Assumption of Mary (Hochaltingen)

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Church of the Assumption in Hochaltingen

Assumption of Mary in Hochaltingen , a district of Fremdingen in the diocese of Augsburg , is a Catholic parish church . The family grave of the noblemen of Hürnheim is located in it .

history

inner space
Epitaph of the noble lords of Hürnheim
Rosary altar around 1500

The parish church should have its origin at the end of the 13th century. The foundation walls of the crypt chapel and the remains of the old tower on the north side are likely to date from this time. Under the crypt chapel is a partially crumbled crypt. The current choir and the square part of the tower date from 1520. In 1678 the crypt chapel was extended. The current nave and the top of the tower were built around 1730. The church's rosary altar dates from 1565.

Crypt chapel

The crypt chapel holds the most precious possessions, namely the epitaph for Eberhard von Hürnheim and Anna von Hohenrechberg . This is one of the most important Renaissance tombs north of the Alps. The dead are the grandparents of Eichstätter Bishop Eberhard II. Of brain Home (1494-1560) and his brother Johann Sebastian brain Home († 1555), Judge at the Imperial Courts to Speyer .

Rosary altar

There has been a rosary brotherhood in Hochaltingen since 1626. The rosary altar donated by the Hürnheimers is a rare monument of Catholic piety between the Reformation and the Thirty Years' War.

organ

The church has a two-manual organ made by GF Steinmeyer & Co. in Oettingen in 1940. It has 19  registers .

tower

The tower is 36 meters high and houses three bells.

See also

literature

  • Bernd-Peter Schaul: Swabia (=  monuments in Bavaria . Volume 7 ). Oldenbourg Verlag, 1986, ISBN 3-486-52398-8 , pp. 188 (entry Hochaltingen ).

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Diocese of Augsburg
  2. ↑ a b Freya Strecker: Augsburg Altars between Reformation (1537) and 1635 . Image criticism, representation and confessionalization. LIT Verlag, Münster 1998, ISBN 3-8258-4120-0 , p. 127 ( limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed December 16, 2015]).
  3. ↑ Johann Samuel Publication : Hirnheim . In: General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts . Second section, 8th part. Brockhaus Verlag, Leipzig 1831, p. 386 ( digital scan in Google Book Search [accessed December 16, 2015]).

Coordinates: 48 ° 57 ′ 51.7 ″  N , 10 ° 30 ′ 6.6 ″  E