St. Andreas (Farchant)

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St. Andrew's Church from the south
St. Andrew's Church from the southwest
The interior of the church
Sorrowful Mother of God under the Mission Cross

St. Andreas is the Catholic parish church of Farchant . It is an example of the South German Baroque and was built in 1728/29 by the Munich baroque master builder Johann Mayr the Younger . It is a monument on the basis of the Monument Protection Act of October 1, 1973, the file number is D-1-80-116-1.

history

Around 750 Irish and Scottish monks converted the Bavarian Oberland to Christianity . It is believed that a wooden church was built in Farchant at this time as well, replacing an old pagan place of worship. The first written note from the Farchanter Church was made between the years 791 and 802. In this note, Count Irminher from the Tyrolean Inn Valley grants Bishop Atto von Freising the right to the church. The oldest surviving letter of indulgence from St. Andrew's Church dates from 1312 . In 1315, the Konradinische Matrikel describes the parish organization in the diocese of Freising , the Farchanter Church is mentioned as a branch church of Garmisch , along with the churches of Mittenwald , Partenkirchen , Wallgau and Oberau . Since 1321, the Farchanter Church also appeared as a manor and acquired more possessions than the Garmisch parish church.

At the beginning of the 17th century, St. Andrew had an exquisite past and rich furnishings, but this was offset by ecclesiastical irrelevance . The church stood empty almost the whole year , the Garmisch pastor had only scheduled nine services for Farchant , the residents even had to go to Garmisch for the baptism , which led to many complaints. To improve this situation, the Farchanters tried to become their own parish. They argued and complained with the prince diocese and the parish of Garmisch for over 100 years, but this did not bring any improvement. On May 24th, 1700 the first order of worship between the parish of Garmisch and the parish of Farchant was sealed and for about three decades there was calm in the Farchant church dispute . In 1727, with the permission of the Freising Bishop, the Farchanters demolished the old Gothic church and built it for 4,400 guilders in a two-year construction period according to plans by the Munich city ​​mason Johann Mayr the Elder. J. the baroque church that still exists today.

After the new church was completed, the Farchanters wanted to have their own parish again. However, to the annoyance of the population, this wish was not fulfilled despite many complaints to the archdiocese . In 1923 Farchant was again on the verge of becoming a parish, and all important agencies supported this cause. However, inflation and World War II thwarted this endeavor. After more than 300 years of struggle, Farchant celebrated his appointment to the parish on January 13, 1946. This was expressed by the bishop from Munich, Cardinal v. Faulhaber .

architecture

The typical building built in the South German Baroque is an east-facing hall church with a retracted choir . The choir is vaulted with an oval flat dome and ends in a semicircular apse . The sacristy is built on its south side . The western tower is square in the lower part , polygonal in the upper part and finished with an onion dome. The nave consists of a barrel vault . Two side altars are inserted at the two corners rounded to quarter circles at the east end of the nave . The windows in the nave, choir and apse consist of slug panes . The lower half of the tower of the old church was included in the new building. Some of the additional building materials required were brought from the dilapidated Werdenfels Castle .

Furnishing

St. Andrew is equipped with a main and two side altars. The pulpit is on the north side of the nave .

Altars

The jewel of the church, the high altar completed in 1779, catches the eye as soon as you enter the church . The martyrdom of the patron saint , St. Andreas , and in the excerpt, Saint Anthony of Padua ( patron saint of Werdenfels ) is shown. The two large assistant figures are on the left of St. John the Baptist and on the right St. Apostle John . The two side altars still come from the old Gothic church. As part of a church renovation (1974/75), the tabernacle from the old church, which served as a safe in the sacristy for 200 years , was integrated into the high altar.

The picture on the left side altar shows St. Anna with the child of God on her lap. Opposite her are Maria , Joachim and Josef and in the background the Wetterstein Mountains . The assistant figures are the two saints Stephen and Laurentius . The picture on the right side altar is a copy of Martin Schongauer's Madonna in the Rosenhag , the assistant figures are the two weather saints Johannes and Paulus .

pulpit

pulpit

The pulpit, kept in simple baroque style, is structured by small columns and niches . In these niches Mary is depicted with the occidental Doctors of the Church Ambrosius , Augustine , Hieronymus and Gregory the Great . A relief image of the Good Shepherd is attached to the rear wall of the pulpit . Opposite the pulpit is the mission cross with a figure of the Sorrowful Mother of God . The baroque pulpit also comes from the old church and was completed in 1684.

organ

organ

The organ in St. Andrew's Church was rebuilt in 2003 by the Munich organ builder Johannes Führer as Opus 25. In the style of the South German Baroque, an organ with two manuals , pedal and 15  stops was created using the original case . It is fully mechanical, has a free wind supply and a channel tremulant on the whole plant. The organ has a mood by Neidhardt .

Disposition :

I substation C – g 3
10. Dumped 8th'
11. Wood lull 4 ′
12. Octav 2 ′
13. Quint 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Tremulant Doux
II Hauptwerk C – g 3
1. Principal 8th'
2. Copl 8th'
3. Gamba 8th'
4th Octave 4 ′
5. Pipe floit 4 ′
6th Quint 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
7th Slack 2 ′
8th. third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
9. Mixture III 1'
Pedal C – f 1
14th Sub-bass 16 ′
15th Covered bass 8th'

See also

literature

  • Josef Brandner: Farchanter Drei-Föhren-Chronik . self-published, Farchant 1979.
  • Josef Brandner: 50 years of the parish of St. Andreas . In: forcheida - contributions from the home association . No. 5 . self-published, Farchant 1996, p. 5-16 .
  • Michael Petzet : Upper Bavaria . In: Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation (Hrsg.): Monuments in Bavaria . tape I.1 . Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-486-52392-9 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Church of St. Andrew . (No longer available online.) In: Website Archdiocese of Munich. Archived from the original on January 9, 2011 ; Retrieved April 29, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.erzbistum-muenchen.de
  2. ^ Heinrich Spichtinger: Construction of the new choir altar . In: forcheida - Contributions from the Farchanter Heimatverein . No. 3 . self-published, Farchant 1994, p. 24 .
  3. ^ Heinrich Spichtinger: Construction of the baroque pulpit . In: forcheida - Contributions from the Farchanter Heimatverein . No. 1 . self-published, Farchant 1991, p. 17 .
  4. ↑ Farchant Organ, St. Andreas. (No longer available online.) Munich organ building, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; Retrieved April 29, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.muenchnerorgelbau.de

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Coordinates: 47 ° 31 ′ 48.8 ″  N , 11 ° 6 ′ 30 ″  E