St. Johannes Baptist (Inning am Ammersee)
The Catholic parish church of St. Johannes Baptist in Inning am Ammersee , a community in the Upper Bavarian district of Starnberg , was built in the second half of the 18th century on the foundations of a late Gothic predecessor church. The elevated church in the old walled cemetery is dedicated to John the Baptist . A high quality stucco decoration in the style of the late Rococo has been preserved in the church.
history
The parish of Inning is believed to have been founded early. The place first mentioned in 1021 was on an important long-distance trade route between Munich and Lake Constance . However, nothing has survived from the early church buildings. The structure of the choir and the substructure of the tower date back to the 15th century. The tower octagon was probably built by Caspar Feichtmayr around 1681 . In the middle of the 18th century, the old church was considered too small. Two pastors in particular, who officiated one after the other, caused the administration of the Seefeld rule , which was owned by the Counts of Toerring and belonged to the Inning, to rebuild the church.
Although written contracts have not been preserved, Leonhard Matthäus Gießl and Balthasar Trischberger are assumed to be the builders . Construction work began in 1765/66, and in 1767 stuccoing and painting with frescoes took place . In 1780 the church was consecrated by the Augsburg auxiliary bishop Johann Nepomuk August Freiherr von Ungelter .
architecture
Exterior construction
The originally Gothic choir is structured outside by stepped buttresses. The sacristy is built into the southern corner of the choir . The much wider nave is of a gabled roof covered. The tower is built into the western porch, the slender, octagonal structure of which is crowned by a double onion dome with a high lantern .
inner space
The interior is designed as a square hall structure and is covered by a flat dome, which rests on wide belt and shield arches and is supported by solid corner pillars with double pilasters . Trapezoidal parts of the room are added to the east and west, the east leads to the strongly drawn-in, three-sided closed choir, the west includes the tower with an upstream double gallery and organ on carved wooden columns . The two-bay choir is covered by a barrel cap. On the south side of the choir, above the sacristy, there is a patronage box.
Piece
The stucco decoration in smalt blue was executed in 1767 by Tassilo Zöpf from Wessobrunn . In the rocaille cartouche on the ceiling fresco of the main room you can see the coat of arms of the Counts of Toerring , the former patron saints , surrounded by an angel's head on clouds and a floating putto .
Ceiling frescoes
The ceiling frescoes are dedicated to John the Baptist, the patron saint of the church, and were painted by Christian Wink in 1767 . The choir fresco depicts the baptism of Jesus , in the two smaller medallions on each side two putti embody the Christian virtues , on the left side faith and fortitude, on the right side hope and love.
The large ceiling fresco in the main room with the scene of the sermon of John the Baptist bears the signature “Christ. Wünck Pinxit et Invenit 1767 ”(Christian Wink painted and designed it in 1767). A group of angels is sitting on a cloud, an angel hovering above holds a banner with the Latin inscription "haeC VoX CLaMantIs In Deserto" (this is the voice of the caller in the desert). The capital letters result in a chronogram with the year 1767. The four evangelists are shown in monochrome painting in the vaults .
Furnishing
- The high altar was created by Franz Xaver Schmädl in 1769 . The life-size side figures represent John the Baptist and John the Evangelist . God the Father hovers in the excerpt , holding the globe in his hands. In the center of the altar there is a crescent Madonna from around 1860.
- The side altars were made in 1768 by Franz Joseph Pfeiffenhofer from Türkheim . On the left altar you can see Saints Florian and Sebastian , the figures on the right altar probably represent Pope Sylvester , the cattle patron, and the patron saint of the diocese of Augsburg , Saint Ulrich .
- The marbled pulpit was also created by Franz Joseph Pfeiffenhofer . Angel sputtles with the attributes of the four Latin church fathers sit on the pulpit .
- The processional pole with the figure group Heiliger Wandel from around 1720 is a reminder of the brotherhood of Jesus, Mary and Joseph founded in Inning in 1700 .
- The figure of Mater dolorosa across from the pulpit also dates from around 1720 .
- The carved figure of St. Wendelin is also dated around 1720/30.
- The essays on the confessionals from the first half of the 18th century are decorated with reliefs of the apostle Peter and the penitent Maria Magdalena .
literature
- Handbook of German Art Monuments . - Bavaria IV - Munich and Upper Bavaria . 2nd edition, Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-422-03010-7 , pp. 499-500.
- Klaus Kraft: St. Johann Baptist Inning (= Little Art Guide No. 1396). 2nd changed edition, Verlag Schnell und Steiner, Regensburg 2003. ISBN 3-7954-5106-4
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Individual evidence
Coordinates: 48 ° 4 ′ 37.9 ″ N , 11 ° 9 ′ 6.5 ″ E