Maria Immaculata (Echenbrunn)
The Catholic parish church Maria Immaculata in Echenbrunn , a district of Gundelfingen in the district of Dillingen an der Donau in the Bavarian administrative district of Swabia , was built in the first half of the 18th century on the site of the former Echenbrunn monastery .
history
Around 1120 a Benedictine monastery was founded in Echenbrunn by the noble free Gumbert von Fachberg . The place was first mentioned in writing as Echinbrunnen in 1122 . In 1462 the monastery burned down and in 1468 Abbot Ulrich Lekerlin had it rebuilt from his own resources. Under Duke Ottheinrich von Pfalz-Neuburg , the monastery was dissolved, the church torn down and the estate sold as Hofmark . After several changes of ownership, it came to the Jesuit College in Neuburg an der Donau , which leased it to the Dillingen Jesuits in 1638 . In 1672 they set up a summer residence for the professors of their university there. In 1755/57 a reconstruction took place and new farm buildings were built.
Towards the end of the 17th century, Echenbrunn, which initially belonged to the parish of Gundelfingen, became the seat of its own parish. In 1730 a new church was built according to plans by Johann Windschmidt , which was consecrated in 1733 in honor of the Immaculate Conception of Mary . The patron saints of the old monastery church were the apostles Peter and Paul .
architecture
Exterior construction
The church is made of plastered brickwork . The entrance portal, framed by pilasters , is located on the west facade. This is structured by a wide cornice profile and decorated with round glare fields and a volute gable . The two square basement floors of the roof turret rest on a stepped console protruding from the cornice and support a two-story, octagonal structure, which has been crowned by a pointed helmet since 1848. The two floors of the structure are reinforced with corner pilasters and broken up by oval sound arcades and glare fields.
inner space
The nave is single-nave , divided into three axes and covered by a basket-arched barrel with stitch caps . The retracted choir, closed on three sides, is raised by two steps and has a hollow vault with stitch caps. Arched niches with circular windows are cut into the walls of the choir. The western end of the nave is formed by a double gallery that protrudes in the middle and rests on wooden pillars .
The grave slab of Pastor Caspar Sendelbeck, who, according to the inscription, died on January 31, 1772 at the age of 50, is embedded in the floor of the nave.
Piece
The ceiling is decorated with a rich stucco decoration made of leaf and flower tendrils, scaled and roughened surfaces. Rocaille cartridges frame the ceiling paintings and grisaille . A shell frame on the choir arch contains the year MDCCXXX (1730), underneath the Christ monogram IHS .
Ceiling pictures
The ceiling paintings of the nave were created around 1733. The large pictures depict Mary as Queen of Heaven, the coronation and the Assumption of Mary. The grisaille of the stitching caps are provided with emblematic representations and Latin inscriptions, which refer to the praises of Mary after the Song of Songs - ELECTA UT SOL (exquisite as the sun), PULCHRA UT LUNA (beautiful as the moon) - and the Lauretanian litany - ROSA MISTICA (mystical rose), FAEDERIS ARCA (Ark of the Covenant), IANNA COELI ( gate of heaven ), STELLA MATUTINA (morning star).
The ceiling paintings of the choir are attributed to Johann Anwander and were made around 1740/50. The central picture is dedicated to the patronage of the church and depicts the Immaculate Conception of Mary. The side grisailles refer to the symbols of Mary from the Song of Songs ( LILIUM INTER SPINAS / Lily under thorns, TURRIS DAVIDICA / Tower of David), the Lauretanian Litany ( DOMUS AUREA / golden house) and the book of wisdom ( SPECULUM SINE MACULA / immaculate mirror).
Furnishing
- In the middle niche of the high altar is a miraculous image , a black Madonna based on the Altöttinger figure of Mary. The sculpture is dated to the late 15th century and is surrounded by four silver-plated half-figures representing members of the holy clan .
literature
- Werner Meyer (arrangement): The art monuments of the district of Dillingen on the Danube . In: The art monuments of Bavaria. The art monuments of Swabia. Vol. VII. District of Dillingen on the Danube . Munich 1972, ISBN 3-486-43541-8 , pp. 233-337.
- Georg Wörishofer, Alfred Sigg, Reinhard H. Seitz: Cities, Markets and Communities . In: The district of Dillingen ad Donau in the past and present . Edited by the district of Dillingen ad Donau, 3rd revised edition, Dillingen an der Donau 2005, pp. 275–276.
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Coordinates: 48 ° 33 ′ 27.5 ″ N , 10 ° 23 ′ 21 ″ E