St. Walburga (playground)

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The Roman Catholic Chapel of St. Walburga is located in the Spielhof district of the Upper Palatinate town of Pleystein . It belongs to the parish of Miesbrunn , which today forms a pastoral care unit together with Pleystein and Burkhardtsrieth.

history

Originally there was a small chapel outside of Spielhof. It could barely accommodate 10 people. By 1800 the chapel had become so dilapidated that a new building was considered. Getting a building permit from the government in Amberg seemed hopeless in the period shortly before secularization . So, with the consent of the pastor Joseph Mayer, the Spielhofer set about building a chapel in the middle of the village. The building could only be built because the Spielhofer farmers delivered the timber free of charge and the hammer master Wittmann from Finkenhammer gave the iron necessary for the church building. The little church could be built with donations from the offering as well as hand and tension services . In order to simulate a brick roofing, which would have been necessary for fire protection reasons, the shingles were painted red. Construction was completed in 1801.

In 1801 the district judge Prößl was supposed to be responsible for the construction of the chapels, since no new chapels were allowed to be built and existing ones had to be converted into school buildings. He was responsible for the fact that he only heard about the chapel building on July 12, 1801 and immediately called the community leader Heinrich Balk to account. The survey showed that the chapel was built at their own expense and is provided with a small bell. The red-painted shingles were only put in place because no brick pockets were available, but the roof structure could support a tiled roof. The parish priest Mayer also issued a statement on April 22, 1803, in which he emphasized that he had seen nothing against the Electoral Palatinate or the episcopal ordinances in the community citizens' request for a new chapel . In 1809 it was said that Holy Mass was celebrated almost every day in the chapel and that the altar and vestments had been purchased by sacrifices from the community. Two bells weighing 75 and 50 pounds were also mentioned .

On April 24, 1945, when the Americans marched in, the village was reduced to rubble and ashes. The trigger was that at the entrance to Spielhof the Americans advancing from Miesbach were taken under machine gun fire by SS troops ; it is said that three tanks had been shot down and several GIs killed; this resulted in tough countermeasures. The St. Walburga chapel was also badly affected by tank shells. In 1954 the village community carried out a comprehensive renovation of the chapel. In 2001 the chapel was completely renovated from the outside to mark its 200th anniversary.

building

The building is a Schopf hipped roof building , the sacristy is closed on three sides. Above the entrance portal there is a roof turret with an onion hood . The number “1801” refers to the time the chapel was built.

Interior

In 1997 the 13 baroque pews were restored by volunteers. In 2009 the interior of the entire chapel was also renovated. It was from the church Malermeisterin Monika Muellner from Pleystein the high altar with the image of the patron saint Walburga , its rococo frame and six saints ( St. Joseph , St. Florian , Sebastian , Wendelin , Anthony of Padua and Leonhard cleaned) and re- focus . The two cloister figures installed on the left and right of the altar could be assigned, it is St. Thekla and St. Lioba .

literature

  • Siegfried Poblotzki : History of the rule, the city and the parish Pleystein. Verlag Stadt Pleystein, Pleystein 1980, pp. 1036-1038.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Pastoral care unit Pleystein-Miesbrun-Burkhardsrieth, Parish Miesbrunn, accessed on March 21, 2020.
  2. ↑ Local history working group Vohenstrauß (Ed.): Zero hour. End of the war in 1945 in the former Vohenstrauss district. Contemporary witnesses report. In: Contributions to local lore and local history of the city of Vohenstrauß. P. 71. Retrieved March 21, 2020.
  3. ↑ At the end of the war, the Americans lay the town in ruins - the whole village is in flames. Gunfire devastates the playground. In: Onetz . April 23, 2005, accessed March 21, 2020.
  4. ^ Village chapel in Spielhof: restoration of the high altar completed. In: Onetz. May 16, 2009, accessed March 19, 2020.

Coordinates: 49 ° 38 ′ 21.3 "  N , 12 ° 26 ′ 44.4"  E