St. Laurentius (Nordheim am Main)
The St. Laurentius Church in Nordheim am Main is the Catholic parish church of the Franconian wine town. It stands on the church square in the village center and towers over the main valley.
history
The history of the Laurentiuskirche is closely linked to the local history. Nordheim was first mentioned in 918 as a gift to the Münsterschwarzach monastery . At that time the residents belonged to the original parish of Gerlachshausen , which was wealthy everywhere in the Main Valley. Due to the close relationship with the Benedictine monastery in Schwarzach, a small chapel was built in the village in 1074 , which was dedicated to St. Michael.
For many years the dependency on Gerlachshausen remained. It was not until the 16th century that Nordheim was upgraded with its own parish . Before that, around 1540, the construction of a separate house of worship was started, which was dedicated to St. Lawrence. The church was in the Gothic style . On July 29, 1598, Nordheim was granted its own pastorate. This revaluation was made possible above all by the counter-reformation of the Würzburg prince-bishop Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn , who promoted Catholic church building throughout the diocese.
With the parish elevation a further expansion of the church building went hand in hand. Among other things, the so-called Echter-Spitzhelm was put on the church tower. In the centuries that followed, further changes were made to the building. Due to the Thirty Years' War , only the church ceiling could be re-paneled for 672 guilders in the 17th century. For this, the Münsterschwarzacher abbot Johannes VI. Martin , whose monastery had meanwhile taken over the bailiwick of the village.
The progressive decline of the church made further improvements necessary in the 18th century. In the 1730s the church underwent major changes. The tower was raised, as evidenced by the year 1732 in its entablature. In addition, the church building received a new facade . In 1737 the baroque renovation was completed and the interior of the church began to be added. In the centuries that followed, the building was renovated several times. The Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments classifies the church as a historical building under the number D-6-75-155-15.
architecture
The church takes up the forms of the late Gothic . The so-called real pointed helmet is octagonal and crowns the tower. The choir continues under him. A gable roof closes the nave. Three pointed arch windows on the north side structure the building. Another window brings light into the choir . In the south an external staircase leads to the gallery. The entrance with a balustrade is protected by a sloping pent roof.
The facade has three ox eyes in the gable , the two lower ones are connected by a garland. A round arched window follows below. Above it are the year 1737 and a fire grate for the patron Laurentius . A frieze above the main portal bears the inscription “DOMINE DILEXI DECOREM DOMVS TVAE ET LOCVM HABITATIONIS GLORIAE TVAE PS” (Lord, I love the place where your temple stands, the place where your glory dwells). The nave is equipped with a flat ceiling that runs around a cornice. The ceiling contains several frescoes in round and clover leaf shape. The choir has a rib cross vault . A vestibule with a cross vault is entered through the southern portal.
Furnishing
The church has three altars. The high altar with six columns, made around 1720, fills the rear wall of the choir. The altarpiece was created around 1955 by the artist Josef Wolf and depicts the local saint Agatha , flanked on the left by Joseph with the child and on the right by St. Laurentius. The extract shows Saint Agatha with a palm branch in her hand.
The side altars are each supported by four columns. The Holy Family is depicted on the altar panel of the right altar . The statues of Mary's parents, Anna and Joachim , limit the structure, while Mary's coronation can be seen in the elevator. A statue of Kilian rises above it. In the middle of the left altar is shown Kilian with his companions Kolonat and Totnan. Peter and Paul stand by. St. Lawrence crowns the altar.
The risen Christ closes the sound cover of the pulpit , which was built around 1750, and is decorated with volutes and putti . Fourteen stations of the cross in the Nazarene style decorate the walls. Several older works of art are also kept in the church. A wooden Pietà dates from 1510. The busts of Saints Wolfgang and Urban also date from the 16th century.
A crucifix hangs over the side entrance . The ambo from 1978 is decorated with symbols of the evangelists. The organ on the gallery has a richly decorated case from the 18th century. The baptismal font is circumscribed with a Latin saying.
Surroundings
The life-size figures of the Mount of Olives scene on the south wall of the church were created in 1707. In the 18th century, a stone Pietà was erected in the churchyard. A cemetery crucifix, donated by Franz Peter Knoblach in 1859, can be classified from the same period. The churchyard wall includes a small cemetery .
literature
- Hans Bauer: District of Kitzingen. An art and culture guide . Market wide 1993.
- Georg Dehio: Handbook of the German art monuments. Bavaria I: Franconia . Munich and Berlin 1999.
- Franz Pfrang: Nordheim and Schwarzach . In: Ute Feuerbach (Ed.): Our Main Loop. 1978-1992 . Volkach 2008.
- Karl Treutwein : From Abtswind to Zeilitzheim. History, sights, traditions . Volkach 1987.
- Brochure in the church: St. Laurentius Nordheim / Main .
Individual evidence
- ^ Pfrang, Franz: Nordheim and Schwarzach . P. 146.
- ^ Treutwein, Karl: From Abtswind to Zeilitzheim . P. 157.
- ↑ Geodata: Monument number D-6-75-155-15 , accessed on August 16, 2013.
- ^ Bauer, Hans: Kunstführer Kitzingen . P. 24.
- ^ Prospectus in the church. S. 3. See: Treutwein, Karl: From Abtswind to Zeilitzheim . The year 1730 is mentioned.
- ^ Prospectus in the church. P. 4 f.
- ^ Treutwein, Karl: From Abtswind to Zeilitzheim . P. 158.
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Coordinates: 49 ° 51 '35 " N , 10 ° 10' 59" E