St. Johannes Baptist and Johannes Evangelist (Edelstetten)
The Catholic parish church of St. Johannes Baptist and Johannes Evangelist in Edelstetten , a district of the community Neuburg an der Kammel in the district of Günzburg in the Bavarian administrative district of Swabia , was built at the beginning of the 18th century on the site of previous medieval buildings as a collegiate church of a noble women's monastery . The church is richly decorated with stucco and frescoes . The altars were created by the sculptor Johann Michael Fischer .
history
It is assumed that there was a parish in Edelstetten before the Augustinian Choir Foundation was founded in the first half of the 12th century . In any case, the collegiate church has also been used as a parish church since its existence. From the Romanesque previous building of the tower is not received anything other than the two lowest floors. According to the chronicles , a new church was built under Abbess Guta von Gerenberg in the 14th century after the devastation of the old church during the armed conflict over royal rule under Ludwig the Bavarian . Another new building, which was equipped with over ten altars and which was consecrated by Cardinal Peter von Schaumberg in 1459 , was carried out under the Abbess Anna von Weisingen. In 1525, during the Peasants 'War , and during the Thirty Years' War , the church suffered damage and had to be repaired. Between 1700 and 1706 the tower was raised under the direction of Mang Kraemer. The demolition of the old church began in 1709. In the same year the abbot of the Ursberg monastery , Joseph II. Hoeld, laid the foundation stone for today's church. The new building was carried out by Simpert Kraemer , Mang Kraemer's son, based on a design by Christoph Vogt. In 1712 the new church was consecrated by Auxiliary Bishop Johann Kasimir Röls . The Gothic baptismal font , the baroque choir stalls and the gallery grille carved by Daniel Dietrich around 1670 were taken over from the old church .
architecture
Exterior construction
The church forms the south wing of the former monastery building. The monumental west facade is divided into three axes by broad pilasters and is crowned by a mighty gable . A large window breaks through the facade in the middle, niches with triangular gables and smaller windows with segment gables are arranged on the sides . Segmented gables with small towers are faded in on both sides, the center is occupied by an aedicule with a triangular gable and a small tower on top. The entrance is on the south side, which is also divided by wall pillars . The sign with a basket arch arcade supported by pilasters was added in the second half of the 18th century.
The tower with its copper-clad onion dome rises in the southern corner of the choir . The two lowest floors are made of large tufa blocks and date from the 12th century. The two floors above are in the 13th / 14th Dated century. The three upper floors made of brick were built in the middle of the 15th century. The two-storey octagonal structure was completed in 1706. It is occupied by corner pilasters and is broken up by glare fields, coupled sound arcades and drilled windows, which are alternately crowned by triangular and segmented gables.
inner space
The church is a 45 meter long hall building covered with a needle cap barrel . The five bays of the nave are structured by Corinthian pilasters with high plinths and widely projecting entablature pieces. In the east the round choir arch opens to the drawn-in, two-bay choir , which is also covered by a barrel vault with stitch caps. A gallery with lateral oratorios forms the western end. The parapet of the middle section, which protrudes far into the nave, the former choir of the canons, lies on a richly stuccoed base and is crowned by a carved wooden lattice in the shape of an auricle. In 1712 the brass coats of arms of the eight canonesses and the abbess Maria Carolina von Westernach were attached to the parapet . A cartouche with an inscription commemorates the building of the church between 1709 and 1712.
Piece
The stucco decor was made in 1710/11 in the style of the Wessobrunn school by Simpert Kraemer . White stucco covers the ceiling, the window frames and the choir arch. The fresco fields are framed by strong wreaths of flowers and leaves. On the west wall, putti frame the stucco cartouches with the painted coats of arms of Abbess Maria Carolina von Westernach and the eight women choirs who lived in the monastery when the church was rebuilt. The base of the gallery parapet is decorated with angel heads, shells and acanthus .
Ceiling pictures
The frescoes were executed in 1710/11 by Johann Arbogast Thalheimer (around 1664–1746). In the nave there is a large central picture in each of the five yokes and two oval pictures in the stitch caps. The central image of the eastern yoke is dedicated to the Annunciation , the side images depict the Visitation and the betrothal of Mary. In the next yoke follows the birth of Christ with the Adoration of the Shepherds and to the side the Adoration of the Magi and the circumcision . In the third yoke the Holy Trinity is depicted, including the pen cartridge Mechtild von Dießen , who was Abbess of Edelstetten from 1153 to 1160, and St. Augustine , the author of the Augustine Rule . In addition, the church patrons John the Baptist and John the Evangelist are represented. The side depictions have the Pentecost scene and the Ascension of Christ as their theme. The scene of the presentation in the temple is surrounded by the flight into Egypt and the twelve-year-old Jesus among the scribes. The frescoes on the western yoke depict the Holy Family , on the side the baptism of Jesus and his transfiguration .
