St. Thekla and St. Lioba (Prichsenstadt)

The Catholic Church in Prichsenstadt

The branch church of St. Thekla and St. Lioba is the church of the Catholic community in the Lower Franconian town of Prichsenstadt . It is located on the edge of the medieval old town on the so-called Herrgottssteige. Today the church is part of the Kitzingen deanery .

history

The history of a parish in Prichsenstadt begins with the year 1353. On January 15th of this year, the Würzburg Prince-Bishop Albrecht II von Hohenlohe established an independent parish in the community. Previously, the believers had received pastoral care from Stadelschwarzach. The village lords, the Fuchs von Dornheim , had provided the church with rich furnishings, so that upgrading was inevitable.

In 1528, the Margraves of Brandenburg, who had elevated the village to a town in 1367, introduced the Reformation in Prichsenstadt. The Catholic citizens had to leave the place. They could only return during the Thirty Years' War , when Prichsenstadt was temporarily occupied by Catholic imperialists. In the period that followed, the Lutheran religion finally consolidated in the small town.

At the beginning of the 20th century, Catholics settled in the newly created residential areas outside the wall ring of the old town. The need to build a church was recognized and on January 3, 1928 the foundation stone for the Church of St. Thekla and St. Lioba was laid. On July 7th, 1929, Bishop Matthias Ehrenfried consecrated the church. The church was renovated inside and out in 1975 and 1990. The Bavarian State Office classifies the church as a monument .

description

The church of St. Thekla and St. Lioba presents itself as a simple hall building from 1929. It was equipped with a two-pillar wooden porch, and a wooden cross was attached to the facade. The church is not face to face , but was oriented to the northeast. A roof turret adorns the building on the southwest side . The nave has three window axes, a sacristy was built southeast of the choir. The architect of the church was Kaspar Jaeger from Würzburg.

Furnishing

Bells

The church has a two-part bell. Originally, the bells were hung in the belfry at the time the church was built. However, during World War II, the larger of the two bells was melted down. A replacement could only be arranged in 1955.

Caster	Keynote	Casting year	Diameter in centimeters
Karl Czudnochowsky	G''	1955	60
Bell foundry Ulrich	H''	1929	40

Further equipment

Most of the furnishings came at the time of construction in the church. The high altar was created by Josef Gerngras from Würzburg in 1929. The structure of the tabernacle can be seen in the center, a relief shows an angel of worship. The reliefs of Saints Thekla , Bonifatius, Lioba von Tauberbischofsheim and Kilian were attached to the side. A linden wood relief above the altar, also made from Gerngras, shows the Most Holy Trinity.

The baptismal font of the church is also from 1929. The architect of the church, Kaspar Jaeger, created it. The pulpit, made of wood, comes from the workshop of Adam Hofmann from Würzburg. A way of the cross, the stations of which run through the interior of the church, is assigned to the 20th century. The church also has a small electric organ for the musical accompaniment of the service.

literature

• Thomas Wehner: Real Schematism of the Diocese of Würzburg. Kitzingen Dean's Office . Wuerzburg 1997.

Web links

Commons : St. Thekla and St. Lioba (Prichsenstadt)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Wehner, Thomas: Real Schematism of the Diocese of Würzburg . P. 89.
2. ↑ Wehner, Thomas: Real Schematism of the Diocese of Würzburg . P. 93.

Coordinates: 49 ° 49 ′ 6.6 "  N , 10 ° 21 ′ 23.4"  E