Maria Hilf (Bad Toelz)

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Maria Hilf in Bad Tölz

The Catholic subsidiary church Maria Hilf , colloquially known as the Mühlfeldkirche because of its location , is located in the Upper Bavarian town of Bad Tölz . The church was built from 1735.

Historical development and building design

Mühlfeld, first mentioned in a document in 1392, represented one of the two settlement centers of Tölz. At this point in time there was already a chapel at the site. The name-giving mills were located there on the Ellbach above the castle. In the 16th century a Maria-Hilf-Chapel was built there on the Salzstrasse, which was renewed in 1654, as it had barely cope with the large number of supplicants during the Thirty Years' War and the accompanying plague epidemic.

Due to the flourishing pilgrimage , the Maria Hilf subsidiary church was built on the site of this chapel between 1735 and 1737 by Lorenz Reiter, based on designs by the Wessobrunn master Joseph Schmuzer . After the old tower, which still came from the chapel, was destroyed by a lightning strike in 1755, it was rebuilt in 1759 by Lorenz Sappl and Joseph Daubenberg and the stone nave vault, which was in danger of collapsing, was replaced by a flat wooden ceiling one year later. The tower clock was made by the Tölz clockmaker Johann Kaspar Rest. The square substructure of the tower from 1686 leads a curved ledge to the double onion dome. The nave and the semicircular choir are from a lunette ton überwolbt, the ship doubled, with pilasters and two-time western gallery .

Detail from the ceiling fresco: The dog who is said to have brought the plague to Gaißach

The interior remained unfinished at first, only the choir vault was stuccoed and a ceiling fresco was added by the famous painter Matthäus Günther . This shows Mary enthroned on clouds, surrounded by angels, including a procession, as well as those suffering from the plague and those seeking help. This representation is intended to commemorate the appeal of Tölz citizens during the plague year of 1634. This should actually lead to Gaißach , but for fear of infection the Gaissach drove the pilgrims back, who then moved to the Mühlfeld. An old stone cross between Tölz and Gaißach-Mühl still marks the turning point today. A dog is said to have carried the plague to Gaissach. While the epidemic in Tölz was declining, the Gaißach rectory died out due to the plague, which is interpreted as a punishment for their cold heart. This dog is also shown on the church's ceiling fresco.

The church was only consecrated in 1783. The furnishings include the silver market, a depiction of the Tölz market carved in silver, which was betrothed in the war year 1742 as thanks for the successful defense against the Pandur who invaded under Franz von der Trenck . A counterpart to this was donated in 1800 to thank the French who invaded Bavaria for the protection of the place . The Tölz goldsmith Ignaz Walch made the large monstrance in 1783 . From 1851 to 1854 the church was renovated for the first time, paintings and altars in post-classical and neo-Romanesque mixed forms by Georg Meindl and Anton Abraham. In 1851 the high altar was given a figure of Our Lady from the 17th century.

Another renovation from 1910 to 1912 brought more stucco decorations to the nave by Karl Schier, as well as further frescoes by Anton Ranzinger, whose style was based on Matthäus Günther. In 1961 the building was restored. Caused by the traffic around the church, vibrations put the church in danger of collapse, so that it was closed from 1972 and massive renovation and stabilization measures were carried out until 1977. The exterior of the building was renovated in 2013.

  • after the renovation, 2014

  • Ceiling fresco

  • Main altar

  • inner space

  • portal

  • Choir

literature

  • Heidrun Franz: The history of the Mühlfeldkirche in Bad Tölz. Apelles Verlag, Starnberg 2017, ISBN 978-3-946375-04-3 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Georg Dehio: Handbook of German Art Monuments edited by Ernst Gall - Upper Bavaria. Munich, Berlin 1964.
  2. ↑ a b Tölz in old pictures; Walter Frei, 2000; Page 70
  3. ↑ Monuments in Bavaria: Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen district; Karl M. Lipp-Verlag; Georg Paula , Angelika Wegener-Hüssen; 1994; Page 82
  4. ↑ a b c Monuments in Bavaria: Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen district; Karl M. Lipp-Verlag; Georg Paula, Angelika Wegener-Hüssen; 1994; Page 82
  5. ↑ Sagas and legends about Tölzer Land and Isarwinkel; Gisela Schinzel-Penth ; Ambro Lacus Publishing House; 2006; Page 81/82
  6. ↑ Tölz in old pictures; Walter Frei; 2000; Page 70
  7. ↑ Bad Tölz; Christoph Schnitzer, Roland Haderlein, Claudia Petzl; CS-Verlag; 2006; Page 50

Coordinates: 47 ° 45 ′ 43.4 "  N , 11 ° 33 ′ 54.4"  E

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