St. Georg (Raitenhaslach)

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The parish church of St. George

The Church of St. George the former Cistercian - monastery Raitenhaslach is situated in the old monastery district a few kilometers outside of Burghausen . For centuries it was the most famous old Bavarian aristocratic burial place . For the 600th anniversary of the monastery in 1743, the pilaster church received its rococo furnishings, which are still in existence today , making it one of the most magnificent baroque buildings in southern Germany. After secularization , it was rededicated as a parish church.

history

View of the altar

The first monastery church was consecrated in 1186. It was a Romanesque three-aisled pillar basilica with an inner length of 60 meters and a width of 17.60 meters. The nave was covered with a groin vault. For the 600th anniversary of the order of the Cistercians in 1698, the church was converted into a single-nave wall pillar construction with six bays , with a barrel vault spanning the entire room and with transverse barrels above the side altars. In 1743, for the 600th anniversary of the monastery, the altars were redesigned, the vaults were decorated with frescoes and stucco and a new organ was built. In the years 1751/1752 the builder Franz Alois Mayr installed a new west facade. After the secularization of the monastery on April 1, 1803, the abbey church was rededicated as a parish church in 1806.

Furnishing

The main ceiling fresco

High altar

The high altar was created by Johannes Zick in 1738 . It represents the Assumption of Mary. The stucco work in the choir is by Johann Baptist Zimmermann or perhaps by his pupil Alexius Bader from Munich .

Side altars

The ten side altars are matched to one another in pairs:

  • Ausanius and Concordia altars, into which the relics of the martyr couple were transferred in 1698,
  • Mary and Joseph altar
  • Benedict and Bernhard altars
  • Sebastian and Bartholomäus altar
  • Cross and 14th Holy Helper altar

Frescoes

The frescoes are by Johannes Zick. The main ceiling fresco extends over three bays and depicts the life story of the religious saint Bernhard . The picture on the right shows:

organ

The organ

The organ with 22 registers on two manuals and a pedal was built by Johann Konrad Brandenstein in 1743. The chronogram on the gallery also points to this year : LaVDent VnIVersI noMen eIVs In Choro, psaLterIo, organIs, tVbIsqVe benesonan tIbVs (everyone may praise his name in the melody of the choir, psalms, organ and trombones). The organ builder Franz Borgias Maerz documented the following disposition in 1875:

I main work C – c 3
Gemshorn 16 ′
Principal 8th'
Copel 8th'
Gamba 8th'
Octav 4 ′
Pointed flute 4 ′
Quint 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Duodec II 2 ′
Sedez 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Mixture III 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
II upper structure C – c 3
Biffara 8th'
echo 8th'
Copel 8th'
Salicional 8th'
Principal 4 ′
Reed flute 4 ′
Flageolet 2 ′
mixture 1 1 ⁄ 2  ′
Pedal C-a
Principal bass 16 ′
Violonbass 16 ′
Sub-bass 16 ′
Octave bass 8th'

In 1904, Martin Hechenberger built a free-standing console, converted the organ to a pneumatic keyboard and stop mechanism with a cone shutter and changed some stops. Since then the disposition has been:

I main work
Gemshorn 16 ′
Principal 8th'
Coppel 8th'
Gamba 8th'
Dolce 8th'
Fifth flute 5 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Octav 4 ′
Pointed flute 4 ′
Super octave 2 ′
Mixture V 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
II upper structure
Portal flute 8th'
Piffaro 8th'
Darling Covered 8th'
Salicet 8th'
Principal 4 ′
Flauto 4 ′
Flageolet 2 ′
pedal
Principal bass 16 ′
Sub-bass 16 ′
Violonbass 16 ′
Octave bass 8th'
  • Coupling : II / I, super octave coupling II / I, I / P, II / P
  • Playing aids : Piano, Forte, Pleno
  • Remarks: cone chest, pneumatic game and stop action mechanism, free-standing game table

Despite the renovations, the organ still has the largest inventory of original Brandenstein pipes, but is still waiting for restoration.

Burial place

Raitenhaslach served as a burial place for some Wittelsbachers , such as Ludwig VII of Bavaria or Hedwig Jagiellonica (1457–1502) , the wife of Duke George the Rich . The Wittelsbach high grave was torn down after the secularization. Only the cover plate remains, which is now embedded in the middle of the church at ground level. There are 136 coats of arms of noble families who had the church as a burial place on the pillars. A total of 700 people from 170 noble families are known to be buried in the church.

literature

  • Wolfgang Hopfgartner: St. Georg - Raitenhaslach: Former Cistercian abbey church. Passau 2005, ISBN 3-89643-602-3 . (PEDA art guide 602).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Georg Brenninger : Organs in Old Bavaria . 2nd Edition. Bruckmann, Munich 1982, ISBN 3-7654-1859-5 , pp. 200 .
  2. ↑ Bavarian organ database online

Web links

Commons : Raitenhaslach Monastery  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 48 ° 7 ′ 43.8 ″  N , 12 ° 47 ′ 16.4 ″  E