St. Georg (Eugenbach)
The Roman Catholic parish church of St. Georg in Eugenbach , a district of Altdorf near Landshut in Lower Bavaria , is a monument that can be seen from afar (number D-2-74-113-13) on the so-called Kirchenberg ( 461 m above sea level ) high above the Isar valley . The building, which dates back to the 10th century in its foundation walls, was essentially given its present form around 1510/20. In the 18th century the nave was redesigned in baroque style; the majority of the furnishings also date from this period.
history
The foundation walls from the 10th century form the oldest part of the church that still exists today. Up to a height of about 3.50 meters, original masonry still exists on the west side of the church, which can be assigned to the Eugenbach castle stables .
Eugenbach is also a so-called original parish , which developed as early as 750 from the monastic pastoral care of the St. Emmeram monastery in Regensburg . It was not until the 14th century that the focus of parish pastoral care shifted to Altdorf with the rise of the pilgrimage to Our Lady . The parish of Eugenbach still exists to this day.
In the 13th or 14th century, the church was expanded to the west. The choir and the tower were built in the late Gothic style in the years 1516/17 , as determined by dendrochronological dating. The nave was also rebuilt at this time, but was not completed until after 1517. In the 18th century the nave was redesigned in Baroque style , while the Gothic style choir and tower were preserved. In addition, almost all of the furnishings were renewed and replaced by pieces in the Baroque and Rococo styles . In 1875 the church was restored and the nave was partially regotified .
Due to the arduous path and the narrow, winding road to the parish church of St. Georg, a modern parish hall was built in 1997 in the center of Eugenbach, i.e. in the Isar valley at the foot of the Kirchenberg . This contains a weekday chapel which is consecrated to the third of Anna .
In 2016, the double gallery in the nave was renovated . At the same time, the historic organ in the parish church was restored by Orgelbau Kubak from Augsburg in 2016/17 .
description
Exterior construction
The hall church includes a three-bay choir, which closes in three octagonal sides. The nave has three window axes to the north and four to the south . Both structures have a gable roof . The choir is a little wider and a little higher than the nave and, in contrast to this, unplastered . The axis of the nave is slightly bent to the north opposite the choir. Compared to the small width of around eight meters, the floor plan is characterized by a pronounced development in length; the total length is around 34 meters, of which 13 meters are accounted for by the presbytery alone. The choir has weak triangular pilaster strips and a circumferential roof frieze , which was reconstructed according to the historical model in the style of the Landshut Bauhütte and extended to the baroque redesigned nave. The choir has original Gothic pointed arch windows ; in the nave there are neo-Gothic windows that are equipped with two-lane tracery and also have a pointed arch.
To the south of the choir is the massive tower, a so-called choir flank tower. The sacristy is located on its ground floor . In the corner between the nave and the tower is the tower staircase in the form of a spiral staircase . Due to the complex structure of the exterior, the five-storey tower is the characteristic of the parish church of St. Georg. The floors are separated by friezes and decorated with bevelled pointed arches of different widths . Three bells ring from the bell cage on the top floor , the oldest dating from 1785. The tower has two arched sound openings on each side . The final gable roof is flanked by two crenellated gables , each with a clock face from the tower clock .
On the south side of the nave there is a small annex on the third yoke from the east, which functions as a war memorial chapel and opens outwards with a pointed arch. This formerly served as a symbol for the south portal, which has since been added . Today you can only get into the interior of the church via the west portal, which is protected by a 19th century vestibule. The parish church is surrounded by a cemetery . The cemetery wall has exposed brickwork and, apart from a few later changes, dates from the 16th or 17th century.
inner space
In the choir there is a late Gothic reticulated vault with round keystones , the pear-shaped ribs of which arise from rectangular , bevelled wall pillars with profiled half- octagonal brackets. The yokes are separated by pointed shield arches . The choir arch is also pointed, the profile was only introduced in the 19th century. The nave has a baroque flat ceiling . In the sacristy and in the southern extension of the nave there is a simple late Gothic cross-ribbed vault .
Furnishing
High altar
The dominant element of the church furnishings is the rococo high altar from around 1750. A structure of four inclined columns, the two inner ones, flanked the large altar sheet , which in the center shows the church patron George (memorial day: April 23) in heaven . Around this central representation there are scenes from the life of the saint. The painting is flanked by four life-size figures of saints, the two outer ones through side passages. During Holy Week and Easter , a holy grave is traditionally placed on the high altar . In the excerpt there is a representation of the Sacred Heart .
Side altars
The two baroque side altars were created around 1700 by the Landshut sculptor Anton Hiernle and are designed as counterparts . They each have a two-column structure and are decorated with acanthus carvings. The north side altar is dedicated to St. Mary and shows a crowned figure of Mary in a niche . At the same place on the south side altar there is a figure of Christ resting .
pulpit
The baroque pulpit should be about the same age as the side altars. The polygonal body with winding corner pillars shows wooden figures of the four evangelists and is also decorated with acanthus carvings. According to the name, the pulpit staircase was rebuilt in 1766 and is decorated with rococo shells . The sound cover shows a holy spirit dove in relief on the underside and is designed as a kind of crown.
Other equipment
The baptismal font consists of a square, Romanesque base plate with claw-like corner bulbs, a round shaft and a Renaissance shell basin, which was created around 1600. On the choir arch there is a crucifix from the early 15th century, on the north wall of the nave opposite the pulpit there is a baroque rosary Madonna . There is also a late Gothic carved figure of the Resurrection Christ from around 1520 and a group of figures depicting the baptism of Jesus from 1778 by Christian Jorhan the Elder. Ä. available.
organ
The organ of the parish church of St. Georg was built in 1904 by Ludwig Edenhofer junior from Deggendorf as a replacement for an instrument from the early 18th century. The control of the organ pipes takes place via mechanical cone chests . The organ comprises a total of nine registers on two manuals and pedal . The disposition is as follows:
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- Coupling : II / I, II / P, I / P
- Playing aids : Forte, Fortissimo, Trigger
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Association for Archeology City and District Landshut e. V .: Eugenbach - village, castle hill and church ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ). Online at www.arlan.de ; accessed on March 1, 2016.
- ^ Markt Altdorf: Geschichte ( Memento from December 25, 2011 in the Internet Archive ). Online at www.markt-altdorf.de ; accessed on March 1, 2016.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i Anton Eckardt (ed.): Art monuments of the Kingdom of Bavaria - District Office Landshut. Oldenbourg, Munich 1914, pp. 88-91 ( digitized version ).
- ↑ a b c d e Catholic parish Eugenbach / Münchnerau: Parish church St. Georg in Eugenbach . Online at www.pfarrei-eu-mue.de ; accessed on April 25, 2020.
- ^ Catholic parish of Eugenbach / Münchnerau: parish home with weekday chapel . Online at www.pfarrei-eu-mue.de ; accessed on April 25, 2020.
- ↑ Landshuter Zeitung of March 10, 2017
- ↑ Bavarian organ database online
Coordinates: 48 ° 32 '55.6 " N , 12 ° 5' 0.5" E