St. Simon and Jude Thaddäus (Bibergau)

The church in Bibergau

The parish church of St. Simon and Judas Thaddäus is a place of worship in the Bibergau district of Dettelbach in the Lower Franconian district of Kitzingen . The church stands on Lindenstrasse in the middle of the village and is now part of the Kitzingen deanery .

history

A Christian community in Bibergau was probably formed relatively late. Until the 12th century, the church in Euerfeld took care of the community. Protestantism established itself in Bibergau in the 16th century and the population had become almost entirely Protestant by 1576. The faithful were now looked after by the Andreaskirche in Schernau . This filiation lasted until 1629.

In the meantime Bibergau had become Catholic again and the population had grown faster. Those responsible began to build the first church in the village in 1630 right next to the castle . Around 1700 a large church tower clock was installed, which had been built by a clockmaker from Würzburg for the price of ten guilders . The church community and the local population shared the costs.

On December 6, 1860, King Max II of Bavaria elevated the church to a curate and the church was no longer a daughter church of Euerfeld. This was preceded by the so-called parish foundation of Katharina and Bonaventura Schmitt from the years 1853/1854, which made possible the establishment of the curate with their money. On February 2, 1861 Bibergau finally became an independent parish. The bishop of Würzburg was allowed to appoint the pastor.

The church was damaged by fire in 1845 and the damage was repaired in 1846. In 1930 the sacristy was added to the church. With the influx after the Second World War , the community grew and in 1960 the church was expanded by five meters to the west. Between 1979 and 1981 Walter Väth from Würzburg carried out another expansion. The church was extensively renovated in 1985 on the outside and in 1991 on the inside.

architecture

The church is a simple hall building with a large choir tower. The choir has moved in and has a square floor plan. The Julius Echter Tower with its four floors is the oldest structural element of the church. The many extensions of the 20th century shape the building. The nave has a flat ceiling and three window axes. It was created in its present form in 1733.

Furnishing

The interior of the Simon and Jude Church

Altars

The central high altar in the choir consists of several elements that were created in different times. In 1763 the artist Michael Becker created the two fully plastic assistant figures of Saint Simon (left) and Judas Thaddäus (right). The altar sheet was added in 1847 and extensively restored in 1909 by the Würzburg artist Franz Wilhelm Driesler . The Agnus Dei was attached to the tabernacle . The altarpiece shows the baptism of Jesus by Johannes Baptist in the Jordan.

The superstructures of two side altars to the left and right of the choir arch were added to the church in 1911. On the north cross altar there is a picture of Jesus on the cross . On the south side is the Marien Altar with the representation of Maria Immaculata . Both altar leaves were painted around 1831. On the extracts from the side altars the Heart of Jesus (north) and the Heart of Mary (south) are shown.

Bells

The ringing of the Simon and Jude Church consists of a total of three bells. The oldest and smallest comes from the 19th century and was probably poured in the course of the elevation to the parish . Two more bells had to be melted down during the Second World War, and the community only received a replacement in 1950.

Surname	Keynote	Casting year	diameter	Weight	Inscriptions
Marienbell	f sharp	1950	109 cm	808 kg	"Ave Maria 1950"
Simon and Jude Taddaeus Bell	a	1950	92 cm	477 kg	"St.-Simon-St. Judas 1950 "
nameless	cis	1883	83 cm	360 kg	without

Further equipment

The oldest parts of the furnishings are the two epitaphs of the village lords of Bibergau. One from 1490 shows the late Magdalena Hasen von Gnodstadt . The epitaph for Jörg von Fronhofen and his wife Sibilla dates from the 16th century . Jörg von Fronhofen replaced the Knights of Bibergau as village lord in 1516 and died in 1548. Both grave monuments are on the south side of the nave.

A wayside shrine on the north wall of the nave with the crucifixion of Jesus dates back to 1710 . The figures of Johannes Baptist and Saint Joseph were also created in the 18th century. The pulpit was built in 1765 and comes from the workshop of the Dettelbach artist Michael Becker. The body contains the figures of the four evangelists, on the cover there is a plastic dove. The back wall of the body is decorated with the Jesus monogram IHS .

14 Stations of the Cross from 1870 run through the nave of the Simon and Jude Church. The figures of Laurentius and a statue of the Madonna by Philipp Keck date from the 20th century. In 1901 the Sacred Heart figure came from the Schiestl brothers to the church. The organ with 15 registers was created in 1952 by the Weiss company from Zellingen and expanded by a register in 1981.

Pastor

Surname	Term of office	Remarks
Johann Adam Braun	1860-1890	* April 25, 1824 in Atzhausen , † August 31, 1890 in Bibergau
Johann Adam Rüger	1890-1893	* June 3, 1839 in Würzburg, † December 31, 1893 in Würzburg
Michael Krapf	1893-1897	* May 30, 1832 in Aschach , † March 23, 1907 in Großlangheim
Wilhelm Nikolaus Faber	1897-1909	* January 13, 1846 in Münnerstadt , † December 13, 1930 in Würzburg
Michael Reuther	1910-1926	* November 30, 1856 in Bütthard , † April 4, 1931 in Münnerstadt
Anton Ankenbrand	1926-1932	* May 11, 1872 in Oberebersbach , † October 2, 1937 in Wechterswinkel
Joseph Gerold	1932-1950	* December 27, 1872 in Miltenberg , † 1958 in Rothenfels
Joseph Freppon	1950-1964	* January 1, 1891 in Hörstein , † March 27, 1985 in Aschaffenburg
Friedrich Helmschrott	1964-1992	* April 15, 1915 in Scheinfeld , † November 3, 1992 in Kitzingen
Anton Hauck	1992–	* June 6, 1933 in Dampfach

literature

• Anton Hauck: History of the Bibergau parish . In: Bibergau 1994. A village introduces itself . Markt Erlbach 1994. pp. 117-121.
• Thomas Wehner: Real Schematism of the Diocese of Würzburg. Kitzingen Dean's Office . Wuerzburg 1997.

Web links

Commons : St. Simon and Judas Thaddäus (Bibergau)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Hauck, Anton: History of the Bibergau parish . P. 118.
2. ↑ Wehner, Thomas: Real Schematism of the Diocese of Würzburg . P. 24.
3. ^ ^{A b} Wehner, Thomas: Real Schematism of the Diocese of Würzburg . P. 25.
4. ^ Hauck, Anton: History of the Bibergau parish . P. 119 ff.

Coordinates: 49 ° 47 ′ 50.4 ″  N , 10 ° 6 ′ 19.3 ″  E