St. Katharina (Niederlauer)
The Roman Catholic Church of St. Katharina is the parish church of Niederlauer in the Lower Franconian district of Rhön-Grabfeld . It belongs to the architectural monuments of Niederlauer and is registered together with the remains of the churchyard wall, the Pietà and the stone cross in the Kirchgasse under the number D-6-73-146-19 in the Bavarian list of monuments .
history
Even before the Reformation, Niederlauer had a small church where it is today. She was taken care of by the Maria Bildhausen Monastery . Becoming Evangelical Lutheran in 1559 , the village was catholicized again in 1583 after the Würzburg monastery took ownership . In 1601, Prince-Bishop Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn elevated Niederlauer to a parish . In 1612 the same prince-bishop had the steeple built on the old church . The current church was built in 1888 in neo-Gothic style. In 1975 the church was renovated. The organ building company Hey installed the organ .
description
The vaulted choir with a five-eighth closure is flanked to the south by the church tower with a pointed helmet and four corner turrets. The sound windows of the church tower are ogival . An octagonal stair tower stands at the side of the church tower . The flat-roofed nave has four window axes . The windows of the choir and nave are pointed arched with tracery . The back wall of the nave is broken through by a rose window above the gallery .
Furnishing
The interior of the church is also neo-Gothic. To the left of the high altar is a female figure, perhaps the Immaculata or - in connection with the church patroness Katharina - St. Margaret . A large crucifix hangs in the pointed choir arch . On the side altars there are figures of Our Lady (left) and Jesus Christ (right), both with side figures. Figures of the four evangelists are attached to the pulpit . On the same (southern) wall as the pulpit you can see a crucifixion group in a niche and a representation of the Holy Family further back . On the northern wall, in another niche, there is the figure of the church patroness Katharina with the broken wheel.
Web links
- The church on the website of the parish community St. Bonifatius around the Höhberg
- The bells of St. Catherine on YouTube
literature
- Georg Dehio : Handbook of the German Art Monuments, 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. 539.
- Roswitha Altrichter among others: Churches in the district of Rhön-Grabfeld. Rötter, Bad Neustadt ad Saale 2010, ISBN 978-3-939959-06-9 .
Coordinates: 50 ° 17 ′ 46.6 ″ N , 10 ° 10 ′ 40 ″ E