Heuwinkl Chapel

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The Heuwinkl Chapel from the south
The Heuwinkl Chapel from the north

The Heuwinkl Chapel , officially the pilgrimage church to Our Lady , is a Marian pilgrimage site on a hill on the eastern edge of Iffeldorf , the Heuwinkl. Iffeldorf is located in the Pfaffenwinkel in the Upper Bavarian district of Weilheim-Schongau .

history

Votive tablet

On the high altar of the parish church of St. Vitus in Iffeldorf there was a late Gothic statue of the Virgin Mary from 1275 to 1615 . This was removed when the high altar was renewed and later placed in a hollow oak on the way from Iffeldorf via Nonnenwald and Nantesbuch to Tölz in 1672 . An impression of this is given by the copy of a votive plaque from 1694 hanging in the anteroom of the chapel today. After more and more pilgrims came there, a wooden chapel was built nearby around 1690. This soon became too small, and so the Wessobrunn Monastery , which had acquired Hofmark Iffeldorf in 1653 , had the current chapel built. The foundation stone was laid on November 21, 1698 by the Wessobrunn abbot Virgil Dallmayr. Although a large part of Iffeldorf, including the Gothic parish church, was destroyed in a major fire in 1699, the Heuwinkl Chapel was subsequently completed. On September 13, 1701, the feast of the Virgin Mary , the chapel was opened by Auxiliary Bishop Johannes Eustache Egolf von Westernach - assisted by the clergy Ulrich Zeidler from Benediktbeuern , Andreas Höck and Dominik Mair from Habach , Matthias Koch from Antdorf and Urban Schwaiger from Iffeldorf - " In honor of God and Mary, the wonderful mother, also to honor all the dear saints ”.

Around 1750, the chapel was expanded: the sacristy - which presumably served as a sacristan's apartment - was added to the south-east and the anteroom with the belfry to the west. At the end of the 18th century, the interior was completed in the late rococo style and the high altar was replaced in 1791. During a restoration around 1890, the original red onion-shaped dome was replaced by a tent roof and changes were made to the interior according to the taste of the time. After the state of construction had deteriorated considerably, the repair work should begin in 1939. These were finally only carried out after the Second World War and the original dome was restored in 1952. In 1969 work on the roof and in the base area was necessary. The interior was restored in the years 1984 to 1989 in the style of the baroque appearance and the walls were drained. From 2013 to 2015, the copper roof and were roof renewed, which the house borer infested Klostergewölbe strengthened and supplemented, and the stucco restored. Furthermore, the bell chamber and the upper sacristy received new wooden floors and the lantern new windows. The interior lighting was renewed and a roof opening was built over the sacristy.

architecture

Layout

The chapel is a major architectural work of the Wessobrunn monastery builder Johann Schmuzer , one of the most important plasterers and co-founder of the Wessobrunn school . Wessobrunn masters, in particular the plasterer Franz Edmund Doll, were also involved in the production of the interior. The main and side altars and the pulpit oratory above the sacristy were created.

The floor plan of the main room has a square with a side length of 6.5 meters, which is expanded on each side with conches , semicircular apses, so that the overall impression of a round central building is created. Dome domes in the form of oversized mussel shells rest on the cones , on top of which rests a mighty onion-shaped dome with a lantern attached, a total of 22.7 meters high. Inside, the conches are charmingly vaulted with huge seashells. Above it is a pyramid-like cloister vault , which has four oil paintings with scenes from the Old Testament in its trapezoidal fields, in between you can see high baroque stucco . The west-facing porch is low and elongated and has a roof turret for the three bells. The sacristy on the southeast side is two-story.

Furnishing

Choir wall

High altar, left Joseph, right Joachim

High altar

The high altar in the east of the chapel can be divided into a cafeteria , retable and extract and is made of wood covered with stucco marble . The capitals , bases and moldings are gilded.

