St. Michael (Stephanshausen)

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St. Michael

The Roman Catholic Church of St. Michael is a church building in Stephanshausen , a district of Geisenheim. Today St. Michael is a branch church of the parish Heilig Kreuz Rheingau, a new type of parish. The so-called Rheingau Cathedral in Geisenheim has also been the parish church of Stephanshausen since 2015 .

history

In terms of church, Stephanshausen was originally assigned to Lorch . There was only a small chapel on site , which was first mentioned in a document in 1401 and which was destroyed in the Thirty Years War . The chapel was rebuilt in 1652/53. In various intermediate steps, the chapel was expanded to become today's church. The decisive expansion took place in 1749, when the church got its current appearance.

The ecclesiastical responsibility changed in 1577 from Lorch to Winkel . In 1655 the newly founded parish of St. Laurentius (Presberg) took over pastoral care. On December 18, 1755, Stephanshausen was finally raised to its own parish and the Church of St. Michael became a parish church. The church patronage was first held by the Lords of Breidbach zu Lorch, and in the 18th century it was taken over by the Barons of Greiffenklau zu Vollrads . In the 1860s there was great tension between the civil parish, citizens and the pastor. The conflict was about the fact that the civil parish no longer wanted to bear part of its obligations set out in the deed of foundation. Many citizens refused to attend church services and preferred to visit Marienthal Abbey . In 1869 the dispute escalated to the point that the windows of the rectory were broken. The diocese threatened to dissolve the parish on October 18, 1870 and carried out this threat on January 1, 1871: St. Michael became a subsidiary church of Winkel. Now the civil parish and the diocese came to an agreement and in 1872 a pastor was appointed again. However, litigation was continued about the obligation of the civil parish to deliver 7½ fathoms of beech firewood annually (one fathom was about 3,338 cubic meters). The civil parish considered the corresponding entry in the stock books (the predecessor of today's land register ) to be forged, but the court awarded the church the claim.

In 1862 the dilapidated church was extensively renovated. On September 29, 1862 the church was consecrated again. In 1953 the interior of the church was renovated.

Since 1976 the pastor was also responsible for the churches in Johannisberg and Presberg . In 1999 the independent parish was abolished.

description

The baroque church building is a hall church.

Rudolf Wahl, who was pastor in Stephanshausen from 1936 to 1970 and at the same time diocesan curator, took care of the procurement of important works of art in the church. This includes the crucifixion group on the high altar. The figure of Christ dates from 1610. The altar was erected in 1972.

The organ comes from the company Gebrüder Keller .

A memorial to the fallen is erected in front of the church.

Pastor

  • Walter (1814-1828)
  • Parish administrator Franz Josef Scheh (1828–1829)
  • Jakob Mohr (1829-1830)
  • Parish administrator Lenz (1830)
  • Valentin Jakoby (1831-1836)
  • Johann Bauch (1836–1839)
  • Wilhelm Koch (1839-1854)
  • Friedrich Schmelz (1854–1860)
  • Parish administrator Anton Fischer (1860)
  • Johann Horz (1860-1865)
  • Parish administrator Johann Thome (1865–1866)
  • Wilhelm Hanz (1866–1871)
  • Josef Kappelhoff (1871-1887)
  • Franz Witgert (1887–1905)
  • Wilhelm Fischbach (1905-1917)
  • Anton Schumacher (1917–1926)
  • Heinrich Dezius (1926–1936)
  • Rudolf Wahl (1936–1970)

literature

  • Heinz-Dieter Molitor: 750 years of Stephanshausen - 250 years of building "St. Michael"; in: Jahrbuch '01 Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis, 2001, ISSN 1439-0779, pp. 274-277.
  • Handbook of the Diocese of Limburg, version January 1, 1958, pp. 304–305.

Web links

Commons : St. Michael (Stephanshausen)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://heilig-kreuz-rheingau.de/beitrag/die-13-kirchorte-der-pfarrei-heilig-kreuz-rheingau/
  2. ^ Pastor Johannes Zaun: Contributions to the history of the Rheingau country chapter and its twenty-four parishes. Molzberger, 1879, p. 360
  3. ^ Information system Hessen / Historical local dictionary - Stephanshausen

Coordinates: 50 ° 2 '4 "  N , 7 ° 56' 52.2"  E