St. Vitus (Heckfeld)

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St. Vitus in Heckfeld (2017)

The Roman Catholic parish church of St. Vitus was built in Heckfeld in 1604 by the Würzburg prince-bishop Julius Echter .

history

At the site of the Vitus Church, built in 1604, a previous building is assumed, probably a small church. In 1894 the church was expanded. Also in 1894 the church received a Veit organ and in 1896 the Joseph altar. The last major renovation took place in 1970. New colored glass windows by Franz Dewalt and a bronze Madonna by the sculptor Otto Sonnleitner were installed.

The Heckfelder Vituskirche belongs to the pastoral care unit Lauda-Königshofen, which is assigned to the deanery Tauberbischofsheim of the Archdiocese of Freiburg .

Church building and equipment

Interior view, altars
Interior view, gallery and organ

Steeple

In the brickwork of the church tower, which is Romanesque in its basement and has late Gothic tracery windows on the upper floor, a Romanesque animal relief (beast to ward off evil) is walled in, which is still visible today.

Altars

The sandstone altar near Miltenberg was broken down and artistically designed in Frido Lehr's workshop in Karlsruhe. In 1896 the Joseph altar was designed by the artist Thomas Buscher.

window

The windows of the church come from the Heidelberg glass painting P. Meysen. They were artistically designed by Franz Dewald in Grötzingen. The new colored glass windows from 1970 come from Franz Dewalt.

Bells

The parish church of St. Vitus has a four-part bell.

organ

The church contains a Vitus organ. It is a pneumatic cone chest organ .

Memorial plaques

Memorial plaque for Anton Spies in the Heckfeld Church

Inside the church there is a memorial plaque for Anton Spies (born November 21, 1909; † April 19, 1945), parish vicar and martyr of the parish of Heckfeld, who died in the Dachau concentration camp three days before the longed-for liberation by the Americans.

Way of the Cross

  • The 14 stations of the cross in the Heckfeld parish church of St. Vitus

  • I. Jesus is sentenced to death

  • II. Jesus takes the cross on his shoulders

  • III. Jesus falls for the first time

  • IV. Jesus meets his St. mother

  • V. Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus carry the cross

  • VI. Veronica gives Jesus the handkerchief

  • VII. Jesus falls the second time

  • VIII. Jesus comforts the weeping women

  • IX. Jesus falls the third time

  • X. Jesus is stripped of his clothes

  • XI. Jesus is pinned to the cross

  • XII. Jesus dies on the cross

  • XIII. The body of Jesus is removed from the cross

  • XIV. Jesus is placed in the tomb

Web links

Commons : St. Vitus (Heckfeld)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b City of Lauda-Königshofen: Leben & Wohnen> Stadtportrait> Stadtteile> Heckfeld . Online at www.lauda-koenigshofen.de. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
  2. ↑ a b c d e pastoral care unit Lauda-Königshofen: Heckfeld: The parish church of St. Vitus . Online at www.kath-lauda-koenigshofen.de. Retrieved January 10, 2015.
  3. ^ Deanery Tauberbischofsheim: Pastoral conception of the Deanery Tauberbischofsheim . (PDF, 1.3 MB). Resolution of July 21, 2011. Online at www.kath-dekanat-tbb.de. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
  4. ^ Deanery Tauberbischofsheim: Pastoral care units of the Deanery Tauberbischofsheim . Online at www.kath-dekanat-tbb.de. 23rd December 2015.
  5. ↑ Financial T ('a) ime - school newspaper of the commercial school TBB: Commercial school TBB: Excursion with contemporary witnesses to the Dachau concentration camp - students walk in the footsteps of Anton Spies . November 9, 2012. Online at www.schuelerzeitung-tbb.de. Retrieved January 10, 2015.
  6. ↑ WKSt.V. Unitas Ruhrania: Martyrs in the Third Reich: Federal Brother Parish Vicar Anton Spies . September 29, 2004. Online at www.unitas-ruhrania.org. Retrieved January 10, 2015.
  7. ↑ WKSt.V. Unitas Ruhrania: Defamation brought him to the concentration camp: Bbr died 54 years ago. Anton Spies in Dachau . November 24, 2009. Online at www.unitas-ruhrania.org. Retrieved January 10, 2015.

Coordinates: 49 ° 33 '3.4 "  N , 9 ° 38" 3.8 "  E