Michelstadt town church

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West facade with main portal
View through the nave to the choir

The Stadtkirche is a Protestant church in Michelstadt . It was essentially built in the late Gothic period as a pseudo-basilical hall church , but still contains parts of a Carolingian predecessor building. The previous building was already the burial place of many taverns and Counts of Erbach . It is important because of the numerous grave monuments from the High Middle Ages to the Neo-Gothic .

Previous buildings

The deed of donation about the Mark Michelstadt from Ludwig the Pious to Einhard , the confidante and biographer of Charlemagne , from the year 815 shows that there was a "modica basilica lignea", i.e. a small wooden church, in Michelstadt at that time. It is assumed that this building could be a church, the construction of which goes back to the work of missionary Irish Scottish monks. The name is St. Kilian , who is said to have been murdered in 689 in the Würzburg area. In fact, the brook, which reappears near the town church after a long underground stretch, has been called Kiliansfloss for centuries. The wooden church should have already existed at the time the Michelstadt mark was transferred to Bishop Burkhardt von Würzburg in 743. After a post hole was found during excavations in the 1960s, it was concluded that the rectangular wooden structure was 10.60 meters long and 7.60 meters wide.

Roof cornice of the Carolingian north wall of the choir from the outside, today the north wall of the antechamber and built over in the late Middle Ages

Einhard had this wooden church replaced by a stone building in 821. This building was built around the old wooden church, the old building may have served as scaffolding for the construction of the new stone church. The Carolingian building was also rectangular, but already had a separate choir. Its outer length, including the choir, was 22.60 meters with an outer width of 10.40 meters. Remnants of this building were excavated. The wall of the northern vestibule, along with the cores of the southern and northern triumphal arch approaches, is the only Carolingian masonry that has survived to this day.

The inscription from 1475 on the stair tower of the west facade

Changes to the Carolingian building were made in the Ottonian period, around the year 1000. The Carolingian choir was supplemented by a semicircular apse and the nave was extended on the west side. The building work was undoubtedly the result of the Benedictine monks who had been local chaplains since the 10th century. Her abbot Gerbodo built a stone house in the immediate vicinity to accommodate her in 951. The two stone sarcophagi on the left and right of the portal date from this time . The bones of the buried were found in them when they were found; There were two men, one about 40 to 45 years old, the other about 65 years of age.

View into the Eberhard Chapel with the baroque font in front of it

Building history

Today's church was shaped in the late Gothic period. Before that, however, there were various earlier construction measures, such as the construction of north and south aisles and a north-eastern chapel. This is now closed because it contains the count's crypt (on a lower level, accessible via a narrow staircase). The chapel was built at the end of the 14th century. The previously added north and south aisles have not survived today or were built over. It was also during this period that the Carolingian choir and the Ottonian round apse were partially laid down and replaced again by a simple east wall.

The church experienced a significant expansion from 1461 onwards. Schenk Adolar zu Erbach began to rebuild the choir as it is today. The inscription on the north-eastern buttress of the choir is still there today: “Anno d (omini) m ccc lxi den first stei (n) das chors escorted Schenk adolaris herre von Erpach” A sacristy could also be rebuilt and later built over with the tower to the southeast be.

This construction measure was followed by the complete rebuilding of the south aisle and the rebuilding of the north aisle from around 1470 to 1475, around the same time from 1472 to 1475. The builders were probably the brother Schenk Adolars, Schenk Georg I zu Erbach and Schenk Johannes IV. to Erbach . The vaults of both aisles are roughly the same, typically late Gothic star rib vaults, with the northern one being a bit simpler than the southern one. Schenk Philipp II von Erbach finally contributed to the costs of the construction of the southwest stair tower, which also fell at this time. A plaque attached there provides information about the renewal of the church through the aforementioned taverns. In 1475 construction work was temporarily stopped, the reasons are unknown. In 1475, the west facade was built just below today's second cornice. It is also not clear whether the central nave was ever vaulted. The west facade was not completed until 1490 by the well-known master builder Konrad von Mosbach, as evidenced by the master's mark in the shield of the gable top. That year the church was also consecrated. On the north buttress of the west gable there is again the year 1490, provided with a maker's mark that cannot be precisely assigned, possibly a son of Konrad von Mosbach.

