St. Wendelin (Feuerthal)
The Roman Catholic parish church of St. Wendelin is the village church of Feuerthal , a district of Hammelburg in the Lower Franconian district of Bad Kissingen . It belongs to the architectural monuments of Hammelburg and is registered under the number D-6-72-127-106 in the Bavarian list of monuments .
history
The church was built around the middle of the 13th century. The massive church tower and the choir are still preserved from her. The sacristy is of a later date. The nave was built by the architect Fritz Fuchsenberger between 1928 and 1935.
description
The nave with three window axes has a flat roof. The eastern choir has a star vault and two windows. The two-story church tower is on the south side.
Furnishing
Of the old interior, the church only contains the rococo-style pulpit with the four evangelists . On the right side altar you can see a white figure of St. Wendelin with gilding and gilded animals, on the left side altar the likewise white St. Mary with the child. In the windows of the choir St. Agnes with the lamb and brother Conrad are depicted.
Peal
The remarkable ringing of five bells is the result of a redesign in 1934 and was consecrated on March 31, 1935. The bells, cast in 1934, are works by the F. Otto bell foundry in Hemelingen / Bremen . According to a delivery list from the years 1930–32, the latter had already delivered a bell for the Wendelinus Church beforehand: strike tone c sharp, diameter 774 mm, weight 280 kg.
| No. | Surname | Chime | inscription | Gussj. | Weight | Diameter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christ the King | f sharp ′ | Christ the King / I want the people to thank the heroes who fell in the war (with the names of officials) | 1934 | 1200 kg | 114 cm |
| 2 | Wendelinus | a ′ | God may give St. Wendelinus a blessing for the house and field of heaven. A prayer be every note to our St. Local patron | 1934 | 700 kg | 95 cm |
| 3 | Mother of God | H' | Ave Maria gratia plena Dominus tecum bendicta | 1515 | 375 kg | 86 cm |
| 4th | Sebastianus | cis ″ | In honorem St. Wendelini fusa est in aere infirmorum clientum in Feuerthal | 1751 | 350 kg | 77 cm |
| 5 | Guardian Angel | d ″ | Sancte Angele Custos ora pro nobis poured in Wirtzburg | 1661 | 210 kg | 72 cm |
literature
- Karl Brandler: Art monuments of Hammelburg and its districts. 1977
- Robert Kümmert : Bells of the Hammelburg district, Würzburg 1955
Web links
Hints
- ↑ The list at www.saalekreuz.de is not complete.
- ^ Gerhard Reinhold: Otto bells. Family and company history of the Otto bell foundry dynasty . Self-published, Essen 2019, ISBN 978-3-00-063109-2 , p. 588, especially pages 534, 541 .
- ↑ Gerhard Reinhold: Church bells - Christian world cultural heritage, illustrated using the example of the bell founder Otto, Hemelingen / Bremen . Nijmegen / NL 2019, p. 556, in particular pp. 494, 500 , urn : nbn: nl: ui: 22-2066 / 204770 (dissertation at Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen).
- ↑ The bell has been renamed.
Coordinates: 50 ° 8 ′ 53.5 ″ N , 9 ° 56 ′ 7.1 ″ E