St. Martin (Untererthal)
The Roman Catholic Church of St. Martin is located in Untererthal , a district of Hammelburg , a small town in the Lower Franconian district of Bad Kissingen , and is dedicated to St. Consecrated to Martin of Tours .
The church is one of the Hammelburg monuments and is registered under the number D-6-72-127-206 in the Bavarian list of monuments .
history
Previous construction
It is not certain whether there was already a church building in Untererthal around 800, as in the surrounding areas; there is no corresponding evidence. However, the patronage of the Untererthal church suggests the existence of a church at this time.
The first verifiable church in the village was built at the end of the 11th century. It goes back to the Lords of Erthal, who had it built as a burial chapel and place of prayer for their landholders. Under Georg Dietrich von Erthal, extensive renovation work was carried out on the choir , nave and church tower around 1590 .
Various parts of the church, built in Romanesque style , still exist.
Today's St. Martin's Church
The growing number of believers in the 19th century made it necessary to build a new church. For this purpose, the church building association Untererthal was set up in 1891 under Pastor Roether , whose capital was initially impaired by the First World War and inflation.
In 1926, under Roether's successor Johann Nepomuk Dolbatsch, construction of the new church could finally begin; the foundation stone was laid on May 30 of this year. The church was built on the ground of the previous building, with the choir and tower of the old church being taken over. The inauguration took place on May 5, 1929 by the Würzburg bishop Matthias Ehrenfried .
Peal
It contains three old and valuable bells. In 1955 a fourth bell was added to create a "Salve Regina" motif.
| No. | Chime | Surname | Weight | Casting year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | f ′ | "Big Bell" | 776 kg | 1495 |
| 2 | a ′ | St. Martin | - | 1955 |
| 3 | c ″ | St. Catherine | 310 kg | 1610 |
| 4th | d ″ | "Klenkglöckle" | 120 kg | 1599 |
"Klenkglöckle" means that the bell did not strike evenly before, it "rang".
literature
- Georg Dehio : Handbook of German Art Monuments , Bavaria I: Franconia: The administrative districts of Upper Franconia, Middle Franconia and Lower Franconia: BD I , Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2nd, revised and supplemented edition, Munich Berlin 1999, p. 1045
- Uwe Hartmann: St. Martin's Church today - a guided tour through the church . In: Kath. Pfarrgemeinde St. Martin Untererthal (Ed.), Herbert Naß: 75 Years Church of St. Martin Untererthal , 2002, pp. 129-138
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Coordinates: 50 ° 8 '44.3 " N , 9 ° 52' 53.7" E