St. Johann (Seyboldsdorf)
| St. Johann Baptist and St. Johann Evangelist
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| Denomination : | Roman Catholic |
| Patronage : |
Johannes Baptist and Johannes Evangelist |
| Rank: | Parish church |
| Pastor : | Cyril Kochuvillayil |
| Parish : | Parish Seyboldsdorf |
| Address: | Dorfstrasse 45, Seyboldsdorf, 84137 Vilsbiburg |
Coordinates: 48 ° 28 ′ 54.7 ″ N , 12 ° 20 ′ 25.8 ″ E The Roman Catholic parish church of St. Johannes Baptist and St. Johannes Evangelist (in short: Parish Church of St. John or Parish Church of St. John ) in the district Seyboldsdorf in the town of Vilsbiburg in the Lower Bavarian district of Landshut is a late Gothic church that was built in the second half of the 15th century. Today Seyboldsdorf forms a parish association with the parish Maria Immaculata in Dietelskirchen .
history
The history of the parish church is inextricably linked with the original Bavarian noble family von Seyboldsdorf , who held the right of presentation , donated some charities and moved their burial place here from Raitenhaslach monastery from 1340 onwards . On the northern outside and inside there are around 35 grave monuments of those von Seyboldsdorf who resided in the neighboring castle. On the keystones in the vaults of the church are the alliance coat of arms of the Seybold villages and the emblem of the in-laws wives, which begin at the main entrance to 1340 and then pull up to the high altar and the aisle below the dais next run chronologically. The middle keystone in the gallery vault bears the coat of arms of
Little is known about the previous building of today's parish church. The parish was first mentioned in 1326 and 1350 as part of the Kirchberg deanery and in 1346, when Heinrich der Seyboldsdorfer founded a mess beneficiary in the church. However, the patronage suggests that the church served as a baptistery much earlier . Today's parish church replaced this previous building in the second half of the 15th century. The building, executed in late Gothic style, originally consisted of a main nave and the Liebfrauenkapelle, which initially had no open connection to the nave. The latter was built around 1500, a little later than the main nave. The church contained four altars ; In 1665 these were mentioned for the first time: 1. Johannes Baptist and Johannes Evangelist ; 2. Blessed Virgin Mary ; 3. Fourteen helpers and Saint Sebastian ; 4. St. Erasmus , St. Katharina , St. Agnes , St. Walburga and St. Afra . In 1725, through the mediation of Baron Hermann von Seyboldsdorf, a relic of the catacomb saint and martyr Maximilianus of Numidia came to Seyboldsdorf, which can still be seen today on the north side altar.
The tower was set on fire by the withdrawing Swedes in 1648 and half burned down. Around 1700 it was probably given a baroque onion dome. This is evident from the copper engraving by Michael Wening from around 1710. In 1758 a new onion dome was added, which was replaced by today's pointed helmet in 1865 . In 1866 or 1867, a new high altar was purchased from the local carpenter Johann Alezee, which was executed in the neo-Gothic style. In 1881 three neo-Gothic side altars were commissioned from Landshut sculptor Johann Schuler. The painter Pfaffenzeller, the sculptor Joseph Franz Baumeister and the barrel painter Rössner were also involved in its completion . In 1884 the room shell was finally redesigned by the Eggenfelden painter Georg Haberland .
In the period from 1903 to 1915, additions and alterations were made to the church building, in which the nave was extended by a yoke (4.5 meters) to the west, the separation between the main and side aisles was removed and the northern side entrance with portal was built . In addition, the entire vault was removed during this work and rebuilt in the old forms. From 1908 to 1912 the Munich church painter Joseph Elsner junior created the ceiling and wall paintings. This resulted in colorful floral and ornamental wall paintings as well as three depictions of trumpet angels . In 1912 the right side altar was also replaced by a neo-Gothic pulpit ; since then the church has only three altars. In 1915, the north side entrance with portal was finally built . As early as July 6, 1912, the church was consecrated by Bishop Anton von Henle . More recently, however, attempts have mainly been made to preserve the substance: in 1956 the interior painting was whitewashed by Elsner and in 1978 the slate covering of the nave was replaced by a tiled roof. In the years 1997 to 1999, the church was renovated again on the outside and in 2003 on the inside, during which the neo-Gothic wall paintings by Elsner were exposed again. In 2003 there were 760 Catholics and 40 non-Catholics living in the parish area.
