Assumption of Mary (Weißenhorn)

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Weissenhorn Parish Church, view from the west
inner space

The parish church of the Assumption is a Catholic parish church in Weißenhorn in the diocese of Augsburg .

history

On February 22, 1859, the central nave and the right aisle of the old Weissenhorn church collapsed during early mass. In the years that followed, rebuilding was initially discussed. Ultimately, the decision was made to build a completely new building. The furniture that was received was moved to an interim church. The ruins of the old church were demolished in 1863.

The construction of today's church was started on May 1st, 1865 according to plans by Munich's senior building officer August von Voit and completed in 1869.

Building description

The church, which can seat around 2000 people, is a hall church with three naves of equal height. The vaults rest on slender, neo-Gothic columns. The tower has a height of 70 meters.

Furnishing

The vaults of the central nave and the apse were painted with frescoes in the Nazarene style by the painter Hugo Barthelme . On the walls of the eastern arm of the transept hang works by the artist Andreas Müller, which he created between 1875 and 1877.

Altars

The approximately ten meter high high altar and four side altars were created by the Augsburg artist Joseph Hieber in the neo-Romanesque style. Two side altars flanking the choir arch are consecrated to Saint Anne and the Mother of Sorrows ( Vesper picture ). There were two further side altars in the transept arms; Only the altar of St. Barbara on the southern polygon of the transept is preserved.

Others

The 14 stations of the cross on the outer walls of the aisles are remarkable. These are terracotta reliefs from around 1870, created by Anton Ganser. The neo-Gothic sandstone font dates from 1870.

organ

The Steinmeyer organ

The organ was built in 1959 by the organ builder GF Steinmeyer ( Oettingen ) as a wall niche organ for the Great Hall of the State University of Music in Munich , where it shaped the training in church music for almost 40 years. In the 1980s the instrument was abandoned and stored there.

In 2004 the organ was sold to Weißenhorn and installed by the organ building company Klais (Bonn) as a free-standing instrument in a new case made of oak on the gallery. The instrument counts as Opus 1827 of the organ building company Klais. The new concept was created by its chief designer, Hans-Wolfgang Theobald .

The instrument has 53 stops on three manual works and a pedal . The playing and stop actions are electro-pneumatic.

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
1. Drone 16 ′
2. Principal 8th'
3. Viol flute 8th'
4th Dumped 8th'
5. Octave 8th'
6th Reed flute 4 ′
7th Rauschpfeife II 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
8th. Octave 2 ′
9. Cornet v 8th'
10. Mixture IV-VI 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
11. Trumpet 8th'
II Positive C-g 3
12. Dumped 8th'
13. Quintad 8th'
14th Principal 4 ′
15th Flute 4 ′
16. Forest flute 2 ′
17th Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
18th Sesquialtera II 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
19th Scharff IV 2 ⁄ 3 ′
20th Ranckett 16 ′
21st Krummhorn 8th'
22nd shelf 4 ′
Tremulant
III Swell C – g 3
23. Tube bare 16 ′
24. Wooden flute 8th'
25th Swiss pipe 8th'
26th Beat 8th'
27. Principal 4 ′
28. Coupling flute 4 ′
29 Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
30th Flat flute 2 ′
31. Sif flute 1'
32. Backset VI 2 ′
33. Trumpet 16 ′
34. Trumpet 8th'
35. oboe 8th'
36. Trumpet 4 ′
Pedals C – f 1
37. Principal 16 ′
38. String bass 16 ′
39. Sub bass 16 ′
40. Fifth 10 2 ⁄ 3  ′
41. Octave 8th'
42. Flute bass 8th'
43. Gemshorn 8th'
44. Choral bass 4 ′
45. Night horn covered 4 ′
46. Pipe whistle 2 ′
47. Bass cornet IV 5 1 ⁄ 3  ′
48. Mixture IV 2 ′
49. trombone 16 ′
50. Dulcian 16 ′
51. Trumpet 8th'
52. Trumpet 4 ′
53. Cornett 2 ′
Tremulant
  • Coupling : II / I, III / I, III / II, I / P, II / P, III / P

literature

  • Katholische Stadtpfarrei Mariä Himmelfahrt (Ed.) / Anton H. Konrad (Author): Stadtpfarrkirche Mariä Himmelfahrt Weißenhorn. (= Swabian art monuments 62). Anton H. Konrad Verlag, Weißenhorn 2007, ISBN 978-3-87437-533-7 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Diocese of Augsburg
  2. ^ University of Music and Theater Munich - "Nomina" The former Steinmeyer organ of the university. In: website.musikhochschule-muenchen.de. March 24, 1998. Retrieved July 21, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Information about the organ on the website of the organ builder Klais

Web links

Commons : Mariä Himmelfahrt (Weißenhorn)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 48 ° 18 '14.3 "  N , 10 ° 9' 34.1"  E