Passion of Christ (Munich)

Passion of Christ in Munich-Obermenzing

Suffering of Christ is the Catholic parish church of Obermenzing in Munich .

history

The churches of Menzing were listed in a diocese description from 1315 as branches of Pasing.

In 1881 Obermenzing was added to the Pasing parish, which had just become independent, and looked after by the Church of the Birth of Mary . As a result of the strong increase in population, the old Georgskirche soon became too small, which gave rise to thinking about building a new church in Obermenzing. The project was promoted by the simultaneous wish of the Congregation of the Passionists to settle in the diocese. The shell was financed by donations from the USA in the amount of 20,000 dollars. In gratitude for this support, the church was called the Suffering of Christ or, earlier, the Passion Church. Georg Buchner was won over as the architect . Construction work began on May 2, 1923, and the foundation stone was laid on June 3, 1923 by Prelate Michael Buchberger . Cardinal Michael von Faulhaber finally consecrated the church on November 9, 1924.

After the war damage had been repaired, various renovations could be started in the 1950s. In 1965, as part of the liturgical reform, a major renovation was carried out by the architect Siegfried Östreicher and the sculptor Blasius Gerg . Among other things, a people's altar was made from a block of stone. The church received its current appearance in the course of renovation work in the years 1996–1999. The cross with the accompanying figures was attached to the back wall, the heating system was renewed, lighting, acoustics and electrical installation were revised.

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architecture

One of the Gothic style windows of the church.

With an external width of 26 meters, the church has a total length of 58 meters, a ridge height of 27 meters and a tower height of approximately 45 meters. It has been designed for a capacity of 2000 people. Conceived as a basilica , it takes up Gothic style elements . The west portal was designed by the sculptor Hans Panzer and shows scenes from the life of Jesus with the focus on the crucifixion. Felix Baumgartner's choir windows show Isaac's sacrifice and the erection of the brazen serpent .

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Organs

The organ

Since the consecration of the church an organ has been in the passion of Christ. The instrument was installed by the organ building company Albert Moser from Munich / Sendling in September 1924. The planned expansion and complete expansion to 45 registers for 1937 did not take place. In 1964 the organ was expanded to 39 registers by Josef Zeilhuber . In 2011 the organ was extensively renovated by the Munich Orgelbau Johannes Führer company and equipped with a new console . The cone chest instrument has 39 stops (and one transmission ) on three manuals and pedal (2570 sounding and 53 mute pipes). The keyboards and stops are electric.

I Hauptwerk C – g 3 1. Drone 16 ′ (M) 2. Principal 8th' 3. Reed flute 8th' 4th Viola da gamba 8th' 5. Octave 4 ′ 6th Coupling flute 4 ′ 7th Nasat 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ (M) 8th. Super octave 2 ′ 9. Mixture major IV 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ 10. Mixture minor III 1 ⁄ 2 ′ 11. Trumpet 8th'

II Positive C-g 3 12. Bourdon 8th' 13. Transverse flute 8th' 14th Fugara 4 ′ 15th Tube bare 4 ′ 16. Principal 2 ′ 17th Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ 18th Sharp III 1' 19th Krummhorn 8th' Tremulant

III Swell C – g 3 20th Hollow flute 8th' (M) 21st Salicional 8th' (M) 22nd Vox coelestis 8th' 23. Principal 4 ′ 24. Flute 4 ′ (M) 25th Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ (M) 26th Sif flute 2 ′ (M) 27. third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′ 28. Mixture IV 2 ′ 29 Trumpet 8th' 30th oboe 8th' Tremulant

Pedal C – f 1 31. Principal bass 16 ′ (M) 32. Sub-bass 16 ′ (M) 33. Gedacktbass (= No. 1) 16 ′ (M) 34. Fifth bass 10 2 ⁄ 3  ′ (M) 35. Octave bass 8th' 36. Covered bass 8th' (M) 37. Chorale flute 4 ′ (M) 38. Rauschbass IV 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ 39. Bombard 16 ′ 40. bassoon 8th'

• Coupling : II / I, III / I and III / II (each also as sub-octave coupling), III / III (sub-octave coupling), I / P, II / P, III / P (also as super-octave coupling)
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M = pipe inventory in whole or in part from 1924 (Moser)

Choir organ

On November 23, 1997, a new choir organ was inaugurated. The slider chests -instrument was approved by the organ builder Christoph Cape construction (Munich). It has 15 stops on two manuals and a pedal. The playing and stop actions are mechanical. The wind supply (float bellows) is in the tower room, behind the organ.

I main work C – a 3 1. Principal 8th' 2. Covered 8th' 3. octave 4 ′ 4th Nazard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ 5. Super octave 2 ′ 6th third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′ 7th Mixture IV 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′

II breastwork C – a 3 8th. Reed flute 8th' 9. Wooden flute 4 ′ 10. Capstan whistle 2 ′ 11. Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ 12. Dulcian 8th'

Pedal C – f 1 13. Sub bass 16 ′ 14th Drone 8th' 15th Trumpet bass 8th'

• Coupling : II / I, I / P, II / P

Bells

In the mighty tower hang five bells in the chime sequence h ⁰ –dis ¹ –fis ¹ –gis ¹ –ais ¹ , which were cast in 1956 by the Bachert bell foundry . The bells were consecrated by Auxiliary Bishop Johannes Neuhäusler . The Sunday bells consist of bells 4–2; Bell 5 is the death bell and does not ring with the full bell. The clock strikes via bells 3, 2 (quarter hours) and 1 (hours) .

Pastor

• 1919–1943: Aloys Stadler (1919–1922 Expositus , then pastor )
• 1944–1970: Alfons Maria Pöhlein
• 1970–1982: Hans Huber
• 1982–2017: Klaus Günter Stahlschmidt
• since 2017: Ulrich Bach

Branch churches

• St. Wolfgang (Pipping)
• St. Georg (Obermenzing)
• Blutenburg Castle Chapel

literature

• Wolfgang Vogelsgesang (Ed.): Obermenzing - history and stories . tape II . Erasmus-Grasser-Verlag, Munich 1990, ISBN 3-925967-22-2 .
• Catholic parish suffering Christi (Ed.): Parish on the outskirts. Festschrift for the 75th anniversary of the Parish Church of the Suffering of Christ . Munich 1999.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Catholic parish office Leiden Christi: The Zeilhuber-Führer organ in the parish church Leiden Christi Munich / Obermenzing. Munich 2012.
2. ↑ For disposition ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ More information on the choir organ ( Memento of the original from September 2, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

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Coordinates: 48 ° 9 ′ 50 ″  N , 11 ° 27 ′ 44 ″  E