On the reredos stands the miraculous image under a canopy in a niche above the tabernacle . It is flanked on the left and right by double columns, the sovereign motif of the sacred architecture. The Trinity shows itself with God the Father in the altar extract , Jesus in Mary's arm and above in the canopy to the Holy Spirit . The extract also contains the double coat of arms of the Wessobrunn monastery and the erector of the high altar, Abbot Joseph Leonardi von Wessobrunn.

Miraculous image

Miraculous image

The statue of Mary wears a crown and a scepter and on her arm is the baby Jesus, who is also crowned and carries the orb . Both are dressed in purple robes embroidered with gold and silver. Mary is represented as the queen of heaven , which is why she is standing over a waning crescent moon . She is also shown as the Madonna of the Protective Cloak.

Sculptures

The two sculptures to the left and right of the high altar, the sculptor of which is unknown, depict Joachim , Maria's father, on the right and Joseph , Maria's husband, on the left.

Side altar

Side altar

The side altar on the north side of the chapel "looks rather overloaded [...] due to the large number of sculptures" and is dedicated to St. Leonhard , the patron saint of cattle and farmers. In addition to a representation of the same one can see on this altar the Saints Magnus (right) and Ignatius (left) and on the top left on the entablature St. Johann Nepomuk and on the right St. Florian . In the extract are St. Pope Urban and above the flaming Heart of Jesus , from which a flower is sprouting, is shown.

Chancellery oratorio

Side gallery (pulpit oratory)

The small gallery (also called choir ) in the south above the sacristy (upper sacristy) serves as a pulpit , but also represents a counterpart to the side altar. The fine stucco work by the Wessobrunn plasterer Franz Edmund Doll depicts putti that are on the cross, heart and anchor as Point out symbols for faith, love and hope.

Vault

The oil paintings in the vault, framed by leaf ornaments and painted by an unknown painter before 1700, show four female figures from the Old Testament who are considered models for Mary:

  • PROTECTERIX

  • ADVOCATA

  • PATRONA

  • MATER

In between you can see rich decorations made of high baroque stucco, acanthus leaves , fruits, angel figures, festoons , pearl rods , partly in color.

  • Vault

  • Stucco angel

  • Acanthus ornamentation

  • Angel figure

Votive tablets

Votive tablet from the inauguration

In the north-west and south-west of the chapel there are two large votive tablets. The north-western one shows the inauguration of the Heuwinkl Chapel in 1701, the other serves as thanks that no people were injured in the Iffeldorf fire in 1698 and lists several cases in which Maria protected the residents of Iffeldorf.

lobby

Votive tablet

A copy of a votive plaque in the vestibule contains the founding legend. The text reads: “I had Adam Schöttl , Oberjäger zue MittenWaldt, and Maria, my housewife dise Taffl zue thank the Gewenedeitisten JunckhWrauen Maria auf den Hey Bichl , so we were helped by the selligiste vorbitt in villas. Anno 1694 "().

Dungeon savior

In the vestibule there is a Gothic figure of the dungeon savior in a niche, i.e. Jesus Christ chained and scourged in dungeon. After the figure of Mary was moved from the hollow oak to the chapel, this figure was placed in the tree. Later, when this had to be felled, the representation found its place in the porch of the chapel.

Bells

The chapel now has three small bells, the older two returned undamaged after the Second World War in 1946, as they are of low metal value. The third was added in 1964. They hang in the bell cage in the roof turret on the vestibule and are all consecrated to Our Lady .

No. Caster Casting location Casting year Diameter
(cm) 		Height
(cm) 		inscription
1 Christoph Taller Munich 1773 44 43.5 CHRISTOPH TALLER GOSS ME - MINCHEN 1773
2 Franz Jacob Daller Munich 1776 37 36.5 FRANZ JACOB DALLER ME FECIT MONACHII 1776
3 Rudolf Perner Passau 1964 34 32.5 HEUWINKEL HL. MARIA PLEASE FOR US

organ

The organ builder Günter Ismayr from Bernried built a new organ in the Heuwinkl Chapel in 1981 with six registers on one manual and pedal . The instrument with sliding drawer and mechanical play and stop action stands on the simply kept gallery and has the following disposition :

manual
Dumped 8th'
Reed flute 4 ′
Sesquialter 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ and 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
Principal 2 ′
octave 1'
pedal
Sordun 16 ′

Further equipment

The candlesticks for the crosses of the apostles , the holder of the ever-light traffic light and the cross on the turret of the vestibule were made by an Iffeldorfer art blacksmith as a foundation.

