St. Georg (Bohen)

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Church of St. Georg in Bohen

St. Georg is a Catholic parish church in Böhen in the Unterallgäu district ( Bavaria ). It is a listed building.

location

The church is located on a steep slope in the east of the village of Böhen.

history

The original church dates from the 15th century. The nave was expanded in 1907 and 1908. Renovations took place in 1951, 1952 and 2015.

Building description

The church is built from Nagelfluh and is not plastered. The church consists of a retracted choir with groin vault and 5/8 end. The nave is a hall building with five window axes with a flat ceiling. The tower is to the north and is an undivided structure with a gable roof. The sacristy is a modern extension on the south side of the church.

Furnishing

inside view

The wooden high altar was consecrated in 1738. The barrel work on the high altar was done by Johann Friedrich Sichelbein from Wangen and was taken over in 1807 from the chapel that was demolished in Eldern. The high altar is bordered by free columns and pilasters on both sides. In front of it, between the columns, there are wooden figures of St. Thomas and St. Philip . The Assumption of Mary is depicted on the high altar sheet from 1783. The two side altars are from the 18th century. There is a reliquary on the right side altar . The marbled pulpit, also made of wood, is located on the north wall of the church and dates from the 18th century.

  • Reliquary

  • pulpit

  • Baptismal font

graveyard

Grave monument on the facade of St. George

On the south side of the outer facade of the nave, several grave monuments from the 17th and 18th centuries are embedded. Also in the cemetery, north of the church, is the grave of Multivac's founder , Sepp Haggenmüller, who died in 1971 .

See also

literature

  • Tilmann Breuer : City and District of Memmingen . Ed .: Heinrich Kreisel and Adam Horn. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1959, p. 74-75 .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Diocese of Augsburg
  2. ^ Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments: Entry D-7-78-119-1

Coordinates: 47 ° 52 ′ 52.7 ″  N , 10 ° 18 ′ 6.6 ″  E