St. Kilian and Vitus (Wülfershausen)
The Roman Catholic branch church St. Kilian and Vitus is the village church of Wülfershausen , a district of Wasserlosen in the Lower Franconian district of Schweinfurt . The church is one of the architectural monuments of Wasserlosen and is registered together with the cemetery wall, the cemetery cross and the Ölberg chapel under the number D-6-78-192-69 in the Bavarian list of monuments . Wülfershausen is part of the parish community Maria Hilf Wasserlosen.
history
Wülfershausen, which originally belonged to the parish Altbessingen , became a branch of the newly founded parish of Burghausen in 1601 . The church was built in 1615 at the instigation of the Würzburg prince-bishop Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn and expanded in 1782. The church was restored between 1992 and 1994. A new organ was procured and the sacristy was rebuilt.
description
The church tower in the style of Julius Echter stands in the east. The choir is located on the ground floor . The nave has a trough-shaped ceiling. The gallery with the organ is built into the west side. The interior is classicistic and was probably created by Jörg Schäfer from Karlstadt . Figures of the first church patron Kilian with his companions Kolonat and Totnan are placed on the high altar . On the side altars there are figures of the second church patron Vitus (right) and the Mother of God with Jesus after the deposition from the cross (left). The pulpit is on the south wall.
Remarks
- ↑ According to Georg Dehio , it was combined with a confessional.
Web links
literature
- Georg Dehio: Handbook of 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. 898
- Chronicle of the parish Burghausen with branch Wülfershausen , Burghausen 2001
Coordinates: 50 ° 3 ′ 6.6 " N , 9 ° 59 ′ 58.1" E