St. Blasius (Fristingen)
The Catholic parish church of St. Blasius in Fristingen , a district of Dillingen an der Donau in the Bavarian administrative district of Swabia , was built in the middle of the 18th century in the Rococo style. The steeple comes from the previous church, a Romanesque choir tower church from the 13th century. The patron saint of the church is St. Blaise , one of the fourteen helpers in need .
history
The consecration of a parish church in Fristingen by Auxiliary Bishop Albert von Salona is recorded for the year 1381 . It is believed that the original church was a choir tower church . In 1746/47 a new church was built in its place according to plans by Franz Xaver Kleinhans , which was consecrated in 1752. Since the tower was inclined, it was reinforced in 1823 by a sloping base. In the middle of the 19th century it was covered with slate . In 1912/13 the nave was extended to the west and the sacristy with the oratory was added.
architecture
Exterior construction
On the south wall of the nave, the tower rises up with its six-storey, square substructure and the two-storey structure, bevelled at the edges. The base is by wide profile cornices divided. On its south side, a sundial is painted al fresco with the year 1694. The penultimate floor is broken up by sound arcades in the form of round-arched twin windows. On the top floor there are clock faces on three sides. A curved dome crowns the tower. The west facade of the nave is provided with a volute gable . The entrances are on the west and south sides. The sign on the west facade, the arcades and the stair tower with onion dome on the south facade are later additions.
inner space
The single nave longhouse is divided into five axes and is covered by a basket arch barrel with stitch caps over the windows. A round arched choir arch leads to the retracted, semicircular closed choir , which is covered by a barrel vault with stitch caps. The walls of the choir and nave are of flat pilasters with fancy capitals divided and broken by large arched windows. A double gallery with curved balustrades forms the western end of the nave . Both floors rest on strong columns with ornamental capitals.
Piece
The stucco decoration made of rocaille cartouches and flower wreaths frames the ceiling paintings and grisaille . In the nave, which is extended to the west, the stucco was added in the same style. The coat of arms of the Prince-Bishop of Augsburg Joseph Ignaz Philipp von Hessen-Darmstadt is located in a cartouche on the choir arch . It is flanked by two lions and crowned by two princely hats and a miter .
Ceiling pictures
The ceiling paintings were executed by Johann Thurner in 1864 and completed by Andreas Merkle after his death. The ceiling painting of the choir depicts the Assumption of Mary and is inspired by Guido Reni . The four evangelists are represented in the stitch caps . The middle picture of the nave shows the adoration of the shepherds, the eastern picture shows Jesus in the temple , the western picture King David .
The grisailles in the medallions are reminiscent of the prophets of the Old Testament . They were executed by Balthasar Riepp in 1747 , like the two cartouches with the emblematic representations. These are provided with symbols of Mary and Latin inscriptions ELECTA UT SOL (exquisite like the sun) and PULCHRA UT LUNA (beautiful like the moon) and refer to the praises of Mary after the Song of Songs .
Furnishing
- The wooden sculpture of St. New Year's Eve dates from the second half of the 15th century.
- The sculpture of St. Blaise is dated to the early 16th century.
- The high altar and the side altars date from the time the church was built. The wooden figures of the high altar show Johannes Nepomuk and Saint Ulrich (dated 1734) on the left and Saint Aloisius (possibly by Johann Michael Fischer) and Saint Afra (probably 1912) on the right .
- The pulpit is a work from the middle of the 18th century. The Good Shepherd relief was added in 1913.
- The figures of the Twelve Apostles were created in 1766 and are believed to have come from the workshop of Johann Michael Fischer .
- The extracts of the two two-part confessionals (from 1770) have oil paintings depicting the apostles Peter and Mary Magdalene .
- The oil paintings of the Stations of the Cross date from 1765.
Holy New Year
Saint Blaise
Apostle James the Elder
Apostle Thomas
literature
- Werner Meyer (arr.): The art monuments of Bavaria. The art monuments of Swabia. Vol. VII. The art monuments of the district of Dillingen on the Danube . R. Oldenbourg Verlag , Munich 1972, ISBN 3-486-43541-8 , pp. 254-260.
- Georg Wörishofer, Alfred Sigg, Reinhard H. Seitz: Cities, Markets and Communities . In: The district of Dillingen ad Donau in the past and present . Landkreis Dillingen an der Donau (Ed.), 3rd revised edition, Dillingen an der Donau 2005, pp. 128–129.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Diocese of Augsburg
- ↑ Vulgata, Hld 6,9 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 48 ° 33 '26.1 " N , 10 ° 33' 7.4" E