St. Martin (Tauberbischofsheim)

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City Church of St. Martin Tauberbischofsheim

The town church of St. Martin is a Roman Catholic church in Tauberbischofsheim and is consecrated to St. Martin of Tours .

history

middle Ages

The origins of the community go back to the 7th century. Today's church had several previous buildings. From the previous Romanesque church built in the 13th century, the tower and the depiction of St. Martin have been preserved. A new parish church was built around 1400 .

Modern times

View of St. Martin from the tower tower

The current church was built in the years 1910–1914 in the neo-Gothic style according to plans by the architect Ludwig Maier from the Archbishop's Building Department Heidelberg. From March 1910 the old town church was demolished. On October 16, 1910, the foundation stone was laid for the new Martinskirche. The topping-out ceremony of today's church was celebrated on January 2, 1912, the benediction ( blessing ) on August 15, 1913 and the solemn consecration (consecration) took place on May 24, 1914 . In the course of the new building, the Romanesque tower was increased to 69 m. The church interior is 51 m long, 24 m wide and 17 m high and consists of a central and two side aisles . In 2014, the 100th anniversary of the newly built city church was celebrated.

The town church of St. Martin belongs to the pastoral care unit Tauberbischofsheim , which is assigned to the deanery Tauberbischofsheim of the Archdiocese of Freiburg .

Furnishing

View of the altar

Altars

In the apse on the left is the late medieval St. Mary's altar, which was created around 1517 and was probably made by the Ulm artist Nikolaus Weckmann the Elder. Ä. was created.

Further altars in the Martinskirche:

  • Valentin altar, from 1756;
  • Anna altar with painting by Georg Anton Urlaub († 1759), from 1757
  • Holy Cross altar with a copy of the Tauberbischofsheimer crucifixion by Matthias Grünewald (original in the Kunsthalle Karlsruhe), created in 1761

pulpit

In St. Martin's Church there is a pulpit depicting the Church Fathers Ambrosius, Hieronymus, Augustine and Gregory the Great. It was created around 1700.

organ

The organ was built in 1989 by the organ builder Claudius Winterhalter . The slider chests -instrument has 40 registers on three manual stations and pedal .

Sculptures

One of the medieval works of art is a late Gothic sculpture of Mary as Queen of Heaven on the left choir pillar. It was created around 1450 and is attributed to the artist Hans Multscher from Ulm. In addition, the Martinskirche has a figure of Christ the King and a figure of the Child Jesus by Thomas Buscher from 1932.

Other items of equipment

In the Martinskirche there are, among other things, the following additional items of equipment:

  • Sacrament house with a representation of the division of the coat in the top, dated 1448
  • Mount of Olives on the outer wall of the choir, around 1500
  • Magnificent epitaph made of alabaster , for Alexander († 1588) and Anna Maria v. Riedern († 1623)
  • Lent cloth with 16 picture scenes for the Passion of Jesus, at Easter and Pentecost, from the 18th century
  • Glass window: around 1870, rich picture program, from the previous church, redesigned in 1910

Bells

A five-part bell hangs in the tower. Four of these bells are historical bells: The oldest bell dates from the beginning of the 14th century. The other bells date from the 15th and 16th centuries. One dated from 1448, another from 1615. Bell 2 was added in 1953 by the Karlsruhe bell foundry. The chiming of the clock is heard by bells 1-4; Bells 3 and 4 ring the quarter of an hour, bells 1 and 2 ring the repeated chime.

No.
 
Caster
 
Casting year
 
material
 
Ø
(cm)
Weight
(kg)
Nominal
 
1 Jacob Stempfel 1448 bronze 140.5 1593 of 1 + 8
2 Karlsruhe bell foundry 1953 bronze 107.8 735 f 1 + 6
3 H. Kessler II 1400 bronze 88.5 502 b 1 + 7
4th Jacob Stempfel? 1448 bronze 71.8 209 d 2 + 5
5 Christof Glockengießer 1615 bronze 61.2 157 e 2 + 10

Bicycle path church

Sign for the St. Martin cycle path church

The Martinskirche, with its location on the Taubertal cycle path, is designated as a cycle path church.

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e f g h i j Basic information about the church in the church guide St. Martin . (PDF; 447.7 kB). Online at www.kath-kirche-tbb.de. Retrieved December 25, 2015.
  2. ^ A b Pastoral care unit Tauberbischofsheim: Jubilee of the city church . Online at www.kath-tauberbischofsheim.de. Retrieved December 25, 2015.
  3. ^ Deanery Tauberbischofsheim: Pastoral conception of the Deanery Tauberbischofsheim . (PDF, 1.3 MB). Resolution of July 21, 2011. Online at www.kath-dekanat-tbb.de. Retrieved June 10, 2015.
  4. ^ Deanery Tauberbischofsheim: Pastoral care units of the Deanery Tauberbischofsheim . Online at www.kath-dekanat-tbb.de. Retrieved June 10, 2015.
  5. a b information on the bells of the cath. Parish church of St. Martin in Tauberbischofsheim . Online at www.ebfr-glocken.de. Retrieved December 25, 2015.
  6. ^ Radwegekirchen.de: St. Martin Tauberbischofsheim . Online at www.radwegekirchen.de. Retrieved June 17, 2016.
  7. Tourism Association Liebliches Taubertal (Ed.): Cycle Path Churches . Brochure. 12 pages. District Office Main-Tauber-Kreis, Tauberbischofsheim, p. 9.

Web links

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

Coordinates: 49 ° 37 ′ 20.9 ″  N , 9 ° 39 ′ 39.6 ″  E