The original plans for the construction of the tower on the south-west corner have probably been abandoned. This may be related to the visibility after the completion of the Michelstädter town hall in 1484. It was carried out by 1507, with the presumed sacristy being laid down at the southeast corner of the church. A Latin inscription from that year provides information about this; in translation it reads: To the most high God, the most excellent great archangel Michael and St. In honor of Kilian, this building was founded under Pope Julius, Maximilianus, Roman Emperor, Archbishop Jakobus of Mainz, Eberhard and Valentin, Free Lords and Lords of Erpach and Bickenbach, cousins, since Theodorikus Ribeysen was a pastor. In the year of salvation on April 1st, 1507 . The completion of the tower took years until 1537. The first bells were cast from 1535.

The next expansion was the addition of the Eberhard Chapel between the bell tower and the outer eastern buttress of the south aisle. This chapel was also provided with a rib vault. In the keystone there is an alliance coat of arms Erbach / Wertheim. The keystone is important because it contains the master's mark of the famous builder Moritz Lechler .

The ribbed vault of the choir from 1543

The following year, 1543, the choir was also vaulted again by Moritz Lechler. Static problems had already arisen from the abandonment of the sacristy in favor of the new tower. The choir kept the northern (Carolingian) wall, only the southern one was largely removed. The choir vault rests on console stones decorated with coats of arms. For the execution he chose a ribbed vault, the crossings are each decorated with heraldic stones. According to the contract handed down, he received 245 guilders and 10 malter grain for his work .

Altogether, there are stonemasons from 41 masters for the construction activity from 1461 to 1543.

The last major repair work took place in 1909/10 (extensive interior restoration). The painting was created by Rudolf and Otto Linnemann from Frankfurt. An exterior and interior renovation was carried out from 1964 to 1969, a new exterior painting was applied in 1990 and from 2006 to 2012 the roof structure and the interior were renovated.

Furnishing

Fresco of St. Martin

The room setting was reconstructed according to old findings. Only a fragmentary fresco of St. Martin and a sacrament niche in the choir can be seen of the late medieval furnishings of the town church . Fine floral tendrils adorn the reticulated vault of the choir, dated 1543 , whose windows are framed with painted scrollwork in the style of the late Renaissance (dated 1624). The intensely colored glass windows date from the early 20th century; they go back to foundations of local families and associations. The baroque baptismal font , which was used as a flower pot in the parish garden during the renovations, was supplemented by the missing base stone in 1969 based on a design by Otfried Rau . Since the parish of Michelstadt comprised many villages until after the Second World War , numerous galleries were built in from 1669 to offer the believers enough space. They were removed during the renovation, which was completed in 1910. For this purpose, a spacious gallery was built in the west, which has supported the organ since 1969. The neo-Gothic pulpit was in the old cemetery chapel for a while, but was restored in the 1990s and brought back to the town church. In 1733, following the taste of the time, a mirror ceiling was installed in the central nave, which was grooved in 1747, ie the transitions between the side walls and the flat ceiling were rounded. The ceiling was visible until 1969. In that year, today's wooden conical barrel was pulled in under it.

Funerary monuments

In the centuries of the history of this church, the eastern and northern areas outside the church and the church itself were used as a cemetery or as a burial place for the Count's Erbachian house. The last burial in the Michelstädter Kirchhof was made on August 1st, 1791. A total of 92 funerary monuments have been found so far, 66 of which are still preserved today and are embedded both inside the church on the walls of the aisles and the choir and on the northern outer wall. Fragments of other tombstones are in the collections of the Odenwaldmuseum Michelstadt.

Grave slab of Judda, oldest grave slab in the city church

The following are considered to be particularly significant in terms of art history: ( Nikitsch , No. 13): The grave slab of Judda is located immediately to the left of the main portal. It was created between the end of the 11th and the middle of the 12th centuries. The surrounding inscription reads: + SVB TVMVL / O POSITA IACET HIC PIA FEMINA IUDDA - VIRTVTV (M) / MORV (M) - PROBITAS SPES / ET MISERORV (M) - QVE - MODO - PAUSAT HVM (AN) VS MORIT (URQUE) NO (N) / VALIDIS . (Translated: "Here under this tomb lies the pious woman Judda, righteous in virtues and customs she was the hope of the poor. So man dies, perishes and withers."). The grave slab is considered to be significant in terms of art history because it is extremely rare of its kind. The reverse side was used again, possibly for the tomb of a knight from Hochheim, died in 1209 ( Nikisch , no. 47). When this fact was discovered, the panel was cut lengthways. It is the oldest tombstone that has been preserved in the town church.

