Sacrament house (St. Wolfgang)
The sacrament house in the church of St. Wolfgang in Hünenberg is a sandstone sacrament house , which is located today on the north choir wall of the church. It is one of the most beautiful works of late Gothic sculpture in Switzerland.
history
Its origin is unclear because no written documents are known about it. However, it shows exactly the same characteristics as the choir stalls acquired in 1486 and attributed to the master Ulrich von Rosenstain from Lachen. Choir stalls and sacraments can also have been made by another employee of this workshop. The year of manufacture of the sacrament house can no longer be precisely determined. The year 1496 is assumed to be the year of creation, but this is not confirmed. Some books also state that it was set up together with the choir stalls. Due to the two Zug coats of arms, a chronological classification is possible, because the church did not come into Zuger possession until 1477. The tabernacle cannot have been ordered before 1477. The sacrament house is mentioned as an item of equipment for the installation of the fourth altar, which took place in 1496 (the time window for ordering to installation thus extends from 1477 to 1496). The sacrament house was illegally moved to Zug's St. Oswald Church in 1849. From there it was brought back on the occasion of the restoration of the St. Wolfgang Church in 1946-48 and placed in its original place. It is located on the northern inner wall of the choir, behind the three-part choir stalls in the east.
Design
The sacrament house, kept in the late Gothic style, impresses above all with its rich design. It is built on the wall in the form of a pre-blinded sandstone architecture and extends to the vault of the choir. It has a small niche for the ciborium , in which the consecrated hosts are kept. This niche can be closed with a lattice door. At the bottom there is a polygonal base on which a lion carries a short, winding column. Above this is an angel who is shown as a half figure. The angel unfolds a ribbon with the inscription "Hic est panis qui de decendit" (Latin: "This is the bread that comes down from heaven" ). The angel also forms the architectural transition to the wider part of the shrine, and seems to carry it weightlessly. The rectangular opening with the lattice door is framed by entwined columns with keel arches. An angel appears under the keel arch with two coats of arms from Zug. Next to the pillars there are two accompanying figures depicting the church patron St. Wolfgang and the Mother of God. There are canopies above the two figures, which are designed as virtuoso foliage. Above it grows from the arch of the keel a high pinnacle with foliage pillars and such a canopy. This pinnacle ends in a clearly shaped, crab-covered helmet pyramid. In the pinnacle stands the speaking figure of the Man of Sorrows , in the manner of the famous picture by Hans Multscher in Ulm Minster.
literature
- From the series of Swiss Art Guides GSK (Series 55, No. 544); Josef Grünenfelder, St. Wolfgang Church in Hünenberg , 2nd revised edition 1993, ISBN 3-85782-544-8 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ statement in; Art guide through Switzerland Volume 1; 5th edition 1971 GSK page 741
- ↑ The year 1496 can be found in the PDF document P35331_Eine_Gemeinde_mit_Verg_und_Zukunft_2009_Endformat.pdf on page 7, possibility of downloading an archived copy ( memento of the original from September 1, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ A b Swiss Art Guide GSK (Series 55, No. 544); Church of St. Wolfgang in Hünenberg , 2nd revised edition 1993, pages 12-13
- ↑ Linus Birchler, Die Kunstdenkmäler des Kanton Zug 1st half volume, introduction and the Kunstdenkmäler von Zug-Land. Birkhäuser 1934. History pages 348–350
