Birth of Mary (Wartenberg)
The Roman Catholic parish church of the Birth of Mary in Wartenberg , a market in the Upper Bavarian district of Erding , is a stately baroque building that was built between 1719 and 1723 by the Erdingen mayor Anton Kogler . The church is the main church of the Wartenberg Parish Association in the Erding deanery of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising . The parish association also includes the parishes of St. Peter and Paul in Berglern , St. Martin in Langenpreising and St. Stephanus inzutorf .
history
Before the construction of the current parish church, today's St. Georg cemetery chapel in the Rocklfing district on the left of the Strogen was the only church in Wartenberg. It is a late Gothic hall building that was built around 1500. As parish Rocklfing was first mentioned in 1315, to 1724 St. George was - at that time the Blessed Virgin Mary consecrated - parish church . Since the little church was in disrepair, the nave had to be demolished in 1719 ; The choir and tower have been preserved to this day.
Instead, a new church, today's parish church, was built from scratch near the market square . The foundation was laid on April 27, 1719. The construction work in the years 1719 to 1723 was headed by the Erdingen city master builder Anton Kogler, from whom numerous baroque churches in the Erdinger Land originate. The parish church in Wartenberg is, however, the largest building for which he was responsible. The church consecration was carried out by the Freising Prince-Bishop Johann Franz Eckher on August 22, 1724. At that time, the shell of the nave, choir and sacristy had already been completed, while the tower did not protrude over the high pitched roof of the nave . In addition, the altar niches were still unoccupied.
Since the parish was impoverished by the enormous construction costs and damage to the rectory as a result of arson , it was only after about 40 years that hand was put back on the church. In 1763 , urgently needed repairs were carried out under the direction of Johann Baptist Lethner , Anton Kogler's successor as Erdinger city mason, the entire building plastered and at the same time the current upper floor of the tower with an onion hood was put on. The design for this may come from Abraham Kirschenhofer. The interior of the church was fitted out over a period of around twenty years from the consecration and mostly comes from artisans who are not known by name, but who are likely to be found in Erding and the surrounding area.
Some construction work has recently been completed on the church. In 1988 Anton Staller built a new organ . An interior renovation of the church was completed in 2013, during which, among other things, the popular altar , ambo and priest's seat were renewed. A blood relic of Pope John Paul II, who was beatified in 2011, is set in the new altar .
In 1992 the parish association was founded with the parish of St. Peter and Paul in Berglern, which was expanded to its present size in 2013 with the parishes of Langenpreisung and Zusatzorf.
architecture
Exterior
Since no building structure from a predecessor had to be integrated in the construction of the church, the parish church is now a uniform baroque building. This is oriented to the east in accordance with the building tradition of the time of origin, but turned a few degrees to the north. It is a hall church typical of Kogler, consisting of a five-bay nave and a slightly narrower two-bay, semicircular closed choir. Small, transversely oval blind windows are let into each of the slim, high round arched windows .
On the west side of the nave, the stately, three-story tower is built on a square floor plan. The lower two floors each have arched niches on three sides that are reminiscent of an aedicula . The corners are emphasized by pilasters , the floors are structured by cantilevered beams. The upper, slightly tapered storey has beveled edges with volutes . The bell cage , the sound openings and the tower clocks can be found here. The upper end is a double onion cap with a lantern , as can be found more often in the area. Including the tower and cross, the tower has a height of 64 meters.
The cornice above the first floor of the tower continues on the nave and choir. The yoke is separated here by pilasters that are similar to those on the tower and stand out clearly from the light red masonry with their yellowish-white coloring. In the fourth nave yoke from the east, small, covered porches are added on both sides, which contain the heavy iron-clad portals . The sacristy is untypically attached to the choir as an extension of the central axis of the nave . Opposite of a gable roof spanned church edifice at their hipped roof a distinct architectural accent.
Interior
The clear interior is spanned by an almost semicircular barrel vault with stitch caps . This is supported by pilasters with cantilevered entablature, which stand on high plinths and top off with a concave-shaped capital . A round, largely undecorated choir arch barely noticeably separates the nave from the retracted choir. The semicircular apse is almost completely covered by the 15 meter high high altar . In the westernmost nave yoke is a double gallery , on the upper floor of which the organ has found its place.
The brocade similarly styled paintings on the lunettes, the pendentives , the bottom of the choir arch and the rise of parapets created the church painter Peter Keilhacker from Taufkirchen until the year 1947. Some older the large ceiling paintings. The one on the choir vault, on which the Holy Family is depicted in an idyllic landscape, comes from the Munich painter Anton Ranzinger . Numerous angels, as well as God the Father and the Holy Spirit , float above it, completing the picture from 1895 at the top. The monumental ceiling fresco on the nave vault was created just one year later by Anton Ranzinger and Kaspar Lessig, who was also based in Munich. It is a free copy of the altar fresco from the Last Judgment in the Munich parish and university church of St. Ludwig . There is an anecdote about this: The then Wartenberg pastor Josef Haslauer wanted to spend as little money as possible on painting the church. Therefore he had Joseph depicted under Mary depicted without a halo .
