St. Johann Baptist (Aufkirchen)
The Roman Catholic parish church of St. Johann Baptist in Aufkirchen , a district of the municipality of Oberding in the Upper Bavarian district of Erding , is a stately baroque building by the Erdingen city mason Anton Kogler , which was started in 1725 and completed in 1730 by his successor Johann Baptist Lethner . The patron saint of the church and parish , which today belongs to the Erdinger Moos parish association , is John the Baptist (Memorial Day: June 24th).
history
The first documentary mention of Aufkirchen took place during the term of office of Gottschalk von Hagenau as Freising Bishop. At that time, a Count Otto transferred his property in Aufkirchen to the cathedral chapter . Due to the church patronage, the parish is likely to be old. Until well into the 19th century, Aufkirchen was the spiritual center of the entire Moosrain, the landscape on the edge of the Erdinger Moos. Moosinning was raised to a parish in 1884, followed by Niederding and Schwaig in 1946. Since May 1, 1983, Aufkirchen has been reunited with the last two parishes in a parish association. A few years ago, the parish of Eitting was added to the parish association.
In April 2012 a renovation of the parish church was completed.
architecture
The parish church of St. Johann Baptist in Aufkirchen is an important work by Anton Kogler and is extremely impressive for a country church. Due to its location on an elevation on the edge of the Erdinger Moos, the building is visible from afar. It is a baroque hall church with five nave axes and a noticeably drawn -in two-bay choir , which is closed on the east side with a semicircular apse . The nave and choir are united under a common gable roof . The exterior is structured by pilasters and cranked beams. The window openings are bordered by curved lines.
A spindle helmet tower with a lantern is built on the west side , which is a typical feature of the baroque churches in Erdinger Land. The three-storey tower with a square floor plan is structured by pilasters and pilaster strips on the edges and has protruding, profiled beams as a storey separation. The upper floor, which contains the bell cage , sound openings and tower clock , has bevelled corners. The two-storey sacristy is built on the south side of the choir .
The interior is spanned by a barrel vault with stitch caps . This is not stuccoed , but instead has light, picturesque rococo decor . A double gallery has been inserted in the rear nave yoke , with the organ on the upper floor .
Furnishing
Altars
The magnificent high altar is the work of the Dorfen altar carpenter Matthias Fackler from 1771. The structure is supported by six staggered Corinthian columns made of stucco marble . The large altarpiece was created by the Freising court painter Johann Baptist Deyrer and shows the church patron, John the Baptist. It is flanked by sculptures of the Apostles Johannes and Andreas , which were made by the Landshut sculptor Christian Jorhan the Elder. Ä. come. Below is a tabernacle in the Rococo style, which was probably made around 1775. A painting of the Holy Family can be seen in the curved altarpiece , above it God the Father and the Holy Spirit dove. A golden crown forms the top. The altar is richly decorated with rocailles and putti .
The two side altars, identical in structure, stood in the pilgrimage church of Maria Thalheim near Fraunberg from 1736 to 1770 and were sold to Aufkirchen. They were designed by the Erdingen painter Johann Michael Rieder, executed by Johann Michael Hiernle. Both altars each have two pairs of twisted columns with Corinthian capitals, cranked entablature pieces, a curved extension and two figures of worshiping angels each. The northern (left) side altar contains the painting Mary of Consolation , which shows the Mother of God with the baby Jesus and is venerated by the prayer brotherhood of the same name. In the cafeteria there is a rococo shrine with relics of St. Clement . A figure of the scourged Savior is arranged in the center of the southern (right) side altar, including another reliquary with the bones of St. John Nepomuk . A painting of the Mater Dolorosa can be seen in the extract .
pulpit
The richly decorated, rectangular baroque pulpit dates from around 1700 and was taken over from the previous building. It was only in 1731 again by Johann Michael Rieder taken . In the same year, newly designed half-figures of the four evangelists and the four church fathers as well as a statue of St. Salvator by the Freising sculptor Martin Sailler were added.
Other equipment
The choir stalls and confessionals also date from the Rococo period. The font was made in 1729 by the Erdinger stonemason Christian Pemeram. Also worth mentioning is the richly carved sacristy door, which was made around 1730 by Caspar Sandtner around 1730. Above it is a painting of St. John Nepomuk. In the lower mezzanine floor there are two other paintings from around 1800 showing St. John of Cracow and St. Mary. The classicistic grille, which separates the space under the gallery from the rest of the church, was probably made around 1790.
organ
The first organ in the church, which was built in 1735 by the Landshut organ builder Franz Mitterreither, was replaced in 1819 by a new instrument made by the Moosburg organ builder Ludwig Ehrlich. Today's organ, a work of the Munich organ builder Franz Borgias Maerz with a total of ten stops on a manual and pedal , was installed in 1889 and has a neo-Renaissance style brochure . The clock embedded in the case is unusual . The arrangement of the organ is as follows:
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- Pairing : I / P
Bells
In 1864, the bells, weighing in total 925 kilograms, were handed over to the Erdinger bell founder Josef Bachmair. In the same year, he manufactured three new bells, each weighing 910 kilograms, 500 kilograms and 330 kilograms. The motif of this ringing was E – G – H. Today the following three bells are in the beautiful baroque tower:
| No. | Surname | Casting year | Weight [kg] | Diameter [cm] | Height [cm] | Chime |
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| 1. | St. Mary | 1952 | 1,100 | 126 | 122 | d 1 |
| 2. | St. Johann Baptist | 1948 | 110 | 100 | ||
| 3. | St. Joseph | 1932 | 90 | 87 |
literature
- Georg Brenninger: The churches Aufkirchen, Kempfing, Notzing, Oberding, Niederding, Schwaig and Franzheim. - Aufkirchen: G. Gruber, 1981
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Local history Aufkirchen ( Memento of the original from July 30, 2012 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. . Online at www.vg-oberding.de. Retrieved December 15, 2016.
- ↑ Parish Association Erdinger Moos: Archive 2012 . Online at www.erzbistum-muenchen.de. Retrieved December 15, 2016.
- ↑ a b c d e f g Georg Brenninger: Church of St. Johann Baptist, Aufkirchen . Online at www.erzbistum-muenchen.de. Retrieved December 15, 2016.
- ↑ Bavarian organ database online
Coordinates: 48 ° 18 '23.3 " N , 11 ° 51' 47.4" E