St. Apollonia (Silheim)
The Catholic Church of St. Apollonia in Silheim , a district of the municipality of Bibertal in the Swabian district of Günzburg ( Bavaria ), was built in the 15th century. The church at Ortsstraße 26, in the walled cemetery, is a protected monument .
architecture
The late Gothic building was redesigned in Baroque style in the second quarter of the 18th century . The gable turret with a profiled console and onion dome was built in 1730.
Furnishing
The Gothic choir has a ceiling painting (around 1730/40) by Johann Jakob Kuen , father of the painter Franz Martin Kuen , depicting St. Urban with martyr's palm. Late Gothic figures of saints stand on consoles in the flat-closing choir.
literature
- Bernt von Hagen, Angelika Wegener-Hüssen: Landkreis Günzburg (= Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation [Hrsg.]: Monuments in Bavaria . Volume VII.91 / 1 ). Karl M. Lipp Verlag, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-87490-589-6 , p. 34 .
Web links
Commons : St. Apollonia (Silheim) - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Coordinates: 48 ° 24 ' N , 10 ° 11' E