Assumption of the Virgin Mary (Dech Betten)

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Pilgrimage Church of the Assumption in Dech Betten

The Catholic branch and Sanctuary of the Assumption is in Neyweg 2 in the district Dechbetten of Regensburg .

history

From 1722 to 1725 Wolfgang Mohr (1719–1725), abbot of the St. Emmeram monastery in Regensburg, which has been responsible for the parish church of Dech Betten since 1266 , had the previous medieval building converted into a new church consecrated in 1726. Until 1817 the church was a parish church of a district, to which u. a. Kumpfmühl, Ziegetsdorf, Graß, Hölkering, Pentling, Weichselmühle and Großprüfening belonged. The pilgrimage was particularly popular during the Baroque period. On December 22nd, 1636 even the Emperor Ferdinand III visited her . on the day of his election as German king.

The church was damaged in World War II . The damage was only temporarily repaired in a timely manner, which led to a partial risk of collapse in the following years. After an extensive investigation, the church was temporarily closed and underwent a thorough renovation. The church was solemnly reopened on April 21, 1974 by Vinzenz Guggenberger .

building

The late baroque church, which is essentially medieval, is a hall with a retracted choir. The north tower with the Welscher hood has a gable facade with a figurative portal and wall structures. The upper floor of the two-story tower is structured by gable-suspected openings and Ionic pilasters at the corners. Above that there is an attic floor with four-pass windows.

Inside, the high altar should be emphasized according to a design by the Regensburg sculptor Simon Sorg from 1765. On the left side altar is the crucifixion of Christ, on the right side altar the death of the dying St. Benedict depicted.

The cemetery wall with door dates from 1628. Here you can find the epitaphs of Prüfening family of painters Gebhard from the 18th century.

The following are buried in the cemetery:

  • Johann Gebhard (1676–1756), painter of the Bavarian Baroque and Rococo .
  • Otto Gebhard (1703–1773), painter of the Bavarian Rococo.
  • Michael Hoferer (1820–1894), master blacksmith, mayor and farm owner. Mainly responsible for the railway connection fromprüfunging to the Bavarian Eastern Railway.
  • Lothar Bauer (1928–2018), folk musician

organ

Bittner organ
Memorial plaque on the back of the gaming table

The organ dates from 1891 and is a rarely preserved instrument for the region: It has mechanical cone chests and was built as Opus 46 with 11 stops on two manuals and a pedal by Joseph Franz Bittner from Nuremberg . It was donated by the Königswiesen estate owner, Johann Baptist Ulrich, in memory of his wife Jeanette. Johann Baptist Ulrich was the godfather of Max Reger . His wife Jeanette, Reger's older sister, was probably the decisive person who supported Reger's decision to begin studying with Hugo Riemann when Max Reger visited Königswiesen . The instrument was inaugurated on January 31, 1892. Except for the installation of an organ motor , the organ is still in its original condition and is in excellent condition. She has the following disposition :

I Manual C – f 3
1. Principal 8th'
2. Covered 8th'
3. Gamba 8th'
4th Octav 4 ′
5. Hollow flute 4 ′
6th mixture 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
II Manual C – f 3
7th Lovely covered 8th'
8th. Dolce 8th'
9. Flauto Traverso 8th'
Pedal C – d 1
10. Sub bass 16 ′
11. violoncello 8th'
Vaccant

Playing aids and coupling are designed as five iron steps above the pedal .

Bells

In the tower are four bells of bronze . Bells 1, 2 and 4 were cast by Georg Hofweber in 1951 . Bell 3 is of an older date. They sound in the tone sequence g 1 b 1 c 2 d 2 .

Web links

  • Church guide (PDF; 116 kB) on the website of the parish of St. Boniface

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Report in the Mittelbayerische Zeitung : Alte Pilfahrtskirche festively reopened on April 22, 1974, p. 11.
  2. ^ Hermann Fischer and Theodor Wohnhaas : The Nuremberg organ building in the 19th century. In: Mitteilungen des Verein für Geschichte der Stadt Nürnberg, Vol. 59, 1972, p. 234 online , accessed on July 20, 2016
  3. ^ Dieter Haberl: Max Reger; Traces in Regensburg. Schnell & Steiner Regensburg, 2016. ISBN 978-3-7954-3153-2 . P. 20 ff
  4. ↑ as per sight of the company sign and the memorial plaque
  5. ↑ www.glockenklaenge.de: Dech Betten , Filialkirche Mariä Himmelfahrt. Retrieved June 29, 2018 .

Coordinates: 49 ° 0 ′ 29.9 "  N , 12 ° 3 ′ 32.4"  E