Assumption of Mary (Frauenzell)

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Church of the Assumption in Frauenzell

The Catholic parish church of the Assumption of Mary in Frauenzell , a district of the Altusried community in the Bavarian district of Oberallgäu , was built in 1709/10 and is a listed building.

history

A church was first mentioned in 860, when a priest Hupold transferred his church in Hupoldszell to the St. Gallen monastery . Hupoldszell probably stands for the later Mariazell, which has been called Frauenzell since 1800. A pilgrimage to Our Lady has been handed down since the early 16th century . The foundation stone for the new building was laid in 1709 by Abbot Alfons Torelli of the St. Georg monastery in Isny . The church was rebuilt according to plans by Frater Christoph Gessinger from Isny , the surrounding wall of the choir from the 15th century of the previous church was reused. By stiftkemptischen Maurermeister Christian Weber from Kraftisried the new building was completed in 1710. In 1855 the church was restored. After a fire in 1874, the church tower was renewed. Another restoration, as well as a conversion of the facade, took place in 1920/1921 according to plans by Richard Steidle . The construction of the neo-baroque portico with volute gable also falls into this phase of renovation. The choir was renovated in 1955 and the nave in 1958.

Building description

Church tower from the northwest

The east- facing church building is located in the middle of the eastern half of the village and is surrounded by a cemetery . The nave has four window axes made of round-arched windows under a pressed needle cap barrel . The two-story gallery on the west wall was renewed in 1921. The inner walls of the nave are structured by Corinthian pilasters , in the eastern part there are double pilasters. The retracted, three-sided closed choir adjoins the nave . This consists of two axes and has a needle cap barrel. The transition between the nave and the choir is formed by the round choir arch over a pilaster cornice. Stepped buttresses are built around the choir . These extend up to the height of the arched windows and thus also mark the height of the late Gothic choir. The overhanging side walls of the nave are each supported by a buttress. A heavy cornice runs around the nave . There are two dormer windows on the south side of the nave gable roof, and a dormer window on the north side of the roof. All three dormers have a curved roof. At the corners of the west facade, which also defines the space in front of the church, there are pilaster strips made of sandstone blocks, the capitals of which are ionizing and carry fruit hangings. The sign in the middle forms the entrance to the church and also contains the staircase to the gallery, which is entered from the nave. In a niche of the volute gable in the sign there is a sandstone mother god from the beginning of the 18th century. The arched portal inside the sign is flanked by ionizing half-columns, above which there is a cranked entablature. The church tower was rebuilt after the fire in the northern choir corner. The square tower is covered with a pointed helmet. The corners are beveled and form triangular gables on each side. To the east of the church tower is the sacristy with groin vault . From the sacristy an arched, internally drilled passage leads into the choir. The entrance to the north to the sacristy is arched with an oval skylight above it. A small, arched, open case of the Mount of Olives connects to the west of the church tower.

Furnishing

Altars

inside view

The high altar was created around 1710, the predella of which is a gilded carved relief with a medallion of the Immaculate . The further structure of the high altar consists of twisted double columns, of which the two outer columns are entwined with vine leaves and the inner ones are pierced with acanthus . In the altar niche is the miraculous image from Frauenzell under a curtain canopy. The miraculous image consists of a Madonna from around 1400 with a baroque crown. Putti and putti heads are attached to the base as well as in the halo. The altar extension is divided in two by twisted columns and is crowned with putti. In the two niches there are carved groups from 1510/1520. These show the Annunciation and the birth of Christ . The two flanking angels on the gables date from the 19th century. There is also a rococo tabernacle on the high altar .

The two side altars are made of colorful marbled wooden structures. These can be dated 1663 through the consecration of the rosary altar. The wooden figures and paintings are from the same period. The structure consists of a round arch niche, which is flanked by twisted columns. There are angel baths in the altar extract. The north side altar is dedicated to St. Joseph . The painting on the base depicts the flight to Egypt . In the niche there is a figure of Saint Joseph, to the side of it figures of Saints Rochus and Sebastian . In the altar extract the Holy Family is depicted, flanked by figures of the apostles Peter and Paul . Above are a guardian angel group and two putti. The south side altar is the altar of the Rosary Brotherhood founded in 1663 . A rosary Madonna and poor souls can be seen on the painting in the base. In the arched niche is a mother of God and to the side of it figures of St. Dominic and St. Catherine of Siena . The coronation of Mary is shown in the altar extract, to which the figures of Saints Catherine and Barbara are placed on the side. The southern side altar is crowned with a figure of the Archangel Michael .

pulpit

Sound cover of the pulpit

The marbled pulpit was made around 1700. The polygonal pulpit has niches with columns in between. In the niches there are figures of the four evangelists with their symbols. The sound cover is crowned by a trumpet angel on acanthus volutes. Among them are a Man of Sorrows and four Church Fathers. The sculptor Franz Martin, born in Mariazell in 1683, can help create the pulpit and other church furnishings.

Baptismal font

The font is made of red marble and is octagonal. There is a carved figure of John the Baptist on the classicist lid.

Ceiling fresco

The ceiling fresco in the choir was created around 1710. The eastern fresco depicts the death of Mary, the western the death of St. Joseph. The frescoes in the nave and on the north wall of the choir date from 1931 and were created by Joseph Hengge.

Stalls

The cheeks of the stool in the shape of a lion

The choir stalls , made around 1710, consist of two benches with curved cheeks and are six-part with Ionic and Corinthian columns. There are flower vases on the back wall and acanthus tendrils on the parapet. The carved cheeks in the nave from 1710 are unique in the shape of seated lions. Only the eastern and western pair of cheeks have an acanthus relief.

Grave slabs

There are several sandstone grave slabs in the church. A grave slab for Thomas Huoter († 1617) is placed on the choir wall. The relief shows a pastor in front of a crucifix, the bar of which is marked with 1605 CHB . A grave slab for Andreas Wieser († 1724) is placed above the tower entrance in the choir. The plate, framed by angel heads and fruit pendants, depicts a pastor in front of Our Lady with an original representation of the church. A rocaille cartouche for pastor Josef Anton Johler († 1776) is attached to the north of the choir arch. There are also two classicist panels on the north outer wall of the nave, one from 1806, the other for pastor Alois Zeller († 1828).

Other equipment

On the north wall of the nave is a crucifix with the figures of Mary and John . The nine busts of the poor and souls below the Mount of Olives date from the late 18th century. The portent of the peasant Christ on the scourge column is from the 18th century. The miraculous image of Our Lady on the west wall dates from 1730. It shows the burning village of Mariazell and views of the churches in Frauenzell and Muthmannshofen.

  • Door detail - locks

  • Image of grace from 1730

  • Ceiling fresco in the nave

literature

  • Michael Petzet : City and District of Kempten. (= Bavarian art monuments. Vol. 5), 1st edition. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1959, DNB 453751636 , pp. 87-89.
  • Dehio-Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, Bavaria, Volume III, Swabia. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-422-03116-6 , page 345 f.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Diocese of Augsburg
  2. ^ Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation: Entry D-7-80-112-19

Coordinates: 47 ° 47 '2.4 "  N , 10 ° 5' 19.6"  E