St. Maria (Weißdorf)
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Maria is a late Gothic hall church in Weißdorf , Hof district ( Upper Franconia ). It is a protected cultural property under the Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict .
history
The church was probably built between 1470 and 1500. Several wall paintings inside the church and the tower with the dates 1479 and 1483 prove this.
At the same place there was presumably already a church, which is indirectly attested by the presence of a first local pastor in 1397. This church seems to have been completely demolished in the 15th century. According to a document from 1418, she was also consecrated to the mother of Jesus .
The builders were Hans and Martin von Sparneck , who sat on the Weissdorf moated castle . As early as 1469, the bishop of the Bamberg diocese , Georg I von Schaumberg , enfeoffed Hans von Sparneck with the Weißdorfer parish and the early mass. Until the replacement in 1975 by Werner Freiherr Leuckart von Weißdorf, the church and the aristocratic seat remained connected through the church patronage . As early as 1959, the partial church patronage of the princes of Schönburg -Waldenburg, which was linked to the manor in Bug , was extinguished with the sale of all their properties around Schwarzenbach an der Saale .
Probably the oldest depiction of the church dates from the year 1523. The colored woodcut by war photo reporter Hans Wandereisen shows the destruction of the Weissdorf moated castle by the Swabian Federation on the edge as well as the church of St. Maria.
From 2013, the church will undergo extensive renovation, starting with the outer facade and the church environment.
Paintings
Murals
Only a few of the late medieval frescoes that used to adorn all walls have survived.
- Mantle division by St. Martin of Tours on the north wall of the nave
- Gregory mass on the east wall of the nave
All other wall paintings have been destroyed or become so unsightly that they are whitewashed today, including the twelve consecration crosses , during conversion and renovation work, breakthroughs and the installation of galleries and patronage boxes .
Pillar paintings
All four columns supporting the cross vault are decorated with high-format late Gothic representations.
- Northeast Pillar
- Woodcut-like depiction of the crucifixion with the year 1483
- Christ at rest
- Radial Madonna
- Northwest pillar
- Vesper picture
- Picture of a little black ram, which is probably the scapegoat is supposed to represent
- Southwest Pillar: Risen Christ
- South-eastern column: scepter-bearing, triumphant Christ
Gallery painting
On the north, west and south walls there are parts of the former gallery painting, which was created in the 17th century based on templates from the Merian Bible.
A picture of the Lord's Supper from this cycle hangs in the sacristy today . Further fragments were found in 2003 in the former parish barn, where they had been converted into building material.
- South wall
- Picture of an Old Testament city siege
- Image of a prophet
- Tobias and the fish
- Erecting the cross
- Simon's feast
- Burial of Jesus
- Walk to Emmaus
- Homecoming of the prodigal son
- West wall
- Flagellation of Jesus
- Jesus and the repentant sinner
- Jephthah's homecoming
- Conversion of Paul from Tarsus
- North face
- Parable of the sower
- Beheading of John the Baptist
- Image of the risen Christ who appears to Maria Magdalena as a gardener (" Noli me tangere ")
- Parable of the workers in the vineyard
- Jesus walks on the sea
Furnishing
altar
The baroque altar was created by Johann Michael Doser from Auerbach in the Upper Palatinate and erected on December 12, 1712. During renovations in 1836/37, the originally richly figured altar was converted into a pulpit altar . In 1957 it was based on its baroque shape and the pulpit, which was set back to the choir arch, was replaced by the original altarpiece with a resurrection scene. During the renovation work in 2004, a forgotten nativity scene integrated into the altarpiece came to light again.
Baptism angel
Just like the altar, the baptismal angel , made in 1714 and bearing a shell- shaped basin, comes from Doser's workshop .
organ
The organ was built in 1985 by the organ building company Ekkehard Simon (Landshut-Ergolding) as a mechanical slider chest instrument. The organ has 24 registers on two manuals and a pedal .
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Open Church
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The Evangelical Lutheran parish of Weißdorf participates in the campaign Open Evangelical Churches in Bavaria ( Our church is open. Come in ) of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria .
The church building is open daily from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. outside of the service times.
As part of the Open Monument Day , the otherwise unopened lower tower house and the historic roof structure were repeatedly made accessible to the public.
Pulpit speeches
Since 2005, prominent speakers and experts from different areas have been in the pulpit at irregular intervals and speak on a technical or current topic.
The most prominent speaker in the pulpit so far in February 2008 was the then Bavarian Minister of State for Federal and European Affairs Markus Söder .
literature
- Tilmann Breuer : District of Münchberg . The art monuments of Bavaria , brief inventories, XIII. Band . German art publisher . Munich 1961. pp. 54-59.
- 525 years of St. Mary - a church tells the story , 2005, ISBN 3-926621-40-0
In addition to many pulpit speeches and stories from the "early youth" of St. Maria, this script also contains five letters that the Church of St. Maria writes to her congregation. In it she tells part of her story and that of her surroundings. The author of the 5 letters is Günther Bock, member of the church council from 2000 to 2012. In the church there is a lectern with the letters and other stories from the time the church was built. The midwife, the baron's wife and some other "contemporary witnesses" tell their experiences from this time.
- Karl Dietel : 500 years of the Evangelical Lutheran Parish Church of St. Maria zu Weißdorf , 1980
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ More information about the organ on the website of the parish
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from October 17, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Internet portal Open Churches in Bavaria - Come on in
Coordinates: 50 ° 11 ′ 6.3 " N , 11 ° 50 ′ 54.3" E