The inscription, which can be seen in a cartouche above the choir arch, reads: CRVX EST SALVS MVNDI ET IN PACE CRESCIT DEI GREX (Latin: "The cross is the salvation of the world and God's flock grows in peace"). The chronogram of the red letters shows the year 1986, the year of the last major church renovation.
Furnishing
Altars
From the beginning, five altars were planned for the parish church of the Birth of the Virgin Mary, but these were only gradually realized. The stately high altar was donated in 1734 by the Bavarian elector Karl Albrecht , as indicated by the coat of arms held by putti above the altar sheet. Since imperial emblems can also be found, the coat of arms should have been created in 1742 at the earliest. The nobleman only took over the costs for the Kistler work on the altar, which was probably carried out by Veit Madersbacher from Erding. The barrel painting work , however, was paid for by the parish and carried out by the local painter Franz Albert Aiglstorffer. However, the creator of the numerous carvings is unknown. The large altarpiece, which was made by the Ebersberg painter Anton Rick in 1884 as a copy after Raphael , depicts the coronation of Mary by the Holy Trinity . Below are the apostles who have gathered around the empty tomb that is now Roses and lilies sprout.
It is framed by two staggered pairs of columns, around which (from left to right) the figures of Saints George , Peter , Paul and Laurentius are grouped. On the tabernacle in the middle , which addresses the heart of Jesus as a source of grace and was only rebuilt in 1927 to its present form with a door, there is a late Gothic Madonna and Child , venerated as a miraculous image in the 18th century . In the Easter period this sculpture is replaced by a figure of the risen one. Small figures of St. Dominic (left) and St. Catherine of Siena (right) kneel next to them . The round columns with Corinthian capitals support a multi-cranked entablature. Large angel figures sit on the side volute gables. Four small putti are grouped around the excerpt of St. Florian , the upper two pointing to the saint and the lower two holding a bouquet of roses.
Both side altars are stylistically aligned with the high altar, but have a somewhat simpler shape with only two round columns. The patronage of the altars has been taken over by the church in Rocklfing. The left side altar is consecrated to St. Anne . The altarpiece, painted by Rick in 1885, shows the saint with her daughter Maria and her father Joachim , above God the Father on a ribbon of clouds. In the excerpt, which is also from Rick, St. Monika , mother of the church father Augustine , is shown. The assistance figures represent St. Joseph (left) and Child with the Apostle Jude (right) with his instrument of torture, the mace is. Also worth mentioning is the modern replica of a late Gothic relief of the Nativity of Our Lady , which by the artist Engelbert Hein from Altmühldorf made has been. The original can be found in the parish church of Sankt Wolfgang in Upper Bavaria . It is the only picture in the church that reminds of the patronage .
While the left side altar was donated in 1737 by the pastor Johann Michael Wiesner, the right one is a gift from the Barons von Fraunberg . This is dedicated to Saint Sebastian . Consequently, the preparations for the martyrdom of the saint can be seen on the large altarpiece . Saint Aloisius of Gonzaga is shown in the extract . St. Catherine of Alexandria (left) and St. Apollonia act as assistant figures . On the cafeteria is a tabernacle from 1680, which was transferred here from an unknown church.
The two wall altars from around 1745, which are embedded in wall niches on the north and south sides of the nave, show a completely different concept . Pastor Wiestner donated the north (left) wall altar, the south (right) the Barons von Fraunberg - also recognizable here by the coats of arms. Two pairs of inclined columns each carry a shell-shaped extension. Below is a figure niche against the background of brocade-like flat carvings. In this is the archangel Michael at the north altar , just about to kill the dragon. On the side between the pillars there are figures of the Archangels Gabriel (left) and Raphael (right). A guardian angel with a child forms the upper end , therefore this altar is also known as the guardian angel altar . The counterpart on the south side is the Johannes altar . In the central niche there is a figure of St. John Nepomuk , to the side John the Baptist (left) and the Evangelist John (right). At the very top is the figure of a holy bishop .
pulpit
The hexagonal baroque pulpit, divided by volute pilasters, dates from around 1735. On the sound cover , the apocalyptic lamb standing on the book with the seven seals is depicted amid numerous putti . Above it stands a late Gothic figure of the Apostle Paul, which was taken from the church in Rocklfing, on a pedestal. On the back wall of the pulpit is a painting of the handing over of the keys to the Apostle Peter. Like the altar painting, this is said to have been created by Anton Rick in 1885.
Other equipment
The small octagonal font made of red marble , which was also taken over by Rocklfing, is placed below the pulpit . On the lid there is a small group of figures depicting the baptism of Jesus , which was created in 1706 by the sculptor Jonas Hiernle from Landshut . The pews in the nave are from the time the church was built, but two rows of pews were added in 1893. The choir stalls from around 1735 can also be assigned to the Baroque style epoch. They are decorated with rich carvings in the form of bands and bells. A row of chairs with six seats is arranged on the north and south side of the chancel. In addition, there are several epitaphs for deceased pastors from Wartenberg in the choir room .
