St. Martin (Segnitz)
The church of St. Martin in Segnitz in Lower Franconia is the place of worship for the Evangelical Lutheran congregation. It is located on Brückengasse in the middle of the village. Today the church is part of the Evangelical Lutheran Dean's Office in Kitzingen .
history
The village of Segnitz was mentioned in the sources as early as 1142. However, it is unlikely that there was a church in the village at that time. A small chapel dedicated to St. Martin was not mentioned until around 1250 . This first church stood on the site of today's church. The basement of today's tower also goes back to this chapel. The chapel was part of the parish of Frickenhausen .
In a document dated October 31, 1448, the church was elevated to a parish church , the Würzburg bishop Gottfried IV. Schenk von Limpurg donated the appointment as a parish. In 1525 the rulership of the village changed from the Catholic monastery of Auhausen to the Margraves of Ansbach. In the course of this change, the ideas of the Reformation also came to the village. Segnitz had become completely Lutheran by 1601.
In 1620 Hans Keesebrod rebuilt the nave of the church, followed in 1690 by the so-called Salettchen, a tower of the fortified church. In the course of a flood of the Main in 1784, the church's equipment was renewed. In 1908 the added choir opened, up until this point the tower basement had served as a choir. The Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments classifies the church as an architectural monument , underground remains of previous buildings are listed as a ground monument.
architecture
The church presents itself as a small hall building . The church is east and was built as a choir tower church , but now the tower is only used as a baptistery. It consists of exposed limestone on the outside . St. Martin has a three-storey, massive tower that ends with a pointed helmet. The high nave is illuminated by three round arched windows on both sides, it ends with a gable roof .
Furnishing
Bells
In the tower there is a three-part bell, the largest bell of which dates from 1509 and is the work of the then Würzburg bell founder Hans Neuber. The two smaller bells were cast by Karl Czudnochowsky in Erding in 1951.
| number | Surname | Casting year | Caster | Keynote | Weight in kilograms |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christ or death bell | 1509 | Hans Neuber, Würzburg | e ' | approx. 1300 |
| 2 | Our Father or prayer bell | 1951 | Karl Czudnochowsky , Erding | g sharp ' | about 550 |
| 3 | Baptismal bell | 1951 | Karl Czudnochowsky, Erding | H' | about 300 |
Further equipment
The furnishings correspond to that of a typical Protestant country church: the original furnishings have been replaced by a few, which make the room appear sober. In the choir there is a simple stone altar table, which was added to the church in the course of the renovation in 1908. The font is also from 1908 , but it is a replica of the original from 1496. The old font was restored in 1611 by Hans Keesebrod.
The pulpit is next to the choir arch . It comes from the Baroque period and was decorated with the coat of arms of the Margraves of Ansbach, the village lords at that time. The sound cover also has a trumpet angel. The wooden gallery in the west, decorated with two atlases, carries the organ , which dates from 1669. The impressive prospectus is divided into five round towers and has two fully plastic figures.
literature
- 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.
- Georg Dehio: Handbook of the German art monuments. Bavaria I: Franconia . Munich and Berlin 1999.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Dehio, Georg: Handbook of German art monuments . P. 971.
- ^ Bauer, Hans: Gesegnetes Land . P. 129.
- ^ Bauer, Hans: District of Kitzingen . P. 99.
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Coordinates: 49 ° 40 ′ 18.6 " N , 10 ° 8 ′ 38" E