Regular events

Leonhardiritt 2012: right next to Pastor i. R. Gabriel Haf the organizer Anton Walser

In October 2012, after a break of about 100 years, another Leonhardiritt took place to the Heuwinkl Chapel. The last Leonhardi trip was documented in 1913. Until 2016, the pilgrimage, during which the horses pulled up from St. Vitus Square to the chapel, was repeated every year. A prayer was held there, and the blessings were given with holy water and incense during the subsequent double tour . After riding back to the starting point, the third blessing with the cross particle was donated there.

In the month of May, May services are held every Sunday in the chapel. Before Ascension Day , a draws Bittgang up to the Heuwinklkapelle.

Every year on the second Sunday in September, i.e. the Sunday after the birth of the Virgin , the patronage is celebrated with the Heuwinkl Festival, since 1952 with a candlelight procession . On this occasion the Heuwinkl song is always sung, the text of which is:

There is a little church
near Iffeldorf, in which I prefer to pray.
|: Maria is so good there,
I feel so happy with her. : |

Good day! I say, I'll come to her,
hello! she says lovingly to me,
|: With her it feels like I'm at home
and look out into the world with confidence. : |

O you little Heuwinkler mother!
I would like to be with you forever;
|: So lead me from the Erdental
the steep path to the heavenly hall. : |

Every two years, usually in September, the Loisachtal Trachtengau Association's pilgrimage leads to the Heuwinkl Chapel.

literature

  • Brigitte Roßbeck, Andreas Heider, parish of St. Vitus Iffeldorf ad Osterseen (ed.): Pilgrimage church to Our Lady in Iffeldorf. The Heuwinkl Chapel. 2001.
  • Anton Ohnesorg: Pilgrimage chapel in honor of Our Lady "Maria Heuwinkl" . In: Schnell, Kunstführer . No. 2019, Verlag Schnell & Steiner, Munich / Zurich 1993.
  • Karl Exner, Kornelia Bukovec, Iffeldorf municipality (ed.): Iffeldorf. History of a village. 1994, pp. 95-98.

Web links

Commons : Heuwinklkapelle  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 47 ° 46 ′ 16.09 "  N , 11 ° 19 ′ 44.56"  E

