The located in Hollfeld St. Salvator Church is dedicated to the Salvator Mundi (Latin: Savior, Savior of the World). Falsely, Salvatorkirches are often attributed to one person, namely the canonised Franciscan monk Salvator von Horta. The Salvator church Hollfeld is entirely dedicated to the example of Jesus Christ, who is called to help as an assistant in times of need and especially heavy load. The Hollfelder Salvator church has been a place of grace for centuries. Their equipment combines some valuable late-Gothic unique pieces with the good baroque work of the Hollfelder art and carpentry Lauter. The two-storey galleries bear witness to the great pilgrimage of bygone days, but many faithful still find themselves in the small, interesting church today.

Especially for the Salvatorfest on the last weekend in September, the plazas fill up to pray together to Jesus Christ, the Savior of the World, and to remember the legend that makes this place a place of pilgrimage. The church is open during the day but visitors must use the side entrance.

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Anne

April 19, 2017

The origins of the Salvatorkirche go back to the early Middle Ages. The oldest church in Hollfeld used to be outside the city walls. At that time it belonged to the ancestral parish of Königsfeld and thus to the diocese of Würzburg. In 1017, a parish called "Holevelt" was first mentioned.

The history of the Salvator church:

The Salvatorkirche in Hollfeld, which celebrated the 300th anniversary of the laying of the foundation stone in 2004, is the only church in the Archbishopric of Bamberg with the Salvatorian Patronage. She thus wears one of the oldest patronals of the Christian West at all. Emperor Constantine the Great had built in Rome in the 4th century, next to the Lateran Palace, the great basilica as the mother and main church of the city and the globe. She was consecrated to Christ, the Salvator, and was consecrated in the year 324.

This patron saint of Christ the Salvator is probably on the first Würzburg Cathedral, which St. Burkard had built on the former parish church outside the gates of the city, since Hollfeld belonged to the diocese of Würzburg.

With the founding of the diocese of Bamberg in the year 1007, a church was gradually built within the walls of Hollfeld.

The legend puts the beginning of the pilgrimage in the year 1300, immediately after the miraculous apparition of the cross-carrying Savior.

Even the Swedish War, with its devastating consequences for Hollfeld and the surrounding area, helped the pilgrimage to new fame, since then there were two images of grace, the one that already existed and a picture of the cross-carrying Lord, allegedly brought by the Swedes.

The construction of today's pilgrimage church took place in 1704 by Johann Leonhard Dientzenhofer. It is a simple building with retracted three-sided, closed choir and a small roof rider.

The high altar shows the fifth station of the Way of the Cross "Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus carry the cross". The left side altar is dedicated to the Blessed Mother, the right to St. Sebastian.

The image of grace, the aim of the pilgrims, shows Christ, the Salvator, with the cut cross. It dates from around 1480. The artist is unknown. Traces of burn on his right side indicate the possible attempt of the Swedes to burn this figure in 1632.

The information comes partly from the website of the city Hollfeld: hollfeld.de

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Tobias

May 28, 2023

Catholic pilgrimage church of St. Salvator in Hollfeld with magnificent interior. A visit is worthwhile for those who are interested in churches. It is located directly on the main street and is still a place of tranquility.

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