St. Martin (Poppenhausen)

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The parish church of St. Martin in Poppenhausen

The Roman Catholic parish church of St. Martin in Poppenhausen dates from the 12th century and was built as a fortified church in the Romanesque style .

history

The St. Martin Church was first mentioned in 1184. The bell tower dates from the 11th or 12th century. The tower and the nave probably date from the same period.

The church was originally built as a fortified church and served the residents as a refuge in times of war. Nevertheless, it was used for church services. She was dedicated to St. Martin consecrated. In the 16th century the first renovation work began to give the spire raised by several meters. In 1577 the sacristy was added and the old high altar was built in 1824. In the 1920s, a choir room was created by adding an extension on the south side. In 1921 the St. Martin Church was rebuilt due to disrepair. The old entrance on the west side was replaced by a new entrance on the south side. Therefore a new high altar was necessary. The community paid for the renovation work itself. The then Archbishop of Freiburg inaugurated the church in 1924. In 1927 the organ was donated by a farmer from Poppenhausen. In 1929 the church got bells . However, these were removed again and melted down in 1941 due to the Second World War .

Due to plaster damage in the plinth area of ​​the church interior and cracks in the ceiling, renovation work began in 2001. So was u. a. the altarpiece refreshed and the church interior repainted. In the new millennium, the main walled entrance of the original church was opened to create an entrance for wheelchair users.

The Berlin sculptor Paul Brandenburg created a new celebration altar based on the motif of the tree of life , which was consecrated as the last step in the renovation by Auxiliary Bishop Rainer Klug .

The community owes the redesign of the church to the local chaplain, Elmar Landwehr, who comes from Zimmer . Through his relationships as a former dean in Freiburg, he was able to obtain grants for the renovation .

The Martinskirche belongs to the pastoral care unit Grünsfeld-Wittighausen, which is assigned to the deanery Tauberbischofsheim of the Archdiocese of Freiburg .

Furnishing

Altars

The then local pastor Stanislaus Sack advocated the erection of a new high altar in 1935. The sculptor Thomas Buscher was commissioned to build a Marian altar and a crucifixion group made of linden wood. Pastor Sack himself carved the worshiping angels.

The right side altar was created by the artist Fritz Zipf and is dedicated to St. Consecrated to Joseph . The altar of Mary on the left was created by Thomas Buscher.

The altar base made of bronze and the table top made of shell limestone, which is supported by the branches of the tree of life , were built by Paul Brandenburg.

Vault and choir

In 1948 the Freiburg artist Franz Schilling painted the vaults and the choir , where you can see the heavenly Jerusalem . Among them are St. Notburga , St. Isidore , St. Kilian and St. Rita depicted. Franz Schilling was paid for by the parish with voluntary donations and food.

Church entrance

In 1984 the pastor Karl Endres from Poppenhausen donated a protective coat Madonna , which was placed in front of the church on the occasion of the 800th anniversary of the village and consecrated by the local pastor Benno Emmert. The protective coat Madonna was created by the Würzburg goldsmith Hans Fell.

organ

In 1927 the community bought a used pneumatic organ. However, this was already in need of repair and therefore rarely worked. Today it is no longer played.

In 1982, Pastor Karl Endres donated an electronic organ that is used today for church services .

See also

Web links

Commons : St. Martin (Poppenhausen)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c bw-sis.ihk.de: St. Martin Church (Poppenhausen) Online at www.bw-sis.ihk.de. Retrieved December 16, 2016.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f wittighausen.de: The Church of St. Martin in Poppenhausen Online at www.wittighausen.de. Retrieved December 16, 2016.
  3. ^ Deanery Tauberbischofsheim: Pastoral care units of the Deanery Tauberbischofsheim . Online at www.kath-dekanat-tbb.de. Retrieved January 16, 2017.

Coordinates: 49 ° 37 ′ 52.6 "  N , 9 ° 49 ′ 32.5"  E