St. Katharina (Mähring)
The parish church of St. Katharina is the Roman Catholic parish church of Mähring in the northern Upper Palatinate in the diocese of Regensburg .
Building history
A previous building of the church, which was attached to the Waldsassen monastery , already existed in the 14th century. The building, consecrated to Saint Catherine , was built in 1771 by the Bärnau master mason Thomas Mühlmayer. The church tower dates back to 1660. In June 2012, a nine-year interior and exterior renovation was completed. The church is a registered monument.
description
The single-nave church building is a baroque hall church , the sanctuary of which dates from the late Gothic period . The nave over a structure of pilasters and the recessed choir room have flat barrel vaults with stitch caps. The nave ceiling frescoes Nativity, Resurrection, Pentecost (dated and signed) and monochrome apostle medallions were created in 1953 by the neo-baroque painter Josef Wittmann , as was the choir fresco Katharina von Engeln raised to Sinai . The drafts of the Wittmann frescoes with his drafts for church painting are in the Diocesan Museum of Regensburg. The frame stucco is modern . The high altar and the two side altars are in neo-baroque style. The decorated tabernacle comes from the Franciscan Church in Amberg and was created around 1730.
literature
- Detlef Knipping, Gabriele Raßhofer: Tirschenreuth district (= Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation [Hrsg.]: Monuments in Bavaria . Volume III.45 ). Karl M. Lipp Verlag, Lindenberg im Allgäu 2000, ISBN 3-87490-579-9 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ The New Day: A Place of God's Presence . Edition July 4, 2012.
- ↑ Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments: Mähring Monument List (PDF; 134 kB)
- ↑ Tourismuszentrum Oberpfälzer Wald, district Tirschenreuth: Cultural guide through the land of 1000 ponds , p. 28 and 29.
Coordinates: 49 ° 54 ′ 30.3 " N , 12 ° 31 ′ 42.5" E