St. John the Baptist (Heideck)

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St. John the Baptist

The Church of St. John the Baptist on Marktplatz 22 is the Roman Catholic parish church in Heideck , a town in Central Franconia in the Roth district and thus in the planning region of Nuremberg . The place is in the metropolitan region of Nuremberg and in the Franconian Lake District . The building is registered under the monument number D-5-76-126-49 as an architectural monument in the Bavarian monument list.

history

The church was consecrated in 1457. In the late 18th century building expansions took place, the sacristy was 1763 cultivated , the nave was in 1779 and 1910 extended to the west.

Building description

The architectural styles are shaped by both the Middle Ages and the modern era . The hall church is predominantly Romanesque , while the retracted choir and bell tower are Gothic . The building is plastered . The nave is covered with a steep gable roof, inside it is provided with a wooden barrel vault . The choir has a five-eighth apse and a ribbed vault , the outer buttresses ensure stability. In the northern corner of the choir is the church tower made of sandstone blocks, which has an octagonal pointed helmet . During the last extension, a facade in the form of a tail gable was placed in front of the nave . In front of it is the portal with a hipped roof . Inside, an arcade separates the entrance area on the west side from the church hall.

organ

On the gallery above the entrance area is an organ , the organ builder family Bittner with bag loading , pneumatic game - and key action and free-standing gaming table .

I main work C – f 3
Principal 8th'
Viol 8th'
Dumped 8th'
octave 4 ′
octave 2 ′ Transm. from mixture
II Oberwerk C – f 3
Covered 8th'
Salicional 4 ′
Flute octaviante 4 ′
Pedal C – d 1
Sub bass 16 ′
Violon bass 8th'
  • Coupling : II / I, super octave coupling II / I, I / P, II / P
  • Playing aids : Piano, Mezzoforte, Forte

Bells

A 5-part bell hangs in the bell tower:

Chime Caster Pouring year
f sharp ′ Hans bell founder second half of the 16th century
a ′ Wilhelm Schilling 1960
H' Hans bell founder second half of the 16th century
cis ′ Wilhelm Schilling 1960
e ′ ′ Johann Ulrich Schelchshorn Early 18th century

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bells on glockenklaenge.de

Web links

Commons : St. John the Baptist  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 49 ° 7 '57.8 "  N , 11 ° 7' 36.5"  E