St. John the Baptist (Vilshofen an der Donau)

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The bridge over the Vils and behind it the parish church

The Roman Catholic parish church of John the Baptist stands at the eastern end of the main square of the city of Vilshofen on the Danube in the Passau district in Lower Bavaria .

history

Church interior, from the nave to the choir

Originally, an independent secular parish was assumed for Vilshofen. In 1236 a dean Heinrich was mentioned in a document. A collegiate foundation was founded with Heinrich Tuschl von Söldenau in 1376 . The existing parish church was incorporated and a renewal and expansion of the parish church began. Heinrich Tuschl von Söldenau specified in his will the payment of 400 guilders for the building of the church. The vaults of the side chapels and the year 1513 above the south west portal show that construction was also carried out in the late Gothic period. In 1671 the tower was raised. After cracks by Kaspar Bichlmaier and Carlo Antonio Carlone were in vain, Christoph Zuggaul received an order. During the town fire in 1794, the church was also cremated. The collegiate foundation was secularized in 1803. In 1803/1804 it was rebuilt with master mason Martin Desch from Pfarrkirchen . The surrounding walls and the late Gothic side chapels were preserved, the central columns were removed, and the nave was covered with a slatted vault. On the orders of Elector Maximilian IV Joseph , the baroque furnishings were transferred here from the secularized St. Nikola monastery in Passau . In 1865 the tower was raised with an octagonal structure.

architecture

Today's church building is a single-nave vaulted building with chapels on the sides of the nave - which gives the impression of a basilica in cross-section - with a short retracted choir closed on three sides . The tower is in the west. A sacristy is added to the north of the choir .

literature

  • The art monuments of Lower Bavaria. Part: 14th District Office Vilshofen. Adaptation by Felix Mader and Joseph Maria Ritz, historical introduction by Hans Ring, graphic recordings by Georg Loesti, Munich 1926, Munich 1982, ISBN 3-486-50492-4 .
  • Dehio. Bavaria II. Lower Bavaria. 2nd edition, Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-422-03122-7 .

Web links

Commons : Saint John the Baptist in Vilshofen an der Donau  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 48 ° 37 '58.8 "  N , 13 ° 11' 20.4"  E