St. Johannes (Moosburg on the Isar)
| Johanniskirche
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| Denomination : | Roman Catholic |
| Patronage : | John the Baptist |
| Rank: | Branch church |
| Pastor : | GR Reinhold Föckersperger |
| Parish : | City parish of St. Kastulus Moosburg on the Isar |
| Address: | On the plan 6, 85368 Moosburg |
Coordinates: 48 ° 28 ′ 7 ″ N , 11 ° 56 ′ 10.1 ″ E
The Church of St. Johannes in Moosburg on the Isar in Upper Bavaria is a branch church of the Catholic parish of St. Kastulus.
history
The origins of the church lie in an early medieval baptistery. The presumably first mention of the Johanniskirche goes back to a document of Count Timo von Thulbach from June 24th, 754, in which he had a new, larger church built instead of the old Johanneskirche and donated it to the bishopric of Freising . In 1353, St. Johannes replaced the church of St. Michael, which was in front of the city wall, as a parish church. In 1598, the Kastulusmünster parish church became a few years after the Moosburg monastery was moved to Landshut. After the secularization , the St. John's Church should be demolished according to the will of the state. After protests by the citizens, the city acquired the church in 1812. It was profaned and used as an urban building site until it could be used for a religious purpose again in 1827. After the Second World War, the Johanniskirche was used by the Protestant Church as a place of worship before it was used again by the Catholic Church from 1972. In 1970 the church building became the property of the Catholic parish. Only the tower remained the property of the city.
Church building
The nave central nave is of Romanesque origin and thus the oldest part of the church. The two aisles were added in the 15th century. These were lowered from 1884 to 1886 to make room for four arched windows on the central nave. The old sacristy was demolished at that time.
The lower five floors of the Gothic tower, completed in 1533, have three pointed arches on each side. The tower's apartment was on the sixth floor, as the tower was used as a city tower until the 19th century. The helmet-like roof is surrounded by four small corner turrets.
Interior
From 1517 to 1863 there was a high altar by Hans Leinberger in the polygonal choir . The only surviving wing reliefs with scenes from the life of the church patron John the Baptist are now in the Staatl. Museum Berlin ("John baptizes Christ in the Jordan") and in the Diocesan Museum Freising ("Sermon of the Baptist in the desert").
In 1724 the church was equipped with five baroque altars and redesigned in the Rococo style in 1761 .
From 1884 to 1886 St. John was painted and furnished in a neo-Gothic style. To the left of the main altar is the St. Francis altar, and to the right is a St. Mary's altar. In the left aisle is a Florian , in the right a Sebastian altar .
In 1979/80, late Gothic frescoes were uncovered at the entrance portal . Depicted are the apostles Andrew and James the Elder , St. Wolfgang and probably Paul .
Main altar
Mary Altar
St. Florian Altar
Pulpit and Franciscan Altar
Peal
Four bells hang in the tower of St. John. The train bell from 1530 is popularly known as the death bell after a Maria Heinrich made a foundation in 1797 according to which this little bell should be rung free of charge for everyone who died. Because of their special historical and artistic value, none of the three bells at that time had to be delivered during the First and Second World Wars. With the mounting of the Johannesglocke in 1954, the three old bells were re-voiced to match the sound of the bells of St. Kastulus .
| No. | Surname | Casting year | Foundry, casting location | Weight in kg |
Diameter in cm |
Chime |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marienglocke (also: Zwölferin) | 1530 | Lenhard Celler, Munich | 360 | 100 | as |
| 2 | St. John's Bell | 1954 | Karl Czudnochowsky , Erding | 300 | 80 | c |
| 3 | Measuring bell | 1444 | nV | 270 | 66 | it |
| 4th | Train bell (also: death bell) | 1693 | Paulus Kopp, Munich | 135 | 63 | f |
literature
- Quick Art Guide No. 1075: Moosburg St.-Kastulus-Münster . Verlag Schnell & Steiner, 1990, 3rd revised edition.
- August Alckens: Moosburg. The history and art monuments of the city. 1943, 2nd supplemented edition.
- Maurus Gandershofer: Brief chronological history of the city of Moosburg in Bavaria . Landshut 1827 ( Bavarian State Library digital )
