St. Bartholomew (Epfach)

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Parish Church of St. Bartholomew
inner space
Gallery parapet

The Catholic parish church of St. Bartholomäus in Epfach , a district of the municipality of Denklingen in the Upper Bavarian district of Landsberg am Lech , was built at the beginning of the 19th century on the site of several previous buildings. From the Romanesque church of the 12./13. The bell tower has been preserved in the 19th century, the stonework of the choir dates from the Gothic period . The church is considered to be the most uniformly preserved church building of classicism in the Landsberg district and is a protected architectural monument . Valuable sculptures from the late Gothic and Baroque periods from the St. Lorenz Chapel are kept in the church.

history

Bishop Wikterp probably founded the first church on the site of today's church in the 8th century. Wikterp, the first proven bishop of Augsburg , was buried in this church after his death around 771/72. From 1286 until the secularization , the church belonged to the Premonstratensian monastery Steingaden . In 1820 the old church had to be demolished because it was dilapidated. In the years 1821 to 1823, a new church was built under the Schongau city ​​mason Matthias Left. At the latest with the new building, the church originally consecrated to Mary received the patronage of the Apostle Bartholomew, which is unusual in the diocese of Augsburg .

architecture

Exterior construction

In the northern corner of the choir stands the undivided tower covered with a gable roof. The bell storey is broken through on three sides by twin arcades. High windows are cut into the choir and nave, framed by profiled round arches. The two-story sacristy covered by a pent roof is built on the south side . The entrance is integrated into the sign on the west facade.

inner space

The nave , a hall structure structured in three axes , merges without a choir arch into the retracted choir with a five-eighth end . The choir and nave merge into a single room and are spanned by a shared flat ceiling with a surrounding console cornice , under which a cube frieze runs. The western end of the nave is formed by a double gallery with curved parapets resting on rectangular pillars .

Ceiling paintings

The ceiling paintings by the Pfronten painter Alois Keller are framed by profiled and partially gilded stucco frames. The ceiling of the nave bears the signature: “A. Keller 1822 ”. It shows the church patron , the apostle Bartholomäus, in conversation with Jesus and other disciples. The ceiling painting in the choir represents the Lord's Supper .

  • Ceiling painting in the nave

  • Ceiling painting in the choir

  • Cornice and cube frieze

Furnishing

pulpit
  • The high altar from 1876/77, based on the classicism style , is framed by two white, fluted columns, with St. Wikterp and St. Magnus von Füssen on the side . The altar panel is marked 1790 and represents the apostle Bartholomäus. The vases over the side passages are made in the style of the Empire .
  • The two side altars date from the late 18th century. On the altar leaves the Virgin Mary is depicted on the left and St. Sebastian on the right .
  • The classical choir stalls and the wood-carved pulpit staircase have been preserved from the time the church was built .
  • The pulpit, marbled and decorated with rocaille ornaments, dates back to the late 18th century and was probably taken over from the previous church.
  • The two panels on the choir walls, painted in oil on wood, with the depictions of St. Wikterp and the blessed Herluka von Bernried are works of the late 17th century.
  • The 14 Stations of the Cross , painted in Rococo style on canvas, were made in the 18th century by Franz Anton Wassermann from Schongau. They are signed and inscribed with the year 1765.
  • The crucifixion group on the south wall of the nave also dates from the Rococo period .
  • In 1982 valuable sculptures were brought from the St. Lorenz Chapel to the Bartholomäus Church. The late Gothic, partly gilded wooden figures on the northern wall of the choir, St. Lawrence and St. Stephen , are dated around 1460/65, the two busts of bishops to the period around 1500. On the southern wall of the choir is the late Gothic figure of St. Otmar von St. Gallen from the late 15th century, which can be recognized by its attribute , the wine barrel, and the figure of St. Leonhard from around 1700, who is depicted with an abbot's staff and cattle chains. The sculptures on the north wall of the nave, St. Rasso , St. Wikterp and St. Narcissus of Girona , are attributed to the late 17th century.
  • The cylindrical limestone baptismal font probably dates from the 13th century.

literature

Web links

Commons : St. Bartholomäus  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Diocese of Augsburg

Coordinates: 47 ° 54 ′ 38.8 "  N , 10 ° 54 ′ 38.2"  E