St. Michael (Sandberg)

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The church in Sandberg

The Roman Catholic parish church of St. Michael is the village church of Sandberg in the Lower Franconian district of Rhön-Grabfeld . The church is one of the architectural monuments of Sandberg and is registered together with the cemetery cross and a figure of St. Michael under the number D-6-73-162-2 in the Bavarian list of monuments . Sandberg is the center of the parish community “Die Walddörfer”.

history

Sandberg was initially a branch of the parish of Premich and became an independent parish in 1864. In 1931, today's church was built in the Baroque style of the homeland .

description

The church tower with a tent roof rises on the north side of the nave . The nave is surmounted by an upper aisle in the middle . The southern choir is semicircular.

Furnishing

In the choir there is a painting of St. Michael with an inscription. The church has no altars. To the left of the nave is a wooden pulpit . The organ is set up on the northern gallery .

Bells

In the church tower hang three bells with the tones g '- b' - c ”.

literature

  • Roswitha Altrichter: Churches in the district of Rhön-Grabfeld. Rötter, Bad Neustadt an der Saale 2010, ISBN 978-3-939959-06-9 , pp. 207-208.
  • Georg Dehio , Tilmann Breuer: Handbook of German art monuments . Bavaria I: Franconia - The administrative districts of Upper Franconia, Middle Franconia and Lower Franconia. 2nd, revised and supplemented edition. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-422-03051-4 , p. 929.

Web links

Commons : St. Michael  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 50 ° 20 ′ 20.3 ″  N , 10 ° 0 ′ 32.5 ″  E