Assumption of Mary (Türkenfeld)
The Catholic parish church of the Assumption of Mary is located in the center of Türkenfeld in the Fürstenfeldbruck district in Upper Bavaria . The late medieval sacred building was redesigned in Baroque style in the 17th and 18th centuries and furnished in an early classical style at the beginning of the 19th century .
history
The current parish church was started in late Gothic form in 1489 . Around 1670, the old church was felt to be out of date and the church was redesigned in baroque style. This conversion was also fundamentally changed between 1756 and 1766 in line with the Rococo . The two side chapels were added later. The preserved altars were built between 1805 and 1812.
In 1888/89 the parish church was extended to the west after renovation work had already taken place in 1843 and 1867. Further renovations and repairs were carried out in 1909, 1953, 1957, 1975 (external renovation) and 1983. In 2002–2004, the interior was finally completely renovated. Pastor Georg Kapfer, who worked from 1990 to 2006 as a pastor in Türkenfeld and Zankenhausen, played a decisive role in this .
architecture
Exterior construction
The simple country church is surrounded by the walled cemetery. The stepped buttresses on the choir and the south side of the nave, between which simple arched windows illuminate the interior, point to the late Gothic origin of the church . The choir has moved in, so it is narrower than the nave. Both components are covered by a common tiled roof.
The five-storey saddle roof tower stands in the northern corner of the choir and is divided between pilaster strips by a graceful late Gothic decoration made of framework and arched friezes.
The sacristy is built into the southern corner of the choir . In the west of the nave, the two side chapels jump out of the wall.
inner space
The nave is designed as a four-bay hall, the long choir comprises three bays and closes in five sides of the octagon. The vaulted cap barrels rest on marbled pilasters. The western extension is filled with a double gallery , from the upper gallery the organ protrudes into the nave.
The fine Wessobrunn Rocailles stucco is attributed to Franz Xaver Schmuzer (around 1754 and 1765) and consists of flower garlands, leaf fronds and putti heads . The stucco decoration was probably made shortly before the frescoes . The choir fresco by Christoph Thomas Scheffler with Mary as the Queen of Heaven is labeled "C (hristoph) T (homas) Scheffler augustanus invenit 1754". The large main picture in the nave shows the Mother of God as a rosary queen.
Another picture episode depicts Pope Pius V's vision of the lake victory at Lepanto . Opposite Judith holds the head of Holofernes aloft . In the cartouches the four evangelists and two female figures (perhaps synagogue and Ecclesia) are depicted. The frescoes were created by Johann Baptist Baader from Lechmühlen, known as “Lechhansl”, in 1766. The depiction of the evangelist Lukas is interpreted as one of the numerous self-portraits that the painter left behind in his works. The color of the ceiling paintings of the church were changed and adjusted during the restoration in 1889.
Furnishing
The furnishings and the pictorial program of the church are related to the Rosary Brotherhood founded in 1718 in Türkenfeld. Frescoes and sculptures are therefore almost entirely dedicated to the theme of the rosary .
Altars
The high altar made of stucco marble came into the church in 1805. Johann Michael Sporer combined late baroque and classicist styles here. The basic idea of the four-pillar structure is still in the old tradition, the individual forms are already classicist sober. The sculptures are about 100 years older. The focus is on Our Lady, who refers to her model on the Munich Marian column, with Saints Dominic and Catherine of Siena at her feet. Outside are Saints Anna and Catherine of Alexandria .
The same master also supplied the two side altars in 1812, the design of which is based on the high altar. The central niche is flanked by a pair of columns. A group of figures by the Munich sculptor Wilhelm Nießen was set up in the north side altar (probably in 1889). The picture shows St. Anna teaching her daughter Maria to pray. The group is accompanied by Saints Joseph and Joachim. In the niche of the south altar stands Pope Sylvester , outside you can see Antonius Eremita and Antonius von Padua .
The altar of the northern Marienkapelle is a rococo arrangement from the time around 1766. The sculpture of the seated Maria with crown and scepter by Lorenz Luidl from Landsberg am Lech is flanked by two large angels, which are attributed to Franz Xaver Schmädl or his workshop.
The southern chapel, designed in neo-baroque style, houses a late Gothic crucifixion group from around 1500. Mary and John stand under the cross. The battered limbs of the two thieves are tied behind the crossbars of their crosses.
pulpit
The pulpit from 1766 is painted white. Putti are playing at the basket, the rococo ornaments are gilded. The sound cover imitates a fabric canopy with tassels. Opposite hangs a crucifix from the 18th century with a mourning female figure (Maria or Maria Magdalena ).
The classical choir stalls were built at the beginning of the 19th century together with the altars.
Other equipment
A procession flag from 1796 in front of the Marienkapelle shows the residents of the Burgholz solitary courtyard kneeling in front of the Mother of God. The work, which is interesting in terms of costume and traditional dress, was created as a gift of thanks for the sparing of the court during the Napoleonic Wars . On the right, enemy soldiers ride out of the scene; they had overlooked the courtyard in the thick fog.
On a second, simultaneous flag in front of the Kreuzkapelle you can recognize St. New Year's Eve as the patron of the cattle with an open book and a bull at his feet. Both flags are painted in oil on canvas, with longer inscriptions on the reverse.
Oval medallions with depictions of the Twelve Apostles are embedded in the parapet of the lower west gallery. The larger central picture shows the blessing Christ as Salvator Mundi (Redeemer of the world). The Dehio manual also assigns these pictures to the “Lechhansl” (Johann Baptist Baader).
organ
In 1989/90 the new organ with its 18 stops was added to the five-part prospectus on the upper gallery. Behind it is another, two-part brochure with a middle case from Orgelbau Schmid from Kaufbeuren .
literature
- Georg Dehio: Handbook of the German art monuments: Bavaria IV: Munich and Upper Bavaria . 3. Edition. Munich / Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-422-03115-4 .
- Karen Schaelow: Türkenfeld - Catholic parish church of the Assumption. (Peda art guide, 357). Passau 1996, ISBN 3-89643-013-0 .
- Volker Liedke, Peter Weinzierl: District Fürstenfeldbruck (= Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation [Hrsg.]: Monuments in Bavaria . Volume I.12 ). Karl M. Lipp Verlag, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-87490-574-8 .
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Coordinates: 48 ° 6 '32.1 " N , 11 ° 5' 4.3" E