St. Laurentius (Fröhstockheim)
The St. Laurentius Church in Fröhstockheim is the Lutheran parish church of the Rödelsee district. It stands on the church square next to Fröhstockheim Castle . The church is now part of the Evangelical Lutheran Dean's Office in Kitzingen .
history
The beginnings of a parish in the village of Fröhstockheim are unclear. The place was first mentioned in 1220. Tradition is silent about whether there was already a place of worship at this point in time . In 1330 the community was raised to its own parish and the church dedicated to St. Mary became a parish church.
Around 1430 the tower of the church was built in its current form. In 1529 the village became Protestant under the influence of the Wolf von Crailsheim . The nave was built around 1600. During the renovation of the church interior in 1875, the tower was badly damaged by a storm. The upper floor, previously made of half-timbered , was now built solid.
Even after this renovation, the church was renovated again and again. In 1969 the Lords of Crailsheim had to give up the patronage right over the church in Fröhstockheim. In 1973/1974 the church received a comprehensive interior renovation. The Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments classifies the Laurentiuskirche as a monument . Underground remains are registered as a ground monument.
architecture
The church is a simple, east-facing hall structure and ends with a polygonal choir. The oldest building element is the three-storey choir tower from the 15th century, which ends with a pointed helmet. Three pointed arch windows with tracery shed light on the nave, which is covered by a gable roof. The windows of the choir also have Gothic tracery.
Furnishing
Epitaph from 1596
One of the most valuable pieces of equipment is the epitaph from 1596. It came into the interior of the church at the end of the 16th century after the death of the village master Ernst von Crailsheim and was placed on the right-hand arch of the choir. It is believed that it is an early work by the stonemason Hans Juncker . The epitaph is similar to the one created at the same time in Altenschönbach's St. Mary's Church .
The epitaph consists of a structure 4.50 meters high and 3.50 meters wide. Four fully plastic figures of Ernst von Crailsheim and his three wives form the center of the grave monument. They are shown praying and positioned around a three-dimensional crucifix . A rectangular frame is provided with some coats of arms, which are considered ancestral samples . A representation of the resurrection, flanked by the symbolic figures of hope, love and justice, crowns the frame.
Below the figures, several inscription panels describe the life of the sitter in rhymes. Below Ernst is the following poem : “When a thousand and five hundred years / ninety six was the year / Jenner's nineteenth day / great lament with many people / Ernest von Crailsheim gently passed away / And rests in this place in peace / His age was seventy years / and several months over it / which he spent in the service of the Lord / and was thus highly respected / he was gifted with wisdom / now he lives wonderfully with God. "
His first wife Magdalena received the following description: “Took a blissful end in Christ / The Scottish woman of gender and tribe. / In marriage she gave birth to six children / In love and suffering. Lust and splendor / She did not respect the world. / Was pious and diligent in prayer / Doing a lot of good for the poor. / Mary Magdalene was her name. "
The second woman was also called Magdalena and is described as follows: “Magdalena von Wallenrod / died of a child and rests in God / whom she always had in front of her eyes / virtue and honor she loved. Was a matron at home / And her house ornaments and crowns / She gave birth to twelve children while married / The faithful God preserves her soul. "
Ernst von Crailsheim remarried relatively late. The third woman was Anna von Dolzga, she also gave birth to several children and received the inscription: “Anna von Dolzga the third woman / After these two she look / Of course how she lives and lives / All here is artificially formed. / The Junker has drawn her into his house since he was young. Honesty and godliness / The middle woman she teaches / complies with her Junker / He bore eight children / dead and living who are God. "
Ceiling frescoes
The ceiling frescoes in the choir date from the late 15th century and are therefore one of the oldest elements in the church. In the course of the Reformation in 1530 the frescoes were painted over and replaced by the inscription: "Because I thought it was right not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ crucified". This inscription was again painted over. In 1973 the frescoes were uncovered and restored.
Among other things, one recognizes the depiction of the birth of Jesus , the scene of the Mount of Olives , the arrest of Jesus , Jesus before Pilate and the crucifixion . Angels hold the instruments of suffering . In the square of the costal arches, before they unite in the keystone , the symbols of the evangelists can be seen. There is a saying about the angels in the frescoes: "In the church of Fröhstockheim there are many angels who protect the village and its people."
Further equipment
The coffered ceiling with 48 fields of the nave, which the artist Hubert Distler painted, was created in its current form in 1973/1974. It shows scenes from the Old and New Testament. The depiction of the hand of God is particularly impressive . The baptismal font in the nave in the Renaissance style comes from the 16th century and came into the church in 1581. Two oil paintings show John the Baptist and the death of Joseph . The artist Lieselotte von Crailsheim, who lives in the neighboring castle, created three other paintings. The large format pictures show the Holy Trinity in abstract form. A two-sided gallery runs through the interior of the church. There is a small organ on it .
literature
- Hans Bauer: The Kitzinger Land. Valuables, monuments, curiosities. Volume I . Volkach 2004.
- Hans Bauer: The Kitzinger Land. Valuables, monuments, curiosities. Volume II . Volkach 2007.
- Hans Bauer: Blessed Land. Paths through the Evangelical Dean's Office Kitzingen am Main . Kitzingen 2012.
- Hans Bauer: District of Kitzingen. An art and culture guide . Market wide 1993.
- Evang. Luth. Parish office Rödelsee, Catholic parish office Rödelsee, Community Casteller Ring (ed.): Places of retreat on the Schwanberg . Bayreuth.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Bauer, Hans: Gesegnetes Land . P. 48.
- ↑ Evang. Luth. Parish office Rödelsee (et al., Ed.): Places of retreat on Schwanberg . P. 18.
- ^ Dehio, Georg: Handbook of German art monuments . P. 362.
- ^ Bauer, Hans: The Kitzinger Land. Volume II . Pp. 70-74.
- ^ Bauer, Hans: The Kitzinger Land. Volume I . P. 55.
Evangelical Church (Albertshofen) | St. Maria Magdalena (Buchbrunn) | Dreieinigkeitskirche (Dettelbach) | St. Laurentius (Fröhstockheim) | Evangelical Church (Hohenfeld) | St. Margarete (Hohenfeld) | Hospital Church of St. John the Baptist (Iphofen) | St. Andreas (Kaltensondheim) | Evangelical town church Kitzingen | Peace Church (Kitzingen) | St. Georg and Maria (Kleinlangheim) | St. Jakobus (Mainstockheim) | St. Nicolai (Marktbreit) | Moritzkapelle (Marktbreit) | St. Stephan (Marktsteft) | St. Michael (Michelfeld) | St. Nicolai (Neuses am Berg) | St. Burkard (Obernbreit) | Kreuzkapelle (Obernbreit) | St. Laurentius (Repperndorf) | Evangelical Bartholomew Church (Rödelsee) | St. Andreas (Schernau) | St. Michael (Schwanberg) | St. Martin (Segnitz) | St. Johannes (Sickershausen)
Coordinates: 49 ° 43 '50.4 " N , 10 ° 13' 49.5" E