Christ the King's Church (Wildenwart)
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| Basic data | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| place | Wildenwart , Germany |
| diocese | Archdiocese of Munich and Freising |
| Patronage | Christ the King |
| Building history | |
| architect | Georg Berlinger |
| construction time | 1933-1934 |
| Building description | |
| inauguration | July 15, 1934 |
| Function and title | |
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Kuratiekirche |
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| 47 ° 49 '49.8 " N , 12 ° 18' 35.9" E | |
The Kuratiekirche Christkönig is the Roman Catholic village church of Wildenwart in Upper Bavaria . It was built in 1933/34 according to designs by the architect and church builder Georg Berlinger on a small hill outside the village. On July 15, 1934, Cardinal Faulhaber consecrated the church with the patronage of Christ the King .
The onion-crowned church is reminiscent of the baroque churches of the Alpine foothills. The central element of the building is the octagonal choir. The three altars were created by the cabinet maker Wilhelm Köglsperger from Bad Aibling . The painting of the main altar is by Maximilian Freiherr von Schellerer . In the picture, King Ludwig III. and Queen Marie Therese the true world king Christ. On the sheet you can also see Wildenwart Castle with its church. The two side figures represent the holy bishops Korbinian and Rupert . They embody the two dioceses of Munich-Freising , to which Wildenwart now belongs, and Salzburg-Chiemsee , which it used to belong to. The planned large ceiling fresco in the dome could not be created. The construction work was in the hands of the Voggenauer-Scheck company from Prien.
history
For centuries the former community of Wildenwart has been looked after by the parish of Prien . The offer of the castle rulers to be allowed to celebrate the church service in the castle chapel was eagerly used since 1862. Normally this chapel holds 50 people, but sometimes over 250 believers, who stood up to the castle bridge, took part in the mass. In the Wildenwart parish archives there is a letter dated October 14, 1931, in which the “armed people” are asked to accept the sacrifice of going to church in Prien and to leave the possibility of worship in Wildenwart to the elderly and infirm.
The desire for their own clergy and their own church was expressed by the population in the founding of a pastoral care association in 1923. In 1932 the pastoral care association was expanded to become the “pastoral care and church building association”. When the church was later built, board member Johann Niller represented the interests of the association. At the same time there was already a working group of the Bavarian nobility to build a memorial church for their majesties King Ludwig III. and Queen Marie Therese. This church was to be built in Wildenwart, as the royal family was always extremely connected to Wildenwart. Queen Marie Therese was also buried for a short time in Wildenwart. The planned mausoleum could not be built as planned after the revolution, and the necessary funds were also lacking after the inflation. Cardinal Faulhaber contributed significantly to the development of the church through a diocesan assembly. Further public collections could not be carried out because everything should go to the winter relief organization. On September 17, 1933, Prelate Sebastian Fischer, cathedral priest in Munich, consecrated the foundation stone and foundation walls. Since the construction that had already started should be stopped due to lack of money, Cardinal Faulhaber gave another ten thousand Reichsmark grant. The building project was seen as a concern of the whole community, the land of the church donated by the Royal Highnesses after an exchange of land with the blacksmith family in Wildenwart; many residents performed manual and tensioning services or supplied the necessary timber.
Web links
- Christkönigskirche , on bayern-online.de, accessed on July 14, 2010
- Twelve bells of the radio on November 25, 2018 from the Christ the King's Church in Wildenwart