St. Peter and Paul (Westheim)
The Roman Catholic branch church St. Peter and Paul is the village church of Westheim , a district of Hammelburg in the Bad Kissingen district . Westheim is a branch of the parish of Langendorf . The church is one of the architectural monuments of Hammelburg and is registered under the number D-6-72-127-231 in the Bavarian list of monuments .
history
The church tower is Romanesque in the basement and was built in the 12th century. In 1611 the church was rebuilt in a post-Gothic style and the steeple was raised. In 1756 the choir was rebuilt and the nave was rebuilt.
Description and equipment
The nave with three window axes separates the basement of the church tower from the actual choir in the east. The church tower is a Julius Echter tower . An oil painting of Christ's crucifixion can be seen on the high altar from the late 17th or early 18th century . Like the ceiling painting (handing over the keys to Peter ), it is a work by the painter Johann Peter Herrlein . Next to the high altar are late Gothic figures of the church patrons Peter and Paul from around 1490. On the only side altar on the left there is a late Gothic figure of Mary from 1480.
Peal
In 1931 the Klaus brothers in Heidingsfeld added the two larger bells to three bells.
| No. | Surname | Chime | Weight | Diameter | height | inscription |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter and Paul bell | G' | 660 kg | 103 cm | 93 cm | Sancti Petre et Paule, orate pro nobis. |
| 2 | Marienbell | H' | 320 kg | 79 cm | 73 cm | Regina Francorum protege nos. |
| 3 | Cross bell | d '' | 195 kg | 66 cm | 64 cm | Ave crux pretiosa. |
literature
- Karl Brandler: Art monuments of Hammelburg. 1977
- Georg Dehio : Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler , Bavaria I: Franconia: The administrative districts of Upper Franconia, Middle Franconia and Lower Franconia: BD I , Deutscher Kunstverlag Munich Berlin, 2nd, revised and supplemented edition, 1999, p. 1110
- Robert Kümmert : The bells of the Hammelburg district , Würzburg 1955
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Coordinates: 50 ° 7 ′ 13.6 ″ N , 9 ° 56 ′ 7.9 ″ E