architecture
The parish church is an east-facing late Gothic hall church with a side aisle added to the north, the so-called Liebfrauenkapelle, which was only connected to the main nave via pointed arches at the beginning of the 20th century . This results in an asymmetrical floor plan, which is unusual for a local church building, but in this case can be justified historically. The nave comprises four bays - just like the north aisle - the choir has two bays and closes in three sides of the octagon. The choir has the width of the main nave, but is noticeably drawn in through the arch . In the rearmost yoke of the main aisle, the three-axis arched organ loft is inserted, which was probably built around 1500. The ogival windows are made in two parts and contain modern tracery . While the nave is largely undivided except for the window openings on the outside, the altar house is enlivened by buttresses and a roof frieze . The two-story sacristy is built onto the north side of the choir , the upper floor of which opens into the chancel as an oratory .
The tower is on the west side. You enter the church through the ribbed vaulted tower ground floor and the ogival church portal with round bar profiles. This old vestibule opens to the north and south in a pointed arch with a triple stepped and beveled outer reveal . A small porch was then built in the north in 1915, which also contains a portal to the north aisle. The four-storey tower substructure with a square floor plan is divided on the second and third storey by paired pointed arch panels, on the fourth floor by round arch panels in the same configuration. On top of this is an octagonal superstructure that contains the bell cage with a total of four bells. The three smaller bells date from 1649, the heaviest was purchased in 1948. Above a surrounding frieze, a pointed helmet with a ball and cross, which was put on in the 19th century, forms the upper end. The tower height is 52 meters; 30.4 meters of this is masonry , 17.0 meters are accounted for by the pyramid and 4.6 meters at the top.
The interior of the church is spanned by a late Gothic net rib vault with pointed arches , which rests on pillars with round bar profiles . The round bars merge into the vault ribs above half octagonal capitals. In the aisle, the capitals are semicircular and decorated with foliage . The pointed choir arch also shows round bar profiles on both sides. The organ gallery is supported by two octagonal pillars whose square profiled fighters are placed diagonally. In addition, these and the keystones of the vault are decorated with coats of arms. The room below the gallery is also spanned by a net vault and opens up to the main nave via three front arches.
Furnishing
High altar
The high altar was made in 1867 by the local carpenter Johann Alezee. The cafeteria rests on four black marble columns . On it is the tabernacle flanked by two worshiping angels . In the predella zone , half- relief busts of the four church fathers Ambrosius , Hieronymus , Augustine and Gregory the Great can be seen. At the center is a group of figures depicting the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist, painted by the Vilsbiburg painter Balthasar Clauser . The representation is flanked by the holy deacons Stephen (left) and Laurentius (right). The excerpt shows a group of figures consisting of God the Father and two standing angels.
Other equipment in the choir room
In the presbytery you can also see elaborate choir stalls , which the local master carpenter Joseph Zehentbauer created in 1910. The carvings he made in the sacristy in 1907 are also worth seeing. The separation between the nave and the choir is made by a neo-Gothic communion grille . The choir arch crucifix, which shows a Christ in a wrinkled loincloth, is an attractive work by the Vilsbiburg sculptor Johann Paul Wagner from 1765. A year later it was painted by the Vilsbiburg painter Balthasar Clausner. The choir windows, made in 1884 by the Hofglasmalkunstanstalt Franz Xaver Zettler from Munich, depict the Visitation of Mary (left) and the proclamation to Zacharias about the birth of the Baptist (right).
Side altars
To the left of the choir arch in the main nave is the neo-Gothic Brotherhood of Souls and Arms . It depicts the Mother of God , flanked by Saints Joseph (left) and Sebastian (right). In the former Liebfrauenkapelle there is also a neo-Gothic altar, which shows the Evangelist John flanked by religious, a monk and a nun. In addition, this altar contains the very well-preserved relic of Maximilianus of Numidia, donated by Count Hermann von Freyen-Seyboltstorff in 1725 , which includes the entire remains of his body. The reliquary is partially covered by the tabernacle with a relief image of the fourteen helpers in need. Before the pulpit was installed in 1912, there was another side altar to the right of the choir arch.
pulpit
The neo-Gothic pulpit added in 1912 was placed on the right of the choir arch in place of the right side altar. The body is adorned with the carved half-reliefs of the four evangelists ; It also includes a staircase and a sound cover richly decorated in the style of the (new) Gothic church architecture .
Baptismal font
The late Gothic font from 1511 is badly damaged and was surrounded by a wooden mantle in 1868. On the lid there is a statuette of John the Baptist, which was created in 1763 by the Vilsbiburg sculptor Johann Paul Wagner.