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Brigitte Roßbeck, Andreas Heider: Pilgrimage Church to Our Lady in Iffeldorf. The Heuwinkl Chapel . Ed .: Parish of St. Vitus, Iffeldorf ad Osterseen. 1st edition. 2001, p. 12-13 .
  2. ↑ Kornelia Bukovec, Cornelia Zachhuber: Iffeldorf - story of a village. In: Heimatverband Lech-Isar-Land eV (Ed.): Lech-Isar-Land. Local history yearbook 2017 . Weilheim 2016.
  3. ^ A b Anton Ohnesorg: Pilgrimage chapel in honor of Our Lady "Maria Heuwinkl" . In: Schnell, Kunstführer . 1st edition. No. 2019 . Schnell & Steiner GmbH, Munich / Zurich 1993, p. 2 .
  4. ↑ Inscription of a votive plaque in the Heuwinkl Chapel ( photo of the votive plaque on Wikicommons )
  5. ↑ a b Pius Bieri: Johann Schmuzer. (PDF) Works by Johann Schmuzer. In: suddeutscher-barock.ch. 2015, p. 8 , accessed on November 9, 2015 .
  6. ↑ Brigitte Roßbeck, Andreas Heider: Pilgrimage Church to Our Lady in Iffeldorf. The Heuwinkl Chapel . Ed .: Parish of St. Vitus, Iffeldorf ad Osterseen. 1st edition. 2001, p. 16-17 .
  7. ^ Anton Ohnesorg: Pilgrimage chapel in honor of Our Lady "Maria Heuwinkl" . In: Schnell, Kunstführer . 1st edition. No. 2019 . Schnell & Steiner GmbH, Munich / Zurich 1993, p. 15 .
  8. ↑ Catholic Parish Office St. Vitus (Ed.): Parish Letter Christmas 2015 . Iffeldorf 2015, p. 6 .
  9. ^ A b Brigitte Roßbeck, Andreas Heider: The pilgrimage church to Our Lady in Iffeldorf. The Heuwinkl Chapel . Ed .: Parish of St. Vitus, Iffeldorf ad Osterseen. 1st edition. 2001, p. 20-21 .
  10. ^ A b c Anton Ohnesorg: Pilgrimage chapel in honor of Our Lady "Maria Heuwinkl" . In: Schnell, Kunstführer . No. 2019 . Schnell & Steiner GmbH, Munich / Zurich 1993, p. 4-5 .
  11. ^ A b Anton Ohnesorg: Pilgrimage chapel in honor of Our Lady "Maria Heuwinkl" . In: Schnell, Kunstführer . 1st edition. No. 2019 . Schnell & Steiner GmbH, Munich / Zurich 1992, p. 5 .
  12. ^ Anton Ohnesorg: Pilgrimage chapel in honor of Our Lady "Maria Heuwinkl" . In: Schnell, Kunstführer . 1st edition. No. 2019 . Schnell & Steiner GmbH, Munich / Zurich 1993, p. 5-6 .
  13. ^ A b Anton Ohnesorg: Pilgrimage chapel in honor of Our Lady "Maria Heuwinkl" . In: Schnell, Kunstführer . 1st edition. No. 2019 . Schnell & Steiner GmbH, Munich / Zurich 1993, p. 6th ff .
  14. ↑ Brigitte Roßbeck, Andreas Heider: Pilgrimage Church to Our Lady in Iffeldorf. The Heuwinkl Chapel . Ed .: Parish of St. Vitus, Iffeldorf ad Osterseen. 1st edition. 2001, p. 23 .
  15. ↑ Equipment . In: stvitus.de . Retrieved April 30, 2017.
  16. ^ Anton Ohnesorg: Pilgrimage chapel in honor of Our Lady "Maria Heuwinkl" . In: Schnell, Kunstführer . 1st edition. No. 2019 . Schnell & Steiner GmbH, Munich / Zurich 1993, p. 14 .
  17. ↑ a b Brigitte Roßbeck, Andreas Heider: Pilgrimage Church to Our Lady in Iffeldorf. The Heuwinkl Chapel . Ed .: Parish of St. Vitus, Iffeldorf ad Osterseen. 1st edition. 2001, p. 25 .
  18. ↑ The bells of the parish of St. Vitus - The bells of the Heuwinkl chapel. In: Kath. Pfarramt St. Vitus (Ed.): Parish letter Christmas 2016. Iffeldorf December 2016, p. 51.
  19. ↑ Michael Bernhard (Ed.): Organ database Bavaria online. Record 12346. 2009. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
  20. ^ Anton Ohnesorg: Pilgrimage chapel in honor of Our Lady "Maria Heuwinkl" . In: Schnell, Kunstführer . 1st edition. No. 2019 . Schnell & Steiner GmbH, Munich / Zurich 1993, p. 12 .
  21. ↑ Brigitte Roßbeck, Andreas Heider: Pilgrimage Church to Our Lady in Iffeldorf. The Heuwinkl Chapel . Ed .: Parish of St. Vitus, Iffeldorf ad Osterseen. 1st edition. 2001, p. 29 .
  22. ↑ Andreas Wachs: Loisachtaler Gau pilgrimage to the Heuwinkl chapel. In: trachtenverband-bayern.de. July 29, 2015, accessed January 2, 2013 .