Protestant church building of the 18th century in Franconia (= The Plassenburg. Writings for local research and cultural maintenance in East Franconia, vol. 41) . Kulmbach 1981.

Web links

Commons : St. John  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Küppers-Jurkat, Nicola: Protestant profile in Sickershausen . P. 15.
  2. ^ Rasp, Karl-Uwe: Sickershausen's Markgrafenkirche . P. 45.
  3. a b Rasp, Karl-Uwe: Sickershausen's Markgrafenkirche . P. 47.
  4. ^ Rasp, Karl-Uwe: Sickershausen's Markgrafenkirche . P. 51.
  5. ^ Bauer, Hans: Gesegnetes Land . P. 58.
  6. Schelter, Alfred: The Protestant church building . P. 318.
  7. ^ Bauer, Hans: Gesegnetes Land . P. 65.
  8. ^ Krumpholz, Rainer: Sickershausen - A local monograph . P. 120.
  9. See: Jurkat, Johannes: The Johanneskirche in Sickershausen .
  10. ^ Church chronicle Sickershausen, p. 12.
  11. ^ Jurkat, Johannes: The Johanneskirche in Sickershausen . Pp. 25-27.
  12. ^ Jurkat, Johannes: The Johanneskirche in Sickershausen . P. 28.
  13. ^ Bauer, Hans: Gesegnetes Land . P. 64.
  14. ^ Jurkat, Johannes: The Johanneskirche in Sickershausen . P. 23.
  15. ^ Rasp, Karl-Uwe: Sickershausen's Markgrafenkirche . P. 50 f.
  16. ^ Küppers-Jurkat: Protestant profile in Sickershausen . P. 15.
  17. Evang. Luth. Parish Sickershausen (Ed.): Festschrift. 250 years of the Johanneskirche in Sickershausen . Pp. 68-70.
  18. ^ Evangelisch-Sickershausen: Homepage , accessed on March 6, 2017.

Coordinates: 49 ° 43 ′ 18 ″  N , 10 ° 11 ′ 4.5 ″  E