English greeting chapel (Kirchheim)
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The listed Roman Catholic English Greeting Chapel was donated in 1605 by Maria Salome, born Freiin zu Königsegg, Markus Fugger's widow . It is located on the southern outskirts of Kirchheim , in the Unterallgäu district , Bavaria . The words of the Archangel Gabriel to Mary when he announced to her that she would give birth to the Savior Jesus Christ has been known as the English greeting since the Middle Ages . English refers to the word angel .
history
The chapel was consecrated on October 6th, 1605. In the first quarter of the 18th century, individual changes were made to the chapel. The stalls were created by Gottfried Dopfer in 1711. Master bricklayer Michael Ruef built a corridor between the sacristy and the pulpit and enlarged the windows. In 1718 the carpenter Hans Georg Dopfer made a new altar, which was set by Johann Georg Gressle. In 1719, 210 fl. Was used to repair the chapel. During this repair work, a new ceiling was put in place. Gottfried Dopfer created the pulpit in 1720, and the gallery also dates from the same time . A restoration took place in 1956.
Building description
The chapel building, which faces south-east, consists of a room closed on three sides. Arched windows are inserted in the oblique axes of the end, as are two arched windows in each of the walls of the nave . A rectangular door on the right wall of the nave forms the entrance to the chapel. On the opposite side a rectangular door leads to the sacristy. The paneled door contains fittings and dates from the first half of the 18th century. The mirrored ceiling of the nave probably dates from the 18th century and includes a tree-profiles Voute . On the gallery parapet there are three curved fields with pilasters in between . There is a grooved eaves cornice all around the church . The corners of the end of the choir are provided with flat buttresses .
The door to the chapel has a profiled sandstone wall. The sacristy is built on the left long side . Inside there is a groin vault , on the vertical sides there are recessed round arched windows. The sacristy is covered with a transverse gable roof. An octagonal roof turret is placed above on the north-western narrow side. The gefelderte base of the ridge turret is provided with a through Kämpfergesimsband provided connected arched openings. It is closed with a sheet-covered onion hood , on the tip of which is a weather vane with the representation of Our Lady in a halo.
The former sacristan's house built on the gable side, a low saddle roof extension, extends over the entire width of the chapel and consists of two floors. Today it is used as an office space.
Interior
Inganz Ingerl from Augsburg created the altar in 1791 , which was moved from the castle chapel in Glött to the English greeting chapel in 1919. It is made of gray, red and white marble . Fluted hermen pilasters flank the stipes .
The cylindrical tabernacle is crowned by a dome with a cross placed on a ball. White marble angels flank it on either side. There is a small metal neo-Gothic crucifix in front of its rotating mixer .
The two baluster-shaped candlesticks on the altar are made of white marble. These are encircled by bronze vine leaves and crowned by spirals.
The sandstone figure of Our Lady on the left long wall was probably made by the Mindelheim sculptor Simon Schenck . The figure, made at the beginning of the 17th century, stands in a sandstone niche surrounded by Renaissance ornamentation. There is a renewed inscription below the figure. This says: Built and founded in 1605 by Maria Salome Fugger, born. Freyin zu Königsegg u. Aulendorf to praise and honor the Queen of Heaven. The inscription is flanked by the coats of arms of the Fuggers and those of Königsegg.
The stucco with fruit hangings on the pilasters and the gallery parapet was created around 1720. On the ceiling above the altar there is a new coat of arms of those von Königsegg dated 1605 , in which the chapel was donated.
Around 1720 the stalls were created with curly oak planks richly carved with foliage and bandwork. Winding pilasters structure the parapets of the stalls, the first bench of which can be closed with doors. The eleven apostle figures , set in white and gold , were created around 1800. St. Michael dates from the first half of the 17th century, as does the figure of St. Mark , who is standing on the lion. A stone slab has been set into the floor in front of the altar. The plate, which dates from the second half of the 19th century, bears the inscription: Gräflich Fugger resting place. There is also a grave monument for Count Philipp Carl Fugger zu Kirchheim and von Weißenhorn († 1878) and his wife Franziska Amalia, née Countess Tauffkirchen Lichtenau († 1885), in the chapel. The large gray marble slab contains an alliance coat of arms made of white marble in the upper area.
The mural in the choir behind the altar was created in memory of Count Wilhelm, who fell in 1914, and other members of the Fugger family who took part in the war . It depicts the Annunciation and a view of Kirchheim Castle , as well as family portraits. The rectangular picture in Quattrocento style and a classicist stucco frame is labeled THEODOR / BAIERL 1921 .
See also
Web links
literature
- Georg Dehio : Handbook of the German art monuments - Bavaria III - Swabia . Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-422-03116-6 , pp. 586 .
- Heinrich Habel: Mindelheim district - Bavarian art monuments . Ed .: Torsten Gebhard, Anton Ress. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1971, p. 165-166 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation: Entry D-7-78-158-10
Coordinates: 48 ° 10 ′ 11.1 ″ N , 10 ° 29 ′ 9.8 ″ E