St. Josef (Neunburg vorm Wald)
St. Josef is the Roman Catholic parish church of Neunburg vorm Wald in the Bavarian district of Schwandorf .
history
The church in the historic castle district goes back to the chapel of the Neunburg , which was built around 900, and was originally the patronage of the soldier martyr St. George .
The first documented mention of the parish church, which developed from the castle chapel of Neunburg, is from the year 22nd August 1379 in connection with Count Palatine Ruprecht, who “for the two perpetual masses on Sankt Georgen altar zu Neunburg in the church Berg owned the teaching on the Gut zu Gütenland estate ”. On May 15, 1406, Heinrich Notthracht von Wernberg donated a benefit to the St. George's altar in the chapel. Count Palatine Johann donated Glocke on September 21, 1433 as thanks for the victorious Hussite battle near Hiltersried . He also had the choir of the mountain church rebuilt between 1433 and 1143, which was then consecrated by the Regensburg auxiliary bishop Johann von Hierapolis. Count Palatine Johann decided that this building with the two towers should serve as a collegiate church for twelve clergymen who were to belong to the Augustinian order . It took a few years before the city had a nave built for the choir. On July 13, 1478, the right, south aisle was built first. In 1482 two altars were consecrated by the auxiliary bishop Johannes von Hierapolis. Then the construction of the north aisle began and the western gallery was built. These and three altars in the north aisle and the cross altar of the central church were consecrated in 1491 by John of Hierapolis. Count Palatine Johann († 1443) was buried in it.
In 1601 renovation work was carried out in the church. The large late Gothic wooden crucifix was removed from the church in 1608. In 1626 the south tower collapsed and also damaged the nave considerably. The central nave had to be arched again. The Regensburg Bishop Albert Graf von Törring supported the renovation work. An inscription next to the bishop's coat of arms on the ceiling of the church read: “ Anno 1632 reaedificavit hoc templum penitus destructum Albertus Episcopus Ratisbon ” (German: “In 1633 Albert Bishop of Regensburg had this destroyed church rebuilt”)
Architecture and equipment
The late Gothic parish church consists of a three-aisled basilica with a three-bay nave , a polygonal single-nave choir and two massive towers. The axis of the choir bends to the north. The choir has a simple net vault while the central nave has cross vaults. In the north aisle there are simple, star-shaped Gothic reticulated vaults that rest on profiled corbels.
In the 18th century the interior was redesigned in Baroque style . 1965-1967 the church was a modern extension, a place of the choir in the east hall with open gable roof in concrete - frame construction of approximately the same length and width as the old nave. The new consecration took place in the name of St. Joseph .
The Crucifixus on the new altar wall dates from the late Gothic period . In the south aisle, frescoes from around 1500 were uncovered. The Baroque Radiant Madonna is a foundation from 1681. Modern fittings characterize the extension building, including large biblical stained glass windows by Erich Schickling from 1991.
literature
- Georg Hager: Neunburg v. W. In: The art monuments of the Kingdom of Bavaria . tape 2 : District of Upper Palatinate and Regensburg , Book 2: District Office Neunburg v. W . R. Oldenbourg, Munich 1906, p. 25-58 ( archive.org ).
- Parish St. Josef (Ed.): Parish anniversary 1491–1991 Neunburg vorm Wald 500 years of consecration of the altars - 25 years of church expansion . Catholic parish office Neunburg vorm Wald, Neunburg vorm Wald 1991, OCLC 76317398 .
Web links
- Information about the church (website of the parish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Georg Hager: Neunburg v. W. In: District Office Neunburg VW R. Oldenbourg, 1906, p. 25-39 ( archive.org ).
Coordinates: 49 ° 20 '55.6 " N , 12 ° 23' 3.6" E