( Nikitsch , No. 30): To the left of the large wooden door to the crypt chapel (inaccessible) the grave slab of Heinrich I. Schenk von Erbach was placed, originally it was laid in the floor above his grave. It shows the tavern, who died in 1387, who is fully fitted into a three-passport. Also in deep relief above is an Annunciation scene , in lower relief in the corners the symbols of the four evangelists . The remaining space is filled with incised ornaments, only about half of the surrounding inscription is executed. A supplement may have been painted on earlier.

There are other important grave monuments in the choir. They were partially converted or renovated during the interior renovation completed in 2012:

( Nikitsch , No. 46): The center of the choir is dominated by the tumba for Count Georg II. Von Erbach and his wife, Count Palatine Elisabeth von Pfalz-Simmern . The couple was in many ways matter what was reflected in his tomb and in the facilities of the choir in total: the taverns of Erbach Although an old and respected family, the rise were the aristocracy succeeded but only Eberhard XIII provided by. Emperor Charles V received the title of Count in 1532. In 1535 his son Georg II was able to enter into a marriage relationship with Countess Palatine Elisabeth, whose father held the title of duke and belonged to a branch line of the Palatinate electors. (Her brother Friedrich later even became elector himself and was one of the most powerful princes in Germany.) After the first vault of the choir collapsed, Georg and Elisabeth had the existing star vault built in, which shows their coats of arms in the center, which are surrounded by their smaller ancestors are. The coats of arms on the side glass windows also refer to the families of Georg and Elisabeth; they are copies, because the originals were brought to the "Knights' Hall" of Erbach Castle in 1805 . During the reign of George II, the Reformation was officially introduced in the county, which is why it makes sense that the tumba can also be used as an altar . The grave monument had suffered over the centuries and was reconstructed in 1969 based on copper engravings from the 18th century. It is made of tuff; the plates with engraved Bible verses are made of slate.

( Nikitsch , No. 40): The tomb of Count Johann Casimir von Erbach has found a new place on the northern wall of the vestibule . He died on January 4, 1627 in Silesia, his body was transferred to Michelstadt. The splendid epitaph, created by Michael Kern , is made of alabaster and decorated with numerous allegories that allude to Johann Casimir's warlike career, which he mostly pursued in imperial service. The central representation of the count is said to be the first "monumental seated figure based on the model of Michelangelo" by a German sculptor.

( Nikitsch , No. 38): To the right of it, on the northern side of the choir, rises the magnificent epitaph Count Friedrich Magnus von Erbach (died 1618) and his two wives. He is depicted lying down in splendid armor, with allegories of chemistry, geometry and astronomy (left side) and depictions of musical instruments on the right side forming the background . It was also commissioned by Michael Kern in 1619, completed in 1620 and finally cost 570 guilders.

( Nikitsch , no. 42): Opposite it is the magnificent Renaissance tomb of Count Georg III on the south side of the choir . from Erbach. He died in 1605 and was the father of Johann Casimir and Friedrich Magnus. He fathered 25 children with his four wives. The richly crafted and very finely executed epitaph was created by a Heilbronn master between 1609 and 1611. The base is formed by five caryatids , between which tablets of script with quotations from the Bible are inserted. They carry a kind of table on which the life-size portrait of the deceased lies; George III is shown in armor and with hands raised in prayer. In the upper part of the epitaph is the grave inscription in the center. Three reliefs tell the life of Jesus Christ: birth (left), resurrection (right) and ascension (center). In between there are two allegorical women statues, which represent charity ( caritas , left) and faith ( fides , right). Around them and between them are further figures, putti, coats of arms and inscriptions. The epitaph is crowned by a multiply structured gable with the coat of arms of the Counts of Erbach, biblical figures and at the top a representation of the Trinity . The tomb made of alabaster had to be repaired for the first time in 1624, some details were renewed from plaster.

( Nikitsch , No. 43): The only wooden grave monument hangs in a niche in the south wall of the vestibule. It dates from around 1620 and is a cenotaph , with the bailiff Michael Scherffer of Scherffenstein and his son, the hammer Mr. Heinrich Live Lord of their deceased family members imaginary. The lower paintings show the families of the donors kneeling under the cross, the upper one the resurrection of Christ. The richly carved frame draws on the same ornamentation as the three large stone tombs of the count's employers von Scherffer and Liveherr.

