St. Kilian (Nüdlingen)
The St. Kilian Church in Nüdlingen , a Bavarian parish in the Lower Franconian district of Bad Kissingen , is one of the architectural monuments of Nüdlingen and is registered in the Bavarian Monument List under the number D-6-72-136-23 . It is dedicated to St. Kilian .
history
Predecessor chapel
When the Nüdlingen parish was founded in 1453, the St. Kilianus Chapel was elevated to the status of the first parish church in Nüdlingen. It is not known exactly where the chapel was located. However, it can be assumed that it was not the Sebastiani Chapel, which was located outside Nüdlingen and, originally Gothic , was only designed in the neo-Romanesque style in 1691 when the Sebastian Brotherhood was founded. The existence of extensive solid foundation walls in Haardstrasse north of the former rectory could indicate the location of the St. Kilianus chapel there . However, this approach is uncertain and could only be confirmed by the discovery of a former cemetery.
Construction of St. Kilian's Church
When, under Würzburg Prince-Bishop Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn, the neighboring town and today's Nüdlinger district Haard was elevated to a branch of Nüdlingen on February 22, 1590, the need arose to build a new, larger church. For this purpose, Prince-Bishop Echter had the numerous houses in the Castrum in the center of Nüdlingen demolished.
In 1615 an expansion of the late Gothic style church was necessary. This suggests that Prince-Bishop Echter only made the building site available for the church and that the construction did not take place under his direction, but was financed from the Nüdlinger church assets and donations, as the Prince-Bishop would have made the church larger from the start. The expansion, made in the neo-Romanesque style in 1615, took place on the orders of the prince-bishop.
The church tower was renewed in 1759 under local pastor Valentin Werner . In addition, Pastor Werner had some relics and a script put down in the tower knob . As it turned out during the next church renovation in 1813, the writing was almost completely weathered by the weather.
Church extensions (19th century)
This renovation from 1813 as well as a further expansion, which had become necessary due to renewed population growth, took place under the local pastor Bernhard Kast. The church expansion was the construction of a double gallery church, displacement of the doors as well as a reorganization of church chairs implemented. Another renovation of the church tower took place under Pastor Johann Adam Göpfert. Göpfert's related writings are still preserved.
Another church expansion took place in the years 1858/59 under Pastor Michael Erhard, within the framework of which a wider entrance was created and the previously baroque elements of the church were replaced by neo-Gothic furnishings.
In 1882, in thanks for the happy end of a cattle epidemic, a statue of St. John was made in the Gothic style by the Nüdlingen sculptor Ferdinand Hümmler in the church. Wendelin , which was financed from the municipal treasury and donations.
In 1895, the parish church was renovated under Pastor Treubert, which cost 6,000 marks . A portion of 2,000 marks was covered by the community treasury, the rest by donations. In 1921, a new tower clock was purchased on the initiative of Pastor Knapp ; The community took over 8,000 marks of the costs of almost 10,000 marks.
In the 1930s, sporulation within the church made it necessary to renovate the interior; In addition, the altars were redesigned, the statues were gilded and baroque pictures made by Johann Peter Herrlein were renewed. In addition, a church heating system and new lighting were installed. An extensive renovation of the church took place in 1953 on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the parish.
Church expansion (1962–1966)
In May 1962 the Würzburg cathedral master builder Hans Skull pointed out that the ceiling of the church building was in need of renovation, which sagged by 40 centimeters, so that security was no longer guaranteed. Pastor Baptist Leidner suggested combining the renovation with a church expansion, the necessity of which became apparent due to the increasing population. On July 10, 1964, a further expansion of the church was decided and the local council made 200,000 D-Marks available; the rest should be covered by donations. The church was extended by seven meters to the north. While the neo-Gothic statues and pictures were brought into the camp, the altars and benches served as firewood. Part of the church that was built in 1600 was demolished; a large oak beam with the signature 1600 that was found during the expansion was taken to the local museum of local history.
Today's life-size crucifix above the altar of today's St. Kilians Church comes from the possession of Nüdlinger Emma Kiesel and was prepared for the occasion of its installation in the church. The statement by Emma Kiesels aunt that the figure of Christ came from a damaged floor cross and was taken away by her father is considered unlikely. The true background of the creation of the Christ figure is unknown.
The church now contains a Way of the Cross created by Peter Herrlein, a figure of the Madonna , a Pietà and depictions of St. Sebastian , St. Kilian. On June 26, 1966, the altar was consecrated by Auxiliary Bishop Alfons Kempf .
The four bells are tuned in the notes d '- f sharp' - a '- b'.
literature
- Ernst Pillich: 1200 Years of Nüdlingen , 1972
- Georg Dehio : Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler: Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, Bavaria I: Franconia: The administrative districts of Upper Franconia, Middle Franconia and Lower Franconia: BD I , Deutscher Kunstverlag Munich Berlin, 2nd, reviewed and supplemented edition, 1999, p. 675
- Eugen Hein: The parish church of St. Kilian and companions in Nüdlingen , church leader, 2003
- Werner Eberth : Prince-Bishop Julius Echter and his building inscriptions - A PR gag of the 17th century , Theresienbrunnen-Verlag Bad Kissingen, 2017, p. 37
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Coordinates: 50 ° 13 '14.09 " N , 10 ° 7' 27.95" E