der jetzige Moment ...
for Shelley
The beginnings of Poppenreuth and its church of St. Peter and Paul lie in the 9th century, when the forest area east of the Pegnitz and Regnitz began to be cleared. After the turn of the millennium, the hermit Sebald lived here and was buried in the first Poppenreuth church around 1050. His body was probably stolen and brought to Nuremberg. The Sebaldus Church was built over his grave. For many centuries, the Poppenreuth church remained the older one, the mother church of St. Sebald, with all parish rights. In 1513, the ecclesiastical situation was finally reversed, so that in 1528 Poppenreuth - like Nuremberg - became Protestant. The church was built as a fortification. It was the only protection for the inhabitants of the unfortified village. After its destruction in 1450 in the first Margrave War, it was soon rebuilt, only the lowest tower floor dates from the 12th century. The top floor with the characteristic octagonal pointed helmet was built in 1522, the same year the late Gothic choir. The most important work of art is the winged altar from 1518, which, however, was only placed in the devastated church after the Thirty Years' War. The interior of the church was altered in 1859/60 in the neo-Gothic style. The church ensemble continues on the other side of the street with the rectory built in 1707, the half-timbered barn, which has been the parish hall since 1986, and the outbuilding, formerly the sexton's apartment, now the youth center. The barn is a reminder that the priest, who only earned money from weddings, baptisms and funerals, otherwise lived from farming. In the rectory garden there is a baroque "salet" - the priest's study
der jetzige Moment ...
for Shelley
The beginnings of Poppenreuth and its church of St. Peter and Paul lie in the 9th century, when the forest area east of the Pegnitz and Regnitz began to be cleared. After the turn of the millennium, the hermit Sebald lived here and was buried in the first Poppenreuth church around 1050. His body was probably stolen and brought to Nuremberg. The Sebaldus Church was built over his grave. For many centuries, the Poppenreuth church remained the older one, the mother church of St. Sebald, with all parish rights. In 1513, the ecclesiastical situation was finally reversed, so that in 1528 Poppenreuth - like Nuremberg - became Protestant. The church was built as a fortification. It was the only protection for the inhabitants of the unfortified village. After its destruction in 1450 in the first Margrave War, it was soon rebuilt, only the lowest tower floor dates from the 12th century. The top floor with the characteristic octagonal pointed helmet was built in 1522, the same year the late Gothic choir. The most important work of art is the winged altar from 1518, which, however, was only placed in the devastated church after the Thirty Years' War. The interior of the church was altered in 1859/60 in the neo-Gothic style. The church ensemble continues on the other side of the street with the rectory built in 1707, the half-timbered barn, which has been the parish hall since 1986, and the outbuilding, formerly the sexton's apartment, now the youth center. The barn is a reminder that the priest, who only earned money from weddings, baptisms and funerals, otherwise lived from farming. In the rectory garden there is a baroque "salet" - the priest's study