St. Nikolaus (Schalkhausen)

St. Nikolaus is an Evangelical Lutheran church in Schalkhausen ( Deanery Ansbach ) named after Bishop Nikolaus von Myra .

Parish

The patronage was originally exercised by the provost of the Gumbertuss pen . The St. Laurentius branch (Elpersdorf near Ansbach) belonged to the parish until 1598 . The relationship between St. Nikolaus and St. Georg (Neunkirchen near Leutershausen) is controversial. In the earlier research history it has often been assumed that Schalkhausen was a branch of Elpersdorf until 1435 . The place name Neunkirchen (= "new church") makes it clear that the church must have been a branch of another church. According to M. Jehle, this should have been Schalkhausen. In 1264 the parish seat would have been relocated from Schalkhausen to Elpersdorf for objective reasons, because the Nikolauskirche was too small and the pastor's provision of housing and income was insufficient. It is undisputed that Schalkhausen and Neunkirchen separated in 1435.

Since 1528 sermon services have been held in Schalkhausen according to the Protestant understanding. The principality of Ansbach held church sovereignty after the Reformation , the parish was assigned to the newly created deanery of Leutershausen . During and after the Thirty Years' War , the parishes of Elpersdorf (1632–1671) and Neunkirchen (1658–1671) were united with Schalkhausen.

St. Nikolaus has been part of the Ansbach deanery since 1810. The parish of St. Nikolaus includes the places Dornberg , Geisengrund , Neudorf , Neudorfermühle , Neuses , Scheermühle , Steinersdorf and Walkmühle . In the early 1990s, it had 1200 parishioners.

Church building

The hall building with a gable roof , newly built in 1839, has three axes with three-pass pointed arched windows on the south and north sides . A three-pass pointed arch portal is located on the south side under the middle window. The 14th-century Vorchorjoch and the five-eighth section with hipped roof adjoin the hall building . The Vorchorjoch has two axes of slightly smaller three-pass pointed arch windows, as well as the five-eighth end on three sides smaller three-pass pointed arch windows. A sacristy with a hipped roof has been attached to the north since 1432 .

The single-nave hall closes with a pointed barrel . On the east side it is connected to the choir by a pointed arch arcade . The choir has a slightly star-shaped vault through sharply profiled ridges. In this there is a late Gothic stone canteen with a valuable winged altar with cracks and a predella from 1520. In the shrine there are sculptures of St. Nicholas, Maria and Ottilie, which are flanked by smaller sculptures. Originally there were two other altars in the church: an altar dedicated to Mary, Johannes Evangelista and St. Ottilie (erected in 1352) and the altar for Saints Leonhard, Sixtus, Sebastian and Wenceslaus (erected in 1432).

To the west is the three-storey church tower made of sandstone blocks with a square floor plan . The two lower, windowless floors date from the 12th / 13th centuries. Century. The bell floor with an octagonal floor plan and octagonal pyramid roof is more recent. On the north, south, west and east sides it has three-pass-shaped closed ogival sound openings, on the other four sides there are dials.

In 1969 an interior renovation was carried out.

literature

• Günther P. Fehring : City and district of Ansbach (=  Bavarian art monuments . Volume 2 ). Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1958, DNB  451224701 , p. 139 .
• Manfred Jehle: Church conditions and religious institutions on the upper Altmühl, Rezat and Bibert: Monasteries, parishes and Jewish communities in the Altlandkreis Ansbach in the Middle Ages and in modern times (=  Middle Franconian Studies . Volume 20 ). Historical Association for Middle Franconia, Ansbach 2009, ISBN 978-3-87707-771-9 , p. 141-150 .
• Georg Rusam: Basics and beginnings of church organization at the middle Rezat (continuation) . In: Association for Bavarian Church History (Hrsg.): Journal for Bavarian Church History . tape 17 . Verlag die Egge, Nuremberg 1949, p. 94–95 ( digitized from WikiCommons [PDF]).
• Hans Sommer with e. Working group d. Dean's office (ed.): It happened in the name of faith: Protestant in the Ansbach deanery (=  series of portraits of Bavarian deanery districts ). Verlag der Evangelisch-Lutherischen Mission, Erlangen 1991, ISBN 3-87214-248-8 , p. 133-137 .
• Gottfried Stieber: Schalckhaussen . In: Historical and topographical news from the Principality of Brandenburg-Onolzbach . Johann Jacob Enderes, Schwabach 1761, p. 698-701 ( digitized version ).

Web links

• kirche-schalkhausen.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} M. Jehle, p. 141.
2. ↑ For example G. Rusam, S, 95. G. Stieber, p. 698ff. assumes that there would have been a connection and separation several times (1264, 1435, 1658/71).
3. ↑ M. Jehle, p. 148.
4. ↑ M. Jehle, p. 147.
5. ↑ H. Sommer (Ed.), P. 133.
6. ↑ M. Jehle, p. 153.
7. ↑ H. Sommer (Ed.), P. 137.
8. ^ GP Fehring, p. 139.
9. ↑ History on the website kirche-schalkhausen.de
10. ↑ H. Sommer (Ed.), P. 135.

Coordinates: 49 ° 18 ′ 4.8 ″  N , 10 ° 31 ′ 59.1 ″  E