St. Johannes (Usterling)
The Roman Catholic branch and pilgrimage church of St. Johannes in Usterling , a district of the Lower Bavarian town of Landau an der Isar , is a late Gothic building on the site of a likely Romanesque predecessor. The church is the holy John the Baptist (Memorial Day: June 24) dedicated ; The evangelist Johannes acts as a minor patron (memorial day: December 27th). It is listed both as a monument and as a cultural asset according to the Hague Convention .
history
Usterling was first mentioned in the year 863, when Bishop Otgar von Eichstätt transferred his possessions to the monastery Sankt Emmeram in Regensburg . A church in Usterling appears for the first time in a written document in 1146, as its affiliation to Niederaltaich monastery is confirmed. 1223 it is finally as a daughter church of Niederhöcking signified that which corresponds to the current state. The current building dates from the early 16th century and is in the late Gothic style. Its importance as a pilgrimage church goes hand in hand with the special attraction of the growing rock of Usterling . This is fed by the Johannis spring, the water of which was considered medicinal for eye diseases . In 1869 the church of Usterling was renovated and redesigned in a neo-Gothic style.
In a fire in May 2016 that went unnoticed for two days, two valuable figures on the left side altar were destroyed; in addition, the entire interior was very sooty . A renovation was therefore started quickly, removing dust and soot from the entire shell and fittings and restoring damaged fittings such as the Stations of the Cross . In spring 2017, the measures with the removal of moisture damage are to be completed.
description
architecture
The east-facing hall church on a hill above the Isar valley was built as a bright brick building at the beginning of the 16th century. Adjacent to the four-bay nave is only a slightly retracted, two-bay choir with a three-sided end. The latter is offset slightly to the north compared to the central axis of the nave. There is a sundial on the south facade . The small sacristy is built on the north side of the choir . On the west side of the nave, the four-storey saddle roof tower rises up , the top three storeys of which are enlivened by pointed arches . The interior of the church is accessed through the tower ground floor, which is spanned by a late Gothic ribbed vault.
The small village cemetery stretches around the church and is surrounded by a brick wall with granite coverings on the pillars and a wrought iron gate. This dates from the 19th century.
Furnishing
The high altar deserves special attention : a winged altar that was created around 1520 and is thus stylistically at the transition between late Gothic and early Renaissance . He is attributed to the environment of the Landshut carver Hans Leinberger . While the exact artist of the high altar is not known, one knows exactly about its donor . These are Jörg Wieland von Hagsdorf and his wife Susanna von Beha (i) m. Their coats of arms can be found several times on the altar; the marble tombstone of the donors can be found on the outer wall of the sacristy. In the middle shrine there are two life-size figures of the church patron John the Baptist (left) and the evangelist John (right), flanked by small figures of the apostles Peter and James the Elder . In the altar extract there are further figures: the crucified Jesus Christ , above St. Sebastian . The side figures of Saints Florian and George can only be seen when the altar wings are closed and represent knightly shrine guards .
On the inside of the altar wing there are four late Gothic reliefs that correspond to the figures of the two church patrons. The left side is dedicated to John the Baptist. At the bottom left he is shown preaching in the desert and at the baptism of Jesus . The latter scene was relocated to the Growing Rocks east of Usterling by the unknown artist. In the upper left relief the beheading of John the Baptist is shown. The reliefs on the right, however, refer to the Evangelist John. Below are the writing of the Apocalypse and the torture of the Evangelist; above you can find more scenes from his life. The passion scenes on the back of the altar wings are overpainted from the time of the neo-Gothic renovation in 1869.
There are also numerous pieces of furniture from the Baroque period in the church . That at the pointed chancel arch mounted crucifix dates back to 1649 and was restored 1869th The organ front , which is decorated with elaborate carvings and a large trumpet angel , was created in 1724. It was originally installed in the Oberalteich monastery church . In 1824 it came to Bernried before it was transferred to Usterling in 1857. Due to the Rückpositiv housed in the gallery parapet , the number of apostle paintings there had to be reduced to ten. The painting cycle, which is no longer complete, dates from the first half of the 18th century. The popularly painted cross-way panels also come from the baroque era. In addition, an altar painting of the Visitation of Mary and a group of figures with Saint Joachim and Anna the third have come down to us from this period . The sacrament niche and the holy water basin on the ground floor of the tower, on the other hand, date from the time the church was built.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Usterling Church . Online at www.kirche.mamming.de. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
- ↑ Landau / Usterling - church fire went unnoticed for two days . Online at www.pnp.de. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
- ↑ Fire in the church in Usterling - valuable figures destroyed . Online at www.br.de. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
- ↑ Landau / Usterling - Fire damage in the church will be repaired . Online at www.pnp.de. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
- ↑ Landau / Usterling - the church vault has never been so clean . Online at www.pnp.de. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
- ^ Filial church St. Johannes in Usterling . Online at kirchturm.net. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
Coordinates: 48 ° 39 '48.1 " N , 12 ° 38' 50.6" E