ChurchAub - Baldersheim

Fortified church St. Georg

Fortified church St. Georg

The church can be visited

St. Georg is the Roman Catholic parish church in Baldersheim, a district of Aub in the Würzburg district of Lower Franconia. The listed building was constructed in the 17th century. The parish belongs to the Aub-Gelchsheim parish community in the Ochsenfurt deanery of the Diocese of Würzburg.

History+

The parish church, still surrounded by a medieval churchyard wall, was rebuilt from 1611 to 1616 under Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn. The choir tower in the east is a typical Julius Echter tower. Five church bells, cast in 1955 by the Erdinger Glockengießerei, hang in its belfry.

The Neo-Gothic high altar dates from 1878, the side altars from 1887. The nave was altered in 1901. The Stations of the Cross were created by Heinz Schiestl in 1901. The paintings on the coffered ceiling were designed by Eulogius Böhler in 1901. The Neo-Gothic organ case on the gallery is also from 1901. Behind it is the organ built in 1974 by Winfried Elenz with 19 registers, two manuals, and pedal. In 1970, the interior was redesigned. A people's altar was placed in front of the high altar. Instead of the side altars from 1887, there are now statues of saints. The pulpit from 1887 now serves as an ambo.

Description+

In the list of architectural monuments in Aub, the church and cemetery are described as follows:

Catholic Parish Church of St. Georg: Choir tower church, hall building with recessed choir and choir tower with spire, 1609–16, tower marked "1609", nave redesign, 1901; with furnishings Churchyard wall: On the north side still fortified with loopholes, rubble masonry, medieval, with younger pillar portal, probably 17th/18th century Mount of Olives Chapel: With sandstone figure group around 1500, in Neo-Gothic casing, 1901 Ossuary: Small solid building with gable roof, after 1825, with built-in wayside shrine head with the Five Wounds of Christ, sandstone, probably 17th century

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