St. Gordian and Epimachus (Legau)
The Catholic parish church of St. Gordian and Epimachus , which was also under the patronage of St. Martin until the end of the 15th century, is located in Legau in the Unterallgäu district in Bavaria . The church is a listed building. It bears the patronage of the two saints Gordianus and Epimachus .
history
The church was designed in its current form in 1897. During this time, the cladding of the external facades was made in neo-Romanesque forms and the interior was designed. In the basement of the tower there is still late medieval masonry. Likewise, the choir and the nave are essentially from the late Middle Ages . The church was restored in 1661, 1695 and 1783. In 1815 the church was extended by an axis to the west and the pointed spire of the church tower was made.
Building description
The nave of the church consists of five window axes and connects to a retracted choir with a five-eighth end. The choir consists of three window axes. The choir and nave are both provided with a pressed barrel vault . The four-sided church tower is on the north side. In the basement, the tower consists of tuff stone blocks and contains remains of walls from the late Middle Ages. The sacristy door dates from the 17th or 18th century. The sundial attached to the south exterior dates from 1783.
Furnishing
In the church in the right side altar there is a larger than life wooden figure of Mary from the beginning of the 18th century. A putto comes from the same period . The nativity scene from 1780 consists of over 100 figures about 30 cm in size. The processional pole dates from the late 18th century . In this one, surrounded by a rosary, is depicted a double Madonna.
Several epitaphs are placed inside the churches, for example for Franziska Thekla († 1799), for Franz Anton von Springer († 1820) and for pastor Schmiduz († 1695). A coat of arms relief in a sandstone slab is placed inside the choir arch. This dates from around the middle of the 18th century. A heavily weathered sandstone relief dates from the 16th century. This shows the deceased for a crucifix on the south wall of the choir .
Christmas crib
The church has the figures of the nativity scene of the former Premonstratensian monastery Rot an der Rot from the mid-18th century . This came to Legau around 1819 and was last restored from 1989 to 1993. The nativity scene is set up in front of the left side altar every year from the 3rd Advent until the time of the Candlemas. The eight different representations of the changing crib are: Annunciation, Birth of the Lord, Sacrifice in the Temple, Three Kings, Holy Family, Wedding in Cana, Circumcision of the Lord.
entire crib
Christmas presentation
Flocks of angels
Annunciation angel
Dealer (left)
Holy Family
Premonstratensian monk
Guardian with pike
Shepherd dog
Beggar and farmer
sheep
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See also
literature
- Tilmann Breuer : City and District of Memmingen . Ed .: Heinrich Kreisel and Adam Horn. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1959, p. 143 .
- Heide Weißhaar-Kiem and Moritz Heckler: St. Gordian and Epimachus Parish Church of Legau - ceremony for the consecration of the new altar in 1986 , Legau 1986.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Diocese of Augsburg
- ↑ The church used to be called St. Martin. Retrieved May 11, 2013 .
- ↑ Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation: Entry D-7-78-165-4 ( Memento of the original dated December 30, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c Tilmann Breuer; Heinrich Kreisel and Adam Horn (eds.): City and district of Memmingen . Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1959, p. 143
- ↑ Baroque nativity scene in the parish church in Legau. Accessed December 31, 2017 .
Coordinates: 47 ° 51 '23.9 " N , 10 ° 7' 48" E