Birth of Mary (Rottenbuch)

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The Birth of Mary Rottenbuch

The former Augustinian Canons Abbey Church and current Roman Catholic parish church of the Birth of Mary is a listed church building in Rottenbuch in the Weilheim-Schongau district ( Bavaria ). It is the former collegiate church of the Rottenbuch monastery . The community belongs to the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising .

History and architecture

history

Church model of the Rottenbuch Church of the Birth of the Virgin Mary

Soon after the monastery was founded in 1073, the construction of a large collegiate church began. The basilica was cruciform, the campanile free-standing; other data on the construction have not been handed down. In a fire in the monastery in 1262, the church building was also partially destroyed. Bishop Landulph von Brixen granted an indulgence in 1298 to promote renewal. In another big fire, the church was again significantly damaged, after which Emperor Ludwig the Bavarian supported the reconstruction. Three altars in the vestibule were consecrated in 1345. The church tower collapsed in 1417, provost Georg Neumayr had the tower rebuilt. Under the provost, the pen and the place flourished again; he signed a contract with a master Hansen to rebuild the transept and the choir . The two altars in the transept, which were under the patronage of Saints Johann and Stephan, were consecrated on August 13th and 14th, 1468 together with the new choir. During the tenure of Provost Petrus Tagyscher from 1472 to 1480, the construction of the nave was completed and consecrated together with eight altars. During the time of Provost Wolfgang Perkhofer (1582–1611) the St. Veith and Heilig-Blut chapels were renewed and the Rochus Church was built. The Altenmünster was enlarged and a new organ was purchased. In the period from 1611 to 1663, the Gothic rood screen was removed under the direction of Michael Piscator . Under Provost Augustin Oberst, the Josefskapelle in the north and the Frauenbrünnerlkapelle were built from 1693 to 1690. From 1690 to 1700, the monastery was extensively rebuilt according to plans by Antonio Riva. The provost Patritius Oswald (1700 to 1740) arranged for the alteration of the altars in the nave. New altars for the transepts were built in 1716 and then new paintings were made for all of the existing altars at the time. The monastery builder Joseph Schmuzer from Wessobrunn had the buildings decorated in the Rococo style. From 1737 to 1738 the choir and the transept were provided with stucco and painted by Matthäus Günther ; In 1739 a sacristy was built. The nave was decorated in 1741 during the time of Provost Prasser, the Joseph Chapel followed in 1744. Originally, a facade with two towers was planned for the church, but a new domed helmet was added to the tower from 1781 to 1782 . The St. Catherine's Chapel was set up on the upper floor of the vestibule that was built at the same time.

During the secularization , large parts of the church's treasures were stolen, the buildings of the monastery and the neighboring churches were auctioned and then demolished. The collegiate church was saved from demolition. The Johannis altar and two side altars were sold to Peiting in 1807, and the baroque choir stalls were removed.

From 1961 to 1963 the church was extensively restored inside and out. The repainting of the interior and furnishings was done by the church painter H. Mayrhofer according to the instructions of the State Office. The painter A. Dasser cleaned and repaired the frescoes.

Exterior construction

The exterior is kept simple, the facade of the vestibule resembles a house. It contains the Mount of Olives group from 1600 and a Pietà from the Baroque period; it used to be in the plague cemetery . The basilica impression of the complex is made clear by a view from the northeast. The 75 meter high tower is about seven meters from the entrance, it is crowned with a helmet and a spike. The originally Romanesque complex was rebuilt in the late Gothic style. The surrounding walls of the transepts and longitudinal aisles were preserved in Romanesque style. The choir was rebuilt.

  • Exterior view with tower

  • View of the ships

  • View of the choir

  • View of the organ prospect

  • Painting of the ceilings and walls

Furnishing

  • Provost Johann Messerschmidt (1480–1497) purchased parts of the interior; this included altar panels by Gabriel Maeleßkircher a mother of God and a sacrament house.
  • Provost Wilhelm Vend noted in his notes that it was carved in Augsburg in 1556 and that a new organ was built a year later . The large successor organ was built in 1747 and extensively redesigned from 1961 to 1963 by the organ builder Nenninger from Munich.
  • Under Michael Piscator, new altars were purchased for the nave from 1611 to 1663 and an imposing main altar was erected. The remains of Saints Primus and Felicianus, whose bodies had previously been venerated in Altenmünster for centuries, were transferred to this high altar. The main altar was replaced by another in 1750.
  • The six bells were cast by the Bochumer Verein in 1947 , they are tuned to the notes b, des, es, gb, a flat and b.
  • From the late Gothic high altar, a figure of Our Lady, a work by the master of the Blutenburg apostles, from 1480 has been preserved. The miraculous image is on the Augustine altar.
  • The pews and confessionals were made in the workshops of Georg Fischer from Schönberg and Georg Pröbst from Böbingen.
  • Balthasar Freiwiss from Aitrang built the organs.

  • organ

  • Font by Anton Sturm

  • The pulpit around the interior

  • High altar

  • Detail view of the altar

  • Detail view of the baroque angel

literature

  • Hugo Schnell: Rottenbuch Catholic Parish Church Former Augustinian Canons Church. (Quick Art Guide No. 8). 22nd edition. Schnell & Steiner publishing house, Munich / Zurich 1974.

Web links

Commons : Nativity of Mary  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mary's Birth Rottenbuch on erzbistum-muenchen.de . Retrieved October 9, 2017.
  2. ↑ a b c Former monastery church . In: rottenbuch.de . P. 1, accessed on October 9, 2017 (PDF; 235 kB).
  3. ↑ a b c d Hugo Schnell: Rottenbuch Catholic parish church. Former Augustinian Canon Church. (Quick Art Guide No. 8). 22nd edition. Schnell & Steiner publishing house, Munich / Zurich 1974, p. 3.
  4. ^ Hugo Schnell: Rottenbuch Catholic parish church. Former Augustinian canon church. (Quick Art Guide No. 8). 22nd edition. Schnell & Steiner publishing house, Munich / Zurich 1974, pp. 1–4.
  5. ^ Hugo Schnell: Rottenbuch Catholic parish church. Former Augustinian canon church. (Quick Art Guide No. 8). 22nd edition. Schnell & Steiner publishing house, Munich / Zurich 1974, p. 4.

Coordinates: 47 ° 44 '9.3 "  N , 10 ° 57' 58.7"  E