St. Georg (Lützelburg)

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Parish church of St. Georg in Lützelburg
Choir and steeple

The Catholic parish church of St. Georg in Lützelburg , a district of the municipality of Gablingen in the Swabian district of Augsburg in Bavaria , was built around 1608/12 according to plans by Elias Holl . As a monument, it is entered in the Bavarian list of monuments.

history

Presumably there has been a church in Lützelburg since the town was founded around 1100, but it is not documented. The church's Georgian patronage , which was particularly popular during the crusader era, could point to this. In 1387, the dean of the cathedral, Ulrich Burggraf, left the church structure and the patronage rights of Lützelburg to the Heilig-Geist-Spital in Augsburg , which in 1447 gained the manorial power over the whole place.

With the introduction of the Reformation in the local authorities of the Heilig-Geist-Spital, Georg Mayr, a Lutheran predicant , was also installed in Lützelburg . After his death the hospital had ordered the preacher David Schlump to Lützelburg. In 1576 he was ordered by the bailiff of Buttenwiesen to vacate his position and finally arrested at night on August 1, 1577 by 20 gunmen and taken to Burgau under heavy guard and detained there.

In the conflict over Lützelburg , the Margraviate of Burgau as the high court and the Heilig-Geist-Spital as the lower court fought over the denominational affiliation of the residents of Lützelburg. In 1578 a comparison was made between Burgau and the hospital of the imperial city and a church simultaneum was introduced , which gave the subjects freedom of choice. This existed in Lützelburg until 1603.

According to the Munich treaties , the last preacher Simon Haderday had to leave the place in 1603 and Lützelburg and Georg Schöffel again became the seat of a Catholic clergyman after 60 years. However, the re-Catholicization of the residents turned out to be difficult. Between 1603 and 1607 the congregation wrote 28 letters to the imperial city authorities to be allowed to remain with their denomination and asked for the reinstatement of their predicant. In 1628, the clergyman Cleophas Miller complained about the lack of religious discipline of his parishioners.

The current church building dates from the beginning of the 17th century and probably replaced a previous Romanesque building. Construction work began in 1608. The nave was built in 1609 and the choir and tower in 1612 with the participation or supervision of the Augsburg builder Elias Holl and the Lützelburg master carpenter Hans Lang. Due to later renovations and destruction, Holl's influence can hardly be seen.

When the Swedes invaded Lützelburg during the Thirty Years War , the church was destroyed by fire in 1622. In 1641, according to plans by Karl Dietz d. Ä. by Johann Ziegler a renovation of the church building. In 1761 the interior was redesigned in the baroque style. In 1772 a sacristy, which is no longer preserved, was added. In 1785 a new high altar was acquired from the Franciscan monastery in Welden .

In 1866 the interior was changed and refurbished again. In 1934 it was renovated and in 1978 an exterior restoration. In 1991 the nave was extended to the west. A comprehensive renovation began in 2008. The cost was 280,000 euros.

architecture

The flat-roofed hall building with arched windows and sloping east corners has a recessed choir and a saddle roof tower on the northern side.

Furnishing

The ceiling frescoes and the high altar portrait of St. Georg shows, created Andreas Merkle in 1866. The organ was acquired in 1893.

literature

  • Michael Petzelt: Monuments in Bavaria: Schwaben , Oldenburg, 1986, p. 129

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Petra Krauss-stelzer: Lots of life in the 400-year-old church. Retrieved May 18, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Ronald G. Asch, Dagmar Freist: State formation as a cultural process: structural change and legitimation of rule in the early modern period . Böhlau Verlag Köln Weimar, 2005, ISBN 978-3-412-11705-4 ( google.de [accessed on May 19, 2019]).
  3. ↑ Dietmar Schiersner: Politics, Denomination and Communication: Studies on the Catholic denomination of the Margraviate Burgau 1550-1650 . Oldenbourg Verlag, 2011, ISBN 978-3-05-005583-1 ( google.de [accessed on May 18, 2019]).
  4. ^ Christian Jakob Wagenseil: Elias Holl: Master builder of the former imperial city of Augsburg; biographical sketch; a contribution to German art history . Geiger, 1837 ( google.de [accessed on May 18, 2019]).
  5. ↑ Bruno Bushart, Georg Paula: Handbook of German Art Monuments: Bavaria. Swabia . Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2008, ISBN 978-3-422-03116-6 ( google.de [accessed on May 18, 2019]).
  6. ↑ Diana Deniz: The landmark of Lützelburg in new splendor. Retrieved May 18, 2019 .

Coordinates: 48 ° 27 '49.4 "  N , 10 ° 47' 39.1"  E