St. Agatha (Dickenreishausen)
St. Agatha is an Evangelical Lutheran parish church in Dickenreishausen in Upper Swabia , a part of the municipality of Memmingen . The aisle church, which is under monument protection , stands on a hill in the Buxach valley at the eastern exit of the village . It was consecrated to Saint Agatha of Catania and Saint Ottilia until the Reformation .
Building history
The history of the church has not been further explored. It was first mentioned in a letter of indulgence in 1468 , so that the church building probably dates from this time. Researchers suspect the letter of indulgence could have been granted to finance the new church building. Since 1737 there were plans to build a larger nave. However, this failed due to the financing, as the owners of the parish, the Unterhospitalstiftung and the rectory maintenance department could not agree on the cost shares. Only after lengthy negotiations and the compromise to bear half of the cost of the new nave building was it possible to sign a contract with the municipal works foreman Heinrich Steiner on February 24, 1751. All materials to be used for the new building, which was to be carried out well and permanently, were contractually agreed. The budget available was 2,100 guilders. During the new building, the faithful were supposed to attend the service in the Trinity Church in the neighboring village of Buxach . Because of the long and arduous way to Buxach through the Buxach valley via Hart , the believers asked the municipal magistrate with a letter of appeal to hold the service in the unneeded children's teaching church . The pulpit that was built in Dickenreishausen was built into the children's teaching church for this purpose and remained there.
On April 1, 1752, the demolition work on the old nave began. The topping-out ceremony for the new nave was celebrated on June 14, 1752, the consecration of the church on October 29, 1752. The late Gothic choir remained and was converted to baroque style. The pointed arched windows were replaced by round arched windows, the former pointed arched vault designed as a simple flat barrel vault. The tower, which should also come from around 1468, was not changed when it was rebuilt.
The last restoration was in 1952. Today the church is in a structurally critical condition.
Building description
The choir has moved in and has a window axis and a 5/8 end . The ceiling consists of a flat barrel vault with stitch caps. The simple buttresses on the outer wall have a water hammer . The hall-like nave has three window axes and a flat ceiling over a hollow. The outside is structured with simple pilasters , the gable divided by cornices . The inscription "1752 JB" is carved into the west of the roof structure. The church only has arched windows . The western main entrance is arched . The oak door leaves are simply paneled . The door fittings, made in 1752, are decorated with shells and foliage. The west gallery is built in deep. The tower in the northern choir corner has a gable roof and is divided into four storeys by narrow wall strips. The bells hang on the top floor under the roof. There is an arched opening on the third floor of the north side. On the top floor there are two sound windows as arched openings on all four sides of the tower with a square floor plan. The lower floor of the tower has a groin vault . A sign with a gable roof and two arched entrances flanked by pilasters have been added to the west facade . Inside the church there is a stone spiral staircase on the north side between the tower and the nave.
Furnishing
The interior of the church is kept simple. The neo-Gothic altar from 1898 comes from the Memmingen art carpenter and altar builder Leonhard Vogt . The ceiling paintings in the choir and in the nave were created in the Nazarene style by Christian Bär during the renovation of the church in 1895. The stucco on the ceiling of the nave and the choir forms large, curved painting mirrors. The ceiling also contains shellwork and putti heads. There are three coats of arms, which are above the chancel arch crest of the town of Memmingen , the sub-Hospitals Show and the vicarage with Pfründpflege. They are marked with the chronogram 1752 .
literature
- Dickenreishausen parish (ed.): Dickenreishausen - St.Agatha ‣ St.Ottilia 1752–2002 . Memmingen 2002.
- Tilmann Breuer : City and District of Memmingen . Ed .: Heinrich Kreisel and Adam Horn. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1959, p. 94-95 .
- Bruno Bushart , Georg Paula : Swabia (= Georg Dehio : Handbook of German Art Monuments , Bavaria , Vol. III). 2nd Edition. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-422-03116-6 , p. 251.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Breuer 1959, p. 94.
- ^ Wolfgang Müller: Chronicle of Dickenreishausen near Memmingen . Verlag der Otto'schen Buchdruckerei, Memmingen 1908, p. 60f.
- ↑ Wolfgang Müller (Ed.): Chronicle of Dickenreishausen near Memmingen . Verlag der Otto'schen Buchdruckerei, Memmingen 1908, p. 61 .
Coordinates: 47 ° 57 ′ 6.8 ″ N , 10 ° 10 ′ 19.2 ″ E