St. Georg (Gerzen)

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Exterior view of the parish church of St. George from the south
inner space

The Roman Catholic parish church of St. Georg in Gerzen in the Lower Bavarian district of Landshut is a listed church building that has undergone several stylistic changes over the centuries. Today the late Gothic and neo-Gothic styles dominate, while the roots of the building go back to the late Romanesque period around 1200. The patronage of St. George is celebrated on April 23rd.

history

Gerzen (formerly also Görzen ), first mentioned as Jorcin in a document from the year 887, is one of the oldest places in the Vilstal . Therefore it is probably one of the oldest and formerly largest parishes in the area. However, this is not clearly proven, since Gerzen first appears in 1286 and 1326 in the parish descriptions of the Diocese of Regensburg .

The first verifiable church building on site, a single-nave building in the late Romanesque style, was probably built around the year 1200. The core of the masonry has been preserved to this day. In the years 1500 to 1522 the late Romanesque church was raised and vaulted in net rib configuration . At the same time, the choir and the north aisle were built. In the 1870s and 1880s there was a redesign in the neo-Gothic style, with the south aisle being built in 1872/1873 and the protruding west tower in 1882. Most of the interior furnishings also date from this period.

architecture

The three-aisled , east-facing parish church of St. George is a pseudo-basilica , in which the heights of the aisles differ greatly, but they are still united under a common gable roof . The five-bay central nave is followed by the two-bay choir with a five-eighth end , which is barely noticeably separated from it by means of a pointed arch . The side aisles each have six bays; the separating arches are also pointed. The organ gallery has moved into the rear central nave yoke .

The exterior is largely undivided except for the ogival window openings. Exceptions are the choir, which is loosened up by buttresses and a roof frieze , as well as the three-storey west tower with a pointed helmet , which is divided by corner struts.

To the north of the church, within the former cemetery , is the former soul chapel , a simple, late-Gothic brick building from around 1500 with a gable roof and a small turret .

Furnishing

Red marble epitaph for Alexander Leberskirchner († 1521)
Jann organ (1983)

Inside, an epitaph made of red marble for the nobleman Alexander Leberskirchner († 1521), created by the sculptor Stephan Rottaler from Landshut , is of particular importance. A late Gothic Pietà from around 1500 and a late Romanesque baptismal font are also worth mentioning.

organ

The organ of the Gerzen parish church was built in 1983 by the organ builder Georg Jann from Allkofen . It comprises 21 sounding registers on two manuals and a pedal . The slider drawer instrument , which has mechanical play and stop actions, has the following disposition :

I Rückpositiv C – g 3
1. Reed flute 8th'
2. recorder 4 ′
3. Sesquialtera II 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
4th Principal 2 ′
5. Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
6th Scharff III 1'
7th Krummhorn 8th'
Tremulant
II Hauptwerk C – g 3
8th. Principal 8th'
9. copula 8th'
10. viola 8th'
11. octave 4 ′
12. Gemshorn 4 ′
13. Schwegel 2 ′
14th Mixture IV-VI 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
15th Trumpet 8th'
Pedal C – f 1
16. Sub bass 16 ′
17th Octave bass 8th'
18th Bass flute 8th'
19th Wooden flute 4 ′
20th Back set IV 2 ′
21st bassoon 16 ′

The instrument has several predecessors. The first, the disposition of which has been passed down, was built in 1866 by Joseph Phillip Frosch junior from Munich . The mechanical slider chest instrument comprised ten registers on a manual and pedal. It was restored in 1870 by Franz Strauss from Landshut . In 1912 the Gerzen parish church received a new organ from Georg Friedrich Steinmeyer from Oettingen . The organ pipes were controlled via pneumatic pocket drawers . The organ with 17 registers on two manuals and pedal had a neo-Gothic prospect and a free-standing console .

Disposition of the Steinmeyer organ from 1912
I Manual C – f 3
1. Principal 8th'
2. Tibia 8th'
3. Dolce 8th'
4th Octav 4 ′
5. flute 4 ′
6th Octav 2 ′
7th mixture 2 ′
II Manual C – f 3
8th. Flute Principal 8th'
9. Lovely covered 8th'
10. Salicional 8th'
11. Vox coelestis 8th'
12. Reed flute 4 ′
13. violin 4 ′
14th Sesquialtera 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Pedal C – d 1
15th Sub-bass 16 ′
16. Bourdon bass 16 ′
17th Violonbass 8th'
  • Pair : II / I, I / P, II / P, Super II / I, Sub II / I
Disposition of the frog organ from 1866
I main work
1. Principal 8th'
2. Keraulophon 8th'
3. Copel 8th'
4th Bordunal flute 8th'
5. Salicional 8th'
6th Octav 4 ′
7th Slack 4 ′
8th. Mixture IV 2 ′
pedal
9. Sub-bass 16 ′
10. Octave bass 8th'

Web links

Commons : Sankt Georg (Gerzen)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b The history of the community of Gerzen . Online at www.gerzen.de; accessed on May 1, 2017.
  2. ↑ a b List of monuments for Gerzen (PDF) at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation (PDF; 135 kB); accessed on May 1, 2017.
  3. ^ Opus 78 - Parish Church of St. Georg zu Gerzen (PDF; 161 kB). Online at www.jannorgelbau.com; accessed on May 1, 2017.
  4. ↑ a b c d Organ database Bavaria online

Coordinates: 48 ° 30 ′ 24.6 "  N , 12 ° 25 ′ 34.6"  E