St. Jakob (Mitterteich)

The parish church of St. Jakob and the Marian column

The parish church of St. Jakob is the Roman Catholic parish church of the city of Mitterteich in the northern Upper Palatinate in the diocese of Regensburg . The church, consecrated to St. James the Elder and St. Anne , was built from 1890 to 1893 according to plans by Carl Hocheder , after three previous buildings had already burned down on the same site. The church tower is the town's landmark, was built in 1606 and is therefore the oldest building in Mitterteich.

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Interior

The high altar

In the choir is the high altar, which Pastor Karl Hof purchased in 1929 instead of an altar designed in the Dengler style. Above the altar table on the predella the four evangelist symbols are carved, above is a triangular structure with the symbols of the Holy Trinity: in the middle above on the altar in the pediment God the Father , in the middle part Jesus Christ on the altar cross and in between the Holy Spirit in form the pigeon. The Eucharist is reflected in the two relief panels on the sides. On the left panel is prophet Elijah of angels fed in the wilderness with bread and water ( 1 Kings 17.2 to 6 EU ), on the right the captain of asks Capernaum Jesus for the healing of his servant ( Matthew 8.5-13 EU ). Behind the two are a bearded prophet and the evangelist John, who record the event in writing.

The vault of the apse shows in mosaic work Christ in the mandorla, who comes again on clouds. In his left hand he is holding an open book, the other hand is raised in blessing. Two angels are depicted on either side on a gold background. The windows and walls of the choir are decorated with images of the apostles . The three windows behind the altar show the church patron James the Elder, Saint John and Saint Andrew. The wall bears pictures of a further eight apostles and a large painting of the church patron, while figures of the apostles Peter and Paul look into the nave .

In the central nave, scenes from the lives of the apostles Peter and Paul are depicted in small pictures on the high walls. Figures of saints on the pillars of the ship were removed during the renovation in 1931 and have been back in their places since the last renovation in the 1970s. On the first pair of pillars a holy bishop and St. Elisabeth can be seen, on the second St. Leonhard and the pulpit and on the third the figures of St. Anthony and his brother Konrad.

Figures of Joachim and Anna on the west wall of the vestibule were taken from the old church and there is a statue of St. Theresa of Lisieux at the entrance to the western gallery .

organ

The organ of the church is a new building from 2006

The Pfarrer-Richter-Gedächtnis- Organ was built in 2006 by the organ building company Karsten Hörl from Helmbrechts , but can also be found as Opus 159 at Orgelbau Anton Škrabl . It was consecrated on August 27, 2006 by the then Regensburg Bishop Gerhard Ludwig Müller . The dedication name refers to the now deceased clergyman Siegfried Richter. Matthias Eisenberg has been titular organist at St. Jakob since 2009 . The instrument has the following disposition :

I main work C – a ³
1.	Drone	32 ′
2.	Principal	16 ′
3.	Drone	16 ′
4th	Principal	8th'
5.	Seraphone flute	8th'
6th	Pipe border	8th'
7th	Viol	8th'
8th.	Octave	4 ′
9.	Pointed flute	4 ′
10.	Fifth	2 ² ⁄ ₃  ′
11.	Super octave	2 ′
12.	Mixture VI	2 ′
13.	Cornett V	8th'
14th	Trumpet	8th'
15th	Tromp. Pontificale	8th'

II Positive C – a ³
16.	Drone	16 ′
17th	Horn principal	8th'
18th	Tibia	8th'
19th	Viennese flute	8th'
20th	Unda maris	8th'
21st	Salicional	8th'
22nd	Dolce	8th'
23.	Principal	4 ′
24.	Flute	4 ′
25th	Salicet	4 ′
26th	Night horn	2 ′
27.	Mixture IV	1 ¹ ⁄ ₃  ′
28.	Trompette harmonique	8th'
29	Clairon	4 ′
30th	clarinet	8th'

III Swell C – a ³
31.	Drone	16 ′
32.	Double flute	8th'
33.	Dumped	8th'
34.	Quintatön	8th'
35.	Viola da gamba	8th'
36.	Vox coelestis	8th'
37.	Aeoline	8th'
38.	Fugara	4 ′
39.	Reed flute	4 ′
40.	Nasard	2 ² ⁄ ₃  ′
41.	Flautino	2 ′
42.	Harmonia aetheria III	2 ² ⁄ ₃  ′
43.	oboe	8th'
44.	Vox humana	8th'
	Tremulant

Pedal C – g ¹
45.	Pedestal	32 ′
46.	Principal	16 ′
47.	Sub bass	16 ′
48.	Octave	8th'
49.	flute	8th'
50.	violoncello	8th'
51.	Octave	4 ′
52.	flute	4 ′
53.	trombone	16 ′
54.	Trumpet	8th'
55.	Clarine	4 ′

Coupling : II / I, III / I, III / II, I / P, II / P, III / P; Super I / I, III / I, III / II, III / III, I / P; Sub III / I, II / I, III / II, II / II, III / III; General coupling, super general coupling, sub general coupling

Bells

View through the nave to the choir

The bell ringing of St. Jakob is composed as follows:

Name (patronage)	Chime	Weight (quintals)	inscription
God the Father	b	53.8	Pater noster qui es in caelis sanctificetur nomen tuum
Jesus Christ	of	28.1	Lauda Sion Salvatorem
Holy Spirit	it	26.8	Emitte Spiritum tuum
Holy Maria	f	19.4	Ave Maria gratia plena
Saint Jacob	as	11.4	Tuere parochiam tuam
Saint Joseph	b	7.8	Ora pro nobis in hora mortis