Nicholas and Francis Xavier Church (Otmuchów)
The Nikolaus- und Franz-Xaver-Kirche in Ottmachau (Polish: Otmuchów , Opole Voivodeship) on the western outskirts between Szkolna and Lompy streets was built between 1691 and 1694. The baroque building replaced the Gothic St. Nicholas Church, which had previously been demolished.
history
The Gothic church, originally dedicated solely to St. Nicholas , was first mentioned in 1235. From 1386 until the Ottmachauer Stift was relocated to Neisse in 1477, it served as a collegiate church . Because of the damage suffered during the Hussite Wars , it was demolished. The reconstruction only took place from 1691 to 1694 as a donation by Prince-Bishop Franz Ludwig von Pfalz-Neuburg . On September 6, 1694, it was consecrated by the Wroclaw Auxiliary Bishop Johann Brunetti and received the second patronage of St. Francis Xavier , the patron saint of the founder. The Neiss master builder Johann Peter Tobler ( Dobler ) from Vienna provided the design for the two-tower basilica baroque church .
architecture
The three-aisled church with a short transept and a domed crossing is oriented to the west.
The main facade with two 47 m high towers is divided into three floors, with the lower entablature resting on Ionic pilasters . The middle part of the facade between the towers is crowned with a gable with mighty volutes and pinacles . The sculpture of St. Nicholas stands on the gable. The towers have two-story onion helmets with lanterns in between .
The central nave is covered with a gable roof made of roof tiles , the side aisles with pent roofs. Important baroque artists were involved in the interior decoration. The high altar was created by the plasterer Johann Weinmann from Ellwang , the altar painting «St. Nikolaus blesses the shipwrecked »comes from Michael Willmann . Another Willmann painting "The Beheading of John the Baptist" adorns one of the side altars. Karl Dankwart created the ceiling paintings until 1694, the Ottmachau sculptor Johann Joseph Weiß († 1707) several carvings.
There are galleries above the side aisles , connected to the central nave by arcades.
The pulpit is attributed to the local sculptor Johann Josef Weiss. On the canopy above the pulpit stands the figure of Salvator Mundi with the globe in his hand. An inscription reads: Qui habet aures audiat (“He who has ears hear”). On the opposite side is the bishop's box with the coat of arms of Prince-Bishop Franz Ludwig von Pfalz-Neuburg .
The organ gallery is located between the towers. Because of the window in the middle, the organ front is in two parts. The organ is equipped with 3 manuals , 50 registers and 2810 pipes .
The church was registered on April 16, 1949 under 43/49 in the register of architectural monuments of the Lower Silesian Opole Voivodeship.
literature
- Zbigniew Zalewski: Otmuchów - City of Flowers : Opole: Wydawnictwo MS, 2006 ISBN 83-8894563-7
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Dehio Handbook of Art Monuments in Poland. Silesia. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich a. a. 2005, ISBN 3-422-03109-X , pp. 720f.
- ↑ http://www.nid.pl/pl/Informacje_ogolne/Zabytki_w_Polsce/rejestr-zabytkow/zestawienia-zabytkow-nieruchomych/OPO-rej.pdf
Coordinates: 50 ° 27 '54.1 " N , 17 ° 10' 14.9" E