Kreuzkirche (Haindling)
The Roman Catholic Kreuzkirche in Haindling, a district of the town of Geiselhöring in the Lower Bavarian district of Straubing-Bogen , is the second, somewhat smaller church in the place of pilgrimage alongside the Marienkirche . The patronage of the Kreuzkirche is celebrated on the feast day of the Exaltation of the Cross , September 14th. The church, built between 1621 and 1629, is in the Renaissance style and has one of the most beautiful Renaissance altars in Bavaria .
Way of the Cross
After individual passion chapels were built in Haindling as early as the 17th century, Father Bonifaz Schachtner had a way of the cross built around 1733 with nine chapels of different sizes, open with round arches. These are arranged along a path around the two Haindlinger churches. Originally they were colored and gilded by the Geiselhöringer Johann Haubner, but this frame was painted over in 1762. Since 1991 they have been decorating reliefs that also cover the other five Stations of the Cross. The last station is, so to speak, the burial chapel with the Holy Sepulcher in the substructure of the cruciform church.
history
Haindling had owned the Benedictine monastery of Sankt Emmeram in Regensburg since the 11th century . In the 14th century the Marian pilgrimage appeared, one of the oldest pilgrimages in Bavaria that still exist today . Due to its growing popularity, a second church was built around 1480, which today still exists as a cruciform church. Hardly anything is known about this original building. What is certain, however, is that Abbot Hieronymus II Feury of Sankt Emmeram initiated the complete modernization and decoration of the Kreuzkirche in the spirit of the Counter-Reformation during his tenure (1609–1623) . In 1621, the work began, headed by the Munich court architect Martin Bartholomäus Viscardi. For the patronage festival on September 14, 1627, the renovation was completed and the church building could be consecrated. To 1631 still drew the increase of the towers out of both churches that it received its present form.
description
The cruciform church stands on an unusually high substructure in which the three-bay , groin-vaulted burial chapel is housed. There is a wooden figure of the Savior in the grave from the first half of the 19th century and the coat of arms of Abbot John III. Nablas , who had the Holy Sepulcher built, with the year 1725. 28 steps lead to a vaulted gallery that extends over the west and south sides of the church building. The pulpit bay , a slight protrusion of the parapet on the west side, is striking . Two ogival portals, the main portal in the west and another gate in the south, lead to the interior of the Kreuzkirche. At a short nave that of a lunette ton with stucco ribs is vaulted, the closed on three sides is chancel grown, at the northern inclined flank turn the tower. To the west of the nave is the separately accessible Mount of Olives Chapel with stucco figures by the Regensburg sculptor Georg Wilhelm, which were made in 1655. In 1906 the original version was painted over.
The high altar of the Kreuzkirche, which at eleven meters takes up the entire height of the end of the choir, is considered one of the most beautiful Renaissance altars in Bavaria. It was donated by Abbot Jerome II Feury. The artist is unknown, but he may have been created by the Regensburg sculptor Hans Wilhelm. The original color version by Johann Paul Schwendter is still preserved. The altar is built in the form of a two-storey triumphal arch . In the central niche there is a life-size crucifixion group , flanked by the Benedictine saints Benedict of Nursia and Scholastica of Nursia . Above the crucifixion group you can see the coat of arms of the founder, above it a figure of Saint Emmeram , who is flanked by Saints Wolfgang and Dionysius . These three saints were particularly venerated in the Sankt Emmeram monastery. The upper end of the altar forms an oval medallion with a half- length figure of the church father Hieronymus , the patron saint of the founder.
The six oil paintings on the walls thematically complement the high altar. The motifs of the pictures also painted by Johann Paul Schwendter are: the condemnation of Christ (two pictures), Christ before Pilate, Christ on the scourge column, Christ falls under the cross, Christ is nailed to the cross. Above the sacristy door there is another coat of arms of Abbot Johannes Nablas with the year 1626. In addition, the panels embedded in the walls are interesting, which contain the names of more than 900 soldiers from the former Mallersdorf district who died in the two world wars . In their honor, the district war memorial service is always held on the third Saturday in September.
See also
literature
- Michael Wellenhofer: The Kreuzkirche in Haindling and the St. Emmeram Monastery in Regensburg . In: Labertaler Lesebuch II , Mallersdorf-Pfaffenberg 1988, pp. 177-183.
- Parish office Haindling (ed.): Marienwallfahrt Haindling , with texts by Christine Riedl-Valder, Geiselhöring 2013.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Parish office Haindling, p. 13f.
- ^ Parish office Haindling, p. 14.
- ↑ a b c Kreuzkirche . Online at www.marienwallfahrt-haindling.de. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
- ↑ a b c Pfarramt Haindling, pp. 15–18.
Coordinates: 48 ° 49 ′ 20.2 " N , 12 ° 25 ′ 5.3" E