St. Johann (Weilheim in Upper Bavaria)

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St. Johann from the south

The Roman Catholic branch church St. Johann Baptist und Evangelist (also called Töllernkirche ) stands on a small hill in the locality of Töllern in the district town of Weilheim in Upper Bavaria . The listed church belongs with the parish community Weilheim to the dean's office Weilheim-Schongau in the diocese of Augsburg .

history

St. Johann (left) from the north around 1900
St. Johann from the southeast, 1919

The church was built around 1400 and first mentioned in 1409. At that time the hamlet in which it stood was far outside the city walls. The church served the sick from the neighboring leprosy house as a church, the cemetery was their final resting place. Also repentant executed persons were buried here. The choir was added in 1490. In 1583 the tower was raised.

Description and equipment

The onion dome is connected to the south of the simple hall church with five-sided choir closure .

Building inscription

On the south side of the tower, about 3.5 meters high, there is a building inscription that was uncovered in 1862. The writing in the red-fired brick reads: "1583 / A R ·", plus a craftsman's mark.

A mural depicting Christ as the judge of the world was uncovered on the west wall in 1950–1952 . It is the Elder Elias Greuter attributed .

The churchyard wall with three passageways framed by pillars dates from the 17th century. Next to the church is the leper house.

Bells

Franz Sales Gailler reported two bells in St. Johann in 1756 . The smaller one bore the inscriptions “† W. Steger gos mich in Minchen 1582 iar” and “S. Koch "and" V. Pogner ". The larger one was undecorated and was melted down in 1831 for the new ringing of the parish church of the Assumption . In 1744, Daniel Kennerknecht from Weilheim cast a 49 kg bell tuned to f sharp 2 as a replacement . The latter bell was in the First World War delivered and melted down , the smaller fell despite its age the Second World War victims .

After the war, the church received a new bell weighing 42 kg from the Gebhard bell foundry in Kempten in 1955 . This is tuned to the pitch b 2 and bears the inscription "METANOEITE" (German, 'Think about!').

literature

  • Joachim Heberlein, Erwin Reiter: Filial church St. Johannes Baptist and St. Johannes Evangelist in Töllern. In: The churches and chapels in the parish community Weilheim i. IF. Kunstverlag Fink, Lindenberg im Allgäu 2013, ISBN 978-3-89870-850-0 , pp. 35–39.
  • Willi Mauthe: St. Johann in Töllern. In: Weilheimer Heimatblätter , 1. Weilheim in Oberbayern 1979, ISSN  0173-7007 , pp. 11-14.
  • Frumentius Renner: The strange story of the Töllernkirche. In: Weilheimer Heimatblätter , 1. Weilheim in Oberbayern 1979, ISSN  0173-7007 , pp. 15-36.

Web links

Commons : St. John the Baptist (Töllern)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e List of monuments for Weilheim in Upper Bavaria (PDF) at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation. P. 7, accessed on September 19, 2018 (PDF; 1.34 MB).
  2. ↑ Joachim Heberlein: History of the Töllernhaus . In: Catholic parish community in Weilheim in Upper Bavaria (ed.): VERBO . Church newspaper of the Catholic parish community in Weilheim. October 2013, p. 8 f . ( pg-weilheim.de [PDF; 7.7 MB ]).
  3. ↑ Manfred Merk: DI 84, No. 166 . urn : nbn: de: 0238-di084m015k0016607 ( inschriften.net ).
  4. ↑ Manfred Merk: DI 84, No. 274 . urn : nbn: de: 0238-di084m015k0027404 ( inschriften.net ).
  5. ^ Joachim Heberlein: St. Johann in Töllern. In: weilheimerglocken.de. November 26, 2016. Retrieved September 19, 2018 .

Coordinates: 47 ° 50 ′ 56.8 "  N , 11 ° 8 ′ 53"  E