School Church (Amberg)
The school church in Amberg is the church of the former St. Augustine Monastery of the Salesians in the diocese of Regensburg and is one of the most important Rococo churches in Germany. This Roman Catholic Church is dedicated to St. Augustine .
history
Construction began in 1697 based on designs by Wolfgang Dientzenhofer . The consecration took place in 1699 by the Regensburg auxiliary bishop Albert Ernst Graf von Wartenberg . The building was expanded in 1758, while the choir and side chapels were preserved. During this time the church received its rococo furnishings. The stucco work was done by Anton Landes , the frescoes on the ceiling and side walls by the imperial court painter Gottfried Bernhard Götz .
Like many others in Germany, the monastery was secularized in 1802, passed to the "German School Foundation" and then became the Church of the Poor School Sisters of Our Lady as part of today's Dr. Johanna Decker Schools .
architecture
The church is a hall with a square choir that ends in a segmental arch. Inclined cones mediate the wider nave. In the west is a drawn-in vestibule with a shell-like organ gallery . The nave is finished with a hollow vault with stitch caps, the choir with Bohemian caps . The ceiling is decorated with rich rococo stucco work with brocades , vases and rocailles as well as with the allegories of the four elements and the four seasons on the consoles of the vault. The heads of apostles are depicted on the nave walls. The luminous frame was renewed during the last restoration based on findings.
The fresco on the main ceiling in the nave is labeled "GB Göz Invenit et Pinxit 1758" and depicts scenes from the founding history of the order, which are grouped around the Divina Providentia , which is floating on clouds and surrounded by symbols of the Trinity . The four church fathers are depicted in the vaults. In the ceiling of the choir the Holy Trinity is depicted, surrounded by corner images of the four evangelists; the oratorios are provided with depictions of Saints Florian and Sebastian . Above the organ gallery the blessed order founder Johanna von Chantal is depicted, who burns the Christ monogram on her breast in the presence of the personified divine virtues , on the gallery balustrades two scenes from the life of St. Augustine.
On the nave walls, stucco-framed frescoes depict the veneration of the Heart of Jesus , Saints Joseph and Apollonia in the north, Maria Immaculata , Saints Judas Thaddäus and Hedwig in the south. The apostles are depicted as pillars of faith on the side of the sills. Saints Walburga , Florian and Nikolaus von Tolentino can be found on the west wall of the vestibule .
Furnishing
The interior design was the responsibility of Amberger Meister, the sculptures were made by Franz Joachim Schlott. Around 1758 the church received the high altar, pulpit, organ prospectus and confessionals with rich rocailles from Schlott. The carpentry work was done by Johann Peter Bacher and the barrel painting by Johann Andreas Georg Zellner from Furth. The side altars by Johann Peter Hirsch and Johann Wolfgang Eder are aligned with the high altar. All altar leaves were created by Gottfried Bernhard Götz. The painting in the high altar shows St. Augustine offering his flaming heart to Fides-Ecclesia, the side altars of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary and St. Francis de Sales writing the Rule of the Order. The cover grille was delivered by Johann Franz Eberhard in 1699 and expanded in 1757/1758.
organ
In 1760 Johann Konrad Funtsch from Amberg made a new organ with 1001 pipes and 19 stops on two manuals and pedal, the disposition has been handed down. In 1926 it was replaced by a new building by Steinmeyer (Oettingen) with pneumatic pocket drawers (II / P / 17). In 1993 Hubert Sandtner (Dillingen ad Donau) built a new movement with mechanical action. Some of Steinmeyer's wooden registers were taken over. The original disposition from 1760 was supplemented by seven registers - including three tongues - and the positive was designed as a swell . The typical register swords were also designed based on the Funtsch model. The intonation supervised Wolfgang Stoecker. From July to September the instrument can be heard every Saturday at 12 noon with the “Amberger Orgelmusik”.
The disposition of the Sandtner organ (additions beyond Funtsch with *):
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literature
- Georg Dehio: Handbook of the German art monuments. Bavaria V: Regensburg and the Upper Palatinate. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-422-03118-0 , pp. 32–33.
- Pfarramt St. Martin (ed.): The organ of the school church in Amberg (Festschrift), Amberg 1993
Web links
- School church on the sides of the city of Amberg
- School church on the sides of the parish of St. Martin Amberg
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 49 ° 26 '44.2 " N , 11 ° 51' 18.4" E