Assumption of Mary (Epfenhausen)

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Parish Church of the Assumption, Gothic choir tower
Sign on the southern nave
inner space

The Catholic parish church of the Assumption of Mary in Epfenhausen , a district of the municipality of Penzing in the Upper Bavarian district of Landsberg am Lech , is an originally Gothic choir tower church that was rebuilt in the early 18th century in the Baroque style.

history

The Gothic choir tower church, of which the bell tower from the 14th and 15th centuries is still preserved, was destroyed during the Thirty Years War . In 1715 a new building was started under the direction of the Wessobrunn master builder Joseph Schmuzer . In the basement of the tower, which served as the choir of the previous church and which was later used as a sacristy , remains of Gothic frescoes from the first half of the 15th century were discovered in 1903 . In 1923, a Mount of Olives Chapel was added to the western side of the tower .

architecture

Exterior construction

The five-storey bell tower rises in the southern corner of the choir. It has a rectangular plan and with a steep gable roof covered. Glare fields with toothed and pointed arch friezes are cut into the upper floors, and on the bell storey they are decorated with three-pass arches. The outer walls are large arched windows and high pedestals standing and with profiled capitals decorated pilasters divided. The entrance is on the south side of the nave in a sign covered with a hipped roof . The former entrance on the north side is walled up.

inner space

The nave , a four-axis hall building , is covered by a flat needle cap barrel that rests on pilasters with cranked cornices . The retracted choir is closed in a semicircle. The double gallery standing on supporting columns in the west was built in 1868.

Piece

The stucco decor was carried out by Joseph Schmuzer's workshop. It shows the shapes of acanthus tendrils , leaf garlands , rosettes and shells typical of the Wessobrunn school . Instead of the usual fresco paintings, the ceiling mirrors are provided with the monograms for Jesus ( IHS ), Mary and Joseph .

  • Stucco ceiling in the choir

  • Stucco ceiling in the nave, monogram IHS

  • Stucco ceiling in the nave, Maria's monogram

Furnishing

North side altar
Stucco pulpit
  • The four-column high altar was made in 1738. The altarpiece by Johann Caspar Schäffler depicts the Assumption of Mary. The gold-framed wooden sculptures of the apostles Peter and Paul as well as Saint Ulrich and Saint Afra are works by Johann Luidl . The seated figure of Our Lady, clad in a cloth robe, is marked on the back with the year 1589. Head and hands were renewed in 1774, the baby Jesus was recreated.
  • The two side altars were created around 1725. The oil paintings by Franz Anton Anwander show the instruction of Mary on the left and the Holy Family on the right . The pictures are signed and labeled with the year 1765. The carved figures were made by Johann Luidl. On the north side altar are St. Florian and the Apostle James the Elder , on the south side altar are St. Genoveva of Paris and St. Leonhard .
  • Johann Luidl also created the figures of Johannes Nepomuk and a martyr known as Saint Sebastian with a royal crown and two arrows in his hand, as well as the dungeon savior in the nave. They are dated to around 1720/40.
  • The somewhat younger group of sculptures depicting the baptism of Jesus on the lid of the baptismal font is also a work by Johann Luidl.
  • The colored stucco pulpit was created in 1715. The figures of the four evangelists are set in the shell niches of the pulpit , the sound cover is crowned by a vase.
  • The figures in the Ölbergkapelle were created in the late 17th century by Lorenz Luidl , Johann Luidl's father.
  • The choir stalls , the pews with their elaborately carved cheeks and the confessionals are part of the initial equipment of the baroque church building.
  • The Stations of the Cross pictures were probably painted in the 19th century. They are framed by ornate Rocailles frames from 1766.

  • Saint Genoveva

  • Pulpit

  • Church chair cheeks

  • confessional

literature

Web links

Commons : Assumption of Mary  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Diocese of Augsburg

Coordinates: 48 ° 5 ′ 49.5 ″  N , 10 ° 54 ′ 23.7 ″  E