St. Anton (Garmisch-Partenkirchen)

The pilgrimage church

St. Anton: interior

St. Anton is a pilgrimage church above the Garmisch-Partenkirchner district Partenkirchen. A Franciscan monastery has been attached to the church since 1935 and is currently inhabited by two brothers . The complex is a listed building on the basis of the Monument Protection Act of October 1, 1973, the file number is D-1-80-117-272. The church is dedicated to St. Anthony of Padua .

history

At the site of today's church there has been a small Antonius chapel since the 17th century, which was donated by cousins ​​Jakob and Johann Lidl. This chapel was replaced by a new building from 1704 as thanks for the sparing of the place during the War of the Spanish Succession , which was inaugurated in 1708. Under Pastor Matthias Samweber, the church was expanded to include an oval extension in the years 1734–36. In addition, the area around the facility was redesigned during this time. So the onion dome, the priest house and a grotto were built or created. The ceiling frescoes, which are considered to be the most beautiful and valuable frescoes of the 18th century in Bavaria, also date from this period. The frescoes are the only remaining dome painting by the South Tyrolean painter Johann Evangelist Holzer . The design for the church comes from the late baroque master builder Joseph Schmuzer from Wessobrunn , who had previously built the parish church of St. Martin in Garmisch.

The provincial chapter of the German Franciscan Province , to which the convent has belonged since 2010, decided in March 2019 to give up the monastery in Garmisch and another six branches in the course of the concentration of the forces of the order province.

Surroundings

A Way of the Cross , which is also a listed building, has led to the complex since the end of the 18th century . The buildings at the foot of the Wank can be reached via several hiking trails.

See also

• List of architectural monuments in Garmisch-Partenkirchen

literature

• Wilhelm Neu, Volker Liedke: Upper Bavaria . Ed .: Michael Petzet , Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments (=  Monuments in Bavaria . Volume I.2 ). Oldenbourg, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-486-52392-9 .

Web links

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

• Information about the church on the website of the Parish Association Partenkirchen-Farchant-Oberau
• Franciscan monastery Garmisch-Partenkirchen
• Bavarian Monument Atlas (cartographic representation of the Bavarian architectural and ground monuments by the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation (BLfD) )
• Photos of the furnishings in St. Anton's Church, in the Warburg Institute Iconographic Database .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Franciscan monastery Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Provincialate of the German Franciscan Province, accessed on August 11, 2013 . 
2. ^ History of the Church and the Monastery. Provincialate of the German Franciscan Province, accessed on August 5, 2018 . 
3. ↑ St. Anton pilgrimage church. Parish Association Partenkirchen-Farchant-Oberau, accessed on June 5, 2016 . 
4. ↑ franziskaner.net: Provincial Chapter 2019, March 22, 2019.

Coordinates: 47 ° 29 ′ 54.7 "  N , 11 ° 6 ′ 40.7"  E