St. Michael (Hohnsberg)
The Church of St. Michael is an Evangelical Lutheran house of worship in Hohnsberg, Lower Franconia . It stands in the middle of the village and belongs to the Deanery Markt Einersheim .
history
The history of the church is closely linked to that of the village. A church was mentioned for the first time in 823, when Emperor Ludwig the Pious confirmed some churches to the Bishop of Würzburg . The village and the chapel were part of the county of Castell in the Middle Ages . The counts forced the elevation of the Hohnsberg church as a parish church. They succeeded in doing this in 1334, previously the village was a branch of the parish Geiselwind .
The Lords of Crailsheim owned Hohnsberg until the 15th century . They probably had the church rebuilt. The basement of the church from around 1460 indicates this. The Crailsheimers also introduced the Reformation into their possessions in the 16th century . The church was cared for by Lutherans and by Burghaslach until 1740 parish. Afterwards the pastor of Kirchrimbach also became pastor of Hohnsberg.
During the Thirty Years War , Hohnsberg suffered severe damage and was at times desolate. The church was also affected. After the resettlement work began on its reconstruction. In 1708 the foundation stone for the new church was laid, in 1713 the church was completed. Today Hohnsberg is one of the smallest Lutheran parishes in Bavaria. The church is classified as an architectural monument by the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation .
architecture
The church stands in the middle of the local cemetery. It is geosted and has a choir tower , the oldest element of the church, the basement dates back to around 1460. In the 18th century, the tower was raised, the upper floor was built in half-timbered construction with a clock. The tower ends with a tiled pointed helmet. Inside it is flat .
The nave is lit by two elongated arched windows. It ends with a gable roof and in its current form dates from the 18th century. On the west facade there is a wooden staircase to the galleries and the main portal, above which a round window is attached. Inside, a wooden barrel vaults the nave. The sacristy is attached to the tower in the north.
Furnishing
altar
The altar forms the center of the interior of the church. It came to Hohnsberg from the St. Peter and Paul Church in Rüdenhausen when the church was re-consecrated in 1713. The Rüdenhausen Church had been rebuilt a few years earlier and had a larger altar. However, the motifs for the design of the new altar remained the same, so that a smaller counterpart of the Rüdenhausen altar is located in Hohnsberg.
The Hohnsberger Altar has the often chosen three-part division with a predella , reredos and excerpt . The predella bears an oil painting of the Last Supper . A low cornice leads to the altar sheet . There the crucifixion of Christ is depicted, Mary, Mary Magdalene and John are assistant figures. Above the leaf, flanked by two round columns, the excerpt in the form of an oval picture with the resurrection is attached to a very expansive cornice . The picture is surrounded by rich ornamentation.
Further equipment
The oldest furnishing element, a relief of the church patron Michael as a soul weigher , still comes from the medieval church and is attached above the choir arch. The font from the first half of the 17th century is also from the previous building . It has an octagonal basin with coffered fields, the base is colored. The wooden lid dates from 1867.
The pulpit and the altar came to Hohnsberg in the first half of the 18th century. It is simply made and is structured by golden scrollwork on the lid and cassette fields on the body. A lecture cross dates from the 19th century. The church has wooden galleries on two sides, two storeys in the north. The organ is located on the semicircular gallery on the west side . It is surrounded by a simple case that is decorated with gold ornaments.
literature
- Hans Bauer: District of Kitzingen. An art and culture guide. Market wide 1993.
- Friedemann Raab: Hohnsberg. In: Harmut Preß (ed.): Dekanat Markt Einersheim. Evangelical parishes in the Steigerwald. Erlangen 1978. p. 50.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Hans Bauer: District of Kitzingen. P. 86.
- ^ Friedemann Raab: Hohnsberg. P. 50.
- ^ Hans Bauer: District of Kitzingen. P. 86.
- ^ Friedemann Raab: Hohnsberg. P. 50.
Coordinates: 49 ° 45 ′ 44 " N , 10 ° 30 ′ 13.1" E