Assumption of Mary (Erkheim)
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The Catholic parish church of the Assumption of Mary is located in Erkheim in the Unterallgäu district in Bavaria . The church is a listed building.
history
The oldest remaining part of the church is the steeple from 1447 to 1500. The rest of the church is a new building from the late 17th century and was consecrated in 1697. In 1930 there was an extension to the west. In 1954/1955 the church was restored.
Building description
The nave of the church is structured both inside and outside with pilasters . The interior of the nave has a flat ceiling and consists of six window axes. The two western window axes are modern and come from the extension made in 1930. The choir consists of two window axes and is semi-circular. In it there is a needle cap barrel . The church tower is located to the north next to the choir and is divided into seven floors by cloverleaf arch friezes. Three-part sound arcades are located on the upper floor of the church tower. The church tower is covered with a gable roof . The basement of the tower contained the former sacristy . In this there is a pointed arched groin vault . The entrance to the pulpit with pulpit corridor and stairs is on the north side of the nave. This is covered with a pent roof .
Furnishing
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The high altar , a marbled wooden structure, of the church dates from 1772. The painting on the altar sheet dates from around 1697 and is attributed to Johann Friedrich Sichelbein . It shows a rosary donation to Saints Dominic and Catherine of Siena . The high altar is flanked with figures of St. Francis and St. Anthony of Padua . The tabernacle and the antependium date from 1901 . In the excerpt from the high altar, the eye of God is executed as a relief carving in the glory, surrounded by templates with angel sputtles. The two side altars date from around 1774 and, like the high altar, are made of marbled wood. The altar panel on the left side altar shows a guardian angel from 1703, also by Johann Friedrich Sichelbein. On the right in the side altar is a painting of St. Sebastian from 1774.
The marbled wood baptismal font dates from the 18th century. The lid on the bell-shaped basin shows a small group of figures depicting the baptism of Christ. The rococo pulpit dates from the 18th century and was in the church in Baumgärtle until 1821 . On the bulbous basket of the pulpit is a painted view of the monastery by Baumgärtle. On the back wall there are relief carvings with representations of trees. A figure of Immaculata is on the pulpit's sound cover .
The confessionals in the choir, to the right and left of the high altar, date from the years 1770/1780. There are busts of Mary and Jesus Christ on the confessionals. The rest of the choir stalls were created around 1697. There are several figures in the church. These show, starting clockwise from the main entrance, the saints Nepomuk, Sebastian, Maria , Josef , Afra , Ulrich , Maria, two bishops and St. Rochus . The relief figure of Afra von Augsburg on the stake is from around 1500. On the opposite side is the figure of St. Ulrich, to whom Christoph Scheller is assigned. The two figures of the bishops were created around 1500.
In the choir there is a ceiling painting depicting the Assumption of the Virgin. It was created in 1773 by Johann Jakob Zeiller . In 1882 the painting was whitewashed and only exposed again in 1954. On the right of the choir arch there is a sandstone epitaph with a coat of arms relief for Johann Wilhelm von Scheller († 1717). Two more epitaphs from the 18th century are on the outside on the south side.
The memorial plaque for the fallen and missing from 1805 to 1815 is made from Solnhofen limestone . The board is marked with Reich Sth .
High altar from 1772 with painting by Johann Friedrich Sichelbein
Rococo pulpit from the 18th century, formerly in the church in Baumgärtle
Relief figure of St. Afra at the stake, around 1510
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literature
- Georg Dehio : Handbook of the German art monuments - Bavaria III - Swabia . Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich and Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-422-03116-6 , pp. 329-330 .
- Tilmann Breuer: City and District of Memmingen . Ed .: Heinrich Kreisel and Adam Horn. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1959, p. 102-103 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Diocese of Augsburg
- ↑ Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation: Entry D-7-78-136-1 ( Memento of the original from June 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 48 ° 2 '33.4 " N , 10 ° 20' 5.4" E