St. Coloman (Schwangau)
The baroque Colomanskirche is located near Schwangau in Bavaria . It was built in its current form in the 17th century on a previous building that was built in honor of St. Koloman . The Irish pilgrim is said to have stopped at this point during his pilgrimage to the Holy Land in the summer of 1012 . Due to its location at the foot of the Schwangau mountains and its proximity to the world-famous Neuschwanstein Castle, the church is one of the most famous sights in Bavaria.
history
In the place of today's church there was originally a small field chapel, which probably dates back to the 15th century. Under the master mason Hieronymus Vogler from Füssen, the new building of the preserved church began in 1673. As early as 1671, the Wessobrunn stucco worker Johann Schmuzer had submitted a building draft according to which the construction work was carried out. Construction was completed in 1678. In 1682 the tower on the west side of the long choir was built. The consecration took place in 1685 together with Schmuzer's Frau-am-Berg Church in Füssen. The prefix (porch in front of the facade) was added in 1714.
In 1719 the first renovation of the pilgrimage church was carried out. Further maintenance measures have been handed down from the years 1836/1837, 1953 and 1977 (external renovation).
description
The church is located in an open field away from Schwangau. The stepped buttresses give the impression of a Baroque-style, late-Gothic building, which, however, actually only came into being in the Baroque period. The medieval impression is reinforced by the low wall (1684) around the former plague cemetery from 1635/1636. The Gottesacker, east of the church, is reinforced in the northeast by a small round tower.
The elongated outer structure is structured by the buttresses and double rows of windows. The choir is strongly drawn in, so narrower than the nave, which is closed by a tile-covered gable roof . The choir roof is lowered by about a third. The actual choir is just closing. The sacristy , which is closed on three sides, is added in its escape , so that the choir appears unusually elongated.
The high tower has an onion dome under the octagon of the upper floor. The substructure is square and is only interrupted by narrow light slits.
inner space
The nave comprises five yokes, which are spanned by a needle cap barrel. Pilasters structure the walls between the windows . The round windows are separated from the lower oval windows by a strong cornice.
Johann Schmuzer's rich stucco decoration covers ceilings and walls. You can see fruit hangings, angels, shell and foliage decorations. The stucco marble altars by the Wessobrunn master are kept in red and white. They take over the decorative forms of the stucco and thus smooth the transition between the nave and the choir.
The mighty high altar with its triple column structure bears a painted altar sheet with the depiction of St. Coloman with the Holy Trinity (Bartholomäus Bernhardt). The construction of the side altars corresponds to the main altar. The altar leaves of Bernhardt show the glory of St. Magnus, in the south the hll. Cosmas and Damian. The unmounted (unpainted) pulpit stems from the time it was built. Georg Fischer has been handed down as the creator.
literature
- Georg Dehio : Handbook of German Art Monuments, Bavaria III; Swabia (edited by: Bruno Bushart , Georg Paula ). Munich, Berlin, 1986
- Michael Petzet : City and District of Füssen . (Bavarian art monuments, VIII, brief inventory). Munich, 1960
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Coordinates: 47 ° 34 ′ 44 " N , 10 ° 44 ′ 55.7" E