Double epitaph for the taverns Philipp I and Georg I von Erbach, southern side of the triumphal arch

( Nikitsch , No. 45): One of the most striking tombs of the church is located on the southern masonry of the ascending triumphal arch. It is the double grave stone for two Erbacher taverns, Philipp I von Erbach, who died in 1461, and his son Georg I, who died in 1481. Both stand on a lion figure in armor from the 15th century. The inscriptions in Gothic minuscule with fracture capital letters read: Anno - d (omini) - M - ccc - lxi - / vff - Sant Sebastian day died the noble vnd Wohlgebornschenck philips / her von erpach de (m) got gnod . The other inscription: Anno - domini - M - lxxxi vff sant gedravten day the noble and wolgebornschenck Jorg died from erpach de (m) got gnod . The first inscription runs counterclockwise, the second corresponds to it. This could suggest that the executing sculptor Hans Eseler may have originally intended to erect the monument as a recumbent tumba. The tomb was originally attached to the nearest pillar of the central nave, which explains the double refraction of the base plate.

On the right (south) side of the church are worth seeing:

( Nikitsch , No. 49): The epitaph of Schenken / Count Eberhard XIII hangs on the east wall of the Eberhard Chapel below the vault . von Erbach (raised to the rank of count in 1532 and died in 1539) and his wife, Countess Maria von Wertheim (died in 1553). The couple had commissioned the small extension to the south aisle, under which there is a (inaccessible) crypt. The strictly symmetrical grave slab is characterized by its splendid Renaissance ornamentation.

( Nikitsch , No. 55): Under the row of baroque grave slabs on the south wall, the one made of light sandstone should be pointed out, although it is only of decorative quality. Count Georg Albrecht I von Erbach was kidnapped in 1617/18 on his cavalier voyage to the Mediterranean and only released after months of imprisonment in Tunis in return for a large ransom. His father Georg III. and his brothers Friedrich Magnus and Johann Casimir, the splendid epitaphs were erected in the choir. At the end of the Thirty Years' War - he died in 1647 - there was no money left for another for Georg Albrecht I , because the county was depopulated and plundered. In addition, the sepulchral culture had changed: great pomp had gone out of fashion in the funeral world.

organ

The organ on the west gallery

It is certain that the church had an organ from the 17th century; a corresponding invoice from 1610 for repair work carried out gives evidence of this. This instrument was apparently not replaced by a silent organ until 1807 , which stood on a gallery under the triumphal arch and blocked the view of the choir room. The Steinmeyer company was rebuilt in 1910 in the case of the silent organ, but it was installed above the triumphal arch. The fourth organ was completed in 1969 by Werner Bosch , Niestetal, and found its place on the west gallery in front of the only window in the central nave. It had 32 registers on three manuals and a pedal. In 1998/1999 the fifth organ was created by Thomas Jann Orgelbau using individual registers from the two previous organs. It contains 42 registers on three manuals and can be heard regularly in concerts during the Michelstadt organ summer . In 2012 the organ was expanded to include a register and a paddock. She now has the disposition :

I Rückpositiv C – g 3
Wooden dacked 8th'
Gemshorn 8th'
Principal 4 ′
Reed flute 4 ′
Octav 2 ′
Sif flute 1 13
Sesquialtera II 2 23
Cimbel III 1'
Krummhorn 8th'
Tremulant
II Hauptwerk C – g 3
Bourdon 16 ′
Principal 8th'
Covered 8th'
Viol da gamba 8th'
Octav 4 ′
recorder 4 ′
Fifth 2 23
Super octave 2 ′
Mixture I IV 2 ′
Mixture II II 12 '
Cornett V (from g °) 8th'
Trumpet 8th'
III Swell C – g 3
Bourdon 16 ′
Hollow flute 8th'
Voix céleste 8th'
Metal dacked 8th'
Principal 4 ′
Flute 4 ′
Nasat 2 23
Octav 2 ′
third 1 35
Fittings IV – V 2 ′
bassoon 16 ′
oboe 8th'
Tremulant
Pedal C – f 1
Violon 16 ′
Sub-bass 16 ′
Fifth bass 10 23
Pointed flute 8th'
cello 8th'
Chorale bass 4 ′
Back set III 2 23
trombone 16 ′
Trumpet 8th'

Bells

The original four bells of the church were cast from 1535 to 1542. In a fire in 1825 they cracked and were poured over. Except for the death knell, they were transported away in 1941, but returned in 1948. In 1913, Friedrich Braun, a citizen of Michelstadt who emigrated to the USA, donated a carillon of 28 bells. They were also confiscated during World War II. A new carillon was installed in 1958 after a lottery had been held; it plays fixed melodies every day at 7.30, 11.30, 3.30 and 7.30 p.m., including practicing faithfulness and honesty . The carillon can also be played from the organ. During the renovation of the roof structure from 2006, the carillon had to be turned off because it caused the roof structure to vibrate too much.

