Holy Cross Church (Giesing)

Church of the Holy Cross in Munich-Giesing

View to the altar

The neo-Gothic pulpit by Josef Beyrer

Gallery and Eisenbarth organ

Former location of the choir organ in the stone arches on the south choir gallery

The Catholic parish church Heilig Kreuz, consecrated in 1886, is the last completely preserved neo-Gothic church in Munich . At the same time, she is the older of the Giesing parish churches . After war damage in 1944 , various renovation measures were carried out in the post-war period (most recently 2011–2015).

location

The building is located on Giesinger Berg in Ichostraße above the (Alt-) Giesing district.

history

Little is known about what may have been the first church to be built. In the 12th century this was replaced by a late Romanesque church. In the middle of the 19th century, this church turned out to be too small due to the strong population growth, so that the idea of a new church came up. After Giesing was incorporated into the city of Munich in 1854, the new church should also correspond to the ideas of a parish church at that time, as described by the romantic movement .

Accordingly, the top of the Giesinger Berg was chosen as the construction site. The building site was expanded a little with a retaining wall. The new building based on plans by Georg von Dollmann was then built above the old village church. In 1866 the foundation stone of the three-aisled single-tower hall church was laid, and in 1886 the church was inaugurated. In 1888 the old village church was demolished to make room for the gardens.

The building remained undamaged in World War II , and it also survived the waves of purification in the 1960s and 1970s. A comprehensive general renovation had been underway since 1988 and was completed in November 2015. The small ridge tower was raised again in 1997/1998 and houses a bronze bell that is hung in a steel bell cage.

In the years 2011 to 2015, a fundamental and extensive renovation of the interior took place.

The parish is the seat of the parish association Obergiesing, to which the parishes Queen of Peace and St. Helena also belong. Parish association leader is Engelbert Dirnberger.

Furnishing

High altar ( Josef Beyrer based on designs by Georg von Dollmann , 1866–1892)
Glass window with chest X-ray images ( Christoph Brech , 2019, as a replacement for the windows by Wilhelm Geyer , which were removed in 2015 , 1960)
Pulpit (Josef Beyrer based on designs by Georg von Dollmann, 1866–1892)
Way of the Cross (Josef Beyrer, 1889-1891)
Apostle sculptures (Josef Beyrer, 1899)
Reliefs (transept - Josef Beyrer, 1893–1897)
Sculpture St. Barbara (rectory - 16th century)
Sculpture St. Catherine (rectory - 16th century)
Main organ ( Ludwig Eisenbarth in the neo-Gothic case of the predecessor organ by GF Steinmeyer & Co. 1886)

Organs

In the church there is a main organ made by Ludwig Eisenbarth , which was built into the reworked case of the previous organ in 1975. It has 42 stops on three manuals and a pedal.

There is also a small chest organ for continuo purposes, which was built in 1993 by the Kaps company . It has four registers and is usually located in the north transept.

The former choir organ by Carl Schuster from 1960 was removed during the interior renovation in 2011 and stored for an indefinite period. It had 14 registers, including a 16 'bombard in the pedal as the only tongue. A special feature was their installation in the stone neo-Gothic pointed arches on the gallery above the sacristy, to the right of the chancel. The actions were accordingly electropneumatic and the wind chests were cone chests.

Church musician has been Thomas Renner since August 1988 .

Bells

In the octagonal tower hang four bells in the Salve Regina motif (as ⁰ –c ¹ –es ¹ –f ¹ ), which were cast in 1953 by Karl Czudnochowsky ; the big bell is from 1960.

Dimensions

Length: 71 m
Width: 40 m
Interior height of the central nave: 22.2 m
Interior height of the aisles: 20 m
Area of the church (including the tower hall): 840 m²
Height of the church tower: 95 m (measured at the height above sea level , the top of the tower is higher than that of the Frauenkirche and is the highest church spire in the city).

Trivia

An outline of the church was included in the logo of the neighboring brewery "Giesinger Bräu", which is one of the few traditional local breweries in the city of Munich.

Picture gallery of the Church of the Holy Cross

Exterior view
Tower of the Holy Cross Church
View from the tower of the neighboring Luther Church
Sanctuary
Gallery and organ
Detail of the main altar by Josef Beyrer
Pulpit by Josef Beyrer
Pulpit staircase
Former Holy Cross Church (demolished in 1888)
Right side altar
Left side altar

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).
Gabriele Schickel: Neo-Gothic church building in Munich. Comparative studies on the architecture and furnishings of the churches Maria-Hilf in der Au and Heilig-Kreuz in Giesing . Scaneg, Munich 1987, ISBN 3-89235-018-3 .
Johann Wagner, Hugo Schnell: Holy Cross - Giesing. Munich (= small art guides / churches and monasteries ). Schnell and Steiner, Regensburg 1965.
Markus Westenthanner: The Giesing parish of the Holy Cross in the past and present. Lebenegg, Munich, 1927.

Web links

Commons : Holy Cross Church - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

48.116388888889 11.577777777778Coordinates: 48 ° 6 ′ 59 ″ N , 11 ° 34 ′ 40 ″ E

[1] Heilig Kreuz Giesing celebrates new church windows

[2] The main organ on organ index

[3] The chest organ on organ index

[4] The choir organ on organ index