Assumption of Mary (Unterschweinbach)
The Catholic parish church of the Assumption of Mary in Unterschweinbach , a district of the municipality of Egenhofen in the Upper Bavarian district of Fürstenfeldbruck , is essentially a Romanesque choir tower church , which was probably built in the 13th century. In the high altar is a late Gothic Madonna, which was venerated in the 18th century as a miraculous image of a pilgrimage .
history
The originally Romanesque church structure has been changed several times over the centuries. The church was enlarged in the 15th century. At the beginning and in the second half of the 18th century further modifications and extensions took place. Between 1977 and 1979 the nave was extended to the west by an axis .
architecture
Exterior construction
The massive choir tower, which is covered with a gable roof, is structured by glare fields and is broken up by openings of different sizes.
inner space
The nave , a simple hall structure , is divided into five axes. The retracted choir closes at right angles. The choir and nave are covered by flat ceilings decorated with stucco .
Ceiling paintings
The ceiling painting depicting the Assumption of Mary was executed around 1760/70 and is attributed to Johann Nepomuk Schöpf . Mary symbols are shown in the smaller medallions .
Furnishing
- The high altar was built in during the reconstruction phase in the second half of the 18th century. In its central niche, surrounded by a halo, a seated Madonna with baby Jesus is integrated. She wears a crown on her head and holds a scepter in her hand. The figure is dated around 1480 and was once the destination of a pilgrimage. Johannes Nepomuk and Franz Xaver stand at the side passages .
- The side altars date from the time of the first Baroque transformation in the early 18th century. The north altar is dedicated to St. Anne , who teaches her daughter Mary to read. At the southern altar stands St. Dionysius , who is venerated as the first bishop of Paris . He is holding a book with his severed head lying on it.
- The pulpit comes as the high altar dating from around 1750, when the church in the style of Rococo was redesigned.
- The large crucifix on the south wall of the nave with the figure of Our Lady of Sorrows is a work from 1733.
High altar and side altars
Rococo pulpit and Anna altar
Altar of St. Dionysius
Pews
Votive pictures
The votive tablets that are displayed in the anteroom of the church still remind of the former pilgrimage .
literature
- Georg Dehio : Handbook of German Art Monuments - Bavaria IV - Munich and Upper Bavaria . 2nd edition, Deutscher Kunstverlag , Munich 2002, ISBN 3-422-03010-7 , p. 1216.
- Volker Liedke, Peter Weinzierl: District Fürstenfeldbruck (= Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation [Hrsg.]: Monuments in Bavaria . Volume I.12 ). Karl M. Lipp Verlag, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-87490-574-8 , p. 30 .
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Coordinates: 48 ° 15 ′ 9 ″ N , 11 ° 10 ′ 47.3 ″ E