Nicolaus Matz Library (church library)

Until 1978, the church tower housed the library of the Michelstadt native and later rector of the University of Freiburg, Nicolaus Matz . He died in 1513, the deed of foundation was issued in 1499. He bequeathed a total of 117 books to the city, which stood on desks attached to chains. As a result of donations and acquisitions by the Erbacher Grafenhaus, over 4000 volumes were ultimately stored there, half of which have survived. Some of these are very valuable incunabula from the 15th century, 159 of which have survived and have been described. Fourteen medieval manuscripts are known and described. In the 18th century the library was used as the tower watcher's apartment and the books were improperly moved to the upper floors of the tower. Today the library is housed in a specially prepared room in a former post office of the von Thurn und Taxis family . Many volumes have been restored over the past few decades.

literature

  • Wolfram Becher: Michelstadt and Erbach. Two romantic cities in the Odenwald. Hermann Emig, Amorbach 1980.
  • Hermann Bernbeck: The city church to Michelstadt. Festschrift for their restoration and rededication. Michelstadt 1910.
  • Philipp Buxbaum: Michelstadt in words and pictures. A home book. Börsig Verlag, Darmstadt undated [1950].
  • Church council of the Evangelical City Church Community of Michelstadt (Ed.): 500 years of the Michelstadt City Church. Michelstadt 1990.
  • Church council of the Evangelical City Church Community of Michelstadt (ed.): Evangelical City Church Michelstadt. With contributions by Christiane Backöfer, Dr. Martin Balz, Heidi Banse, Claus-Eckart Fricke, Edina Silber Bonz. Michelstadt 2014, 2nd edition 2016.
  • Richard Lösch (Ed.): City Church Michelstadt. Michelstadt 1969, second edition 1972.
  • Wolfgang Schmitz (Ed.): Preserving and exploring. Contributions from the Nicolaus Matz Library (church library) Michelstadt. Festival ceremony for Kurt Hans Staub on his 70th birthday (= town hall and museum series. Volume 22). Michelstadt 2003, ISBN 3-924583-43-9 .
  • Gustav Simon: The history of the dynasts and counts of Erbach and their country. Frankfurt / M. 1858, reprinted 1983.
  • City of Michelstadt (Hrsg.): Michelstadt - 500 years city church (= town hall and museum series. Volume 9). With contributions by Gisela Bergsträsser. Michelstadt 1991, ISBN 3-924583-13-7 .
  • City of Michelstadt (ed.): The organs of the city church Michelstadt (= town hall and museum series. Volume 20). Michelstadt 2001, ISBN 3-924583-39-0 .
  • Kurt Hans Staub: The incunabula of the Nicolaus Matz library (church library) in Michelstadt (= town hall and museum series. Volume 3). Michelstadt 1984, ISBN 3-924583-02-1 .
  • Johannes Staub and Kurt Hans Staub: The medieval manuscripts of the Nicolaus Matz library (church library) in Michelstadt (= town hall and museum series. Volume 19). Michelstadt 1999, ISBN 3-924583-31-5 .
  • Hans Teubner and Sonja Bonin: Cultural monuments in Hesse. Odenwaldkreis (= monument topography Federal Republic of Germany ). Published by the State Office for the Preservation of Monuments in Hesse . Vieweg, Braunschweig / Wiesbaden 1998, ISBN 3-528-06242-8 , pp. 466-468.

