St. Markus (Unterbalbach)

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The parish church of St. Markus in Unterbalbach

The Roman Catholic parish church of St. Markus in Unterbalbach was built in the Weinbrenner style in 1824 .

history

A church built in 1631 with the same patronage stood in the same place. The altar of this earlier St. Mark's Church was located where the entrance to the tower is now. In 1824 construction began on a larger St. Mark's Church, the parish of which was headed by Pastor Auth, who worked in Unterbalbach from 1814 to 1833 . In July 1825 the construction of this church was completed. The expanded church, which can accommodate around 400 people, was dedicated to St. Mark the Evangelist . The costs incurred were taken over by the Grand Duchy of Baden , as the successor to the Hochstift Würzburg , and the German Order of Mergentheim.

From 1977 to 1979 the church was completely renovated to include the sacristy . Until its dissolution on August 31, 2013, the parish of St. Markus belonged to the pastoral care unit Messelhausen. Since September 1, 2013, it has been part of the Lauda-Messelhausen pastoral care unit, which was expanded on September 1, 2014 and is now called the Parish Association of Lauda-Königshofen Pastoral Care Unit.

In March 2016, the restored tower cross of the church was blessed by Pastor Walterspacher and then reassembled. The entire church building is to be renovated for around 1.6 million euros by 2018. The renovation began in 2010.

The Markuskirche belongs to the pastoral care unit Lauda-Königshofen, which is assigned to the deanery Tauberbischofsheim of the Archdiocese of Freiburg .

Furnishing

Altars

Nave with a view of the altars
The right side altar
The left side altar

The high altar was built in 1774 by Wolfgang Weinsprach. It originally comes from the Büchig parish church and was then transferred to St. Markus . The side altar on the left shows the Assumption of Mary into heaven . Above the right side altar is a depiction of the church patron, Markus, as he sits on his iconographic attribute, the lion. It was designed by Waldemar Kolmsperger in 1893.

Baptismal font

The font dates from 1631 and has the shape of a chalice . It bears the coat of arms of the local lords of the time, the Hochstift Würzburg, and was fitted with a new bronze cover in 2002 by the artist Paul Brandenburg .

Nave

To the left and right of the portal window you can see the Apostles Andrew and John . On the left side wall hangs a crucifix from 1800 , accompanied by the apostles Peter and Paul . You can also see St. Mark with pen, scroll and a lion head at his feet. The martyrdom of St. Barbara pictured. On the back wall hangs a painting with the martyrdom of St. Agatha . The pulpit is on the right side wall . It was built at the end of the 19th century in the style of the side altars. There are also two statues. One shows the holy monk Wendelin . The other represents St. Valentin , a Roman bishop. In the gallery , St. John the Baptist shown. On the back wall there is a painting of St. Nepomuk , a martyr who was drowned in Prague.

Steeple

Above the tower entrance there is a representation of St. Martyr Sebastian around 350. On the right there are two sacrament niches from 1631, which were previously used to store the Holy of Holies . There is a statue of the church patron Markus above the tower niche. It is a replica of the wooden statue inside the church.

organ

The organ was built in 1891. It has a mechanical movement with two manuals and 16 registers . For the 100th anniversary it was renovated and consecrated on November 18, 1992 by Dean Elmar Landwehr.

Bells

The bells come from the Schilling family of bell foundries and were cast in Heidelberg. Another bell by Christof Glockengießer comes from the 17th century, but is currently not rung, but is located in the forecourt of the church. The five-part bell was consecrated on August 2, 1959. Due to the renovation measures, this historic bell was to be integrated into the belfry and to be rung as a death and baptismal bell.

The belfry consists of two floors. In the lower part there are the big bells 1 and 2 in two compartments. In the upper part there are the bells 3, 4 and 5. The clockwork is located under this bell chamber . When the clock strikes, all five bells are active. The hour is struck by bell 2. Bells 1, 3, 4 and 5 strike the quarter hour .

There are five bells in the church:

  1. St. Mark's bell; 1000 kg; Tone F
  2. Bell of Christ the King ; 800 kg; Tone G
  3. Bell Maria ; 500 kg; Tone B
  4. Bell Josef ; 360 kg; Tone C
  5. Bell blessed Bernhard von Baden ; 250 kg; Tone D

Web links

Commons : St. Markus (Unterbalbach)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ kath-lauda-koenigshofen.de: Unterbalbach
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i unterbalbach.de: Parish Church St. Markus ( Memento of the original from November 26, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.unterbalbach.de
  3. ^ Deanery Tauberbischofsheim: Pastoral care units of the Deanery Tauberbischofsheim . Online at www.kath-dekanat-tbb.de. Retrieved January 16, 2017.
  4. ↑ ebfr-glocken.de: St. Mark's bells .

Coordinates: 49 ° 31 ′ 42.7 "  N , 9 ° 44 ′ 51.1"  E