The medallions above the pillars depict scenes from the Old and New Testaments and eight Beatitudes from the Sermon on the Mount .
The two oval pictures on the choir arch show the church patrons Johannes the Baptist and Johannes the Evangelist with a model of the church on the left and the abbess Mechthild von Dießen and St. Augustine with a model of the monastery building on the right. The frescoes in the choir are about the Eucharist and the sacrificial death of Jesus.
Furnishing
- The late Gothic baptismal font of sandstone is dated around 1500 and is with the arms of the founders, the Lords of Schwabegg decorated, and two smaller arms.
- The high altar , created between 1765 and 1767 by Johann Michael Fischer, is flanked by the life-size, white gold-framed wooden figures of the two church patrons John the Baptist and John the Evangelist and the two collegiate patrons Mechthild and Augustine. The altarpiece with the representation of the Assumption of Mary was taken over from the previous altar and bears the signature of Johann Christoph Storer and the year 1660.
- The two side altars, also created by Johann Michael Fischer, have altarpieces by Johann Christoph Storer. On the altars are the reliquaries of martyrs whose bones were brought from Rome in the 17th and 18th centuries. The sculptures on the north side altar depict Johannes Nepomuk and Karl Borromeo ; the southern altar is surrounded by carved figures of the apostle James the Elder and St. Aloisius .
- The brotherhood bars of the Trinity and Nepomuk brotherhoods date from the first half of the 19th century. The Trinity is shown on one brotherhood board, Mary and John Nepomuk are shown on another .
- The pulpit was made in 1728 by an unknown master. It bears the coat of arms of Abbess Anna Franziska von Bubenhofen . At the pulpit are the sculptures of the apostles Peter (?) And Paul and John the Baptist. The sound cover , carried by angel sputtles, is decorated with the figures of the evangelists and is crowned by a halo with the eye of God .
Pulpit from 1728
Coat of arms of the abbess Anna Franziska von Bubenhofen on the pulpit
Apostle Peter (?)
Sound cover
Epitaphs
The church has numerous epitaphs of abbesses. A sandstone grave slab in the choir commemorates Katharina Franziska von Westernach († 1691). The tomb of Maria Carolina von Westernach († 1726) on the northern choir arch is a Scagliola work. In 1854 tombs from the 16th and 17th centuries were placed under the gallery. The tomb for Beatrix von Waldkirch († 1542) with the relief of the deceased is attributed to Loy Hering . The tomb of Abbess Regina von Rohrbach († 1575) is also decorated with a relief of the dead and the monastery coat of arms. The limestone grave for Sibilla von Landenberg († 1609) shows the abbess carrying a cross.
organ
The organ in the gallery is probably the work of the Augsburg organ builder Joseph Anton Bohl (1801–1878) from the first third of the 19th century. Funding from the Bavarian State Foundation was approved at the end of 2015 for cleaning and repairing them .
literature
- Georg Dehio : Handbook of German Art Monuments - Bavaria III - Swabia (arr.: Bruno Bushart, Georg Paula) . 2nd Edition. Deutscher Kunstverlag , Munich 1989, ISBN 3-422-03008-5 , p. 292-295 .
- Heinrich Habel: Edelstetten. Catholic parish church . 3rd revised edition. Schnell und Steiner publishing house, Regensburg 1998, ISBN 3-7954-4934-0 . (Art Guide No. 1213 (first edition 1980))
- Bernt von Hagen: The former free worldly women's monastery in Edelstetten, district of Günzburg . In: Werner Schiedermair (Ed.): Klosterland Bavarian Swabia . 2nd, corrected and enlarged edition. Kunstverlag Josef Fink, Lindenberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-89870-127-3 , pp. 267-268.
Web links
- Parish Church of St. Johannes Baptist and Johannes Evangelist Pfarramt Neuburg / Kamel (accessed December 4, 2012)
Individual evidence
- ^ Diocese of Augsburg
- ^ Md L: Alfred Sauter MdL - Bavarian State Foundation: 2,000 euros for the organ of the Catholic parish church of St. Johann Baptist and Johann Evangelista in Edelstetten. In: alfred-sauter.de. February 3, 2011, accessed December 13, 2016 .
Coordinates: 48 ° 17 ′ 55 " N , 10 ° 23 ′ 41.3" E