Virgin Mary Sacrifice (Laaberberg)
The Roman Catholic parish and pilgrimage church of the Virgin Mary in Laaberberg , a district of the market town of pipe in Lower Bavaria in the district of Kelheim , is a Baroque pilgrimage church , which has always been a close connection to the monastery pipe owns and again today from there pastorally is supervised. The church is located on a hill above the valley of the Große Laber between Rottenburg and Langquaid . It is registered as a monument with the number D-2-73-165-30 at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation ; it is also protected as a cultural asset under the Hague Convention . The church patron saint is on 21 November, the Memorial of Our Lady in Jerusalem committed.
history
Building history
The present church was built during the 48-year term of office of the Rohrer provost Patritius von Heydon (1682–1730), who later also had the Rohr monastery church built. The Baroque construction, including the late Gothic tower substructure, was carried out by the master mason Josef Bader from Rohr between 1703 and 1711. It is doubtful that the plans for the church - as is sometimes claimed - come from Egid Quirin Asam , as he was only eleven years old when construction began. In the period between 1710 and 1721 the church received its furnishings that have largely been preserved to this day. It was consecrated in 1722 by Auxiliary Bishop Godefried Langwarth von Simmern . In 1755 the vault was painted in the colorful Rococo style by the Regensburg painter Otto Gebhard . In 1846 the frescoes were partially whitewashed by the painter Johann Baptist Detter. Detter added the representation of the pastor Anton Westermayer to the ceiling fresco of the pilgrimage of Ludwig the Rich and other petitioners to Laaberberg . A stone tablet on the epistle side with the following inscription is attached to this renovation measure : In 1846 under the pastor Anton Westermayer, this parish church was renovated through the mild contributions of the parish to the greater glory of God and the devotion of the Blessed Virgin.
Around 1900 the church was renovated again - again with a redesign of the frescoes by the painter Christian Engleder from Schierling . In 1906 today's tower clocks were installed, and in 1921 the electrical lighting was installed. The last renovation was carried out between 1986 and 1994. Among other things, the rotten roof structure was renewed, the frescoes, some of which were heavily damaged by moisture, were restored and largely returned to their original state, and today's staircase to the church with 68 granite steps was built.
Parish history
Pilgrimage history
description
architecture
The church, oriented exactly to the east, is a stately five-bay baroque building with a non-retracted choir , which closes with a semicircular apse . The light and wide interior is equipped with a barrel vault with stitch caps . The shape of the nave windows is unusual for the time the church was built: two narrow arched windows are arranged next to each other in a wide arched panel, above a circular opening in the middle. The two choir windows that flank the high altar also have a special shape with their four-pass shape. In the rear area, a straight gallery has been drawn in, with stucco on the parapet by the builder Joseph Bader.
The sacristy and the 42-meter-high tower are built on the north side . The three-storey square tower substructure is late Gothic, so it was taken over from the previous building. The second and third floors are decorated with pointed arches typical of the time . In the Baroque period, a fourth square storey was placed on the late Gothic substructure, which already contains framed sound openings. Above is the octagonal superstructure with further sound openings and the clocks. A baroque onion dome forms the upper end .
To the south of the church is the rectory , a two-storey hipped roof building in the style of classicism from 1808.
Furnishing
The church interior is dominated by the Baroque high altar, a six-columned structure in 1710 by the carpenter Johann Meier from Kumpfmuehl made and the following year by the painter Josef Georg Aprill from Stadtamhof taken was. Above the tall tabernacle is the late Gothic miraculous image from around 1470 in a round arch niche on its own base. It is a figure of the Madonna and Child Jesus . This is framed by the two triple columns, which carry segment-arched cornices with figures of angels. Between these can be seen the extract painted by Johann Gebhard , Otto Gebhard's father . It depicts God the Father above the blue universe sphere with the dove of the Holy Spirit and putti carrying the cross of Christ. The two side altars, designed as counterparts, are located on the north and south inner walls around the transition between nave and choir. Like the high altar, they were probably made by Johann Meier and taken by Josef Georg Aprill. The left (north) side altar contains a reliquary with the bones of the martyr St. Gratus, above the altar sheet with a representation of St. Thomas the apostle and the excerpt of St. Anne with the young Maria . The right (southern) side altar shows a reliquary of the martyr St. Pazificus, above it an impressive painting of St. Barbara in the Nazarene style and, in the excerpt, St. Joseph with the lily of purity . The latter picture could also come from Johann Gebhard. All three altar pendants contain beautiful bandwork carvings from around 1730.
The baroque pulpit was also made by Johann Meier in 1710 and painted in 1717 by the painter Michael Feihl from Geisenfeld . Small statues of the evangelists can be seen in the niches on the body , and a carved figure of the Rohrer order patron Augustine is enthroned on the sound cover . The Way of the Cross on canvas was created by the Regensburg painter Johann Georg Kohlmüller - according to the style elements, probably in the second half of the 18th century and not, as is often claimed, in 1721. The ceiling frescoes by Otto Gebhard from 1755 show the patronage depiction Assumption of the Virgin Mary and, backwards, the pilgrimage of Duke Ludwig the Rich and other petitioners to Laaberberg. Above the organ in a beautiful three-part case by Georg Friedrich Steinmeyer , which is modeled on the Renaissance style, an angel concert is also shown.
In the vaults , small oval frescoes depict allegorical representations from the Lauretanian litany : on the south side (from west to east) Mary as a mirror of justice, as a lily among thorns, as the morning star , as the strong tower of David and as the gateway to heaven; on the north side (from west to east) Maria as an ivory tower , as a mysterious rose, as a star of the sea , as the throne of David and as the Ark of the Covenant , in which the holy of holies is hidden. In the acanthus cartouches carved from oak wood , the original baroque cheeks of the modernly reworked church stalls also contain invocations from the Lauretanian litany, but in text form: on the right-hand side (from west to east) you help the Christians , you immaculate mother , you refuge of sinners , Salvation of the sick , mother of Christ , wonderful mother , Holy Theotokos , Comforter of the afflicted and Holy Virgin of all virgins ; on the left (from west to east) you mighty virgin , you gracious virgin , you queen of angels . You venerable virgin , you very wise virgin , you queen of all saints , you praiseworthy virgin and you faithful virgin .
literature
- Sixtus Lampl : Laaberberg - The pilgrimage church of the Rohr monastery with the branches Högldorf and Niedereulenbach . Bound. Schlossverlag Valley, 1995.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Kloster Rohr: History of the parish church of the Sacrifice of Mary and the parish of Laaberberg . Online at www.kloster-rohr.de ; accessed on May 1, 2018.
- ↑ a b c d Diocese of Regensburg: Places of pilgrimage in the diocese - tab "Parish Church of Mary Sacrifice - Laaberberg" . Online at www.bistum-regensburg.de ; accessed on May 1, 2018.
- ↑ a b Lampl, p. 16.
- ↑ a b c d Lampl, pp. 6-10.
- ↑ Lampl, pp. 12-16.
Coordinates: 48 ° 45 ′ 43.6 " N , 12 ° 1 ′ 12.2" E