saint johannis or saint john is a lutheran church located in ansbach germany around
the 7th century a settler named onold settled in the valley of the stream
named after him and gave his name onoldsbach which became ansbach
the parish of saint johannis was first mentioned in the documents in 1139
it was given by the bishop of wurzburg to saint gumbertus an expansion of saint johannis began in
the 15th century between 1410 and 1413 it was built of sandstone during the time the church
has three isles and the nave was completed in 1435. the result was a simple gothic hall church
with cell vaults in the central nave simple cross vaults in the two side isles and two side towers
of different heights a structure that recurs in germany in the second half of the 15th century
the master builders are the stonemasons Endres Emhart
and Wilhelm Kreglinger the nave and choir of the church were created in one construction phase
1435 marked an important date for the history of the church it was when the west gable and
the nave were completed and the organ donated and the bell on the south tower consecrated
the construction of the choir began in 1441. the most vivid document on the choir building
is the inscription on the foundation stone on the east side which reads as follows
“anno domini 1441 jar on the palm day one lays the first stone at this choir”.
since the choir was not completed until 17 years later the church was not consecrated until 1458
while the north tower continued to be built until 1508
johann rurer who spread the lutheran ideas of protestant church reformation and who
was the town priest of ansbach held his first service at saint johannis church on april 9 1525
the current organ was built in 1962 by the organ builder rieger
and restored in 1991 by the organ builder Mühleisen the church is a concert venue of
the bach week ansbach among others the crypt of the church houses the funeral chapel of the
margraves and the margravites who used to worship at the saint johannis
the caskets in which they are buried are made of materials such as bronze and copper and marble
and covered with black semi draperies today saint johannis church sat silently in the old town
with other churches of other denomination tolling its church bells for the daily masses
so that's it for the brief history of st johannis church
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