page_title: Marienkapelle, Würzburg
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Marienkapelle, Würzburg / Description
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: "Eva" Sandsteinfigur von Tilman Riemenschneider (1492-1493). Früherer Standort: rechte Seite des Südportals der Würzburger Marienkapelle.
context_page_description: The Marienkapelle is a Roman Catholic church located at the Unterer Markt of the town of Würzburg, Bavaria. It was built in the Gothic style in the 14th century. Despite its large size, it is a chapel by status, as it does not have a parish. Today it is administered by the united parishes of the Würzburg Cathedral and the Kollegiatstift Neumünster.
  The chapel was heavily damaged by the Bombing of Würzburg in World War II and its interior was destroyed by flames. It was rebuilt in the 1950s and re-consecrated in 1962.
  Its two best known works of art, the sculptures of Adam and Eve by Tilman Riemenschneider, are today located in the Mainfränkisches Museum and have been replaced in-situ by copies. The chapel is also the place of burial of noted Baroque architect Balthasar Neumann.
context_section_description: The chapel is a mixture between a basilica and a hall church that was popular in the late-Gothic period. It has three aisles and five bays. The middle aisle is only slightly higher than the side aisles. The roof rests on octagonal pillars. The eastern choir extends three bays. The proportions are somewhat skewed towards the vertical: on a plan of 26.5 meters by 18 meters the nave rises 21.5 meters in the center, 20 meters in the side aisles.
  The church features three notable Gothic portals. The southern portal (Brautpforte) from 1430, is flanked by the sculptures of Adam and Eve. The tympanum shows the Coronation of the Virgin, with the Saints Barbara and Katharina. The western portal (Goldene Pforte), made after 1430, has a tympanum with the Last Judgment. The central pillar formerly held a stone Madonna (Schöne Madonna, ca. 1441) that is today located inside the church (replaced by a copy in its original setting). Finally, the northern portal from the early 15th century shows the Annunciation.
  The Riemenschneider figures of Adam and Eve (delivered in 1493) were removed to the museum in 1894 (then the Luitpoldmuseum).
  Most of the movable interior decoration was replaced in the Gothic revival period in the 19th century and was destroyed in 1945. The current high altar (early 16th century) was brought here after the war from Neumünster; its previous provenance is not completely clear.
  Although most of the sepulchral art was destroyed by the fire of 1945, the interior still features a number of tombs and epitaphs such as the epitaph for Jörg Schrimpf (d. 1556) by Peter Dell der Jüngere and the epitaph for Anna Külwein (d. 1563). Most notable is the grave of Konrad von Schaumburg (d. 1499) by Tilman Riemenschneider. This was ordered in 1500 and was originally colored, the armor was golden. This sculpture was also heavily damaged by fire in 1945 and restored after the war.
  There was no contemporary monument for Balthasar Neumann, a key contributor to the design of Würzburg Residence, who was buried at the second column of the southern aisle. In the 1950s a bronze memorial plaque was added to commemorate him.
  The top of the gold-covered Madonna crowning the tower rises 72 meters above the market square. Although it had survived the bombing of 16 March 1945 unharmed, it was subsequently damaged by repeated strafing from Allied aircraft during the fighting in the city. Post-war it was painstakingly reconstructed. Together with the globe at its feet, the statue measures 5.75 meters in height and weighs around 1,200 kg.
caption: Original Eve by Riemenschneider
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