St. Johann Nepomuk (Geiselbullach)

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Chapel of St. Johann Nepomuk

The Catholic Chapel of St. Johann Nepomuk in Geiselbullach , a district of the Olching community in the Fürstenfeldbruck district in Upper Bavaria , was built in 1726/27. It originally served as the chapel of the castle, which Johann Adam Geisler, the court chamber councilor of the Bavarian Elector Max Emanuel , had built for himself. The tower was built in 1816 under the later owner of the palace, Alois Sabbadini . The chapel that is consecrated to Johannes Nepomuk is one of the protected architectural monuments in Bavaria.

architecture

Johannes Nepomuk

The chapel is a baroque hall with a retracted choir . The west facade is structured by two pilasters and crowned by a tail gable. In front of the facade rises the bell tower , which is divided into five floors and covered with an onion dome. The lower floor is designed as an open vestibule, in which the portal is integrated. The upper floors are decorated with glare fields. The top floor is broken through on all four sides by two arched sound arcades .

Ceiling paintings

The ceiling paintings date from the second half of the 18th century and were executed by the Cologne court painter Johann Adam Schöpf . Angels are depicted in the choir, the glory of the church patron , St. John Nepomuk , in the nave .

Furnishing

  • Under the crucifix is a colored carved figure of a Mater Dolorosa , who is piercing a sword through the chest.
  • A marble tablet contains the text of Johann Adam Geisler's deed of donation from 1726.

  • Interior, view of the altar

  • Mater dolorosa

  • Foundation certificate

literature

  • Georg Dehio : Handbook of the German art monuments. Bayern IV: Munich and Upper Bavaria. 2nd edition, Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-422-03010-7 , p. 352.
  • Volker Liedke, Peter Weinzierl: District Fürstenfeldbruck (= Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation [Hrsg.]: Monuments in Bavaria . Volume I.12 ). Karl M. Lipp Verlag, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-87490-574-8 , p. 214 f .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List of monuments for Olching (PDF) at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation, monument number D-1-79-142-6 .
  2. ↑ The Schöpf family of artists. Father Johann Adam Schöpf The ceiling paintings in the parish church of St. Michael in Pfaffenhofen / Glonn, churches and chapels in the Dachauer Land (accessed on August 6, 2017)

Coordinates: 48 ° 13 ′ 33.2 "  N , 11 ° 20 ′ 28.7"  E