St. Georg (Rottenburg an der Laaber)

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Exterior view of the parish church of St. Georg
Interior view of the parish church of St. Georg

The Roman Catholic parish church of St. Georg in Rottenburg an der Laaber , a small town in the Lower Bavarian district of Landshut , is a three-aisled pseudo - basilica that was built in the neo-Gothic style in 1868 and 1869 . The church is located on a hill above the city center.

history

The parish of Rottenburg emerged from an original monastery in the diocese of Regensburg , the five kilometers northeast of the Münster . A Regensburg bishop probably founded the church in the 8th century. Munster fell to Hungary invasions and the secularization Duke Arnulf I. victim. Instead of the monastery, the parish of St. Peter was established by the Lords of Roning in the 11th century . Under the Lower Bavarian dukes, the parish seat was initially moved from Münster to Gisseltshausen around 1300 ; this is documented for the years 1326, 1347 and 1373. The Church of St. Ulrich in Gisseltshausen was built soon after the canonization of the patron saint Ulrich von Augsburg in 993 as a manorial church of the local nobility.

After a court seat was established in Rottenburg towards the end of the 14th century and the market was moved from Roning to Rottenburg, the parish seat moved there in the 15th century due to the growing importance of Rottenburg. Although the diocesan descriptions of 1559 and 1590 again speak of a parish of St. Peter in Münster, Rottenburg has been a recognized parish seat since 1666 at the latest, while the church of St. Peter in Münster is referred to as the "old parish church".

The church of St. Georg in Rottenburg was first mentioned in 1397 when a charity was founded. In 1625 the church was built from scratch; In 1666 the three altars of the market church were consecrated: St. Georg , St. Maria as well as St. Katharina and Barbara . In 1724 there were four altars: St. Georg, St. Maria, St. Anton and St. Joseph . The church tower was also badly damaged in a major market fire in 1669 . Around 1700 the market church was expanded and a side chapel was added in honor of St. Mary of Glattau. In 1747, Johannes Gaisreither, master carpenter from Pfeffenhausen , covered the baroque tower dome with new clapboards . Another repair measure was carried out around 1774 by the Landshut court mason, Georg Felix Hirschstötter, by repairing severe damage to the stucco ceiling .

Since there was previously only a cemetery in Gisseltshausen and Münster , the mountain cemetery that still exists today was established in 1831 on the site of the former castle complex. In 1854 repairs were carried out on the clock tower , but in 1868 the old parish church was demolished. Under Pastor Josef Söllner (1853–1878), today's neo-Gothic church was built on the site of the old church. The master builder was the well-known architect and "civil construction inspector" in the government of Lower Bavaria , Leonhard Schmidtner . The foundation stone was laid in June 1868, and the work was largely completed in November 1869. The church was consecrated on May 5, 1873 by the Regensburg bishop Ignatius of Senestrey .

In 1892 the parish church was painted by the Straubing painter Michael Hafner. In 1906 the electrical lighting was installed and a new organ was purchased by Ludwig Edenhofer junior from Deggendorf . In 1927 the parish received two additional bells from Johann Hahn from Landshut. After these were withdrawn in the Second World War , all five new bells were ordered from Johann Hahn in 1948. A year earlier, the old ceiling painting in the main nave was removed and the church repainted. Pastor Michael Seidl (1946–1956) had a new Mary altar built in 1954, the year of Mary. In 1970 the church roof was renewed and the church received new stalls for six years . Today's organ, a work by the Munich organ builder Guido Nenninger, was inaugurated on May 23, 1982 . In the same year the folk altar and the ambo were made from the old communion bench , based on the idea of ​​the pastor Roman Jobst . The last thorough interior renovation was carried out in 1985, in 1989 and 1990 the church exterior was renovated. In 2010 a complete roof renovation finally took place.

description

Nave with pulpit and west gallery
Choir room, flanked by the figures of Peter and Paul
Relief-like cross-path panels

The Rottenburg parish church is a three-aisled pseudo - basilica, which is often classified as a relay hall . However, since the aisles are clearly separated from the central nave and thus represent separate parts of the building , the classification is not applicable. The structure of the exterior is made up of buttress , base and roof frieze . The characteristic church tower with buttresses at the corners is attached to the east choir on the north side, and the two-storey sacristy on the south side . The west facade with the two-wing main portal and the two copper- clad side portals is crowned by a cross on the roof ridge. As the portals are also the stained glass windows in the style of the Gothic style pointed arch executed. The nave extends over six bays , the choir comprises two bays and a three-sided choir closure. Both parts of the building are spanned by a star rib vault, which rises from half-columns on the mighty pillars. Shield arches and transitions between the central nave and the side aisles are pointed arches . The rearmost yoke of all three naves is spanned by a double gallery , the balustrades of which are decorated with neo-Gothic tracery .

