St. Emmeram (Gersthofen)

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North view of St. Emmeram

St. Emmeram is a Catholic chapel in Gersthofen in the Augsburg district ( Bavaria ). It is protected as an architectural monument.

history

The predecessor of today's chapel was built south of Gersthofen on the left bank of the Lech , at that time still outside the village and was dedicated to St. Emmeram von Regensburg was consecrated as a protector against floods. Based on a mention from 1604, the old chapel can be dated to the 16th century. After a devastating flood, it was rebuilt in 1671 and badly damaged again in 1714. It was then decided to move the chapel to its current location.

The new building was built until around 1722, presumably according to plans by the Augsburg master builder Johann Paulus. The consecration took place in 1730 by Auxiliary Bishop Johann Jakob von Mayr . The chapel was extended westward in the late 19th century. In 1968/69 the interior was thoroughly redesigned. In 2007/08 the city of Gersthofen renovated the building as the owner.

architecture

The chapel has a cross-shaped floor plan with a pilaster-structured , large-windowed hall with a hipped gable roof and a gable tower that rises over a square floor plan and a second octagonal floor to an onion dome covered with copper .

Furnishing

A painting at the northern end of the triumphal arch , probably the original high altar painting , commemorates the martyrdom of St. Emmeram. The altar in the recessed, apsidal choir is assigned to the previous building from 1671. Since the extension by a row of windows, there is a convex curved gallery at the west end . The frescoes in the nave were created by Georg Kultruff in 1926. In 2008, as part of the renovation work, an anonymous citizen donated an organ worth 30,000 euros to the chapel.

Peal

Gersthofen's oldest bell hangs in the tower. It was cast in 1611 by the Augsburg bell caster Wolfgang Neidhardt and has a diameter of 46.5 cm and a height of 40 cm. The shoulder inscription reads: WOLFFGANG NEIDHARDT IN AVGSPVRG GOS MICH ANNO 1611 . The reliefs show a Virgin Mary in a halo on the flank, St. Jakobus maior , crown bow and on the front a woman's head with a headscarf. The church patron of the parish church St. Jakobus major points out the original destination of the bell.

literature

  • Bernt von Hagen: Art and Architecture. In: Johannes Krauße (Hrsg.): Chronicle of the city of Gersthofen. Gersthofen 1989, DNB 891256881 pp. 83-86

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bavarian art monuments . Deutscher Kunstverlag., 1970 ( google.de [accessed June 2, 2019]).
  2. ↑ St. Emmeram on schwabenmedia.de
  3. ^ Herbert Bischler: Unknown desecrate St. Emmeram in Gersthofen. Retrieved June 2, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Publications of the Swabian Research Association at the Commission for Bavarian State History: Studies on the history of Bavarian Swabia . Verlag der Schwäbische Forschungsgemeinschaft, 1967 ( google.de [accessed on June 4, 2019]).
  5. ^ Günther Grundmann: German Bell Atlas . Deutscher Kunstverlag, 1959 ( google.de [accessed June 4, 2019]).

Coordinates: 48 ° 25 ′ 10.8 ″  N , 10 ° 52 ′ 47.6 ″  E