St. Laurentius (Werbachhausen)

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St. Laurentius Church

The Roman Catholic parish church of St. Laurentius in Werbachhausen , a district of Werbach in the Main-Tauber district in Baden-Württemberg , was built in 1716 and expanded in 1893.

history

The Laurentiuskirche was built in 1716 and expanded in 1893. The church choir of Werbachhausen was founded in 1956 and celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2016. The Catholic rural youth movement Werbachhausen supports church youth work.

The Laurentiuskirche belongs to the pastoral care unit Großrinderfeld-Werbach, which is assigned to the deanery Tauberbischofsheim of the Archdiocese of Freiburg .

Church building and equipment

Altar of the Laurentiuskirche

Exterior construction

The Laurentiuskirche was repainted and renovated in 2015.

altar

The main altar, decorated with rich gold jewelry with the image of the “Good Shepherd” and the side altars with the statues of St. Lawrence of Rome and the Virgin Mary, captivate the visitor in a special way.

  • Equipment of the church

  • Statue of St Lawrence

  • Grotto of St Mary

  • Bells on the church forecourt

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Way of the Cross

The Way of the Cross in the Church of St. Laurentius comprises 15 stations:

  • Stations of the Cross in the Church of St. Laurentius

  • I. Jesus is sentenced to death

  • II. Jesus takes the cross on his shoulders

  • III. Jesus falls under the cross for the first time

  • IV. Jesus meets his St. mother

  • V. Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus carry the cross

  • VI. Veronica gives Jesus the handkerchief

  • VII. Jesus falls under the cross for the second time

  • VIII. Jesus comforts the weeping women of Jerusalem

  • IX. Jesus falls under the cross for the third time

  • X. Jesus is stripped of his clothes

  • XI. Jesus is nailed to the cross

  • XII. Jesus dies on the cross

  • XIII. The body of Jesus is removed from the cross

  • XIV. Jesus is placed in the tomb

  • XV. Jesus' resurrection

Monument protection

Pietà representation on the Path of Suffering

The church is located at Leidenweg 1 and is a listed building . It is a baroque hall with a retracted polygonal choir and roof turrets. There is a high lining wall around the church. The buildings are marked with the years 1716 and 1731.

Near the church, there are other small monuments on Leidenweg , including a Marie Grotto and shrines and medieval penitential cross behind the church.

Web links

Commons : St. Laurentius (Werbachhausen)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
  • St. Laurentius on the website of the pastoral care unit Großrinderfeld-Werbach at kath-Großrinderfeld.de

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c St Laurentius Leidenweg 1 Werbach - detail page - LEO-BW. In: leo-bw.de. Retrieved May 16, 2020 .
  2. ^ A b Pastoral care unit Großrinderfeld: St. Laurentius . Online at www.kath-Großrinderfeld.de. Accessed November 24, 2016.
  3. ^ Deanery Tauberbischofsheim: Pastoral care units of the Deanery Tauberbischofsheim . Online at www.kath-dekanat-tbb.de. Retrieved January 16, 2017.
  4. ↑ Regional Council Stuttgart (Ed.): List of architectural and art monuments as of February 15, 2012.

Coordinates: 49 ° 40 ′ 45.6 "  N , 9 ° 40 ′ 57.8"  E