The fourteen Stations of the Cross were painted by Kaspar Lessig and Anton Ranzinger in 1886. These are based on the widespread model of Joseph Ritter von Führich. Next to the right chancel arch altar is a baroque figure of Christ resting . On the bases of the pillars next to the portals are two figures of the holy brother Konrad and the holy Theresa of Lisieux , which were created around 1935. Also worth mentioning are the paintings in the southern porch, which were probably created by Franz Albert Aiglstorffer at the time the church was built. They show how Jesus Christ and Mary, the Mother of God, appear to poor souls in purgatory . The barred niche below, now empty, originally served as an ossuary .
organ
The organ on the west gallery was built in 1988 by Anton Staller from Grafing near Munich . The slider chest instrument with mechanical performance and electrical stop action comprises a total of around 1700 pipes on 27 stops , which in turn can be played on two manuals and one pedal mechanism . The disposition is as follows:
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- Coupling : II / I, I / P, II / P
- Playing aids : 2 free combinations
Organ history
The first organ in Wartenberg was built in 1697 by Adam Fundesin from Munich for the then parish church and today's cemetery church of St. Georg. After the construction of today's parish church, it was first equipped with an organ in 1746, which was restored by Alois Reisberger from Munich in 1787 and by Ludwig Ehrlich from Moosburg in 1821 . In 1849 this instrument was replaced by a new one designed by Franz Zimmermann from Munich. The purely mechanical slider chest instrument comprised a total of eleven registers on a manual and pedal. It was restored by Alois Rubenbauer from Munich as early as 1867.
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- Pairing : I / P
In 1885, a thorough renovation was carried out by Franz Borgias Maerz from Munich. The now two-manual organ already had 14 registers, but was expanded by another register in 1912. This cone shop instrument had mechanical keyboard and stop action mechanisms as well as a free-standing console .
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- Coupling : II / I, II / P, I / P
- ↑ added during the renovation in 1912
In 1936 the Maerz organ was again replaced by a new one by Georg Glatzl from Altmühldorf . The pneumatic cone chest instrument with free-standing console and free-pipe prospect comprised a total of 33 stops on two manuals and a pedal. With this, a sound system corresponding to the size of the church could be realized. Due to structural and system-related defects, however, the organ had to give way to its successor (see above) after around 50 years.
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- Pairing : II / I, II / P, I / P, Super II / I, Sub II / I
- Playing aids : 1 free combination, tutti, shutter release button, piano pedal off, hand register off, tongue register off
Bells
The parish church has a five-part bell. Four of the five bells were made in 1948 by the JF Weule bell foundry in Bockenem am Harz and consecrated on St. Stephen's Day of the same year. These are all made of the alloy Euphon ("sound casting"). The second smallest bell is the only one that survived the Second World War . It was cast in bronze by Rudolf Oberascher from Munich in 1920 . The bells in detail:
| No. | Surname | Casting year | Caster | Weight [kg] | Diameter [cm] | Height [cm] | Chime | Remarks |
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| 1. | St. Anthony Bell | 1948 | JF Weule , Bockenem | 2600 | 180 | 150 | of the 1st | On a plaque above the bell there is the following inscription : St. Anton I was baptized, Anton Ostermaier bought me. I want to ring and ring in honor of God and the Holy One, I want to ask the Lord: Give people a blessing on earth, and eternal rest with the heavenly host! |
| 2. | Ave Maria bell | 1300 | 130 | 116 | f 1 | |||
| 3. | St. Joseph's Bell | 500 | 100 | 90 | b 1 | |||
| 4th | Sacred Heart Bell | 1920 | Rudolf Oberascher , Munich | 500 | 110 | 82 | as 1 | On the bell there is an approx. 20 cm large Sacred Heart relief and the inscription Sacred Heart Jesus, have mercy to see us . |
| 5. | St. Crescentia Bell | 1948 | JF Weule, Bockenem | 300 | 85 | 75 | c sharp 2 |
literature
- Paul Adelsberger: The churches of the parish Wartenberg. Peda art guide No. 964/2015, Art Publishing House Peda , Passau 2015. ISBN 978-3-89643-964-2 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Adelsberger, pp. 2-4.
- ^ Pope relic for Wartenberger Altar . In: Die Tagespost of 23 July 2013, p. 4.
- ↑ a b c d e Parish Association Wartenberg: Our parish church of Mary's Birth Wartenberg . Online at www.erzbistum-muenchen.de. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
- ↑ a b c d e f Adelsberger, pp. 4–7.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h Adelsberger, pp. 8-14.
- ↑ a b Adelsberger, p. 14.
- ↑ a b c d e f g Organ database Bavaria online
- ^ Parish association Wartenberg: Our bells . Online at www.erzbistum-muenchen.de. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
Coordinates: 48 ° 24 ′ 13.7 " N , 11 ° 59 ′ 23.2" E