St. Jakobus (Achslach)
The Roman Catholic parish church of St. Jakobus is a listed church building in Achslach in the Lower Bavarian district of Regen ( Bavaria ). It stands at about 600 m above sea level. NN in the center of the village on the Teisnach and at the foot of the 675 meter high Kirchberg.
history
The Achslach valley is located in the area of the Karolinger Wald (northern forest), which was settled from the Metten monastery from the 9th century . 1115 Achslach for the first time as a ministry seat of the Counts of Bogen under the name Drasloha mentioned. The presence of a place of worship at this time is likely, as the individual church system of the Counts of Bogen was an important factor in understanding property rights, especially in connection with new settlements. In the 15th century there is a record of a place of worship and, in the late Gothic period around 1527, there is evidence of a larger church that was dedicated to St. James the Elder .
After the elevation to a parish in 1818 and due to the simultaneous unification with Allersdorf, it was no longer possible to avoid the previous small and dilapidated church to a large extent and to rebuild it in a significantly expanded manner. The new building was put out to tender in January 1832.
In 1833, under builder Jakob Achatz from Viechtach, the building, made entirely of field stones, was completed in just under six months. HH Pastor Leibinger gave the church 200 guilders so that two side altars and a pulpit could be bought.
On June 6, 1837 consecrated Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg and later Archbishop of Bamberg Bonifaz Kaspar Urban church.
In 1867 the tower from the 15th century, which had remained standing by the old church, was raised and finished with a slate-roofed pyramid.
The last major renovation took place in 2008-2013.
Achslach around 1850
Gothic sacrament stone from the previous church
Furnishing
- The high altar , a work from the early Rococo , was created around 1720 and has been preserved in the original together with its figurative representations. The high altar sheet, painted by Georg Aichinger from Achslach in 1866, shows the church patron St. Jakobus sitting on a cloud over the village of Achslach. The left side figure shows St. Peter , the right one St. Paul . The altar excerpt shows God the Father with the globe surrounded by archangels and two putti. On the back of the high altar, a Gothic sacrament stone is walled in, which should still come from the previous church.
- The left side altar shows St. Maria on the altar sheet , painted by Georg Aichinger from Achslach in 1876. The painting in the altar extract represents St. Leonhard . A second tabernacle is integrated above the Altarmensa . In earlier times the image of St. Philomena in correspondence with the full body relic of St. Hilary on the right side altar.
- The right side altar shows St. Josef on the altar sheet , painted by Georg Aichinger from Achslach in 1876. The painting in the altar extract represents St. Wendelin . Above the cafeteria is the reliquary of the catacomb saint Hilarius.
- The Way of the Cross was painted in 1850 by Johann Baptist Reisbacher the Elder.
- The pulpit shows paintings of the four evangelists and a rococo representation of Jesus as the good shepherd . There is a statue of John the Baptist on the cover .
- In the nave and choir there are the following statues: St. Florian , St. Wolfgang , Maria Dolorosa , choir arch crucifix, St. Joseph , St. Sebastian , Herz Jesu , Maria Immaculata .
- Church grotto with Fatima Madonna .
High altar
Side altar of St. Mary
Side altar of St. Joseph
Gallery with Edenhofer organ
Nave north side
Nave south side
Church grotto with Fatima Madonna
Maria Dolorosa
Choir with high altar, people's altar and ambo
Detail high altar
Extract high altar
Putti on the left side altar
Reliquary of St. Hilary
On the right side altar is the baroque reliquary of the catacomb saint Hilary. The relic was purchased from the Gotteszell monastery in 1729, along with two other relics from Anton Beno Höger from Anzing . In the course of secularization , St. Hilarius moved to Achslach in 1807.
The reliquary is adorned with a marble tablet with gilded inscriptions in Latin. There it says "dormioni hilari filio dulcissimo" (= for a friendly resting place for the best son). In the baroque period, a second i was added to the hilari , which translates the inscription as the resting place of Hilary .
This is a full-body relic. Slightly missing parts of the magnificently framed skeleton are skillfully reworked from wood. The skull has complete, well-preserved dentures, a clear indication that Hilarius died young. It is also likely to come from a wealthy class, as there is no great abrasion on the teeth, as can be seen in people of the simpler classes.
