Assumption of Mary (Frauenriedhausen)

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Parish Church of the Assumption in Frauenriedhausen

The Catholic branch church of the Assumption in Frauenriedhausen , a district of Lauingen in the Bavarian administrative district of Swabia , is a Romanesque building from the 13th century. In the 18th century, the interior was redesigned in the Rococo style.

history

Frauenriedhausen was first mentioned in 1135 as Rithusin . To distinguish it from Veitriedhausen , it was initially referred to as lower Riedhausen and, in the first half of the 14th century, after the patronage of its church, as Unser Frawen Riethuesen . In 1445 it is documented as Our Dear Frawen Riethusen . Frauenriedhausen originally belonged to the parish in Wittislingen . After the introduction of the Reformation , Frauenriedhausen was separated from Wittislingen, who had remained Catholic, and was initially placed under Lauingen and, after 1560, the parish in Hausen . It stayed with Hausen even after the re-Catholicization until it was raised to a separate parish in 1835.

The interior of the 13th century church was redesigned in 1734 by Balthasar Suiter . In 1768 Johann Anwander from Lauingen carried out the ceiling frescoes . At the same time, the church received the stucco decoration attributed to Johann Michael Hoiss. In 1994 the interior was restored and in 1998 the outside of the church was renovated.

architecture

Exterior construction

The building is made of small, plastered ashlar masonry . A two-story roof turret rises above the simple west gable , which is covered with an onion dome. Its square basement is broken through by arched openings on all four sides. The octagonal structure has narrow sound arcades and small square and oval windows in the attic zone . The entrance is on the west facade with a modern sign .

inner space

The nave has a single nave and is covered by a flat ceiling over a valley . The retracted, square choir has a hollow vault . A Romanesque arched window and a baroque oval window are walled up in the east wall . The nave walls divide two large arched windows on both sides. The western end is a gallery with a straight parapet , which rests on two wooden columns.

Stucco and ceiling paintings

Rocaille cartouches , between which chains of flowers entwine, frame the ceiling paintings and grisaille .

The ceiling painting of the choir is dedicated to the patronage of the church, the Assumption of Mary. The four evangelists are represented in the spandrels . The grisailles of the throats refer to the Old Testament and represent Judith and Holofernes and Esther and Ahasuerus .

The main picture of the nave bears the signature of Joh. Anwander Lavingans, inv. & Pinx. 1768 . In the lower half of the picture, the four continents pay homage to a monumental pseudo-architecture of the Catholic Church, which embodies a female figure decorated with the papal insignia . In the upper half of the picture, Mary is enthroned as the Queen of Heaven. The themes of the cartouches on the side are scenes from the life of Mary and invocations from the Lauretanian litany (help for the sick, afflicted, sinners). One scene shows Pius V and Don Juan de Austria imploring Maria to win the battle of Lepanto .

Furnishing

  • The high altar is dated around 1680/90. In the altar niche is a figure of Christ surrounded by four angels. The figure on the left represents St. Florian and the right figure St. Leopold . The excerpt is decorated with putti . In an oval frame there is a half-figure of Mary and an angel stands above the blown gable.
  • The figure of the Madonna above the north side altar is also a work from around 1680.
  • From the second half of the 17th century the wooden sculptures of St. Joseph with the baby Jesus on the south side altar, St. Ottilie and St. Rochus .
  • The wooden figures of St. Sebastian , St. Leonhard are dated to the first half of the 18th century.
  • The baptismal font bears the year 1680 and the inscription: To honor God . It is decorated with a cross, the Christ monogram and the heart of Mary.
  • The pews have cheeks with shell and latticework carvings from around 1750.

literature

  • Werner Meyer (arrangement): The art monuments of the district of Dillingen on the Danube . In: The art monuments of Bavaria. The art monuments of Swabia. Vol. VII. District of Dillingen on the Danube . Munich 1972, ISBN 3-486-43541-8 , pp. 250-254.
  • Georg Wörishofer, Alfred Sigg, Reinhard H. Seitz: Cities, Markets and Communities . In: The district of Dillingen ad Donau in the past and present . Ed. Landkreis Dillingen ad Donau, 3rd revised edition, Dillingen an der Donau 2005, pp. 345–347.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Diocese of Augsburg

Coordinates: 48 ° 35 ′ 49.7 "  N , 10 ° 24 ′ 13.5"  E