St. Ursula (Geismar)
The Roman Catholic parish church of St. Ursula is in Geismar , a municipality in the Ershausen / Geismar administrative community in the Eichsfeld district of Thuringia .
Parish
The parish is part of the Dean's Office Dingelstaedt in the Diocese of Erfurt . The parish of St. Bartholomäus in Pfaffschwende is assigned to a branch parish and the parish of St. Ursula in Geismar. This means that the existing branch communities in Kella and Volkerode, which were previously assigned to the parish in Pfaffschwende, will also join Geismar.
history
The history of the Church of Geismar goes back to the time of St. Boniface . According to old tradition, Bonifatius built a chapel on the Hülfensberg , on which there was previously a pagan cult site , in 724 , which served as a church until around 1200. Around 1220 the first church was built in Geismar itself and placed under the patronage of St. Ursula, who enjoyed great veneration at that time. It was first mentioned as a parish church in 1306 in a document from Pope Clement V. The church book of Geismar reports on the construction of the church in 1735. A major fire destroyed the village and the church in 1825. The burned down church was rebuilt as a four- axis structure and rededicated in 1827. This building was then supplemented and renewed in several construction phases. The patronage of St. Ursula and companions was taken over from the previous building. The bell tower was built in 1907/1908 according to the plans of the Wiesbaden architect Fritz Leukart. An extension took place between 1950 and 1952, which was inaugurated on December 8, 1952.
Building description
The seven axes elongated neo-Romanesque hall church in the West has a bell tower and in the east a choir tower . There is a stair tower in the corner of the nave and the bell tower . The nave, built in 1907/1908, was replaced after 1950 by a new building covered with a gable roof with bat dormers . The choir tower and sacristy were rebuilt at the same time. The stone-facing exterior fronts are structured by arched windows and pilaster strips . The western bell tower is divided into three levels by cornices and provided with pilaster strips. It is covered with a high octagonal pointed helmet with triangular gables in front of which the tower clocks are located. Before the bell tower was finished, the bells hung in a free-standing belfry outside the church. The eastern choir tower is simple in shape and has a hipped roof . The sacristy is attached to the side.
Furnishing
The flat ceiling of the interior was painted in 1957 by Joseph Richwien with the Ursula legend. The altar wall from 1700, which separated the original chancel from the rest of the church building, no longer exists. The baroque high altar has twisted columns in front of marbled panels. In the middle there is a three-dimensional crucifixion group , on both sides gray polychromed and gilded sculptures of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux , Simon Petrus , Paulus of Tarsus and Benedict II with the arm of Christ . In the upper zone there is a painting about Pentecost , flanked by figures of saints. As conversation Enge signs are Trinity and angels executed. Like the side altar to the left of the choir arch , it dates from 1694 and the pulpit and its sound cover, created around 1700 and standing on a console , come from the Teistungenburg monastery . In the side altar there is a niche with a Pietà , above it Maria with the child .
The organ with 33 registers in neo-baroque disposition , divided into three manuals and pedal , was built by Gerhard Kühn in the organ building workshop Wilhelm Rühlmann using parts of the previous organ and renovated in 1966 by Johannes Motz Orgelbau.
literature
- Dehio-Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, Thuringia. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-422-03095-6 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ On the organization of the Dingelstädt dean's office
- ↑ The Eichsfeld: A regional study
- ↑ Eichsfeld Archive
- ↑ Information on the organ
Coordinates: 51 ° 13 ′ 55.5 ″ N , 10 ° 9 ′ 55.8 ″ E