St. Josef (Waldberg)

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The church in Waldberg
The high altar

The Roman Catholic Kuratiekirche St. Josef is the village church of Waldberg , a district of Sandberg in the Lower Franconian district of Rhön-Grabfeld . The church is one of the architectural monuments of Sandberg and is registered under the number D-6-73-162-33 in the Bavarian list of monuments . Waldberg is part of the parish community "Die Walddörfer".

history

The church was built between 1768 and 1770. The church tower with a dome was added in 1929 to replace the original roof turret.

description

The choir and nave are a single building with a gable roof and face north. The church tower is on the west side and has an onion dome .

Furnishing

The furnishings date from the 18th century. The high altar (allegedly from a secularized monastery in Gaibach ) with a central painting of St. Joseph and the side altars with Jesus and Mary are designed in the Rococo style. The pulpit is probably classical . According to the parish , the organ on the southern double gallery was built in 1779 and is attributed to Johann Adam Höffner. The three bells in the church tower were consecrated in 1932. The strikes are f sharp '- a' - h '.

literature

  • Roswitha Altrichter: Churches in the district of Rhön-Grabfeld. Rötter, Bad Neustadt an der Saale 2010, ISBN 978-3-939959-06-9 , p. 212.
  • Georg Dehio , Tilmann Breuer: Handbook of German art monuments . Bavaria I: Franconia - The administrative districts of Upper Franconia, Middle Franconia and Lower Franconia. 2nd, revised and supplemented edition. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-422-03051-4 , p. 1080.

Web links

Commons : St. Josef (Waldberg)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Roswitha Altrichter: Churches in the district of Rhön-Grabfeld. Rötter, Bad Neustadt an der Saale 2010, p. 212.
  2. ↑ Marion Eckert: Image of the St. Joseph Church with roof turrets. In: RhoenundSaalepost.de. June 5, 2020, accessed June 9, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Big rush at the Waldberger storytelling afternoon. In: Main-Post , January 20, 2014, accessed on October 14, 2019.

Coordinates: 50 ° 20 ′ 13.4 "  N , 9 ° 59 ′ 53.3"  E