Guardian Angel Church (Eichstätt)
The Guardian Angel Church is a Catholic church building in Eichstätt .
history
In the course of the Catholic reform , Prince-Bishop Johann Christoph von Westerstetten (1612/36) summoned the Jesuits to Eichstätt in 1614 and let them - whether from the Graubünden master builder Hans Alberthal or / and from the Jesuit brother Jakob Kurrer , is controversial - 1617/20 at Jesuitenplatz, today's Leonrodplatz, build a spacious pillar church with barrel vaults . It was destroyed by the Sweden Tower in 1634, with the exception of the surrounding walls, the choir vault and the 52 meter high tower, as was the neighboring Jesuit college , which was built as a successor to the “ Collegium Willibaldinum ” in 1624/26 .
In 1661 the renaissance church was re- vaulted, in 1717 the stucco decoration and fresco decoration in baroque style under the overall theological theme of “work of angels in salvation”, which led to the designation of the study church as “ guardian angel church”.
During the secularization , the demolition of the "old dilapidated chapel" requested by the state administrator in 1809 could be prevented. Partial restorations took place in 1844 and 1908/10, a complete renovation in 1961/64. However, one considered what valuable cultural assets one can find here and renounced the permanent installation of a people's altar or anvil. These two facilities are only loosely and mobile installed in the Eichstätter Guardian Angel Church. That is why the Una Voce movement held a levitated high mass in an extraordinary rite on the occasion of its 2003 annual conference in the Eichstätter Guardian Angel Church .
After a new facade color scheme in 2000 and the new paving of Leonrodplatz, the Guardian Angel Church, which has meanwhile been upgraded to a university church , shone in new splendor with its numerous angels (567 in wooden sculpture, stucco, oil and fresco painting). Numerous damage, in particular to important wooden components, made and still makes a thorough interior renovation necessary, for the financing of which a collection campaign under the motto "567 angels need help" was launched, the patron of which was the head of the Bavarian State Chancellery, Minister of State Siegfried Schneider (CSU).
Furnishing
The famous angel frescos are the work of the Worms painter Johann Michael Rosner , who received the commission through the mediation of Worms Auxiliary Bishop Johann Baptist Gegg from Eichstätt . Gegg's brother Johann Michael was the mayor of Eichstätt and a patron of the church.
The high altar painting is by Johann Evangelist Holzer .
organ
The organ was built in 1966 as the first instrument by Orgelbau Mathis in Germany. The slider chests -instrument has 40 registers on three manuals and pedal . The playing and stop actions are mechanical.
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- Pair: I / II, III / II, II / P
- Playing aids : Pleno, Hauptwerk ab, Cymbelstern
Peal
Eight bronze bells hang in the tower of the church. Six bells were cast in 1964, one bell dates from the 15th century; In 2012, another bell was cast to fill a sound gap.
| No. | Surname | Casting year | Caster | Weight | Chime |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1964 | FW Schilling | 1081 | f sharp 1 | |
| 2 | 1434 | Master Ulrich in Nuremberg | g sharp 1 | ||
| 3 | Mary Annunciation Bell | 2012 | Bachert bell foundry | 780 | a 1 |
| 4th | 1964 | FW Schilling | 649 | h 1 | |
| 5 | 1964 | FW Schilling | 464 | c sharp 2 | |
| 6th | 1964 | FW Schilling | 274 | e 2 | |
| 7th | 1964 | FW Schilling | 191 | f sharp 2 | |
| 8th | 1964 | FW Schilling | 186 | g sharp 2 |
meaning
The importance of the church is described by the diocese of Eichstätt as follows:
“The Guardian Angel Church is a nationally cultural and art-historical important sacred building. After the St. Michaelskirche in Munich and the Dillingen study church (verifiably built by Hans Alberthal) it ranks third in the historical sequence of German Jesuit churches. It is one of the earliest Jesuit churches in Germany and is closely related to the missionary efforts of the then still young Jesuit order. Today the church is used by the Episcopal Seminary in Eichstätt and the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt. "
literature
- Felix Mader: The art monuments of Bavaria. City of Eichstätt. Munich 1924, pp. 318-342. (with bibliography)
- Joseph Menrad: Studies on Eichstätter Art, I. Description of the Guardian Angel Church. Eichstatt 1925.
- Andreas Bauch: The complete restoration of the Guardian Angel Church in the years 1961 to 1963 . In: Collective sheet of the historical association Eichstätt, 60 (1962/64), pp. 35–42.
- Elisabeth Sailer: The Guardian Angel Church in Eichstätt (history of construction and furnishings). Approval work at the University of Education, Eichstätt 1967. (Ex. In the Eichstätt University Library)
- Reallexikon zur deutschen Kunstgeschichte, 5. Stuttgart 1967, pp. 472–477.
- Andreas Bauch: The Guardian Angel (Jesuit) Church in Eichstätt. 4th edition, Regensburg 1978.
- Alexander Rauch: City of Eichstätt. Munich / Zurich 1989, pp. 72-75.
- City of Eichstätt (ed.): Leonrodplatz. Attempt to re-enact a public space. Eichstaett 1999.
- Siegfried Schieweck-Mauk: Eichstätt, seminary and university church. In: GDS-Archiv, 5 (2000), pp. 205f.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archive for Middle Rhine Church History, annual volume 1963, page 140 u. 141
- ↑ Information on the organ
- ↑ Sound recording of the bells on Youtube
- ↑ Information on the 2012 bell casting and the new bell
Web links
- Guardian Angel Church Eichstätt at the diocese of Eichstätt with history and panorama pictures
- The angels of the Guardian Angel Church in Eichstätt
- Photos of church furnishings, in the Warburg Institute Iconographic Database .
Coordinates: 48 ° 53 '26.3 " N , 11 ° 11' 8.8" E