Assumption of Mary (Mariaort)
The Catholic pilgrimage church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary is a baroque hall church in the Mariaort district of Sinzing in the Upper Palatinate district of Regensburg . As a branch church, it belongs to the parish of St. Wolfgang in Eilsbrunn in the Laaber deanery in the diocese of Regensburg .
history
The church, located directly at the confluence of the Naab into the Danube on a narrow headland, was first mentioned in 1352 as St. Mary's Church. It used to belong to the St. Emmeram Monastery in Regensburg and was in the 17th and 18th centuries. Century destination of a flourishing pilgrimage . The miraculous image , which, according to legend, was thrown into the sea near Constantinople at the time of the Eastern Roman iconoclasms around the 8th century , is said to have been driven upstream here on a juniper tree . At the sacristy one is corbel with the legendary perennial attached. According to legend, angels also brought the building materials for the chapel.
In the years 1774–1776 the choir and nave were rebuilt and painted by Matthias Schiffer . After the Second World War, the structure was restored in 1952, the version being partially painted over. Further restorations were carried out in 1984 (restoration of the entire shell and vaulted area), in 1989/1990 renovation of the interior (altars, pulpit and choir stalls) and in 1998/1999 (facade).
architecture
The choir preserved from the late Gothic church was reused as a sacristy in the new building. The choir ends at the end of three eighths and shows tracery windows to the east. The tower on the south side of the Gothic choir has a square storey from the Middle Ages and has an octagonal tower from the 18th century with a Welsch dome . The new late baroque choir has moved out of the axis of the medieval choir, finished off with segmental arches in the east and structured on the outside like the nave with pilaster strips .
Inside the building is a spacious hall church with a retracted choir. Characteristic is the wall structure with double pilasters and a classical-style entablature. The choir wall is concave on the sides, the choir arch is provided with hollows. The interior is closed off by a barrel vault with stitch caps . A two-story gallery is built into the west.
The ceiling paintings were created by Schiffer around 1774. Image fields across the yoke show standing and sitting figures, painted stucco frames and cartouches as well as medallions in monochrome painting in baroque illusionism . In the choir the finding of the miraculous image in the river is shown, supplemented by scenes according to the legend in the medallions. The Assumption of Mary is shown in the nave, the cartouches depict events from the history of the pilgrimage.
Furnishing
The main altar is a stately four-column structure from 1774 from the transition period from Rococo to Classicism . The stone miraculous image of Our Lady from the second half of the 14th century is placed in a niche , the setting and crown of which were later changed. Larger-than-life, white-framed figures of Saints Peter and Paul are arranged on the side. In the altar extract , God the Father is shown in glory.
In the choir there are also side altars from the middle of the 17th century, the altar leaves of which show the Adoration of the Kings and the Adoration of the Shepherds. The side altars in niches at the transition to the choir are attributed to Simon Sorg , were created around 1776–1780 and are decorated with carved figures of Saints Sebastian and Joseph .
The pulpit from 1775 in the late Rococo style is attributed to Joachim Anton Pfeiffer fromprüfunging, the successor to Franz Anton Neu. Relief images of the sower and the Good Shepherd can be seen on the pulpit, and on the back wall, Petri is fishing. A figure of St. Augustine crowns the sound cover. Finally, early classicist, carved confessionals should be mentioned.
literature
- Georg Dehio: Handbook of the German art monuments. Bavaria V: Regensburg and the Upper Palatinate. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-422-03118-0 , pp. 313-314.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Website of the Mariaort pilgrimage church. Retrieved March 4, 2019 .
Coordinates: 49 ° 0 '52.7 " N , 12 ° 1' 35.5" E