St. Georg (Aislingen)
The Catholic parish church of St. Georg in Aislingen , a municipality in the district of Dillingen an der Donau in the Bavarian administrative district of Swabia , was built in the second half of the 15th century. A fresco has survived from this period . In the 18th century, the church was rebuilt and expanded by Balthasar Suiter . During the interior restoration in the 1960s, the frescoes by Matthias Wolcker (1704–1742) were exposed again. The church is elevated in the northern part of the village within a walled cemetery. It is a protected architectural monument .
history
A pastor of Aislingen was named for the first time in a document from 1293. The parish probably existed before 1050, when the place was first mentioned in a document. In the second half of the 15th century, a new church was built using the walls of the nave and the choir of the previous church, of which the square tower was also preserved. Renovations took place in 1702/03 and 1719. In 1736/38 the choir and nave were rebuilt by Balthasar Suiter and the church was extended to the west. The outside of the church was restored in 1986/88 and an interior restoration was carried out in 1992/93. An exterior and interior renovation took place from April to December 2015 at a cost of around 590,000 euros.
architecture
Exterior construction
The building is made of plastered brick . On the south side of the nave, the square, nine-storey rises tower , that of a gable roof is crowned. The first six floors are provided with glare fields, which are framed by corner pilasters and double arches. On the first floor, a running Maßwerkrelief fries of fired clay plates , extend over the second floor to the west and south sides genaste ogival Friese and on the east side a circular arc Fries. The walls are broken by narrow openings. The top floor has two linked , pointed arched sound arcades on all four sides .
On the southern exterior wall of the tower is a relief from limestone attached. It dates from around 1600 and depicts an angel holding the coat of arms of the Augsburg bishopric (left) and the Knöringen family .
On the west facade and on the west south side there are wood-carved entrance portals from the 18th century with a sign .
inner space
The single-nave nave is not articulated and covered with a flat ceiling over a throat. The choir, closed on three sides, is retracted, raised by three steps and has a barrel vault with stitch caps over the windows. A double gallery , which rests on square posts , forms the western end of the nave .
The stucco decoration was made by Balthasar Suiter around 1735.
Ceiling pictures
The ceiling paintings were created by Matthias Wolcker in 1737 and have Mary as the queen of heaven and donor of the rosary as their theme. On the central pictures of the nave, St. Dominic standing on the globe and holding the rosary in his hand. Christ hovers above him, clutching the cross and holding a bundle of lightning in his right hand . Another scene depicts the naval battle of Lepanto , in which Maria hurls lightning and fire at the enemy from a cloud. The pictures of the choir represent St. George , the patron saint of the Church, the four continents that pay homage to the Eucharist , as well as St. Leonhard and St. Sebastian .
The central ceiling paintings are framed by numerous grisailles and emblematic representations, which are provided with Latin and German inscriptions.
Furnishing
- The altars essentially come from the time the church was built.
- The altarpiece of the southern side altar is a former wall fresco from 1460. It depicts St. Barbara with her attribute , the tower, represents St. Erasmus with the winch, the instrument of his torture, and St. George.
- The pulpit is a work by Anton Berkmüller and dates from 1743. The figures are attributed to Franz Karl Schwertle.
- The baptismal font dates from the 16th century.
- The choir stalls from 1735 are decorated with rich carvings and partly inlaid .
- The oldest sculptures include:
- a Madonna and Child (around 1480)
- a saint Barbara (around 1510/20)
- a Christ at the scourge column (around 1700)
- a rosary queen (around 1700/10)
literature
- The art monuments of the district of Dillingen an der Donau , edited by Werner Meyer, in the series: The art monuments of Bavaria. The art monuments of Swabia. Vol. VII. District of Dillingen on the Danube . Munich 1972, ISBN 3-486-43541-8 , pp. 79-93.
- Georg Wörishofer, Alfred Sigg, Reinhard H. Seitz: Cities, Markets and Communities . In: The district of Dillingen ad Donau in the past and present . Edited by Landkreis Dillingen an der Donau, 3rd revised edition, Dillingen an der Donau 2005, pp. 128–129.
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Coordinates: 48 ° 30 ′ 29 ″ N , 10 ° 27 ′ 34 ″ E