St. Achaz (Munich)

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Catholic parish church St. Achaz in Munich

St. Achaz is a former Catholic parish and a church building at Fallstrasse 7 in Munich - Mittersendling .

History of church building

In 1315 a St. Achatius of Armenia was first mentioned, and in 1569 a Gothic church building was shown on the Apian map . The altars of baroque new building were in 1733 by Bishop Johannes Ferdinand, Baron of pollen home, representing Johann Theodor of Bavaria , Cardinal and Bishop of Freising and Regensburg, consecrated .

With the incorporation of Sendling including Neuhofen on January 1, 1877 to Munich, brisk building activity developed in the entire area, and the population grew rapidly. This led to the desire for a new building in 1923. The last service was held in the baroque church on June 11, 1927. The building was replaced by a larger, neo-baroque church, which largely copied the previous building in its external appearance. Richard Steidle was the architect of this new church . The old church was designed for 50 seats and 100 standing places, the new one offers 400 seats and 1200 standing places. It was consecrated on April 22, 1928 by Cardinal Michael Faulhaber .

The church is 35.5 m long and 22.5 m wide; the tower is 42.5 m high. The interior is vaulted by a wooden barrel , which is divided into longitudinal straps.

The two larger bells were delivered during the Second World War . During the air raids of September 20, 1942, as well as in 1943 and 1944, the roof and windows were damaged, and repairs were completed in 1948. Renovations took place in 1957 and 1977.

Furnishing

The three altarpieces were taken over from the previous baroque church and redesigned, as were the figures of St. Juliana, St. Dionysius , the images of the apostles as well as the iron grille and two bells. The two Gothic figures come from the Schäftlarn monastery and were acquired by a Sendling farmer at an auction as part of the secularization.

The high altar picture shows St. Achaz in armor and in a soldier's cloak; an angel holds the instruments of torture and the shadows of the crosses can be seen in the background. The right side altar depicts St. Leonhard , the left the Sorrowful Mother .

After the altarpieces and statues had been relocated during the Second World War, they were put up again in 1946. In 1929 Paul Scheurle carved the large cross for the southern wall and in 1935 made a Bruder-Konrad altar for the side chapel.

organ

The organ in St. Achaz

At Easter 1935 the organ with 12  registers built by Leopold Nenninger was inaugurated. It was renewed in 1977/1978, however, as early as 1989 in the context of an appraisal by an organ expert of the archdiocese, considerable deficiencies were found. The appraiser recommended a new building. The old organ was last played on October 9, 1994. Orgelbaumeister Dieter Schingnitz built in a new organ with 21 registers, consisting of 1370 pipes, of which 1248 in a tin - lead - alloy having a tin content of 10-75%. The then Vicar General Robert Simon inaugurated this instrument on February 19, 1995.

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
1. Drone 16 ′
2. Principal 08th'
3. Reed flute 08th'
4th Gamba 08th'
5. octave 04 ′
6th Fifth 03 ′
7th Super octave 02 ′
8th. third 01 3 ⁄ 5  ′
9. Mixture IV 02 ′
10. Trumpet 08th'
Tremulant
II Swell C – g 3
11. Dumped 8th'
12. Coupling flute 4 ′
13. Nasat 3 ′
14th Gemshorn 2 ′
15th Scharff III 1'
16. Vox humana 8th'
Tremulant
Pedal Cf 1
17th Sub bass 16 ′
18th Octave bass 08th'
19th Principal 04 ′
20th trombone 16 ′
21st Trumpet 08th'

Monument protection

The church building is a listed building . It was recorded under the file number D-1-62-000-1618 in the list of monuments of the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation .

Parish

In 1923, the pastor of St. Margaret asked the episcopal ordinariate to set up a separate pastoral care office for St. Achaz. On January 1, 1935, St. Achaz was elevated to a parish curate and on April 1, 1941 to a city ​​parish . Today it forms the parish association Mittersendling together with St. Thomas More and belongs to the dean's office in Munich-Forstenried.

literature

  • G. Rud. Fritz: St. Achaz. Church leaders. Published by the Catholic Parish Curate St. Achaz, approx. 1937.
  • 50 years of St. Achaz Church, 1928–1978 Munich-Sendling. Published by the cath. Parish office of St. Achaz.

Web links

Commons : St. Achaz  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The new organ in St. Achaz. Festschrift for the inauguration. Published by the cath. Parish office St. Achaz, 1995.
  2. ↑ St. Achaz in the Bavarian Monument List for the City of Munich , p. 242. (PDF file)

Coordinates: 48 ° 6 ′ 35.7 ″  N , 11 ° 32 ′ 18.8 ″  E