St. Regiswindis (Vilchband)
The Roman Catholic Church of St. Regiswindis (formerly St. Gumbertus ) in Vilchband , a district of Wittighausen in the Main-Tauber district , is a Baroque church built around 1753/54.
history
A Gumbertus church , which had to be demolished due to its dilapidation , previously stood on the site . The foundation stone of the new church was laid on June 26th, 1753 and on December 21st, 1754 the Holy of Holies was transferred to the church. The architect of the new church was Anton Brenner from Würzburg. In addition, the church tower was raised in 1907.
Today the church belongs to the pastoral care unit Grünsfeld-Wittighausen of the deanery Tauberbischofsheim of the Archdiocese of Freiburg .
Church building and equipment
Altars
The church contains its original equipment with two side altars, which are decorated with rococo carvings and were made by the sculptor Johann Steuerwald in 1773. A high altar from 1756 is the work of the master Reiner Wirl , which was renewed and enlarged in 1778 by the sculptor Steuerwald from Kitzingen.
Gallery
The gallery installation dates from 1856.
Bell tower
The church has three bells from the Friedrich Wilhelm Schilling bell foundry , which are housed in a Douglas fir wooden bell chair built in 2002. The tower is equipped with clocks on three sides.
| No. |
Caster |
Casting year |
material |
Ø (cm) |
Weight (kg) |
Nominal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FW Schilling, Heidelberg | 1954 | bronze | 123.7 | 1,273 | f 1 - 2 |
| 2 | FW Schilling, Heidelberg | 1954 | bronze | 102.8 | 745 | as 1 + - 0 |
| 3 | FW Schilling, Heidelberg | 1954 | bronze | 91.2 | 501 | b 1 - 2 |
organ
The church also contains a Louis Voit organ from 1896, which was restored from 2003 to 2004 by the Joachim Popp Orgelbau company.
Coat of arms
The holy Regiswindis , patron of the Church in Vilchband is depicted in the local coat of arms.
Web links
- The St. Regiswindis Church in Vilchband on the website of the Wittighausen community.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Chamber of Commerce and Industry: Wittighausen: Regiwindis Church (Vilchband) . Online at www.bw-sis.ihk.de. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
- ^ Taubertal.de: Wittighausen: Vilchband . Online at www.taubertal.de Retrieved January 5, 2016.
- ↑ a b c University of Heidelberg: Heidelberg Historical Holdings - digital: Vilchband Online at www.ub.uni-heidelberg.de. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
- ^ Parish of St. Regiswindis Wittighausen-Vilchband: Parish of Germany: St. Regiswindis Wittighausen-Vilchband Online at www.pfarrei-deutschland.de. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
- ^ Archdiocese of Freiburg: Bell search : Catholic parish church St. Regiswindis in Wittighausen-Vilchband Online at: www.ebfr-glocken.de Retrieved on January 5, 2016.
- ↑ Joachim Popp Orgelbau: Restored organs: 2003-2004, restoration of the Louis Voit organ from 1896. Vilchband Catholic Church . Online at www.popp-orgelbau.de. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
Parish churches of the pastoral care unit Grünsfeld-Wittighausen: Church of All Saints (Unterwittighausen) with the St. Agidius branch (Oberwittighausen) | St. Martin (Poppenhausen) | St. Regiswindis (Vilchband)
Other churches, chapels and stations of the cross: Old Chapel (Vilchband) | Dorfmühlenkapelle (Unterwittighausen) | Hofkapelle (Hof Lilach) | Kreuzkapelle (Hof Lilach) | Way of the Cross (Unterwittighausen) to the forest chapel (Unterwittighausen) | New chapel (Vilchband) | Neumühlenkapelle (Unterwittighausen) | St. Sigismund Chapel (Oberwittighausen)
Coordinates: 49 ° 35 ′ 33 ″ N , 9 ° 49 ′ 24 ″ E