St. Korbinian (Freising)

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Remains of the chapel
Copper engraving by Michael Wening (around 1700)

The St. Korbinian Chapel or Asam Chapel was a chapel on the southern slope of the Weihenstephaner Berg in Freising , which stood above a spring, the Korbiniansbrünnlein. The ruin has been preserved and can be reached via the footpaths of the Weihenstephan southern slope. For a few years now there has been a staircase again, from the courtyard garden down to the Korbiniansbrünnlein.

history

According to one story, the first Freising Bishop Korbinian is responsible for the origin of the spring. Until then, the small spiritual community on the mountain had to drag its water up the mountain. While walking on the slope of the mountain, Korbinian is said to have pushed his walking stick into the ground after a prayer. Thereupon water gushed out and the spring later got his name.

In the Middle Ages the spring was an important place of worship for the Korbinians. The water from the well-frequented spring was used as a remedy for eye problems and fever. There is still evidence for the 18th century that the spring water at the Freisinger Hoftafel was very popular.

Weihenstephan Monastery with the St. Korbinian Chapel on the southern slope. Engraving by JA Zimmermann, 1767, detail

The first verifiable source for a chapel building dates from 1608. A copper engraving by Michael Wening around 1700 shows an elongated building facing east. A small roof turret sits on the west gable . There is no further information about this building.

  • Chalk drawing of the chapel (Stephan Stengel 1801)

  • Memorial plaque

  • Stollen and Korbiniansbrünnlein

In 1718 the Weihenstephan Monastery, under the leadership of Abbot Ildephons Hueber , decided to replace the Korbinian Chapel with a new building. The construction costs of 15,000 guilders , an extremely high sum, were probably originally intended for the new construction of the monastery church. The Asam brothers were responsible for the construction as artists . Under her leadership, the shell of the chapel was completed in 1718/19. The furnishings were created from April to July 1720. The chapel was consecrated on July 14, 1720 by Johann Franz Eckher von Kapfing and Liechteneck .

In the course of secularization in Bavaria , the chapel was closed and most of it was demolished as early as 1803. Only the rear walls remained as a retaining wall. The fountain under the church was preserved and can still be visited a few days every year. The rest of the time, access is blocked with a grille to prevent vandalism. In 1896 efforts were made to build a new church and donations were called for. Since this did not seem to be very successful, these plans were discontinued at a later date.

In 2000/2001 there were again plans for a place of worship on the site of the Korbinian Chapel. The plan of a Munich architecture office provided for a small prayer room made of Plexiglas rods . However, since parts of the old walls would have had to be removed for this purpose, these plans were abandoned after protests from several sides.

In 2005/2006, the ruins were redesigned by facilities of the Technical University of Munich . The concept of the Chair of Landscape Planning at the Weihenstephan Science Center provides for a design with various plants, benches and paved areas. The project was made possible, among other things, by a donation of € 50,000 from the then Bavarian Transport Minister Otto Wiesheu , who collected the money on the occasion of his 60th birthday.

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Coordinates: 48 ° 23 ′ 40.2 "  N , 11 ° 43 ′ 48.8"  E