Virgin Mary Sacrifice (Pfaffendorf)
The Roman Catholic parish church of the Sacrifice of the Virgin Mary in Pfaffendorf , a district of Markt Pfeffenhausen in the Lower Bavarian district of Landshut , is a baroque church that originally dates from the late Gothic period. Instead of the patronage of the Sacrifice of the Blessed Virgin Mary , which became part of the liturgical reform on the Remembrance Day of Our Lady in Jerusalem , the Scapular Festival is celebrated in mid-July, i.e. the festival of Our Lady on Mount Carmel . This is the main annual festival of the Scapular Brotherhood , which has existed since 1712 .
history
Pfaffendorf was first mentioned in 1179. Already at that time there was a church in the place that belonged to the district of the Pfeffenhausen baptistery . A pastoral care center in Pfaffendorf is shown for the first time in a parish register from 1326. The current church was built in the 15th century as a relay hall in the late Gothic style. While the church building survived the Thirty Years War largely unscathed, the rectory burned down completely and was only rebuilt in 1668. As a result, numerous valuable documents about the history of the place and the parish were lost. In 1692 Pfaffendorf lost a large part of its parish because the villages of Oberhornbach, Tabakried and Holzen were parish off to Niederhornbach. In 1718 the church building was baroque; In 1739 the south aisle , the sacristy and the west gallery were added . This essentially gave the church its present shape. In 1800 the Napoleonic troops were compensated with money and could thus avert renewed destruction of the place. During the First World War , the church bells had to be delivered in 1917; However, shortly after the end of the war they could be brought back unscathed from Rottenburg an der Laaber . In 1959 today's rectory was completed.
In 2011 noticeable cracks were found in the church, so the building was in need of renovation. In the following years, under the direction of architect Franz Zettl from the downstream village of Rainertshausen, extensive measures were carried out , including on the bell cage . On June 19, 2016, a festive service was celebrated with Auxiliary Bishop Josef Graf to conclude the work.
description
architecture
The parish church is a three-aisled, east-facing staggered hall with a gable roof . The two- bay choir in the width of the central nave has a five- eighth end and is structured on the outside by triangular pilaster strips and coffin cornices. The choir is adjoined by the flat-roofed sacristy in the south and the four-story tower with a square floor plan in the north . The latter is enlivened on the second, third and fourth floors by pointed arches and goes over four triangular gables into a modern pointed helmet above the bell cage . A round-arched entrance on the north side leads to the lowest tower floor, whose late Gothic cross-ribbed vault with head consoles survived the Baroque era. An original arched window with an outer reveal made of bars between grooves has also been preserved here.
The interior of the choir was originally equipped with a mesh rib vault resting on suggested pilasters , the ribs of which, however, were chipped off during the Baroque era. The choir arch was also redesigned in Baroque style and given a heavily profiled frame. The yoke is still divided by pointed arches . The also pointed arched choir windows are slightly larger than in the nave ; the east window, which is already covered by the high altar, is walled up. The central nave is significantly elevated compared to the side aisles, which is typical for a relay hall. It comprises two long yokes that rest on simple rectangular pillars with beveled edges. The entire western yoke is covered by the gallery. The side walls are structured by pilasters, which seem to support the nave vault. The central nave is separated from the two aisles by dividing arches , which are very flat pointed arches. These have outer walls articulated by half-columns with cornice capitals and arched windows in between. From the outside, the nave is not structured.
A vestibule, built at the same time as the sacristy, is added to the west, through which the church building is entered. It has a basket arched portal which is flanked by flat pilasters. In the immediate vicinity of this porch is the soul chapel , which belongs to the village cemetery surrounding the church . It is a massive gable roof structure without any noticeable stylistic features, which was built in the 18th century. The flat-roofed interior is illuminated by two small circular windows on the long sides.
Furnishing
The high altar was made in 1694 by carpenter Daniel Gänßl, sculptor Matthias Nay and painter Egid Rupert Schögl from Landshut . The presentation of the scapular to Simon Stock is shown on the altar sheet . The painting is flanked by two winding columns framed in white with gilded vine ornamentation. On the side there are two figure niches containing sculptures of Saints Sebastian (left) and Florian (right). The altar extension with a small wooden figure symbolizing God the Father is also constructed with two columns , surrounded by volutes and vases , and ends with two segmental arches, blown gable pieces . Numerous putti enliven the excerpt. The late use of cartilage in the decoration of the altar is remarkable .
The two side altars are made in neo-Gothic style. The left side altar (Marienaltar) was completely renewed in 1883 by the Krafft brothers from Freising . It contains a 1.17 meter crescent Madonna from around 1500 with a (renewed) baby Jesus . The right side altar (cross altar) was rebuilt in 1893 based on a design by Joseph Elsner senior's studio in Munich . In addition to the crucified Christ, Mary and Veronica with the handkerchief are depicted, as well as Mary Magdalene with the ointment vessel (left) and the favorite disciple Johannes (right) in the side niches . Below are two reliefs with scenes from the Old Testament . According to the inscription, the cross altar was donated by a farmer from Koppenwall in 1893 .
The pulpit , which dates back to the second half of the 17th century, is in the early baroque style. On the polygonal corpus, the four evangelists can be seen between winding corner pillars, surrounded by framed and flat-carved cartilage. In the nave there are also various baroque wooden figures of the Sacred Heart, the Mater Dolorosa and the brother Conrad. The youngest wooden figure by Herbert Schorf was erected in 2012 on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the Scapular Brotherhood. The choir arch crucifix and the Way of the Cross, made in 1884 by Lessing & Ranzinger from Munich , round off the church furnishings .
organ
The organ of the parish church of the Sacrifice of Mary was brought from Lam in the Bavarian Forest to Pfaffendorf in 1861 . There it was built into a classical housing by Ludwig Edenhofer from Regen . The fully mechanical slider tray instrument with a permanently attached pedal has nine registers in the following disposition :
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Bells
Two historic bells , which survived the two world wars unscathed, are still in use in the tower today . The larger one has a diameter of 106 centimeters and has a late Gothic minuscule inscription with the year 1533 in Roman numerals. The smaller bell with a diameter of 65 centimeters is even older; it probably dates from the 15th century.
literature
- Kath. Pfarramt Pfeffenhausen (Ed.): A guide for the churches of the parish community Pfeffenhausen-Niederhornbach-Pfaffendorf-Rainertshausen . Self-published, Pfeffenhausen 2013.
Web links
- Internet presence of the parish community Pfeffenhausen
- Parish Church of the Sacrifice of Mary in Pfaffendorf on kirchturm.net
Individual evidence
- ↑ A guide for the churches of the Pfeffenhausen-Niederhornbach-Pfaffendorf-Rainertshausen parish community , pp. 58–60.
- ↑ Landshuter Zeitung / Rottenburger Anzeiger from June 24, 2016
- ↑ a b c A guide for the churches of the Pfeffenhausen-Niederhornbach-Pfaffendorf-Rainertshausen parish community , p. 60f.
- ↑ a b c d A guide for the churches of the Pfeffenhausen-Niederhornbach-Pfaffendorf-Rainertshausen parish community , pp. 61–63.
- ↑ Bavarian organ database online
Coordinates: 48 ° 38 ′ 56.4 " N , 11 ° 55 ′ 22.3" E