Assumption of Mary (Oberglaim)

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Exterior view of the Parish Church of the Assumption from the southwest
High altar
Baroque pulpit

The Roman Catholic parish church Mariä Himmelfahrt in Oberglaim , a district of the market town Ergolding in the Lower Bavarian district of Landshut , is a baroque hall church that was built between 1694 and 1697 in place of a previous building according to the plans of Pfeffenhausen master mason Hans Widtmann. Almost twenty years later, he also built the nearby Heiligenbrunn pilgrimage church . The church was consecrated on September 8, 1696, the feast day of the birth of Mary .

architecture

Exterior construction

The east-facing church includes a four-bay nave and a noticeably drawn-in, two-bay choir ending in three polygon sides . The design of the exterior is carried out uniformly with yellow pilaster strips and whitewashed wall backings. In addition to the high, arched windows, there are also circular oculi in each yoke . The two-storey sacristy is built into the southern corner between the choir and nave, and the six-storey tower on the west side . Like the rest of the building, this is divided by pilaster strips. On the four-storey substructure over a square floor plan there is an octagonal tower that contains bells and tower clocks . A strongly constricted onion cap with a ball and cross forms the upper end .

inner space

Through the ground floor of the tower you get into the discreetly stuccoed interior, which looks almost Italian-Baroque. The nave and choir are spanned by a barrel vault with stitch caps . This rests on flat pilasters that support a strongly profiled, surrounding cornice .

Furnishing

The furnishings are only partially baroque. The high altar dates from the 19th century. The side altars are designed as counterparts and were created when the church was built. The structure is supported by two winding pillars. The left side altar contains an altar sheet with a depiction of St. Anne , the right side altar shows St. James . The pulpit was also built in the Baroque style around 1700. The polygonal body, which is decorated with smooth and sinuous columns, shows rich acanthus ornamentation .

The late Gothic baptismal font , consisting of a square base, a round shaft and a round basin, which is decorated with tracery panels, is also remarkable . On the lid there is a baroque unpainted wooden group of the baptism of Christ . An almost life-size, late Gothic figure from the early 16th century can be seen on the late Gothic nave wall; it shows St. Mary with the naked baby Jesus on her left arm and a scepter in her right. The crossroad panels are oil paintings from the 18th century.

organ

In 1898 Willibald Siemann built an organ with nine registers on pneumatic cone chests for the parish church in Oberglaim . This instrument was replaced in 1986 by a new one by Ekkehard Simon from Landshut ; this fully mechanical slider chest instrument has 14 registers.

The layout of the Siemann organ was as follows:

Manual C – f 3
1. Principal 8th'
2. Salicional 8th'
3. Gamba 8th'
4th Dumped 8th'
5. Octav 4 ′
6th flute 4 ′
7th Mixture III 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Pedal C – d 1
8th. Sub-bass 16 ′
9. Violonbass 8th'

The disposition of the Simon organ is as follows:

I Manual
1. Metal flute 8th'
2. Principal 4 ′
3. Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
4th recorder 2 ′
5. Spicy Mix III 1'
II manual
6th Wooden dacked 8th'
7th Gambetta 4 ′
8th. Transverse flute 4 ′
9. Principal 2 ′
10. Sif flute 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
11. Oktavlein 1'
Pedal C – d 1
12. Sub-bass 16 ′
13. Violonbass 8th'
14th Chorale bass 4 ′

Surroundings

The parish church of the Assumption of Mary, surrounded by the village cemetery, is located on a hill above the village of Oberglaim in the Feldbach valley. It is therefore visible from afar, for example on the road from Landshut .

Frammelsberger Chapel

To the south of the church, but still within the cemetery walls, is the Frammelsberger Chapel, which was previously used as a morgue . It contains two bronze plaques reminding of the former pastor from Oberglaimer Max Frammelsberger (1880–1944). He worked in Oberglaim from 1927 and was also a functionary of the Bavarian People's Party , which was considered a crime in the Third Reich . That is why he was already taken into " protective custody " by the National Socialists in the Dachau concentration camp . After his release, he was spied on by the Gestapo and arrested again in January 1938. However, due to the general amnesty of April 30, 1938, the proceedings against him were dropped. In November 1943, however, he was arrested again and taken to the Berlin-Moabit remand prison, where he was subjected to inhumane interrogation and was exposed to catastrophic prison conditions. He died on January 16, 1944 due to exhaustion. Frammelsberger was later added to the list of martyrs of the 20th century by Pope John Paul II .

Web links

Commons : Mariä Himmelfahrt (Oberglaim)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Anton Eckardt (Ed.): Art monuments of the Kingdom of Bavaria - District Office Landshut . Oldenbourg, Munich 1914, p. 178f. ( Digitized version ).
  2. ^ Christian Vorbeck: The organ builders Martin Binder and Willibald Siemann. Siebenquart Verlag Dr. Roland Eberlein, Cologne 2013. ISBN 978-3-941224-02-5 .
  3. ↑ a b Bavarian organ database online
  4. ↑ Frammelsberger Chapel . Online at pfarrei-ergolding-oberglaim.de; accessed on June 24, 2017.

Coordinates: 48 ° 36 ′ 34.5 "  N , 12 ° 6 ′ 58"  E