St. Agnes (Munich)

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St. Agnes Church

St. Agnes is a Roman Catholic church at Waldrebenstraße 15a in the Munich district of Lerchenau . It is named after St. Agnes of Rome .

history

The Lerchenau colony originally belonged to the Feldmoching parish . Because of the increase in the population, a "Catholic Church Building Association" was founded in 1926, which in 1929 asked the Feldmoching community to provide a piece of land on which a church was to be built. After the community council had approved the matter, the church building association received a part of the community forest, on which a large cross was initially erected. In 1932 a simple makeshift church was built on the corner of Waldrebenstrasse and Adlerfarnstrasse, designed by the Munich architect Joseph Elsner junior , from whom the altar also came. The church was consecrated on December 21, 1932. The first pastor was the Feldmochingen chaplain Josef Schätz. In the war-related air raids on October 4, 1944, the makeshift church was also damaged.

In 1956/57, today's building was erected on the corner of Waldrebenstrasse and Waldmeisterstrasse, based on a design by Peter Bieber. On September 15, 1957, the church was consecrated by the Munich auxiliary bishop Johannes Neuhäusler . The makeshift church was demolished in 1958. In 1962 the curate was elevated to the status of a city parish.

The church is a simple, clear church building with a 20 meter high tower, asymmetrical gable roof and tower clock. In 1976, thanks to a donation, the church tower and the west facade were clad with Italian Nagelfluh plates. The church interior is an elongated hall of over 500 m² with a raised chancel .

St. Agnes is part of the Feldmoching-Hasenbergl cultural history trail .

literature

  • Volker D. Laturell : History of the parish Feldmoching and its churches, chapels and Klausen in Feldmoching, Moosach, Milbertshofen, Schleissheim, Karlsfeld and Ludwigsfeld. ; Volk Verlag, Munich 2018, ISBN 978-3-86222-265-0 , p. 269 f.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ A photo of the old altar can be found in Laturell: p. 270

Coordinates: 48 ° 11 ′ 44 ″  N , 11 ° 33 ′ 1 ″  E