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Johannes Sommer: The Einhardsbau from 821 in the city church , p. 19 in: The city church Michelstadt from 1490
  2. a b c Philipp Buxbaum: Michelstadt , p. 43
  3. a b Johannes Sommer: The Einhardsbau from 821 in the city church , p. 24 in: The city church Michelstadt from 1490
  4. Johannes Sommer: The Einhardsbau from 821 in the city church , p. 22 in: The city church Michelstadt from 1490
  5. Copy from Sebastian Scholz: The inscriptions of the Odenwaldkreis . Wiesbaden 2005, inscription No. 46, p. 39
  6. Wolfram Becher: Michelstadt and Erbach , p. 72
  7. Johannes Sommer: The Einhardsbau from 821 in the city church , p. 26 in: The city church Michelstadt from 1490
  8. Johannes Sommer: The Einhardsbau from 821 in the city church , p. 30 in: The city church Michelstadt from 1490
  9. Falk Krebs: On the building history of the Michelstadt church, p. 31 in Michelstadt's city church from 1490
  10. Falk Krebs: On the building history of the Michelstadt church, p. 34 in Michelstadt's city church from 1490 .
  11. Falk Krebs: On the building history of the Michelstadt church, p. 35 in Michelstadt's city church from 1490 .
  12. Falk Krebs: On the building history of the Michelstadt church, p. 38 to 40 in Michelstadt's city church from 1490
  13. Falk Krebs: On the building history of the Michelstadt church, p. 46 in Michelstadt's city church from 1490
  14. Falk Krebs: On the building history of the Michelstadt church, p. 47 in Michelstadt's city church from 1490
  15. ^ Translation after Hermann Bernbeck, quoted in Falk Krebs: On the building history of the Michelstadt church, p. 48 in Michelstadt's city church from 1490
  16. Falk Krebs: On the building history of the Michelstadt church, p. 51 in Michelstadt's city church from 1490
  17. Falk Krebs: On the building history of the Michelstadt church, p. 53 in Michelstadt's city church from 1490
  18. Falk Krebs: On the building history of the Michelstadt church, p. 52 in Michelstadt's city church from 1490 .
  19. Johannes Sommer: The Church and its Art Monuments, p. 23 in Stadtkirche Michelstadt
  20. ^ Otfried Rau: 500 years of the Michelstadt town church, p. 67 in The Michelstadt town church from 1490
  21. The history of the church, consecrated in 1490, p. 23, in 500 years of the Michelstadt town church
  22. ^ Otfried Rau: 500 years of the Michelstadt town church, p. 64/65 in The Michelstadt town church from 1490
  23. ^ Hermann Bernbeck: The city church to Michelstadt. Festschrift for their restoration and rededication, p. 79
  24. Falk Krebs: On the building history of the Michelstadt church, p. 55 in Michelstadt's city church from 1490
  25. ^ Philipp Buxbaum: Michelstadt , p. 47
  26. Eberhard Nikisch: The Michelstadt Town Church as a burial place, p. 126 in The Michelstadt Town Church from 1490
  27. a b c Eberhard Nikisch: The town church Michelstadt as a burial place, p. 109 in The town church Michelstadt from the year 1490
  28. ^ Freely translated by Eberhard Nikisch: The town church Michelstadt as burial place, p. 109 in The town church Michelstadt from the year 1490
  29. See Church Council (ed.), Evangelische Stadtkirche Michelbach, pp. 36–41.
  30. ^ Hermann Bernbeck: The city church to Michelstadt. Festschrift for their restoration and rededication, p. 39
  31. ^ Richard Lösch, guided tour through the city church, p. 21 in city ​​church Michelstadt
  32. ^ Church council (ed.), Evangelical City Church Michelbach p. 376
  33. Eberhard Nikisch: The town church Michelstadt as burial place, p. 114 in The town church Michelstadt from the year 1490
  34. Cf. Church Council (ed.), Evangelical City Church Michelbach p. 21f. and 40f.
  35. Eberhard Nikisch: The town church Michelstadt as burial place, p. 117 in The town church Michelstadt from the year 1490
  36. ^ Hermann Bernbeck: The city church to Michelstadt. Festschrift for their restoration and rededication, p. 41
  37. Gustav Simon: The history of the dynasts and counts of Erbach and their country, pp. 415-420
  38. Wolfgang Körber: The organs in the town church Michelstadt , p. 161, in: The town church Michelstadt from 1490.
  39. http://www.stadtkirchengemeinde-michelstadt.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Orgel_flyer_web.pdf
  40. Marin Balz: The organs of the city church. In: The organs of the Michelstadt church , p. 60.
  41. ^ Organ in Michelstadt , accessed on February 13, 2017.
  42. ^ Philipp Buxbaum: Michelstadt , p. 46
  43. ^ Philipp Buxbaum: Michelstadt , p. 46/47
  44. Kurt Hans Staub: The incunabula of the Nicolaus Matz Library , p. 7/8
  45. Kurt Hans Staub: The incunabula of the Nicolaus Matz Library , p. 15ff.
  46. Johannes Staub and Kurt Hans Staub, The medieval manuscripts of the Nicolaus Matz Library , p. 11ff.
  47. The history of the church, consecrated in 1490, p. 25 in 500 years of the Michelstadt town church

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