St. Nikolaus (Adelshofen)
The Evangelical Lutheran parish church of St. Nikolaus in Adelshofen , a municipality in the Ansbach district in Middle Franconia ( Bavaria ), was built in 1716/18. The church at Dorfstrasse 18 is a protected architectural monument .
description
The three- axis hall building with a gable roof was built on the site of a previous building. The five-storey east tower with a clock tower is closed off by a curved pyramid roof. The nave and tower have a toothed corner cuboid. The rectangular windows and the portal are framed by the house , as is the door to the sacristy. A sundial is attached to the right above the portal. In the west, a covered staircase leads to the gallery .
Inside there is a two-column baroque altar on the east wall. The altarpiece shows a gloomy landscape, in front of it a cross with an expressive Christ, in the elevator the figure of the risen one. To the left of the altar a door leads to the sacristy in the lower floor of the tower. To the right of the altar is a baptismal font. The pulpit is attached to the eastern south wall. A gallery rests on circular columns on the north and west sides.
Behind the late medieval arched gate of the northern cemetery wall, a staircase leads up to the cemetery and the church.
In front of the staircase on the west side, there is a chilled iron bell cast on September 1, 1948 by the tower clock factory and bell foundry JF Weule in Bockenem am Harz.
literature
- Georg Dehio : Handbook of the German art monuments. Francs. The administrative districts of Upper Franconia, Middle Franconia and Lower Franconia . Edited by Tilmann Breuer et al., Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1979, p. 5.
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Coordinates: 49 ° 26 '23.6 " N , 10 ° 10' 30.5" E