St. John the Baptist (Wirmsthal)
The Roman Catholic Church of St. John the Baptist is located in Wirmsthal , a district of the Lower Franconian market Euerdorf in the Bavarian district of Bad Kissingen . Like the St. John the Baptist Church in Euerdorf, of which it is a branch church, it is dedicated to St. John the Baptist consecrated.
The church is one of the architectural monuments of Euerdorf and is registered under the number D-6-72-122-30 in the Bavarian list of monuments .
history
The time when the first church in Wirmsthal was built is unknown, but its first known mention comes from the "Register of Slopes and Income" on April 5, 1614.
Today's St. John the Baptist Church in Wirmsthal was built in 1823. During the 19th century the figures of the English saints Thomas More and John Fischer were erected. The altar, with the coat of arms of Würzburg bishop Johann Philipp von Greiffenclau zu Vollraths , came from the Unterzell monastery in Würzburg to Wirmsthal at the beginning of the 19th century and has been the only altar in the church since a church renovation (1971–1973).
The three steel bells were made in 1918 by the JF Weule bell foundry in Bockenem. The strikes are estimates based on tables.
| No. | Chime | Diameter | height |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | c '' | 91 cm | 84 cm |
| 2 | f '' | 64 cm | 64 cm |
| 3 | a '' | 50 cm | 48 cm |
In 2002 an altar and an ambo were opened by Dr. Jürgen Lenssen designed and made by Euerdorf stonemason Thorsten Lauer from Altmühltal Jura marble . The altar contains the relics of the martyrs Faustina and Edith Stein . The consecration of the altar and ambo took place on September 15, 2002 by Bishop Paul-Werner Scheele .
Web links
- The Wirmsthaler St. John the Baptist on www.euerdorf.de
- The church on the website of the parish community
literature
- Robert Kümmert : Bells of the Hammelburg district. Würzburg 1955.
Coordinates: 50 ° 9 ′ 0.8 ″ N , 10 ° 3 ′ 49.8 ″ E