Other equipment in the nave
On both sides of the nave there is a figure of a saint on a console on the pillar between the first and second yoke from the east . On the left you can see Christ resting , a gift from Joseph Elsner Jr. from 1934, on the right the holy brother Konrad von Parzham , donated by the Altötting sculptor Girlich. The church stalls and confessionals were made by the local carpenter Johann Alezee in 1868. The neo-Gothic Way of the Cross was created in 1883 by the Munich painter Forder, the pictures in turn come from the carpenter Alezee.
organ
The organ has a three-part classicist case , which was built in 1795 by the organ builder Joseph Schweinacher from Landshut and converted into a classicist style in 1845 by his successor Johann Ehrlich . Ehrlich built an organ with six registers on a manual and pedal . Today's work has a total of ten stops on two manuals and pedal . It was installed on August 21, 1911 by Ignaz Weise from Plattling . In 2015 the pneumatic cone chest instrument was restored by the organ builder Christian Meier from Straubing . It has the following disposition :
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- Coupling : II / I, II / P, I / P Super I, Super II / I, pedal octave coupling
Funerary monuments
Inside and outside, a total of 35 grave monuments for the deceased clergy and nobles from Seyboldsdorf can be seen on the church walls. The oldest grave slab dates from 1340. The epitaph of Alexander Ludwig Reichsgraf von und zu Freyen-Seyboldsdorf († 1693), which is attached to the southern nave wall in the interior, is remarkable . 32 different coats of arms, a so-called ancestral test , can be seen on the tombstone .
War nailing from 1916
On the inside wall of the northern entrance hall, which was added in 1915, there is a large oak panel with numerous hammered nails above the door. These show the Bavarian Military Merit Cross and the emblem of King Ludwig III. , including the coat of arms of the noble family of Seyboldsdorf. This form of art, war nailing, was invented during World War I and also carried out in Seyboldsdorf in 1916. For every nail hammered in, a small gift had to be sacrificed, as the inscription proclaims: “In memory of our heroes and to be helpful, these nails were hammered in. - Firmly in loyalty - “. This war nailing was made in 1916 by the Seyboldsdorf carpenter Joseph Zehentbauer. The Munich sculptor Anton Kaindl stuccoed a bas-relief on each side . The two works show the patrons of the side churches St. Georg in Geiselsdorf (left) and St. Michael in Giersdorf (right). Both saints stand for the fight against evil, which is represented in the form of many-headed dragons .
Surroundings
Around the church is the local cemetery with around 140 graves (as of 2003), which is surrounded by a brick wall built in the 19th century . This has wall pillars with pointed tile roofs at regular intervals. In the cemetery is the Lourdes Chapel, which houses a Lourdes grotto built in 1894 by Frater Egidius Feistbauer from Burghausen . The small brick building with a gable roof is also used as a morgue . The pastors and primates from the parish are immortalized on a wooden plaque in the chapel . On the outside there are also war memorial plaques for the fallen and missing of the two world wars . These are flanked by a granite relief by the Munich sculptor Anton Kaindl, which shows the Mater Dolorosa with her son removed from the cross. A large mission cross from 1908 stands in front of the chapel .
literature
- Peter Käser: The churches of the parish Seyboldsdorf . Produced on behalf of the church administration and the parish council Seyboldsdorf, March 2004.
Web links
- Internet presence of the parish Seyboldsdorf
- Pictures from the Seyboldsdorf parish church on Unser-vilstal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Peter Käser: History of the parish and church . In: Parish Church in Seyboldsdorf - St. Johannes . Online at www.vilsbiburg.info. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
- ↑ a b c d e Peter Käser: Building description . In: Parish Church in Seyboldsdorf - St. Johannes . Online at www.vilsbiburg.info. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
- ↑ a b Käser, pp. 8-12.
- ↑ a b c d Käser, pp. 12-14.
- ↑ a b c d Peter Käser: The equipment of the church . In: Parish Church in Seyboldsdorf - St. Johannes . Online at www.vilsbiburg.info. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
- ↑ a b Käser, pp. 18-23.
- ↑ Renovation of our organ . Online at www.pfarrei-seyboldsdorf.de. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
- ↑ Bavarian organ database online
- ↑ Käser, p. 23f.
- ^ Peter Käser: Friedhof . In: Parish Church in Seyboldsdorf - St. Johannes . Online at www.vilsbiburg.info. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
- ↑ Käser, p. 24f.