St. Petrus (Scheckenhofen)
The Church of St. Petrus Scheckenhofen is a branch of the parish of Mauern in the Freising district , Upper Bavaria .
history
The name Scheckenhofen can be traced back to a priest named Skaccho, who is mentioned as a witness in a Freising document in 784 . The church itself was first mentioned in 930. Back then, Bishop Wolfram von Freising had exchanged the church and half a tithe from a Gottschalk.
Building description
The Romanesque hall building has a Gothic polygonal choir from the 15th century. The church has an attached sacristy and a choir flank tower. A baroque expansion took place in 1708. The furnishings include a high altar from around 1650 and pews with cheeks from around 1740. The church is a protected architectural monument with the file number D-1-78-142-12 of the BLfD .
Web links
- Bavarian Monument Atlas (cartographic representation of the Bavarian architectural and ground monuments by the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation (BLfD) )
literature
- Franz Hagl: village history of walls. Walls 1980.
- List of monuments for walls (PDF) at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation
Coordinates: 48 ° 30 ′ 10 " N , 11 ° 53 ′ 14.6" E