Assumption of Mary (Fürstenzell)
The parish church of the Assumption of Mary in Fürstenzell was consecrated in 1748 as a newly built parish church of the parish of Fürstenzell and replaced the former abbey church of the Cistercian abbey Fürstenzell .
Building history
Under Abbot Stephan III. Mayr, the dilapidated old monastery church was torn down and the “Cathedral of the Rottal” built in its place.
The Passau sculptor Joseph Matthias Götz , inexperienced as an architect, began the new building in 1739 instead of the demolished medieval building. The outer walls were already in place when Götz was released and the well-known master builder Johann Michael Fischer from Munich took his place.
In 1740, Fischer supplied new plans, primarily for the interior design and the facade. He himself only inspected the construction site three times by 1745, his palier Martin Wöger completed the exterior within a year. The wide double tower facade was erected in 1744. 1748 after the completion of the north tower, the ceremonial consecration took place by Prince-Bishop Joseph Dominikus von Lamberg . The completion of the south tower took until 1774.
The church has served as a parish church since secularization in Bavaria in 1803. In the 19th century the monks' choir, which had closed the choir, was removed. The high altar, which was originally closer to the nave, moved in its place.
architecture
In front of the unusually wide facade is a wide, irregularly bounded courtyard. A large central window breaks up the swelling of the forehead, in front of the window there is an Immaculata by Wolfgang Reitmayr from Vilshofen . Saints Benedict and Bernhard, also from Reitmayr, flank the portal. The two towers with their richly moved helmet crowns reach a height of 57 meters.
The church is a pillared church with a retracted choir . Fischer gave her an inner space shell with clad pillar fronts, rounded corners and especially the gallery parapets protruding into the room, which brace the wall pillars in convex curves. The whole room is closed off by a large barrel in a semicircle. The relatively deep choir is also vaulted by a barrel.
Interior
Stucco
Johann Baptist Modler from Kößlarn is the stucco worker of the church. In the church, JG Funk worked on the figures of saints and the Rocaille work. The rich decoration links the pilaster capitals with the lattice balustrades of the galleries and increases their degree of swelling. The rest of the stucco in white, yellow, pink and gold is subordinate to the extensive painting.
Frescoes
The Tyrolean Johann Jakob Zeiller is the master of fresco painting. The ceiling fresco in the choir shows the Adoration of the Lamb from the Revelation of John . The 30 meter long and 15 meter wide ceiling painting in the nave shows the Cistercians, led by allegorical figures of the vows and virtues, on the clouds in front of Mary and the Most Holy Trinity. The outcasts, however, fall down. The model was the fresco in the Neapolitan church of S. Domenico Maggiore by Zeiller's teacher Francesco Solimena .
High altar
Zeiller also painted the altarpiece of the high altar, completed in 1741, depicting the Assumption of the Virgin. The apostles remain moved. Johann Baptist Straub from Munich is the creator of the high altar. This has two rotating columns and a high, moving extension in which the Holy Trinity awaits Mary. Two angels lean towards the tabernacle in worship. Originally, the altar on the front choir stage was closer to the nave. The tabernacle with drawn back curtains, crowned with putti representing faith, hope and love, also comes from Straub. On the sides of the high altar are figures of the princes of the apostles Peter and Paul.
Side altars
The side altars were created around 1720 to 1730 by Joseph Matthias Götz for the previous building of the current church. Zeiller furnished some of them with new paintings in 1746. Andreas Math, barrel painter from Vilshofen, summarized all the sculptural work in gold and silver and also painted the rounds of the side altars.
Left side
The Lady Chapel is on the front left. The painting is a copy of the work of the Spanish master Antolinez (1635–1675), which is in the Alte Pinakothek . On the left is a figure of St. Wolfgang, right of St. Leonhard. Above the door there is an older, life-size cross.
This is followed by the chapel of Christian instruction with an altar painting by Johann Degler from Weilheim. It shows Joachim and Anna teaching Maria who, filled with the Holy Spirit, becomes a teacher herself. The standing figures represent St. Sebastian and on the left St. Rochus, the figure in the round by Andreas Math shows St. John the Baptist.
Degler's altar painting in the Epiphany Chapel below is about the Adoration of the Wise Men, while Math painted the Adoration of the Shepherds in the Rundel. The standing figures represent St. James the Elder and on the left St. Apostle Philip.
The altar of the baptistery has been lost. The painting by an unknown master above the baptismal font shows Saints John the Baptist, Benedict, Bernhard, Margaretha and Cäcilia, worshiping the Mother of God.
right side
Johann Baptist Modler designed the pulpit on the front right. On the parapet there is a relief that illustrates the parable of the weeds under the wheat.
The Bernhardskapelle has a picture by Zeiller with the vision of St. Bernhard. The standing figures show Mary and John under the cross, in the crown there is a little angel with a beehive as a symbol of St. Bernhards.
In the Michaelskapelle the painting Degler shows the fight between Michael and Lucifer. Math painted the portrait of St. Elisabeth of Thuringia. The standing figures represent St. Ludwig and on the left St. Erasmus.
In the Nepomuk Chapel, St. John Nepomuk is shown distributing alms at the Prague court. In the round, Math painted the hll. Margaretha and Caecilia, standing figures are St. Apollonia and on the left St. Barbara.
The original altar in the warrior chapel has been lost. The sculpture by an Augsburg master shows the painful mother, and above it is a picture of All Saints' Day by an unknown master.
Back wall
In the back wall is the grave monument of the abbot Pankratius (1496-1512). It was created by the sculptor Jürgen Gartner, a member of the Passau Dombauhütte. The organ case and the balustrade on the gallery parapet are works by the sculptor Wolfgang Reitmayr.
literature
- Church leader Fürstenzell , 4th edition 1982, Hannes Oefele Verlag, Ottobeuren
- Alexander von Reitzenstein, Herbert Brunner: Reclam's Art Guide Germany Volume 1. Bavaria. Architectural monuments , Philipp Reclam jun. Stuttgart, Universal Library No. 8055-72, 8th edition 1974, ISBN 3-15-008055-X
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Coordinates: 48 ° 31 '17.2 " N , 13 ° 19' 11.8" E