Rectory (Siebnach)

Rectory in Siebnach

The rectory in Siebnach , a district of Ettringen in the Unterallgäu district in the Bavarian administrative district of Swabia , is a listed building and was built in 1708 by the Steingaden monastery.

description

Coat of arms on the east side of the rectory with the year 1708 and a Latin inscription

The two-story building consists of four to four window axes and is equipped with a gable roof covered. A drilled plaster frame runs around the windows, the corners of the building have plaster blocks in the tooth cut. A profiled eaves cornice runs along the long sides of the gable roof and is continued on the sloping gable. On the south side of the rectory there is a wicker portal in the second axis from the left. This is surrounded by Tuscan pilasters , with a segmented gable above it. A small oval window is embedded in the segment gable. Above this is a shell niche in which a wooden figure of the Immaculata from the middle of the 18th century is attached. In the middle of the upper floor on the east side there is a relief slab made of sandstone . This shows the coat of arms of Abbot Marianus Biechele († 1708) von Steingaden in a circle . All around is the Latin inscription SI TACEBIT LAPEDIS CLAMABUNT LVC. XIX V. XXXX (German: where he is silent, the stones will scream.) Attached. In the upper area of ​​the east gable there are two arched storage openings, one above the other.

use

The rectory is actively used by all associations, church choirs, fire brigades, and women's associations. For festive occasions (Father's Day, Corpus Christi parade, altar boys 'rally, St. Nicholas' procession) Traditional (communion meetings, Bible studies, palm trees, tying Advent wreaths, nativity scene exhibition) Weekly song rehearsals, regular sewing lessons. The wood-burning oven located on the premises is used for the celebrations as well as at company meetings, parish summer festivals and carol singers' final dinner.

literature

• Heinrich Habel: Mindelheim district . Ed .: Torsten Gebhard, Anton Ress (=  Bavarian Art Monuments . Volume 31 ). Deutscher Kunstverlag , Munich 1971, p. 147 .

Web links

Commons : Pfarrhaus (Siebnach)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation: Entry D-7-78-137-12

Coordinates: 48 ° 7 ′ 57 ″  N , 10 ° 39 ′ 38 ″  E