St. Jakobus (Schondorf am Ammersee)

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General view from the northeast
Interior to the east
High altar
Romanesque crucifix

The Catholic branch church St. Jakobus is a Romanesque tuff stone building in Schondorf am Ammersee on the west bank of the Ammersee in Upper Bavaria ( Landsberg am Lech district ). The two-storey church is one of the most important high medieval small churches in southern Bavaria. It is one of the Romanesque country churches with a secular upper floor .

history

The Dießen Ministeriale Konrad from the Schondorf family is proven to be the builder of the church on the lakeshore in Unterschondorf (Dießen death register). The foundation stone is likely to have been laid around 1150. The patronage of the Apostle James indicates a connection with the Camino de Santiago .

After the area passed to the Wittelsbach family , the lords of “Sconendorf” lost their offices and became impoverished.

The Romanesque church was renovated in 1607 (inscription on the choir arch). In the 18th century the windows were enlarged and the roof turret was added. During the renovation in 1892, the gallery was expanded and a mural was exposed. In 1942 the important wooden crucifix disappeared from the church (theft, replaced in 1969).

The last exterior renovation took place in 1977, and the interior was also renovated in 1986-88.

description

The high Romanesque church stands on a high plinth at the beginning of the western slope of the Ammersee above the beach promenade. The exterior, made of carefully layered tuff blocks, is unplastered and almost unchanged except for the enlarged nave windows and the roof turret. The apse in the east is slightly drawn in, so narrower than the nave and is structured by pilaster strips and a round arch frieze under the eaves. The window opening dates from the high Middle Ages . The baroque roof turret with its onion dome sits above the west gable .

A simple, two-tier arched portal on the south side enables access. The two-bay interior is approx. 18 m long, 7.5 m wide and 8 m high and has a groin vault. The belt arches rest on rectangular pillars. The apse is separated by a stepped round arch.

In addition to the central pillar of the north wall, there is access to the staircase of the former gallery. Another wall staircase in the west wall ends in the attic, the original function of which is unclear. Today both stairs are connected to each other, so you get directly to the top floor.

Formerly there was an additional entrance in the west wall - now walled up. Narrow light openings illuminate the roof space. As with other churches with a secular upper floor , this room served as a place of retreat or pilgrims' hostel in the High Middle Ages. Similar systems can be found in Piesenkofen ( Mühldorf am Inn district ) and Thal ( Rosenheim district ).

The baroque high altar is in the apse. The work was created around 1660/70. The main character shows St. James, to the side are the hll. Markus and Katharina. The statues were probably made in Sebastian Degler's workshop in Weilheim.

The large Romanesque crucifix on the north wall was placed in the church in 1969 as a replacement for the stolen previous cross (foundation).

literature

Web links

Commons : St. James  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 48 ° 3 '10.4 "  N , 11 ° 6' 0.7"  E