Assumption of Mary (Erlach)
The Roman Catholic parish church of the Assumption of Mary is a late Gothic hall church in the Erlach district of Simbach am Inn in the Lower Bavarian district of Rottal-Inn . It belongs to the parish Immaculate Conception Simbach am Inn in the dean's office Simbach of the Diocese of Passau .
history
The single-nave brick building was built in the first half of the 15th century. Inside you can find retouched dates: 1472 or 1452 in the apex of the choir and 1478 on the west wall. The late Romanesque tower made of tuff stone blocks with a late Gothic octagonal structure is crowned by a baroque lantern dome from 1740. In 1709 the Marienkapelle on the north side of the choir was built by Adam Wiser. An extensive restoration took place in 1979.
The church is visible from afar on the north terrace above the Inn. It is one of the largest and most sophisticated late Gothic church buildings in the region. The presumed involvement of Stephan Krumenauer († 1461) has not been proven. The vaults are reminiscent of the churches in Braunau am Inn or those around Hans Wechselberger. The richly colored interior is remarkable, but has been heavily renewed.
architecture
Exterior
The masonry is partly made of unplastered tufa blocks, partly made of plastered and unplastered brick. The elongated single-nave church shows a slightly indented choir, a tower in front of it to the west and a southern porch. The smaller portal vestibule in the north was converted into a chapel. The rectangular, late Gothic sacristy is built on the south side of the choir . Opposite it is the late Baroque Marienkapelle, which is closed in a semicircle to the north.
A common roof closes the choir and nave. The exterior is structured by buttresses with an angular center section, the choir has a frieze on the eaves. Two and three-part pointed arch windows with rich, partly renewed tracery illuminate the interior. The choir windows were later changed and partially walled up.
The tower, which originates from different stylistic epochs, consists of a Romanesque substructure with coupled sound openings and a late Gothic, octagonal, plastered superstructure, which supports the richly shaped lantern dome with shingle roofing . It is reminiscent of the crowning of the tower of St. Stephan in Braunau on the other side of the Inn.
The southern vestibule is built high, open on three sides and closed off by a net vault. Inside is the late Gothic portal with a pointed arch, richly profiled tuff stone walls and a tympanum field .
Interior
The four-bay nave is connected to the three-bay, slightly retracted choir with a three-eighth end through the choir arch, which is profiled on both sides . The shield arches on the wall start a little deeper in the nave than in the choir due to the larger yoke width. The vault ribs are taken up by presented polygonal capitals with semicircular services.
The interior is closed off by a ribbed vault, which helps determine the uniform spatial effect. The elongated floor plan and the steeply pointed arches are striking. This height development is compensated for by the wide shield arches. The large windows create a light room effect. In the vault, rib triangles above the stitch caps mediate the continuous diamond shapes . In the choir, the figuration is enriched by crown diamonds with alternating straight and curved rib shapes.
The west gallery is vaulted with three bays with reticulated vaults and opens in pointed arcades. The room in the west is flexibly closed by the polygonal bend in the gallery. The red marble flooring dates from 1702.
The colored space from around 1500 was heavily refreshed and supplemented during the restoration. The spatial structure of vaulted ribs and shield arches is emphasized by imitation cuboids in the basic tones of light gray and yellow. The services in the ship, the service capitals in the choir and the crossings of the ribs are highlighted by marbling. The vault fields also show tendril paintings and inscribed quatrains in the parietal diamonds. The choir arch is enlivened with leaf tendrils and frilled ribbons.
A large fresco on the north wall of the choir from the second half of the 16th century shows the birth of Christ.
Furnishing
Altars
The mighty high altar in heavy baroque forms was created in 1676/1677 by Michael Mayr and Wolfgang Weiß from Mattighofen in Austria. The first version was determined by exposure tests and was kept in black and gold, so the effect was probably originally even more important. The altarpiece shows the Adoration of the Kings by Tobias Schinnagl from Burghausen from 1676. The artistically valuable painting is held in a dark, cool, gray-blue color. In the excerpt that is baptism of Christ represented.
Larger-than-life side figures show the saints Wolfgang and Valentin , the latter with a crippled man at his feet. These sculptures are attributed to the Altötting carver Martin Moltl. Saints Martin and Florian are depicted on the pull-out floor, and on top the archangels with putti .
The north side altar was provided in 1649 by Quirin Höß from Braunau with carpentry and carvings by Balthasar Mayr from Burghausen , the setting and the paintings were carried out by Johann Vischer from Braunau. The southern side altar was created by Michael Mayr and Wolfgang Weiß in 1675 to align with the northern one.
Further equipment
The pulpit is a work from 1724 with carpentry work by Georg Leonhard Enzensperger, the carvings are by Johann Georg Libigo from Braunau am Inn. On the north wall of the nave there are two panel paintings from around 1520 showing Christ as judge of the world and Mary and John as intercessors, each with a trumpet angel .
A choir arch crucifix from the first half of the 16th century hangs under the west gallery. The wooden palm donkey with Christ from around 1500 came from the broken church of Winklham to Erlach. The organ is a work by Georg Adam Ehrlich from 1842 with 15 stops on two manuals and a pedal . It was restored and expanded in 1981 by Gerhard Schmid .
Chapels
The north portal vestibule has been redesigned into the Anna chapel and is closed off by a narrow, rectangular, late Gothic reticulated vault. This chapel contains a baroque structure from 1682 with an extract in the form of a blown gable and acanthus ornaments .
On the north side of the choir is the Lady Chapel from 1709 with fine white acanthus stucco by Michael Viethaller. There is an altar structure by Enzensperger from 1710 with a late Gothic figure of the Virgin, which was formerly revered as a miraculous image , presumably from around 1490 with Passau origins. In 1724 the side figures of Saints Joachim and Anna were added by Johann Georg Libigo.
literature
- Georg Dehio : Handbook of the German art monuments. Bavaria II - Lower Bavaria. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-422-03122-7 . Pp. 118-120.
Web links
- Website of the parish association Simbach am Inn
- Information on the Erlach Church at Regiowiki.pnp.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information about the church on regiowiki.pnp. Retrieved May 7, 2019 .
- ↑ Information about the organ on orgbase.nl. Retrieved January 5, 2019 .
Coordinates: 48 ° 16 '22 " N , 13 ° 2' 29.9" E