The choir, which is raised by three steps and faces east, has neo-Gothic choir stalls with five seats each. In addition, there is the high altar with a relief-like representation of Jesus and his twelve apostles at the Last Supper . Below there is a tank and a rotating tabernacle , which are flanked by the figures (from left to right) Abraham , Michael , Nikolaus and Melchizedech . The side altars are located on the end walls of the aisles. The right side altar, like the high altar and the neo-Gothic pulpit, dates from 1871 and was made by the Landshut sculptor Michael Mayer . The central figure of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is flanked by the Saints Johannes Nepomuk and Franz Xaver , above it there is a figure of Saint Castulus . While the high altar and the right side altar are designed as neo-Gothic shrine altars, the left side altar, next to the cafeteria and tabernacle , consists only of the baroque figure of Mary with the baby Jesus , which is surrounded by a halo and scrollwork made of wood. It was also only set up in the year of Mary in 1954. The figure of Mary was made by the sculptor Schober from Helchenbach in 1705, the foliage was created by the Regensburg artist Helmer in 1954. It contains seven symbols from the Lauretanian litany (clockwise, starting at the bottom left): You seat of wisdom, you spiritual vessel, you Spiritual rose, you ivory tower, you golden house, you ark of the covenant, you gate of heaven. The neo-Gothic church furnishings , on the other hand, again include the cross-way panels by the Munich sculptor Jakob Hofmann, which are executed as reliefs.

Apart from the neo-Gothic pieces, the ten life-size apostle figures from the period between 1530 and 1540, which are attached to the pillars in the central nave, are particularly interesting. They are close to the style of the Upper Bavarian master von Rabenden , but were probably made in Nandlstadt . The missing figures of Peter and Paul were replaced by neo-Gothic statues and can be seen today on the choir arch .

organ

Nenninger organ

The first organ that was used in the church built at the end of the 19th century was taken over from the previous building. The baroque instrument was built in 1722 by Franz Mitterreither from Landshut. In 1907 it was replaced by an instrument made by the Deggendorf organ builder Ludwig Edenhofer junior . The pneumatic cone store instrument comprised a total of 15 stops on two manuals and a pedal . It was replaced in 1982 by the present organ made by the Munich organ builder Guido Nenninger . This purely mechanical slider chest instrument has a free pipe prospect and comprises 22 stops on two manuals and pedal. The pipe material of six registers was completely taken over from the previous organ.

Disposition of the Edenhofer organ from 1907
I main work
1. Principal 8th'
2. Viola di gamba 8th'
3. Quintatön 8th'
4th Tibia 8th'
5. Octave 4 ′
6th Mixture IV 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
II swell
7th Violin principal 8th'
8th. Salicional 8th'
9. Aeoline 8th'
10. Vox coelestis 8th'
11. Lovely covered 8th'
12. Transverse flute 4 ′
pedal
13. Sub-bass 16 ′
14th Violon 16 ′
15th cello 8th'
  • Coupling : II / I, II / P, I / P, Super I, Sub I, Super II, Sub II
  • Playing aids : crescendo, adjuster for pedal moderator, calcant bell, piano, forte, fortissimo, trigger
Disposition of the Nenninger organ from 1982
I Hauptwerk C – g 3
1. Principal 8th'
2. Tibia 8th'
3. Octave 4 ′
4th Flauto amabile 4 ′
5. Schiwegel 2 ′
6th Sesquialter II 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
7th Mixture V 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
8th. Trumpet 8th'
II Swell C – g 3
9. Lead-covered 8th'
10. Gambetta 4 ′
11. Beat 4 ′
12. Horn principal 4 ′
13. Principal 2 ′
14th Larigot 1 ′ + 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
15th Third cymbal III 2 ⁄ 5 ′
16. oboe 8th'
Tremulant
Pedal C – f 1
17th Sub-bass 16 ′
18th Octave bass 8th'
19th Covered bass 8th'
20th Chorale bass 4 ′ + 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
21st Rauschwerk IV 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
22nd trombone 16 ′

Remarks:

  1. ↑ a b c d e f taken from the previous organ (originally Edenhofer, 1907)

literature

  • Josef Mayerhofer: The churches of the parish Rottenburg ad Laaber (= Little Art Guide No. 1402). Schnell & Steiner, Munich 1983.

Web links

Commons : St. Georg (Rottenburg an der Laaber)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Parish Church of St. Georg Rottenburg . Online at www.pfarrei-rottenburg.de. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
  2. ↑ a b c d e Mayerhofer, pp. 2-4.
  3. ↑ a b c Mayerhofer, pp. 4-6.
  4. ↑ a b c Bavarian organ database online

Coordinates: 48 ° 42 ′ 7 "  N , 12 ° 1 ′ 41.6"  E