All Saints Church on the Cross

Kreuzkirche in Kreuzstrasse

The late Gothic Roman Catholic branch church of All Saints' Church on the Cross , also known as the Kreuzkirche , is the former cemetery church of the parish of St. Peter and to this day is a secondary church of "Old Peter" in Munich .

inner space

location

The All Saints Church on the Cross (Kreuzstrasse 10) is in the Hackenviertel of the historic old town, near the fortifications at Sendlinger Tor .

history

High altar

As a result of the city expansion by Ludwig of Bavaria , the number of inhabitants grew so much that the cemeteries around the two city churches of Alter Peter and Frauenkirche were no longer sufficient. Because of this, the cemeteries were moved to the outskirts of the city at that time, but still remained within the city walls.

crucifix

In 1478 the cemetery of the parish of St. Peter was moved to the Hackenviertel. Jörg von Halsbach , called Ganghofer , planned and built the cemetery church, which faces south as a special feature; Until the 19th century, any orientation other than eastward was frowned upon, especially for cemetery churches, as the return of Christ was expected from the east, the rising sun. Jörg von Halsbach designed a building with a spire and four capped gables. In 1485 the church was consecrated as the All Saints Church on the Cross . After 1493 the church received its choir tower.

Building description

The three-bay late Gothic hall church was built around 1485 in simple exposed brickwork . The tower was increased after 1506. In the 17th and 18th centuries extensions and alterations were made. The south-facing church was baroque in 1620. The choir in the basement of the tower was given a baroque barrel vault with stitch caps . In the nave there is still a Gothic reticulated vault , which is supported by stepped buttresses . The galleries were built in 1722/26. In 1814 the Kreuzkirche was regotized again in the sense of historicism . In the north it received a portal and the side entrances were walled up. The interior was renewed in 1936. After the Second World War , the church was rebuilt in reduced forms in 1947-49. The mighty tower houses two bells from the 18th and 19th centuries in the striking tones G sharp ¹ and B ¹ . The bells are struck by the electric clockwork, but can also be rung by a cable, which is the case, for example, during the Corpus Christi procession in the mother parish of St. Peter.

Significant works

Maria appears to Augustine (high altar picture) ( Johannes Rottenhammer the Younger, 1st half of the 17th century). It comes from the Augustinian Church.
Tabernacle ( Johann Baptist Straub ). It comes from the Carmelite Church.
Christ in the Mandorla (Gothic fresco fragments above the walled-up east portal).
Painting (late baroque, around 1700) Ecce Homo and Mater Dolorosa , above the side altars by Andreas Wolff .
Wooden crucifix (west portal, around 1520).
Pietà (under the gallery, 1626).
Epitaph of the banker Goetz ( Hans Krumpper , 1627).

Monument protection

The church building is a listed building . It was recorded under the file number D-1-62-000-3639 in the list of monuments of the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation .

literature

Klaus Gallas : Munich. From the Guelph foundation of Henry the Lion to the present: art, culture, history . DuMont, Cologne 1979, ISBN 3-7701-1094-3 (DuMont documents: DuMont art travel guide).
Lothar Altmann: All Saints Church on the Cross . Schnell and Steiner, Regensburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-7954-4170-8 (series: Small art guides / churches and monasteries).
Dehio : Munich . Deutscher Kunstverlag GmbH, Munich Berlin 1996, ISBN 3-422-03049-2 (Handbook of German Art Monuments).

Web links

Commons : All Saints Church on the Cross - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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