An extensive restoration of the baroque reliquary took place in 2013.
Reliquary on the right side altar
St. Hilary
St. Hilary during the restoration in 2013
organ
The organ is a remarkable instrument and at the time it was built it was a trend-setter for the burgeoning modern organ building in the entire region. It was in 1852 by Regener organ builder Carl Ludwig Edenhofer built after the slider chest system with mechanical action. To this day it has a regional traditional pedal with a short octave which was made twelve-tone and repetitive. In 1854 he converted the instrument. He modernized the blower system according to the technical standards of the time and added a further manual keyboard . The newly built-in physharmonica could be played as a soloist using this new manual , or it could be mixed into the overall sound via the first manual using the sliding coupler . In addition, he exchanged the striking cornett for a highly romantic aeoline.
It is Edenhofer's first verifiable opus and probably his only surviving piece with a physharmonica register. Due to the war, the prospect pipes were used for weapons production . The exchange of registers carried out by the builder was reversed in 1975 after an assessment by Eberhard Kraus . In 2012 it was restored by the Jann company after it had not been playable for over twenty years due to a defect and its function had been temporarily replaced by several electronics.
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Bells
The parish church has three bells. All of them were manufactured by the Anton Gugg bell foundry in Straubing after 1945, as the old bells were demanded during the world wars.
- Cross bell (1946) - strikes the hour
- Paulus Bell (1951)
- Marienglocke (1951) - 1 ⁄ 4 -hour strike
A special feature are two singing bowls that are attached above the Heiliggeistloch . These signal in addition to the bell the hour and 1 / 4 -Stundenschlag.
Cross bell
Paul Bell
Marienbell
Singing bowls
Web links
- Organ concert for the restoration of the historic Edenhofer organ on June 2, 2013 (Youtube playlist).
- Full ringing of the bells of the parish church St. Jakobus Achslach (Youtube video).
- Individual ringing of the bells of the parish church St. Jakobus Achslach (Youtube video).
Individual evidence
- ^ Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation: St. Jakobus, Achslach. ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on: geodaten.bayern.de.
- ^ Bavarian Academy of Sciences: Monumenta Boica. On: books.google.de. Volume 12, 1775, p. 31.
- ↑ Commission for Bavarian State History: Historical Atlas of Bavaria: Part of Old Bavaria. 1968, page 78 ff.
- ^ Government and intelligence gazette for the Kingdom of Bavaria.
- ↑ Royal Bavarian Intelligence Journal of the Lower Danube District.
- ^ Anne-Rose Baumgartner: Achslach and his church between 1792 and 1992. March 1996.
- ^ Anton Trellinger (ed.): Contributions to the history of the individual places in the municipality of Achslach. Buchdruckerei Nothaft Deggendorf.
- ↑ Alois Zimmermann (Ed.): Local history Achslach 1115-1972.
- ^ Passauer Neue Presse: The worm was in the church. 7 September 2011.
- ↑ Georg Aichinger: Metten Monastery and its surroundings. Thomann Verlag Landshut, 1859, p. 352.
- ^ Sabine Schwab: The art chamber. Restoration of St. Hilary.
- ↑ Landshuter Zeitung of September 21, 1852
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^ Passauer Zeitung: News from and for Lower Bavaria. No. 15, January 15, 1855.
- "Mr. Ludwig Edenhofer, certified organ builder from Regen, has improved and enlarged the organ that was built in Achslach two years ago - it left nothing to be desired at that time - after his previous experiences in Munich and the Austrian states with distinction. Instead of the bellows, a single magazine blower was inserted, which delivers more wind than three to four bellows, and which far exceeds this, as well as all the box blowers that have so far been praised so far, in terms of duration and functionality. On a second manual is a physharmonica, the tone of which is extremely lovely and pleasant: it can produce a crescendo and decrescendo. The tone of the entire twelve-part work is strong, but not screaming, it is ecclesiastical and truly majestic. Durable mechanics and a tasteful design force themselves into the eye of the observer. "
Coordinates: 48 ° 58 ′ 18.3 ″ N , 12 ° 56 ′ 15.2 ″ E