St. Peter and Paul (Oberstaufen)

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Parish Church of St. Peter and Paul, main facade
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View through the nave into the choir

St. Peter and Paul is the Catholic parish church of Oberstaufen in Bavaria in the Diocese of Augsburg and the successor to the medieval collegiate church of the former collegiate monastery of Staufen.

Kollegiatstift

Count Hugo V. von Montfort founded a collegiate monastery in 1328 in Staufen with six world priests (secular canons). Bishop Rudolph, Diethelm von Steinegge , the 53rd shepherd of the then responsible diocese of Constance , added a seventh priest to the six “Prespiteros” as prelate and provost. Bishop Rudolph had the title of Count of Montfort-Feldkirch and was a cousin of Count Hugo. The original document dated January 14, 1328 is now kept in the Vorarlberg regional archive in Bregenz.

Count Hugo gave the monastery his patronage rights; in the event of disagreements, the Abbot von Mehrerau should decide as arbitrator. The parishes of Staufen, Stiefenhofen and Aach as well as another 50 small villages belonged to the monastery’s territory.

In 1806, the Kingdom of Bavaria ordered the abolition of the monastery as part of secularization , but was not able to implement the measure until 1812.

Crucifixion group

architecture

There are records of the history of the Staufen parish as early as the Carolingian period (868), but none of them mentions the first church building that was undoubtedly already in existence at the time. Probably with the establishment of the collegiate monastery, the predecessor of today's church was built from 1389. A fire in 1680 also damaged the church building, but it could be repaired. After further changes in the 18th century, a new building was planned.

The impetus for this was a fire in 1858. From 1859 to 1863, according to plans by Georg von Stengel (1814–1882), Anton Harrer built today's neo-Gothic building, which in 1865 was the Catholic parish church of Bishop Pankratius von Dinkel zur Peter-und-Paul- Church was consecrated.

The 65 m high tower with its foundation walls dates back to the 13th century and has a pointed helmet roof . On the facade of the building, which is one of the oldest structures in the town, architect Anton Harrer had a large portrait of St. Christopher attached.

Between 1977 and 1982 the church was completely restored. Another renovation began in 2020; it should be completed in 2021.

Furnishing

The choir is determined by the celebration altar and the crucifixion group created by the Constance sculptor Heinrich Yselin between 1500 and 1510 , which was located in the open Calvary Chapel (from around 1867) until 1959. The sculptures of the crucifixion group are among the largest of the late Gothic (Christ 5.20 mx 4.25 m, Mary and John 3.30 m high). The chapel-like base of the crucifixion group contains the sandstone sacrament house and the wrought iron grille from the late Gothic period.

For the pulpit , Anton Harrer drew up the plans for the reconstruction of the original and had the work produced in a neo-Gothic style by the Mayersche Kunstanstalt in Munich from 1862–1865 .

Ceiling painting

The paintings on the nave ceiling were created in 1913 by the Munich masters Bonifaz Locher and Luitpold Heim. On the wall of the north nave are the figures of the two church patrons St. Peter and Paul. On the east wall of the south aisle is the site of the veneration of Mary with Mary and baby Jesus, designed by the sculptor Ferdinand Preckle around 1863, accompanied by the diocesan patron Ulrich and the apostle of Allgäu Magnus . Painted “stone towers” ​​behind the figures are reminiscent of the lost neo-Gothic altars.

organ

View through the church towards the organ
Rosette behind the organ

The organ was built in 1920 by the Hindelang brothers (Ebenhofen). The Kegelladen instrument has 47 stops on three manuals and a pedal . The playing and stop actions are pneumatic.

I main work C – a 3
1. Principal 16 ′
2. Principal 8th'
3. Gamba 8th'
4th Covered 8th'
5. Flûte harmonique 8th'
6th Dolce octave 4 ′
7th Reed flute 4 ′
8th. Intoxicating fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
9. Cornett 8th'
10. mixture 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
11. Trumpet 8th'
II Swell C – a 3 (a 4 )
12. Quintatön 16 ′
13. Flute principal 8th'
14th Salizional 8th'
15th viola 8th'
16. Lovely covered 8th'
17th Distance flute 8th'
18th Fugara 4 ′
19th Pointed flute 4 ′
20th Harmonia aethera 2 ′
21st oboe 8th'
22nd Tuba mirabilis 8th'
23. clarinet 8th'
24. Trompette harmonique 4 ′
25th Harp (c-c5)
tremolo
III Swell C – a 3 (a 4 )
26th Bourdon 16 ′
27. Horn principal 8th'
28. Aeoline 8th'
29 Vox coelestis 8th'
30th Hollow flute 8th'
31. Bourdon 8th'
32. Principal 4 ′
33. Travers flute 4 ′
34. Sesquialtera II 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
35. Piccolo 2 ′
36. Echo mixture 2 ′
37. Cymbal 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Pedal C – f 3
38. Principal bass 16 ′
39. Sub-bass 16 ′
40. Violon 16 ′
41. Bourdon bass 16 ′
42. Salicet bass 16 ′
43. Fifth bass 10 2 ⁄ 3  ′
44. Octave bass 8th'
45. Flute bass 4 ′
46. Mixture bass 2 ′
47. trombone 16 ′
  • Coupling : II / I, III / I, III / II, I / P, II / P, III / P; II / II, II / I, III / I as super octave coupling; II / II, II / I as sub-octave coupling.

Propsteig building

Church tower and Propsteig building

The provost's office served as a parsonage until 1953. In 1962 a pharmacy moved into the old Propsteig building.

literature

  • Lothar Altmann (Ed.): Yearbook of the Association for Christian Art , Volume XIV. Self-published by the Archbishop's Ordinariate, Munich 1984.
    • therein Heide Weisshaar-Kiem: On the renewal of the parish church of St. Peter and Paul in Oberstaufen (Lkr. Oberallgäu) in the years 1977–1982. The concept of renovating the interior of the church - Anton Harrer, the builder of the church (1817–1885).

Web links

Commons : St. Peter and Paul (Oberstaufen)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Commons : Propstei Oberstaufen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Commons : St. Peter and Paul (Oberstaufen)  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Diocese of Augsburg
  2. ↑ see web link Propstei-Apotheke Oberstaufen: history of the collegiate monastery Staufen
  3. ^ Geographical, statistical-topographical lexicon of Swabia
  4. ↑ a b see web link House of Bavarian History: Basic data on the Oberstaufen Collegiate Foundation
  5. ↑ a b see web link Diocese of Augsburg: Parishes ° Parish Church of St. Peter and Paul
  6. ↑ a b c see weblink tourist information: Catholic parish church St. Peter and Paul in Oberstaufen
  7. ↑ Information on the organ: Christian Kohler: Orgeln und Organbauer im Allgäu from 1850 to the present . Diploma thesis 2007, Musikhochschule Augsburg / Nürnberg. P. 24.

Coordinates: 47 ° 33 '14.8 "  N , 10 ° 1' 17.8"  E