St. Peter in Chains (Burkardroth)

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Church of St. Peter in Chains

The Roman Catholic Church of St. Petrus in Ketten is located in Burkardroth , a market in the Lower Franconian district of Bad Kissingen . Its name goes back to the legend of St. Peter ad Vincula . It is not only visited by the citizens of Burkardroth for church services, but also by the residents of the Burkardroth districts of Frauenroth , Wollbach and Zahlbach .

The church is one of the architectural monuments of Burkardroth and is registered under the number D-6-72-117-2 in the Bavarian list of monuments .

history

Previous buildings

Before the construction of today's church, there were four previous buildings in Burkardroth. First of all, a wooden church in Burkardroth is documented around 800 (probably during the Carolingian period ). It was followed around the middle of the 12th century by the town's second church, the town's first stone building. This was replaced by the third Burkardrother church in the early Gothic style, which Otto von Botenlauben , the lord of the Bad Kissingen castle, had Botenlauben built. It received a church tower at the end of the 13th century, which was raised in 1326 and possibly enlarged in 1497. In 1608, Prince-Bishop Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn had this church torn down and the fourth Burkardrother church built, the construction of which was completed in 1613.

Today's church

Wayside shrine from 1684
High altar

The nave and choir of today's church were built in 1699/1700 under the Würzburg prince-bishop Johann Philipp von Greiffenclau zu Vollraths . The master mason was Christian Hermann. The roof structure, which was still entirely made of oak, and the built-in galleries were made by the later Würzburg town and country architect Joseph Greissing , who came from Vorarlberg . It can no longer be determined whether this was also responsible for the planning. The Swiss Franciscan minister Kilian Stauffer, who often worked for Prince Bishop Greiffenclau, was responsible for the precious stucco marble on the pulpit. The other stucco work was done by Christoph Hardt from Würzburg.

The wayside shrine in the entrance area of ​​the church, which had stood in the Burkardrother cemetery until 1959, dates from 1684. The high reliefs on three sides show a scene from the Mount of Olives , the crowning of thorns and Jesus' encounter with the weeping women . Also in the entrance area of ​​the church is a Pietà , which was donated by benefactors in 1888.

In 1718, the sculptor Anton Roth from Gemünden am Main built the four-column high altar of the church. The altar sheet, created in 1730 by the Münnerstadt teacher Peter Herrleins, shows the crucifixion of Christ . The saints Peter and Paul , the former namesake of the church, are depicted as stone figures next to the altar panel. The sanctuary was adapted to the requirements of the Second Vatican Council in 1968 .

The two side altars of the church were made in 1722 by the sculptor B. Müller from Bischofsheim . The left side altar is the so-called Marienaltar, whose image of the Virgin was financed by collections from the faithful and installed in 1745. The right side altar with the patronage of the church, St. Peter ad Vincula , was donated by Caspar Schmitt from Wollbach in 1744 .

The first organ of the St. Petrus in Ketten Church, possibly by Johann Georg Künzinger from Lohr am Main 1648/52, comes from the Neumünster Church in Würzburg . It was acquired in 1735 and rebuilt to meet the requirements of the Burkadrother Church.

Until the end of the 19th century, the church had a main entrance and a side entrance, both of which could only be opened inwards; There were no separate entrances to the galleries and the sacristy . In order to avoid panic in the event of a fire, the Royal District Office of Bad Kissingen requested another entrance to be created on January 2, 1894. On January 14, 1894, the local council decided to build a stair tower leading to the galleries. The plans were initially not implemented because of the high costs, which resulted in a warning from the Royal District Office on February 8, 1898. After objections from the parish council, the office threatened to close the church. The church administration presented a new concept on March 5, 1899, which was approved by the district office. It provided for a separate entrance to the sacristy and another to the galleries. Master mason Kaspar Schmitt from Burkardroth received the order for the construction work. The construction costs were covered by taking out a loan and a donation from the church beautification association. In order to prevent church visitors from reaching the nave in the event of a panic, the staircase was removed from the galleries. In 1946 it was reinstalled.

Organ loft

When the organ was examined by an organ builder in 1907, its condition turned out to be catastrophic. On May 2, 1907, the church administration decided to purchase a new organ from Balthasar Schlimbach & Sohn, owned by the Würzburg organ builder Balthasar Schlimbach . On June 14, 1910, the Bad Kissinger Saale-Zeitung reported that the new organ had been installed. It was financed by an organ building fund founded in 1910 as well as donations and collections.

During the First World War , the tin pipes were removed from the organ's prospectus and delivered in May 1917; they came to the assembly yard of the organ builder Franz Hochrein in Münnerstadt . The same thing happened in the Second World War in 1942. In 1946, 1952, 1963 and 1976 the organ pipes were cleaned. In 2002 the organ was restored by the organ building workshop Otto Hoffmann due to woodworm infestation. As a preventive measure, the specialist company Binker fumigated the church.

For a time there was a custom at the Burkardrother Church to attach festival tapes of different colors in the choir on certain occasions, with each occasion having its own color combination. According to oral tradition, the custom originated under Pastor Hans Hain, who worked from 1942 to 1957. The ribbons were tied to a rope that was lowered through a hole in the ceiling; this task was taken over by Maria-Stern-sister Bettina. The tradition of the festival tapes came to an end in 1966/1967 when the Maria Stern sisters were recalled to the mother house; Furthermore, in 1967 the people's altar was set up in the choir, which would have been damaged by dirt and dust due to the hole in the ceiling. In 2014 the tapes were rediscovered by Vicar Thomas Fuchs, who passed them on to Stephan Erb. Stephan Erb revived the tradition of church ribbons at Easter 2015.

In the years 1986 to 1989, extensive excavations took place with the participation of the Burkardroth pastor Anton Reinhard, in the course of which numerous findings on the previous buildings were gained.

Furnishing

organ

The organ of the parish church was completed by the organ building company Schlimbach & Sohn Würzburg in 1910. It has a pneumatic cone shutter action and has the following disposition .

I Manual C – f 3
Bourdon 16 ′
Principal 8th'
Gemshorn 8th'
Hollow flute 8th'
Dumped 8th'
Gamba 8th'
octave 4 ′
Reed flute 4 ′
octave 2 ′
Mixture IV 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
II Manual C – f 3
Violin principal 8th'
Flute amabile 8th'
Lovely Gedackt 8th'
Salicional 8th'
Flute dolce 4 ′
Fugara 4 ′
Pedal C – d 1
Sub-bass 16 ′
Violon 16 ′
Octave bass 8th'
cello 8th'

Peal

Since 1949, the church has had a four-part minor bell with the tones e ', g', a 'and h'.

literature

(in chronological order)

  • Anton Reinhard: 400 years of the Burkardroth parish. (= Festschrift for the 400th anniversary of the parish of Burkardroth). 1984.
  • Johannes Mack: The builder and architect Joseph Greissing. Main Franconian Baroque before Balthasar Neumann. (= Publications of the Society for Franconian History. Series VIII: Sources and representations on Franconian art history. Volume 16). Society for Franconian History, Würzburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-86652-816-1 , pp. 52, 158, 543, 572, 604, 605.
  • Georg Dehio , Tilmann Breuer: Handbook of German art monuments . Bavaria I: Franconia - The administrative districts of Upper Franconia, Middle Franconia and Lower Franconia. 2nd, revised and supplemented edition. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-422-03051-4 , p. 249.

Web links

Commons : St. Peter in Chains  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 50 ° 16 ′ 8.8 ″  N , 9 ° 59 ′ 40.8 ″  E