St. John the Baptist (Sömmersdorf)
The Roman Catholic Church of St. John the Baptist is the village church of Sömmersdorf , a district of Euerbach in the Lower Franconian district of Schweinfurt . It belongs to the architectural monuments of Euerbach and is registered together with the two stone crosses in the north facade of the tower and the cemetery cross under the number D-6-78-128-19 in the Bavarian list of monuments .
history
The original mother parish of Sömmersdorf, Brebersdorf , has existed since 1479. In 1588 the tower was built. It has the pointed roof typical of Julius Echter's style. In the years 1795 to 1796 (year of completion on the west side) the nave and the choir were built . The village has been performing the Passion Play, which is unique in Lower Franconia, since 1933.
description
The high altar in the Rococo style comes from the Church of St. Michael in Würzburg . It dates from 1775. There is a large crucifix above the tabernacle . On the right side altar you can see a painting of the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan , on the left one of Our Lady . On the pulpit , also made in 1775 in the style of Materno Bossi , there is a relief of the four evangelists . In the church also are late Gothic wooden figures of Saints Vitus and St. Nicholas from the time to see the 1510th The organ was installed by the Steinmeyer company from Öttingen and has its factory number 512.
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literature
- Georg Dehio : Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, Bavaria I: Franconia: The administrative districts of Upper Franconia, Middle Franconia and Lower Franconia , Deutscher Kunstverlag Berlin / Munich 1979, ISBN 3-422-00359-2 , p. 776
Coordinates: 50 ° 3 '28.5 " N , 10 ° 5' 36.7" E