St. Johann (Dießen am Ammersee)
The Roman Catholic Church of St. Johann is located in Dießen am Ammersee , a municipality in the Bavarian district of Landsberg am Lech and was built in 1584 and redesigned twice in the 18th century. The church building is a registered monument and is located north of the Tiefenbach at Johannisstraße 29.
history
Initially, the herb gardens of the parish church of St. Georgen were located on the site of today's church and the cemetery. In the course of the 16th century, Dießen citizens increasingly bought up the herb gardens and for practical reasons it was decided in 1583 to abandon the higher-lying old cemetery at today's Marienmünster and to create a new cemetery including a church.
After approval by the monastery, the cemetery was completed in 1583 and the first church building in 1584. He received the double patronage of John the Baptist and John the Apostle and Evangelist . Only the north wall and the tower structure are preserved from the former system.
The church was enlarged in 1740 under Provost Herkulan Karg.
Finally, in the years 1777 to 1780, an almost complete renovation by the Raistinger plasterer and sculptor Thomas Schaidhauf in the style of early classicism followed . The narrow choir was completely demolished with the south side, the sacristy and the three altars with pulpit , even a new foundation stone was laid by Probst Berchtold in 1777. The new sacristy is now in the northern part, 24 windows decorate the church.
Like many churches, the construction was endangered in the course of secularization in 1803, but the market in Dießen took over the church as a cemetery church and thus saved the building from deterioration.
Due to the location of the church only about five meters west of the main thoroughfare and the increasing volume of traffic in the course of the 20th century, the church had to be renovated several times. For the first time in 1962/63, due to cracks and acute danger of collapse, a complete interior renovation was carried out, the south and east walls were underpinned with bored piles and the floor and roof were repaired. After minor renovations in 1980, large parts of the church were completely renovated in 2016 for one million euros.
architecture
Exterior construction
The early classical hall building has a pressed, round-arched choir. The walls are broken up by round windows at the top and arched windows at the bottom . The north tower, covered with an onion dome, is divided by cornices . There are arched windows in the bell storey.
inner space
In the east of the hall there is the round-arched choir and the sacristy. The vestibule with the organ gallery is at the west end. The walls are studded with pilasters with capitals , and a cornice resting on consoles runs over them at the base of the vault .
Furnishing
- The high altar was created by Thomas Schaidhauf and extends up to the vault. Here the abbot coat of arms of Provost Berchtold is attached. Putti carry the spear and pole , the instruments of passion . At the foot of the central cross stands the Mater Dolorosa , Johannes and Maria Magdalena mourn next to her for the crucified Christ. The altar is flanked by statues of Saints Peter and Paul , gilded Empire vases and candlesticks, as well as canon tables form the altar decoration.
- The side altars are over the corner, on the right is Saint Sebastian accompanied by two small statues, next to John the Baptist with the plague cartridges Sebastian and Rochus. Several putti with palm trees and silver-plated candlesticks form the ornamentation.
- The Way of the Cross has 15 stations, the last one depicts the finding of the cross by Helena.
- The white pulpit is adorned with white putti, next to it an oil painting of the holy family.
- Several grave slabs, embedded in the floor and walls, point to the market judges of the ducal ban market in Dießen who were buried here. Two metal plates commemorate the market judge and maritime judge Franz Ferdinand Helmberg.
graveyard
The cemetery, originally laid out in 1583, was expanded for the first time in 1740, then in 1876 and most recently in 1950 due to the population growth caused by the 2000 displaced persons after the Second World War. Centrally located is a mausoleum for those who died in the war.
literature
- M. Aquinata Schnurer OP: Home book of the market in Dießen am Ammersee . Jos. C. Huber, Dießen am Ammersee 1976, pp. 184-185.
- Bruno Schweizer: The Diessener Heimatbüchlein . Josef Reisinger, Dießen am Ammersee 1990, p. 68
Web links
- [1] Süddeutsche Zeitung (accessed on May 15, 2019)
- Website of the parish community in Dießen am Ammersee
Individual evidence
- ↑ St. Johann - a place to meet , Ammersee-Kurier, January 29, 2016
Coordinates: 47 ° 56 ′ 43.4 " N , 11 ° 6 ′ 14.8" E