St. John's beheading (Biebelried)
St. John's Beheading is the Roman Catholic parish church of Biebelried .
Building history
In 1251 an existing chapel dedicated to St. Peter was given to the Order of St. John in Würzburg . He had already acquired the prince-bishop's castle in Biebelried in 1244 in order to build a fort there.
After the previous church of St. Peter fell victim to the flames in 1606, a new church was built under Commander Johann Friedrich von Saulheim , of which the northern front wall of the nave , the former east choir (now sacristy ) and the tower are still preserved. This church had a little indented choir with a yoke and an end on three sides as well as a boned cross vault or cap vault. On the vault there was a bronze coat of arms with inscription:
"Anno 1606 January 9th, Hans Friderich Hund von Saulheim St. Johannes: Ord: Ritter Comethur vnd Prior Datiae."
In addition, there was a round choir arch with a profiled cornice, a small sacristy north of the choir and two pointed arched windows with post-Gothic tracery on the former north wall of the nave (now the front of the choir).
The church has sound holes with nachgotischem tracery on four sides and a pointed arch access with truss . Above the door there is a stone tablet with a coat of arms, pointed helmet and an inscription in a Renaissance frame:
"Anno 1606 on January 9th. has the honorable Gestrenge and noble Mr. Hans Friderich Hundt of Saulheim St. Johans Ordes Ritter, prior Datiae Comethur zue Würtzberg, Schleußingen and Weyßsensee Röm. kay. Maj. Rath had these churches demolished and with the help of a community to Biebelriedt they rebuilt them from the ground up and had them built for worship. "
In the second half of the 18th century there were again plans for a new building, the designs of which were received in 1911.
In 1804 a severe storm damaged the church. The new building, including the hall with a retracted polygonal choir closure and nave, took place in 1822, including the older parts of the building. This church today is oriented to the north. The square tower faces the west side.
A restoration took place in 1903/04.
Furnishing
The furnishings include a crucifix on the high altar (created around 1903, as are the side altars) and the figure of the Salvator on the left side altar by Tilman Riemenschneider . Both were once part of the high altar in Würzburg Cathedral, which was completed around 1510 .
The crucifix, whose cross and arms have been replaced, is made of linden wood , unmounted and 1.5 m high. It was carved by hand by Tilman Riemenschneider around 1500.
The Christ Salvator with richly moved, fluttering drapery is also made of natural-colored limewood and is 1.03 m high. His right hand has been replaced. It comes from the Riemenschneider school around 1510 and resembles the Christ Riemenschneider, who originally stood in the Marienkapelle .
On the right side altar is a carved figure of the Immaculate .
All three altars were gilded to make the carved figures look better.
The celebration altar , ambo and baptismal font are works by the artist Matthias Engert ( Zell am Main ) made of black-colored steel and were inaugurated in November 2017.
The organ with 13 registers was installed in 1997 by the Rensch company.
A gilded silver chalice dating back to 1700 is 29 cm high and has a cuppa with overlay, on foot and on the cuppa angel with the Passion , the Nodus three angels, acanthus leaves and colored foot and cuppa enamels surrounded by blue stones.
North side with the square tower
North side
South side
West side
Entrance to the churchyard
Mary Queen of Peace at the entrance
Inscription on the occasion of the new building in 1606
graveyard
Cemetery cross
Cemetery cross
High altar
monument
The church is listed by the Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments under the number D-6-75-113-15: “At the village fountain 3rd Simultan Parish Church, Chorturmkirche, 1712; re-qualified with equipment "
literature
- Tilmann Breuer u. a .: Biebelried. In: Georg Dehio - Handbook of German Art Monuments Bavaria I: Franconia. 2nd continuous u. supplemented edition Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1999, p. 218.
- Georg Lill, Friedrich Karl Weysser: City and district office Kitzingen (= art monuments of Lower Franconia & Aschaffenburg, booklet II). R. Oldenbourg, Munich 1911, pp. 65ff.
- Johannes Sander: Church building in upheaval. Sacred architecture in Bavaria under Max I. Joseph and Ludwig I. Diss . Regensburg 2013, p. 427 f.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Monumenta Boica 37, No. 317, p. 354 full text at Google Books
- ^ Würzburg district archive, Misc. 2782
- ^ E. Tönnies, Life and Works of the Würzburg carver Tilmann Riemenschneider, Strasbourg 1900, p. 238
- ↑ E. Tönnies, p. 102
- ^ A. Weber, Life and Work of the Sculptor Dill Riemenschneider, Würzburg and Vienna 1888, p. 25
- ↑ A simple framework for valuable art . In: Die Kitzinger, November 23, 2017, accessed on March 27, 2018.
- ↑ Details on the organ in www.organindex.de, accessed on March 27, 2018
Coordinates: 49 ° 45 ′ 52.7 " N , 10 ° 4 ′ 57.8" E