St. Dionysius (Mettenbach)
The Roman Catholic parish church of St. Dionysius (also St. Dionys ) in Mettenbach , a district of the market town of Essenbach in the Lower Bavarian district of Landshut , is a modern building that was built in 1966/67 according to plans by Friedrich Ferdinand Haindl . Only the tower has been preserved from the previous building that was razed at the same time . The substance of this goes back to a choir tower church from the 12th century, but was redesigned in a baroque style. The tower received a constricted onion dome . During the most recent renovation in 2008/09, the corner rustication of the tower , which was marked by blue whitewashing, was brought back into line with the white facade color. Some of the furnishings from the previous building were also taken over into the new church.
Recent building history
Since the previous building was in poor structural condition around the middle of the 19th century and offered too little space for the growing community, the nave was lengthened to 50 feet (14.60 meters) in 1865 and widened to 25 feet (7, 30 meters). In the course of this work, new equipment was also purchased; for example, neo-Romanesque altars came to the Mettenbach parish church.
In 1963, the then Mettenbach municipal council decided to build a new cemetery on a parish property north of the parish church. In the course of this, the old cemetery around the parish church was closed. This created space for a new parish church, for which Pastor Seidl, who was appointed in 1962, made a great contribution. After the financing question had been clarified, the laying of the foundation stone and the inauguration of the new cemetery by Domkapitular Häglsperger took place on July 17, 1966 in pouring rain . In 1966/67 a new, modern parish church was built on the grounds of the old cemetery according to the plans of the Munich architect Friedrich Ferdinand Haindl. The building was leaned against the existing church tower to the north, which was planned to be retained.
In contrast, the old building should be razed. Various authorities had objected to this because they wanted to put the historic building fabric under monument protection . Instead, the Mettenbach population presented the official representatives with a fait accompli after the completion of the new building. Overnight they tore down the old, now superfluous nave with their tractors , while the tower remained standing. Since this process violated official requirements, the District Office imposed a fine of 2000 D-Marks . 1000 D-Mark could be raised through donations from the Mettenbach population, the second half of the fine was paid through two wooden reliefs on the old high altar . These were returned a few years later and have since been professionally restored . On May 12, 1968, the new building was consecrated by the Regensburg auxiliary bishop Josef Hiltl .
Patronage
The Mettenbach parish church is dedicated to St. Dionysius of Paris (Remembrance Day: October 9th). This patronage goes back to the Obermünster Abbey , to which the parish has belonged since its establishment in the 12th century. Until the secularization in 1803, the abbess of the monastery exercised the right to present the parish office.
organ
The organ in the parish church of St. Dionysius was built in 1968 by Michael Weise from Plattling . The cone chest instrument with electric game and stop action comprises eight stops on a manual and pedal . The disposition is as follows:
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- Coupling : I / P
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e The parish church of St. Dionysius in Mettenbach . Online at www.pfarramt-essenbach.de ; accessed on December 3, 2018.
- ↑ Parish Mettenbach . Online at www.pfarramt-essenbach.de ; accessed on December 3, 2018.
- ^ Anton Eckardt (ed.): Art monuments of the Kingdom of Bavaria - District Office Landshut . Oldenbourg, Munich 1914, p. 156f. ( Digitized version ).
- ↑ Bavarian organ database online .
Coordinates: 48 ° 38 ′ 41.8 " N , 12 ° 15 ′ 43.8" E