Türkenfeld Castle (Hohenthann)

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Exterior view of the branch church of St. Giles in Türkenfeld
inner space
Double gallery

The Turkenfeld castle was a former palace in Türkenfeld , in the municipality of Hohenthann in the district of Landshut ( Bavaria ). Only the Romanesque castle or palace chapel, today a branch church of St. Giles of the parish of St. Laurentius in Hohenthann, is preserved. The place name Türkenfeld is derived from the noble family of Turtenfeld from the 11th century and therefore has nothing to do with Turkey or the Turkish people .

History and description

Türkenfeld is already known as "Turtinveld" at the beginning of the 11th century. The castle must have gone early . Inside the moat , which has been preserved with a shallow depth but is still clearly visible today, is the church cemetery , whose plastered brick wall was built in the 18th or 19th century.

In its eastern area is the former castle or palace chapel of St. Giles, which is dedicated to St. Giles (memorial day: September 1st). The former castle chapel, a Romanesque building from the 12th or 13th century, is a small, externally largely undivided hall church . The nave has two bays ; to the east there is a drawn-in, semicircular closed choir apse with a semi-dome vault. The fortified character of the building is clearly visible on the approximately 1.80 meter thick masonry. On the west side there is a small ridge turret with gabled roof , the former Achteckaufsatz with spire was destroyed by lightning. The small sacristy is built onto the semicircle of the apse to the east .

The building was partially changed in baroque style; the interior furnishings in particular date from this period. These include, for example, the chancel arch located Rosary Madonna with Engelreigen from the mid-17th century and the three altars of the daughter church. The two two-columned side altars, surrounded by carved cartilage and tendrils, date from around 1680/90; the left side altar contains an altar sheet with a depiction of the Ascension of Christ , on the right altar sheet the Holy Family can be seen. The high altar was created around 1720/30 and shows the church patron Egidius and two of the original four carved figures of the church fathers . In addition, the church has a spacious double gallery on the west side with a historic organ on the upper floor.

Web links

Commons : St. Agidius (Türkenfeld)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Türkenfeld, St. Giles . Online at kirchturm.net ; accessed on November 27, 2017.

Coordinates: 48 ° 40 ′ 25.3 "  N , 12 ° 4 ′ 31.2"  E