Marienkirche, Würzburg

Marienkirche
Marienkirche
Style	Romanesque,; Gothic,; Renaissance

The Marienkirche, Würzburg (Saint Mary's Church) is a chapel located in the inner court of Marienberg Fortress in Würzburg, Bavaria. The first Christian church at this location was built in 706 by Duke Hedan II. The structure of today's building can be traced back to the early 11th century. It is the oldest church in Würzburg and the oldest building in the fortress.

History

Duke Hedan II erected a small church in the year 706, which was dedicated to the

virgin Mary. It was the cathedral and burial site of the Würzburg bishops until the remains of the martyrs Saint Kilian, Saint Colman und Saint Totnan were relocated to the new Würzburg Cathedral on the other side of the Main river in 788. The Marienkirche was officially transferred to St. Burchard's Abbey

in 983.

When

church bells. The interior was modernised with plasterwork in Renaissance

style.

Description

Portal

The ornamental

Saint Paul, and above them the annunciation and finally the bishops Kilian und Burchard of Würzburg and a madonna

. The design is still Renaissance style but already reflects early Baroque influences.

Under Echter's rule, a choir (known as the Echterchor) was also added to the church.

Graves

Twenty grave plates remain in the centre of the church, which show reliefs of the Würzburg bishops. The church was the traditional burial place for the prince-bishops' entrails. Their bodies were typically buried at the cathedral and their hearts at Ebrach Abbey.

Albrecht II. von Hohenlohe
died 1372
Gerhard von Schwarzburg
1440–1443
Anselm Franz von Ingelheim
1746–1749
Rudolf II. von Scherenberg
1466–1495
Lorenz von Bibra
1495–1519
Konrad II. von Thüngen
1519–1540
Konrad III. von Bibra
1540–1544
Friedrich von Wirsberg
1558–1573
Peter Philipp von Dernbach gen. Graul
1675–1683
Johann Gottfried von Guttenberg
1684–1698
Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn
1573–1617
Melchior Zobel von Giebelstadt
1544–1558
Johann Hartmann von Rosenbach
1609–1675
Konrad Wilhelm von Wernau
1683–1684
Johann Philipp von Greifenclau zu Vollraths
1699–1719
Johann Philipp Franz von Schönborn
1719–1724
Christoph Franz von Hutten
1724–1729
Karl Philipp von Greiffenclau zu Vollraths
1749–1754
Adam Friedrich von Seinsheim
1755–1779

Bibliography

Max Hermann von Freeden: Die Festung Marienberg. Würzburg 1982.
Flachenecker/Götschmann/Kummer (ed.): Burg. Schloss. Festung. Der Marienberg im Wandel. Mainfränkische Studien 78. Echter, Würzburg 2009. p. 168
Festung Marienberg. Burgführer mit 41 Farbaufnahmen. Würzburg 2004.

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