St. Nicholas (foliage)
The branch church St. Nikolaus in the Lower Franconian Laub near Prichsenstadt is the Catholic church of the village. It is located on the central village square. Today the church is part of the Kitzingen deanery .
history
The history of the church is closely linked to that of the village. In 1340 Laub came to the Citizens Hospital of the Holy Spirit from Würzburg, the patrician family Teufel previously ruled the village. Under the rule of the hospital, the building of a separate church was pushed. The building was started in 1590. Caspar Weltz from Gerolzhofen and the Stadelschwarzacher Hans Holzwart were responsible for the construction. The church was initially subordinated to St. Burkard in October 1590.
In 1618 the church's patronage changed. From then on, St. Nicholas was the church patron. Except for several renovations, no changes have been made to the exterior. In 1895 the church received a new benediction from the Großlangheim pastor Jakob Imhof. The interior had been renovated the year before. The year 1908 then brought an extension of the nave.
Further changes were made in 1987 and 1988. In the first year, the outer skin of the building was renewed, before the second year began to restore the interior of the little church. The Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation classifies the church as an architectural monument . The remains of previous buildings from the Middle Ages and early modern times in the ground are listed as ground memorials.
architecture
The church is a late Gothic hall building . It is geosted and has a roof turret in the west. The east choir has moved in and ends with a hipped roof . The nave, divided on the outside by three window axes, received a gable roof. The pointed arch windows have Gothic tracery . The portal and two windows are on the west facade. Inside the church has a flat ceiling.
Furnishing
High altar
The high altar with four twisted columns is in the center of the choir . The baroque structure came into the church in 1723. The master carver Matthias Sporer from Sommerach was hired as master builder. The high altar was restored in 1895. In the predella , the dove of the Holy Spirit is framed by putti.
The altarpiece , created in the 19th century, shows the church patron Nicholas. Putti heads can be seen in the frame. Two assistant figures represent St. John the Baptist (left) and the Evangelist John (right). The entablature is crowned by two vases and rococo shells . Next to it are the figures of the Most Holy Trinity.
Lauber Madonna
The most important element of the equipment is the so-called Lauber Madonna. It is one of the most important examples of late Gothic stone sculpture and is located in a niche inside the church. It was created at the behest of the Teufel family, a citizen of Würzburg. Before it was brought to Laub in 1590, the figure was kept in the Franciscan Church in Würzburg .
The good life-size sandstone Madonna (height 185 cm) stands on a column, the capital of which bears the coat of arms of the donor family Teufel. Posture, clothing and gestures represent the noble-knightly ideal of women in the High Middle Ages: bowed head, tight and high-belted robe, loose cloak and veil. The child, dressed in a full-length shirt, seems to float weightlessly on the mother's left arm.
Further equipment
The Gothic sacrament niche on the north choir wall also dates from the construction period in 1590 . It shows the head of Christ in relief, and a pelican can be seen in the crown. The coats of arms of the city of Würzburg and the hospital are attached below the niche. A pulpit body is also located in the choir, it can be assigned to the early 18th century. A lecture cross with a baroque figure of the Virgin presumably comes from the Riemenschneiderschule .
The 14 emergency helpers can be seen on the north side of the nave, and a pietà from the 18th century is placed above the side entrance . Another figure, created around 1720, shows Joseph with the child. The former pulpit cover set up in the nave shows St. Nicholas. The oldest figure, a group with Anna and Maria, dates from the time the church was built.
In the nave there is also a monumental crucifixion group from 1590 and 1593. It was located on the former carved altar and was moved when the new altar was built. The nave has a stucco ceiling. The organ case has baroque shapes and was added to the church around 1720. Two bells hang in the bell cage of the Nikolauskirche.
literature
- Hans Bauer: The Kitzinger Land. Valuables, monuments, curiosities. Volume I . Volkach 2004.
- Hans Bauer: District of Kitzingen. An art and culture guide . Market wide 1993.
- Thomas Wehner: Real Schematism of the Diocese of Würzburg. Kitzingen Dean's Office . Wuerzburg 1997.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wehner, Thomas: Real Schematism of the Diocese of Würzburg . P. 166.
- ↑ Wehner, Thomas: Real Schematism of the Diocese of Würzburg . P. 165.
- ^ Bauer, Hans: District of Kitzingen . P. 72.
Churches: Evangelical Church (Bimbach) | Evangelical Church (Brno) | Evangelical Church (Prichsenstadt) | St. Anthony of Padua (Järkendorf) | St. Bartholomew (Stadelschwarzach) | St. James the Elder (Kirchschönbach) | St. Marien (Altenschönbach) | St. Michael (Neuses am Sand) | St. Nicholas (foliage) | St. Thekla and St. Lioba (Prichsenstadt)
Chapels: Trinity Chapel (foliage) | Kreuzkapelle (Kirchschönbach) | War Memorial Chapel (Stadelschwarzach)
Coordinates: 49 ° 49 ′ 31.5 ″ N , 10 ° 19 ′ 3.8 ″ E