St. Nikolaus (Oberelldorf)
The Roman Catholic branch church of St. Nikolaus in Oberelldorf in Upper Franconia , a district of Sesslach in the Coburg district , goes back to a late medieval choir tower .
history
The Nikolauskirche, a branch church of the parish of Seßlach, dates from the 14th and 15th centuries. The two lower tower floors are still preserved from the late medieval choir tower. The bell storey dates from the later 15th century. In 1614 the church with today's patronage was mentioned in a document. The nave was destroyed in the Thirty Years War . The nave was rebuilt between 1710 and 1720, probably by the master mason Hanns Michael Schmitt from Seßlach. In 1895 the community had the addition of the sacristy built in neo-Gothic style. An interior renovation was carried out in 1961.
description
The church stands on the north-western edge of Oberelldorf in a slightly elevated position in the middle of the cemetery. An oval, presumably late medieval cemetery wall made of sandstone blocks about one meter high and 80 centimeters thick surrounds the church.
The sturdy church tower, which is square in plan, has a recessed choir room in the basement , which is spanned by a plastered ceiling over a valley with a profile cornice. In the south and north sides, enlarged round arched windows are arranged in the late 18th or 19th century. The facade consists of unplastered sandstone blocks and is structured by cornices between the three floors. The middle floor, which is divided into two parts, has small chamfered rectangular openings. The top floor is characterized by carefully crafted ashlar masonry with pincer holes. On three sides there are two-lane pointed arch windows with fluted walls and tracery in three-pass shapes as sound openings . The upper end of the bell storey is formed by an eaves cornice over which there is an octagonal, slate-covered pointed helmet with a knob, cross and weather vane. A neo-Gothic sacristy in the form of a small, one-yoke choir with a three-eighth end is attached to the tower side.
A recessed, round choir arch with profiled fighters connects the choir with the nave. The nave is a hall building with three window axes, which is spanned by a plastered flat ceiling over a strongly profiled cornice. The ceiling has a circumferential double stucco frame , the profiles of which are entwined in semicircles in the four axes. In the mirror there is also a larger central frame to which two smaller heart-shaped frames connect to the front and rear. The north side of the nave has two high rectangular windows with a curved embrasure , the south side also has two windows of the same design and an additional shortened rectangular window in the central axis above the closed side entrance. The entrance is on the west side, above which the wooden organ gallery is arranged. The gallery probably dates from the late 18th century. It rests on two cast iron columns from the late 19th century. The simple, paneled frame parapet is drawn forward on three sides in the middle part. An angled platform staircase in the northwest corner provides access . The facade consists of plastered sandstone blocks and chunks of masonry. Profiled and drilled frames on doors and windows made of sandstone structure the facade. The upper end is formed by a profiled wooden eaves cornice under a hipped gable roof with a tile covering.
Furnishing
The high altar consists of a late medieval sandstone stipes and a wooden three- niche retable , which was created around 1895 in neo-Gothic forms. In the central niche there is a wooden statue of the Mother of God, which probably dates from the second third of the 18th century. In the side niches there are wooden figures of St. Elizabeth and St. Nicholas , which were made at the same time as the reredos.
The pulpit is made of marbled wood with gilded decoration and is dated around 1710/20. It stands on a flat base with a cornice and has an eight-sided basket and a sound cover . In front of the parapet there are five wooden statues depicting female saints, St. Joseph , St. Nicholas, the Mother of God with the child and St. John the Baptist . On the acanthus-trimmed sound cover is a statue of King David with a harp, which was made in the second quarter to the middle of the 18th century.
Other wooden figures on the walls show a Pietà , presumably from the 15th century, St. Wendelin , dated to the late 18th century and the resurrected one, created in the 18th century.
organ
In 1854 the Nuremberg organ builder Augustin Bittner built an organ on the west gallery with eight registers on a manual and pedal . The instrument has a slider drawer , a mechanical action and a free-standing console . The three-part organ front has an elevated, rounded, closed central field with a flat triangular gable and some carving. The side panels are rectangular and decorated with tendrils in the corners.
local community
The parish of Oberelldorf has around 270 members in the districts of Oberelldorf, Unterelldorf and Lechenroth with the hamlet of Muggenbach and Hafenpreppach from the market town of Maroldsweisach . In terms of area and buildings, Oberelldorf is the largest of the five branch churches in the parish of Seßlach.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Lothar Hofmann: Monuments Region Coburg - Neustadt - Sonneberg: Places of contemplation and prayer. Historical sacred buildings. A guide through the churches in the districts of Coburg and Sonneberg . Verlag Gerätemuseum des Coburger Land, Ahorn 2007, ISBN 3-930531-04-6 , p. 89.
- ↑ a b c d e f Karl Ludwig Lippert: Bayerische Kunstdenkmale Landkreis Staffelstein. Deutscher Kunstverlag Munich 1968, p. 159 f.
- ^ Homepage of the parish of Seßlach: Oberelldorf
- ↑ Hermann Fischer, Theodor Wohnhaas: Alte Orgeln im Coburger Land, Part IV. Yearbook of the Coburg State Foundation 1980, p. 133.
- ^ Otto Neeb: Easter letter 2012 to the parish in Oberelldorf.
Coordinates: 50 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ N , 10 ° 46 ′ 53 ″ E