Holy Trinity and St. Leonhard (Bocksberg)
The Catholic branch church Heilige Dreifaltigkeit und St. Leonhard in Bocksberg , a district of the municipality of Laugna in the district of Dillingen an der Donau in the Bavarian administrative district of Swabia , was built in 1748 and decorated with frescoes . The church belonged to the parish of Laugna until 1906 , after which it was re- parish to Modelshausen .
architecture
Exterior construction
On the south side of the church the tower rises up with its square substructure, into which large rectangular glare fields are cut. The octagonal structure, covered with an onion dome, is broken up by arched sound arcades and cross- oval openings on the attic floor. The west facade, on which the entrance is located, is crowned by a curved gable divided by two cornices .
inner space
The church is a hall building covered with a flat ceiling and has a slightly drawn-in, semicircular closed choir . A simple gallery with straight parapets forms the western end .
Frescoes
The frescoes were made by an unknown artist in 1748 and reworked by Oswald Völkel in 1923/24 . The Trinity is depicted on the ceiling fresco of the choir , surrounded by medallions depicting the four evangelists . In the choir, on both sides of the main altar, two wall frescoes were exposed again. The left represents the apostle Peter and the right the apostle Andrew .
The central ceiling painting of the nave is dedicated to the patron saint of the church, St. Leonhard . It depicts the saint floating on a cloud in front of Mary. The two angels at his feet hold chains, the attribute of St. Leonhard, who is also venerated as the patron saint of prisoners. At the lower edge of the picture crouch a paralyzed man with crutches, a mother with a sick child, a leper, a woman possessed who is freed from demons, and a prisoner who shows his chains. The four medallions depict St. Anthony of Padua , St. Wendelin and Isidore of Madrid . In the background of the portrait of St. John Nepomuk is shown being overthrown from Charles Bridge in Prague .
The fresco above the gallery again depicts St. Leonhard with a herd of cattle at his feet and the Bocksberg Church in the background. The medallions on the side are reminiscent of St. Sebastian , pierced by arrows, and St. Vitus , whose oil kettle indicates his martyrdom. The Good Shepherd is depicted on the ceiling of the passage under the gallery .
Gallery pictures
The left picture of the gallery parapet depicts the death of St. Leonhard, to whom the Last Unction is donated. Devils gesticulating desperately sit at the edge of his bed. The other scenes depict the resurrection of Christ, the damned in hell with devils and a serpent, and the last scene with Mary among the blessed holding a palm of victory in their hands.
Furnishing
- The side altars were made around 1720. The pictures date from 1924 and were executed by Oswald Völkel. The left altarpiece shows the instruction of Mary and, in the excerpt, Saint Nicholas . On the right altarpiece, Saint Joseph is shown as a carpenter with the baby Jesus, in the excerpt Saint Elisabeth with roses in her hand.
- The high altar is a work from 1748. The altarpiece depicts the coronation of Mary and the extract depicts St. Leonhard as abbot with a staff and miter.
- In the choir, on a console, there is a sculpture of St. Leonhard, who is holding a broken chain in his hand.
- The two reliquaries on the altar table and the processional cross on the wall are dated around 1780.
- The Way of the Cross dates from 1810.
literature
- Georg Dehio : Handbook of German Art Monuments - Bavaria III - Swabia (arr.: Bruno Bushart, Georg Paula). 2nd Edition. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1989, ISBN 3-422-03008-5 , p. 198 .
- Anton Wagner, Joseph Kaniamparambil, Hermann Jäckle: The Church of St. Leonhard Bocksberg . Leaflet
- Georg Wörishofer, Alfred Sigg, Reinhard H. Seitz: Cities, Markets and Communities . In: The district of Dillingen ad Donau in the past and present . Edited by the district of Dillingen ad Donau, 3rd revised edition, Dillingen an der Donau 2005, p. 325.
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Coordinates: 48 ° 30 '40.9 " N , 10 ° 40' 58.9" E