St. Pankratius (Schottenstein)
The Evangelical Lutheran parish church of St. Pankratius in Schottenstein in Upper Franconia , a part of Itzgrund in the Coburg district , dates from 1703.
Building history
A chapel consecrated to St. Pankratius is documented for the year 1354, an independent parish for 1358. The church initially belonged to the parish of Altenbanz and was later a branch of Ebern . The Reformation was introduced in 1567 and the first Protestant pastor was appointed in 1580.
The church tower in the west replaced an east tower in 1499. In 1603 the spire was renewed by the master carpenter Hans Meuser from Schney. A hundred years later, due to its dilapidation, the nave was rebuilt by the master mason Hans Michael Schmidt from Seßlach . The old foundation walls were partially reused. Structural changes were made during the renovation in 1842. Among other things, the ribbed vault in the base of the tower was removed and a beamed ceiling was installed.
In 1942 three bells were melted down, and three new bells followed in 1949. As part of a renovation, the interior was given its current version. In 1962 the parish had a sacristy added and a retaining wall built in the east. Further foundation reinforcements were carried out at the end of the 20th century.
Building description
The church is in the center of the village of Schottenstein in the upper part of a southern slope on the Itz . It is a rectangular hall building . On each of the two long sides there are three high, rectangular windows with profiled and drilled frames. The facade of the nave consists of plastered sandstone blocks or chunks of brickwork. A profiled, wooden eaves cornice forms the upper end . The interior is spanned by a wooden coffered ceiling with a central longitudinal beam. The wooden, one-story gallery running around on three sides ends on the north side after the second and on the south side after the first window axis. It is supported by six carved screw columns. The parapets are structured by strong cornices and frames.
The main entrance is on the west side of the Gothic church tower. This has a pointed arched portal with a profiled garment and a relief of the head of Christ in the apex. It was originally the arch to the choir , which has been a vestibule since 1842. The church tower consists of unplastered sandstone blocks and has a circumferential, grooved base. Cornices separate the three tower floors. There is a building inscription with the year "1499" above the portal. Two sculptures, each protected by a canopy , decorate the tower. There are rectangular openings on the second floor of the tower. On the western side there is the high relief of a knight in full armor with a standard in his right hand and a coat of arms in his left hand and on the southwest corner a lion-like animal, above a human head with a face. The top floor of the tower has three sound windows, two of which are rectangular and one on the west side is pointed. A high, slate pointed helmet with four six-sided watch towers at the corners forms the upper end .
Furnishing
The colored, wooden pulpit on the south wall probably dates from 1703. It stands on a winding column and consists of an eight-sided body with frame fields and a profiled cornice and parapet. The sound cover was made anew in 1962. The font from 1911 is made of sandstone.
A wooden group of three figures hangs on the east wall. The work of the sculptor Georg Wißmeyer from Ottobrunn was created in 1962. The altar cross by Korff from Neuendettelsau comes from the same year .
On the long walls of the nave hang painted rectangular wooden panels with coats of arms and inscriptions. The death shields are reminiscent of members of the von Colberg family , öffelholtz .
In the vestibule under the church tower there are two rectangular sandstone grave slabs on the north wall. One plate with a high relief is dedicated to Ms. Scholastika von Lichtenstein († 1574), the other to Wilhelm von Lichtenstein zu Gereuth und Stein.
organ
The first organ was set up in 1715 with nine registers above the altar and pulpit. In 1752 the organ builder Adam Schöpf from Seßlach expanded the instrument by seven registers. In 1875, the Bayreuth master organ builder Johann built a new organ with ten stops on a manual and pedal on the west gallery . He took over parts of the previous organ. In 1962 the organ building company Hoffmann from Ostheim vor der Rhön restored the old slider chest organ . The three-part organ prospectus shows the largest pipes on the outside and a lower group of pipes in the middle. It was restored in 2000. The substructure with the play cupboard dates from 1875.
Parish
In addition to Schottenstein, the church district includes the two neighboring towns of Welsberg and Bodelstadt . Together with the parish of Watzendorf , Schottenstein has formed a joint parish since 1980.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c Karl Ludwig Lippert: Bayerische Kunstdenkmale Landkreis Staffelstein, Deutscher Kunstverlag Munich 1968, p. 190 f
- ^ 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. 56
- ^ Hermann Fischer, Theodor Wohnhaas: Alte Orgeln im Coburger Land, Part IV. Yearbook of the Coburg State Foundation 1980, p. 135 f
Coordinates: 50 ° 9 ′ 12.5 ″ N , 10 ° 53 ′ 52 ″ E