St. Georg (Weng)

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St. George - the Gothic structure is easy to see

The Catholic branch church St. Georg in the district of Weng of the municipality of Fahrenzhausen in the district of Freising is a high Gothic church that lies above the Ampertal and above the district. The branch and curate church formerly designated as a collegiate church is included in the list as a protected church building.

history

The Fraunberger zu Haag foundation was planned as a collegiate church, but remained a benefit for the canons of Freising. A keystone in the choir indicates the date of construction of the building with 1468.

The high grave of the donor couple made of red marble, of Hans the Fraunberger zu Haag auf Massenhausen and his wife Anna, born from Pappenheim, is dated to 1472 and is the only one of its kind from the late Middle Ages in the Freising district. It shows the inscription:

" Hye lays the edelfraw fraw Anna von fraiuenberg fraw zum Hage born ain Marschalkin von Bappenhaim to be godly wave, the stain is made for S. Georgen-Tag MCCCCLXXII "

The benefice was established in 1477 by Anna von Fraunberg, the widow of Hans Fraunberger, and included the income from various farms in the area. The beneficiary's income in 1667 totaled 250 guilders. The benefit was given to the respective pastor of Gremertshausen with the obligation to employ a cooperator .

In the 19th century, the postman of the nearby Unterbruck, Barbara Barth, was looking for a priest for the new St. Anna Church next to her post office and in 1871 undertook to take over the construction of a priestly apartment in Weng. She paid 1,000 guilders into a building fund. In May 1874 the establishment of an exposition point came into force, which was changed to Jarzt, the parish of Unterbruck. The Expositus was required to hold a service in the church in Weng every Sunday and public holiday and to pray the rosary. He also had to read the weekday masses for several foundations in the St. Anna Unterbruck branch church.

St. George's Church was renovated on the occasion of the 550th anniversary of its construction in 2018.

Furnishing

View of the church from the south, the Ampertal is behind

The Gothic church differs from the village churches in the area, which were mostly rebuilt and furnished in baroque style. From the outside, one can hardly see the changes of later epochs, only the baroque altars point to changes in interventions.

High Gothic building

The church building is a spacious building with a choir, which has two bays and a five-eighth end, and a nave, which has four bays. Both components have stepped buttresses and a surrounding cornice.

The west tower presented is an octagon in the upper part and buttresses in the basement. A stair tower is added on the south side.

The nave portal with a double pointed arch has a vestibule with rib vaults. The modern Weng war memorial is also housed in this entrance area. Opposite is a small Karner, which probably serves as a memento mori .

  • Main portal vestibule

  • The choir from the outside

  • Octagon as a top

  • Buttresses on nave and choir

  • Tracery windows in the choir

  • War memorial in the vestibule

  • Small ossuary as a memento mori

inner space

The interior of the nave has pillars, in the choir everything is still Gothic with profiled edges, in the nave these were changed in 1728 and pilasters were added.

The choir vault shows a net configuration, the thin ribs end in consoles, keystones are present. The slightly retracted choir arch is richly profiled.

The nave vault dates from 1728, it is a barrel vault with stitch caps. Originally the church had a flat ceiling. The simple frame stucco with paintings also comes from the year of renovation: Eye of God, Holy Spirit Dove, Heart of Jesus, Heart of Mary. In the basement of the tower there is a rib vault with consoles. In the first yoke of the nave there are glass windows with panes from around 1468 that show either saints or the coats of arms of the donors.

The mighty high altar from 1670 shows St. Georg, as side figures he has the Hll. Peter and Paul and the coronation of Mary as a superior image. There are two side altars from 1738; in the choir there are two choir stalls and a sacrament house.

In the nave stands - slightly shifted to the side - the excellent tomb of the donor couple made of red marble from 1472 (with a new base). The plate shows the Man of Sorrows between angels, underneath is the kneeling donor couple.

  • View of the choir with the altars

  • View of the donor's grave

  • The grave slab

  • Jesus figure on the wall

  • Mary with child

  • Sacristy door

  • Choir stalls

  • Organ gallery with stations of the cross

literature

  • Georg Dehio: Bavaria IV. Munich and Upper Bavaria. 3rd edition, Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 2006, ISBN 978-3-422-03115-9 .

Web links

Commons : St. Georg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Alois Angerpointner: 500 years of St. George's Church in Weng. In: Amperland (local history quarterly for the districts of Dachau, Freising and Fürstenfeldbruck) 1968 online .
  2. ^ Georg Dehio: Bavaria IV. Munich and Upper Bavaria. Deutscher Kunstverlag, ISBN 978-3-422-03115-9 , Munich 1990. P. 1270

Coordinates: 48 ° 21 ′ 33.2 "  N , 11 ° 35 ′ 12.5"  E