St. Gordian and St. Epimachus (Stöttwang)
The Catholic parish church of St. Gordian and St. Epimachus in Stöttwang , a municipality in the Ostallgäu district in the Bavarian administrative district of Swabia , was built in the middle of the 18th century in the Rococo style. Due to its extensive equipment, it is also known as the "little Wies ". The church is dedicated to the martyrs Gordianus and Epimachus and belongs to the diocese of Augsburg .
history
The church goes back to an own monastery founded in the 8th century with a chapel consecrated to Mary , which was subordinate to the emperor. In the year 831 Ludwig the Pious , the son and successor of Charlemagne , gave the monastery to the Benedictine abbey in Kempten , which exercised the right of patronage in the parish of Stöttwang until secularization . The Kempten monastery had a larger church built on the site of the former Marienkapelle, which was consecrated to Gordianus and Epimachus in the Middle Ages. The relics of the two patron saints are venerated in Kempten. The current church was built in 1744/45 under the pastor Johann Martin Klein and consecrated in 1746 by the Augsburg auxiliary bishop Johann Jakob von Mayr.
architecture
Exterior construction
The outer walls of the church are structured by painted pilasters , the windows are bordered in red-violet and decorated with false cornices. In the northeast of the nave rises the square bell tower, the pyramid roof of which is covered with green glazed tiles. The two basement floors of the tower date from the 14th / 15th centuries. Century, the upper floor was rebuilt in its present form in 1768 after a lightning strike. The tower is framed by corner pilasters , and glare fields with round arch friezes are cut into the walls . Arched windows open on all floors, the top floor is broken through on three sides by twin arcades .
Painted pilasters
sundial
entrance
inner space
The plan of the church is a Latin cross . The interior, a lighted by tall windows hall building is a barely protruding from the wall pilasters with elaborate stucco capitals and profiled beams are decorated in five axes divided. In the east of the nave , a chapel with oval pendentive domes is built on to the right and left . The strongly drawn-in, two-bay choir , which is closed on three sides on the outside, is closed in a semicircle on the inside. The nave and choir are covered by flat needle cap barrels. A double gallery with multiple curved parapets forms the western end of the nave .
Piece
The stucco decor was created in 1745 by Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer the Elder.
Frescoes
The frescoes were executed in 1745 by Franz Georg Hermann and his son Franz Ludwig . The choir fresco depicts the beheading of St. Gordianus and his transfiguration. The western ceiling fresco of the nave is dedicated to the transfiguration of St. Epimachus. In the eastern part, a column-supported dome with a coffered ceiling and lantern is simulated. At the foot of the dome is a balcony on which the builder of the church, Pastor Johann Martin Klein, can be seen as a preacher, including the Archangel Michael with the flaming sword, angel and coat of arms and the inscription "Mater, Deo ConseCrata eXaLtatVr". The capital letters result in a chronogram with the year MDCCXLV (1745). The smaller medallions are made in grisaille technique and depict apostles and church fathers. Above the organ gallery you can see King David with the harp, Saint Cecilia at the organ and the prophet Jeremias with a lute.
On the dome frescoes of the two side chapels, Jesus with the cross and Mary as intercessor are depicted on the right and the rehearsal on the cross in the presence of St. Helena on the left . The fresco is reminiscent of a brotherhood of the Holy Cross that formerly existed in Stöttwang.
Transfiguration of St. Gordianus
Pastor Johann Martin Klein, coat of arms and chronogram
Transfiguration of St. Epimachus
The frescoes on the upper gallery parapet show angels playing music, the frescoes on the lower parapet show allegorical depictions of the cardinal virtues of wisdom (with mirror), justice (with sword and scales), moderation (with bridle and unicorn ), strength (with lance and shield), in the middle a personification of the church (with Pope's cross , key, papal crown and chalice). The bottom of the lower gallery is dedicated to the divine virtues of faith (with cross), hope (with anchor) and love (mother with children).
Faith
hope
love
Allegory of the Church
Furnishing
- The richly structured high altar from around 1761/62 is a work by Aegidius Verhelst the Elder and his son Placidus . The central niche is occupied by a crucifixion group , on the sides are the patron saints of the church, St. Gordianus and St. Epimachus.
- The choir arch altars date from the third quarter of the 18th century. The left altar is dedicated to Francis de Sales , the right to John Nepomuk .
- The chapel altars were created around 1719. The lamentation of Mary is depicted on the altar panel of the northern altar, and the Immaculate Conception on the image of the southern altar .
- The pulpit from stucco marble was in 1745 by Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer created the Elder. The pulpit basket and sound cover are decorated with rocailles .
- The three-part confessionals set into the wall date from the middle of the 18th century. They are carved with shellwork.
High altar, saint Epimachus
High altar, crucifixion group
High altar, saint Gordianus
organ
The old organ was sold to Osterzell in the course of the renovation in 1750 and is still in the parish church of St. Stephan and Oswald today. Today's organ is a work by the Hindelang brothers from 1888, which after a restoration in 1960 by the same company today has 16 stops on two manuals and a pedal .
literature
- Georg Dehio (arranged by: Bruno Bushart , Georg Paula ): Handbook of German Art Monuments - Bavaria III - Swabia . 2nd edition, Deutscher Kunstverlag , Munich 1989, ISBN 3-422-03116-2 , pp. 971–972.
- Martin Dömling: Stöttwang. Parish Church of St. Gordian and Epimach . Karl Motz & Co. KG., Church Leader Stöttwang 103 3769, Schongau o. J.
Web links
- Parish church Epimach and Gordian in Stöttwang Parish community Mauerstetten - Stöttwang (accessed on August 20, 2017)
- The small Wies community of Stöttwang (accessed on August 20, 2017)
Individual evidence
- ^ Diocese of Augsburg
- ↑ Information about the organ on orgbase.nl. Retrieved October 31, 2019 .
Coordinates: 47 ° 53 '21.8 " N , 10 ° 42' 58.9" E