St. Andreas (Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm)

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St. Andreas, today only a cemetery church

St. Andreas is a Roman Catholic church in the cemetery of Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm , Altenstadt. It was the parish church of the city until 1521, then the large basilica of St. Johann Baptist , built on the main square in the late Middle Ages, was elevated to parish church.

history

The majority of homeland researchers assume that the original settlement of Pfaffenhofen took place in what is now the north of the city, in the so-called district of Altenstadt. With the exception of the Altenstadt church, no traces of older buildings can be found. Altenstadt is probably the oldest settlement in today's town of Pfaffenhofen. In the ducal land register it is called "Phaphinhoven" around 1230 and was protected by a palace from the Palatinate. It was not until the end of the 12th century that Duke Ludwig der Kelheim founded the market further south with a typically wide market street, which is now called the main square. The existing church of St. Andrew was built in the late Gothic style in the 15th century and changed to Baroque style in the 17th century .

architecture

Interior of the St. Andreas cemetery church
Blackboard on the outside

It is a large hall church, built of bricks, has a recessed rectangular choir and pointed arched windows. The west tower has a four-sided pyramid spire. In the choir there is a barrel vault with a stucco frame, in the nave the flat ceiling is provided with simple frame stucco from the 18th century. The gallery is from the Renaissance and has arched arcades. Some wall paintings (partially exposed in 1967) are available. The altar dates from the 2nd half of the 17th century.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Georg Dehio : Handbook of German Art Monuments. Volume IV: Munich and Upper Bavaria . Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-422-03010-7 , pp. 965 .
  2. ^ Georg Dehio: Handbook of German Art Monuments. Volume IV: Munich and Upper Bavaria. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-422-03010-7 , p. 963.
  3. ^ Georg Dehio: Handbook of German Art Monuments. Volume IV: Munich and Upper Bavaria. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-422-03010-7 , p. 965.

Coordinates: 48 ° 32 ′ 22 "  N , 11 ° 30 ′ 29"  E